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January 18, 2020

Stewart County Teacher Accepts Star News’ Media’s Guide to the Constitution for His Students

NASHVILLE — Stewart County High School teacher Kyle Mallory accepted 15 books from The Tennessee Star Monday that will teach his students about the value of the United States Constitution.

January 18, 2020

Commentary: Stop Exporting Tennessee Jobs

Despite Tennessee ranking as one of the best states in the United States for business, the migration of Volunteer State jobs overseas has remained a closely watched issue

January 18, 2020

Commentary: Why ‘1917’ Is Such a Good Movie

Yes, it’s up for this year’s “Best Picture” Oscar, but that hasn’t stopped critics delivering decidedly mixed reviews to “1917.”

January 18, 2020

Commentary: This Tawdry Impeachment Spectacle Must Run Its Course

As far as can be determined, the question of whether the Senate should conduct a trial or dismiss the spurious articles of impeachment as unworthy of trial by vote of the majority, is being addressed as a matter of President...

January 18, 2020

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Deals Brutal Blow to Teens Who Sued Trump Over Climate Change

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled Friday that children do not have standing to sue the Trump administration and the federal government for not adequately addressing climate change.

January 18, 2020

Pompeo Says State Department Will Investigate Surveillance Threats Against Yovanovitch

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that the State Department will investigate whether a Republican congressional candidate and a former associate of Rudy Giuliani had Marie Yovanovitch under surveillance last year when she served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

January 18, 2020

Vice President Pence to Visit National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Speak at Local Church

Vice President Mike Pence is visiting Memphis on Sunday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January 18, 2020

Commentary: Rowling and King Slam Into the Woke Diversity Cult

Nothing is more appetizing than watching the limbs of progressive icons mulch between the jaws of the Woke.

January 18, 2020

‘Using Every Tool Available’: ICE Subpoenas Sanctuary City for Information on Wanted Illegal Aliens

Immigration and Customs Enforcement subpoenaed Denver officials for information on four illegal aliens wanted for deportation, marking a dramatic escalation in how the agency is dealing with sanctuary cities.

January 18, 2020

ICE Chief Pleads With NYC to End Sanctuary Policies Following Grisly Murder of 92-Year-Old

Matthew Albence, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), held a press conference in New York City to “plead” with city leaders to end their sanctuary policies.

January 18, 2020

Ilhan Omar Says ‘We Must Stop Detaining’ Illegal Immigrants

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Thursday called for the U.S. government to cease detaining illegal immigrants.

January 18, 2020

Minnesota ‘Teacher of the Year’ Kneels During Anthem, Skipped Meeting with Trump

Minnesota’s 2019 “Teacher of the Year” took a knee during the national anthem when she and her fellow honorees were being recognized at Monday night’s college football championship game.

January 18, 2020

Michigan Board of Education Adopts Resolution Supporting Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

The Michigan Board of Education adopted a resolution this week supporting the passage of legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses in the state.

January 18, 2020

Ohio Department of Medicaid Director Blames Kasich Administration for Ohio’s Medicaid Program Problems in Year-End Memo

Maureen Corcoran, the Ohio Department of Medicaid director, told Gov. Mike DeWine in a 2019 year-end memo that the Medicaid program she inherited from the John Kasich administration was a “mess.”

January 18, 2020

Attorney General Dana Nessel Joins Lawsuit Over SNAP Benefits

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday joined a group of 13 attorneys general and New York City in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop a rule change that they say would eliminate food assistance for...

January 18, 2020

Ellison and Omar Vote for Bernie As Early Voting Begins in Minnesota

Minnesota voters began casting their votes early Friday in the state’s first presidential primary since 1992.

January 18, 2020

U.S. Senate Candidate Bill Hagerty Also Wants Four Democrats to Recuse Themselves on Impeachment

U.S. Republican Senate candidate Bill Hagerty said this week he believes it’s improper for four Democratic U.S. senators to participate in impeachment hearings when they are running for president against Donald Trump.

January 17, 2020

Jeff Webb Applauds Blackburn After She Asked Four Democratic Senators Seeking the White House to Recuse Themselves From Senate Impeachment Trial

Jeff Webb, founder and chairman of The New American Populist (TNAP), praised Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) after she asked the four Democratic senators running for president to recuse themselves from the Senate’s impeachment hearings.

January 17, 2020

Another Caravan Is Headed for the US Border, But DHS Says It’s Ready

Hundreds of Central American migrants are headed toward the United States, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the border programs it has put in place, along with international cooperation, will keep them at bay.

January 17, 2020

Tennessee Officials Update State on Licensing Process for Professionals

The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance announced this week that its Division of Regulatory Boards licensed more than 129,000 professionals in fiscal year 2019 while decreasing the average processing time required for the approval of new applications for those...

January 17, 2020

US Senate Approves New North American Trade Deal

The U.S. Senate approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday, a key victory for President Donald Trump as the Senate officially opened an historic impeachment trial against him.

January 17, 2020

A Full Third of Flint’s Emergency $390 Million Water Funds Did Not Go to Clean Water

Four years ago this month, then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder declared an emergency in Flint, and $390 million in state aid began pouring in. Much of the money, however, was spent on activities only peripherally related to lead in water, state...

January 17, 2020

Commentary: The Benefits of Trump’s ‘Transactional’ Foreign Policy

The recent drone attack that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and a Shiite militia leader in Iraq led predictably to a retaliatory strike by Iran. Twenty or so ballistic missiles were launched at bases in Iraq where U.S. troops were...

January 17, 2020

Muslim Refugee Journalist Challenges Ilhan Omar’s Congressional Seat: ‘She Does Not Speak for Me’

A Muslim refugee and journalist is challenging Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar as a Republican, saying the Minnesota representative causes division in the United States.

January 17, 2020

Steve Moakler Releases New Record, ‘Blue Jeans’

Nashville, TN Steve Moakler was featured in my Music Spotlight column in 2018 when he released his Born Ready record. Since then a lot of has shifted in his life and his newest album, Blue Jeans, reflects these naturally occurring...

January 17, 2020

Just In Time for the Senate Impeachment Trial, Government Watchdog Issues Damning ‘Legal Opinion’ on Ukraine Aid

The Trump administration violated the law by withholding $214 million in security assistance to Ukraine in the summer of 2019, according to a legal opinion by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.

January 17, 2020

Commentary: Remembering the Way Farming Used to Be

by Victor Davis Hanson Almost all the pragmatic agricultural wisdom that my grandparents taught me has long ago been superseded by technology. I don’t anymore calibrate, as I once did when farming in the 1980s, the trajectory of an...

January 17, 2020

Commentary: Trump Secures Historic Trade Deal With China Proving His Trade Critics Wrong Yet Again

President Donald Trump has once again done the impossible and secured a phase one trade agreement with China that leaves existing tariffs of 25 percent on $250 billion of goods and another 7.5 percent on the remaining $300 billion of...

January 17, 2020

Ohio County Releases Dozens of Illegal Aliens, Including Sex Offender, After Ignoring ICE Detainers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed Thursday that the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has released 29 criminal aliens, including a sex offender, after ignoring written detainer requests filed by the federal agency.

January 17, 2020

Non-Profit Accuses Attorney General Nessel of Using ‘Tyrannical Tactics’ to Oppress Religious Liberty

A Michigan-based group has accused Attorney General Dana Nessel of using “police-state tactics” to target Christians, specifically those who hold a traditional view of marriage.

January 17, 2020

General Motors and LG Chemical Reveal Site for their New Electric Battery Cell Plant in Ohio

General Motors (GM) and LG Chemical announced this week they will build their new electric battery cell plant right next to the old GM Lordstown assembly plant that closed last year.

January 17, 2020

DFL Lawmakers Announce ‘Religious Freedom Day’ Resolution Condemning ‘Islamophobia,’ Promoting ‘Religious Pluralism’

Two DFL lawmakers plan to introduce a “Religious Freedom Day” resolution that condemns “Islamophobia” and celebrates “religious pluralism.”

January 17, 2020

Green Ooze Clean Up in Madison Heights Could Cost Millions

Fully cleaning up the source of the toxic green ooze found on Interstate-696 last month could cost taxpayers millions, according to officials. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emergency response team has been vacuuming contaminated groundwater for more than...

January 17, 2020

Wilson County Commissioners Say Bill Lee Directive on Refugees is an Unfunded Mandate

LEBANON — There was no conflict or drama Thursday as all five members of the Wilson County Commission’s Legislative Committee voted unanimously to oppose Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee on refugee resettlement.

January 16, 2020

UPDATED – The Deep State Strikes Again as a Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Halts President Trump’s Refugee Resettlement Executive Order

In a statement from the White House Wednesday evening, Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham called this ruling "preposterous" and yet another example of a lawless district court asserting its own immigration policy in front of standing US law. Furthermore, she says...

January 16, 2020

Commentary: Democrat Debate Shows Worst Place to be on February 3 Is in Iowa

Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard and Michael Bloomberg weren’t there with the rest of the viable Democrat candidates on Tuesday night, but did anyone notice… or care? (Note: Booker, Castro and Marianne Williamson (!) bailed out of the race...

January 16, 2020

Michael Flynn Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea, Accuses Prosecutors of ‘Retaliation’

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn filed a court motion Tuesday seeking to withdraw his guilty plea in a case that originated with the special counsel’s investigation.

January 16, 2020

Dark Money Group Linked to Ocasio-Cortez to Spend $500,000 Attacking Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg

A dark money group with ties to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced Tuesday it will spend over $500,000 on digital ads attacking former Vice President Joe Biden and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

January 16, 2020

Commentary: Europe’s Migration Influx Was Premeditated and Problematic

Western Europe stands before an immigration crisis that neither its immigration-enthusiastic governments nor any electoral majority in these countries seem interested in addressing. Consider these numbers:

January 16, 2020

US, China Sign ‘Phase 1’ Trade Deal

WHITE HOUSE - Declaring “it doesn’t get any bigger than this,” President Donald Trump, alongside Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, signed an initial deal to resolve what had been an escalating 18-month trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies....

January 16, 2020

Commentary: The Most Important Thing About the Trade Deal Is the Deal Itself

Chinese Vice Premier and Communist Party Politburo member Liu He is in Washington this week to sign a trade agreement with the Trump Administration.

January 16, 2020

WaPo, NYT Aiding China’s Global Propaganda Efforts, Watchdog Warns

America’s leading newspapers are aiding China’s communist regime by running the oppressive government’s propaganda, respected watchdog organization Freedom House reported.

January 16, 2020

Donald Trump Jr. to Headline Tennessee Event for U.S. Senate Candidate Bill Hagerty

Donald Trump Jr. is scheduled to arrive in Tennessee January 28 to raise money for Tennessee Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bill Hagerty.

January 16, 2020

Judge Rules Trump Administration Acting Within Authority in Family Separation at Border

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ruled that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is acting within its authority when it comes to separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border without any violation of the "rights to family integrity". The...

January 16, 2020

Rep. Green Calls Out House Democrat Impeachment Managers Who Wanted to Remove President Trump Even Before Filing of Whistleblower Complaint

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07) called the 28-day impeachment delay “unprecedented” and called out six of the seven impeachment managers who wanted to remove President Donald Trump before the whistleblower complaint was ever filed.

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