Southern Baptist leaders object to the U.S. Army’s new mandatory transgender sensitivity training, reports Baptist Press. The training follows last year’s repeal of a ban on transgender men and women serving openly in the armed forces. Former President Obama’s defense secretary set a deadline of July 1 for fully implementing the…
Read MoreDay: July 15, 2017
OMB Director Introduces ‘MAGAnomics’
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney introduced “MAGAnomics” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Thursday. “If we enact the president’s broad agenda—if MAGAnomics is allowed to work—we will have set the stage for the greatest revival of the American economy since the early 1980s. It will remind people—including those who have…
Read MoreWilliamson County Republicans Set to Gather at Sold Out Annual Summer Event
A record number of Williamson County Republicans are set to meet at Little Creek Farms in Thompsons Station for the 2017 Annual Summer Event, Middle Tennessee’s largest political event of the season. The county’s new Chair, Debbie Deaver, told The Tennessee Star the group’s marquee event taking place Saturday, is sold…
Read MoreGOP Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Lee Raises Over $1.3 Million in First Reporting Period
The campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee issued a statement on Friday that it has raised $1.375 million during the fiscal quarter ending June 30, the first since Lee announced in April. The campaign says it has $2.5 million cash on hand: Republican gubernatorial candidate and conservative Williamson County…
Read MoreDonald Trump and French President Macron Hold Joint Press Conference in Paris
President Trump attended the Bastille Day parade Friday in Paris, where U.S. and French troops marched together to mark the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I. Mr. Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte in bright sunshine on the reviewing…
Read MoreMore Than $1.2 Million in Taxpayer Waste in Tennessee This June
by Chris Butler, Tennessee WatchDog Yet another California artist gets taxpayer money for TN public art. A Los Angeles artist will design one of Memphis’ most expensive public art projects at taxpayer expense, according to Memphis TV station WREG. The “I Am a Man” art project will cost…
Read MoreOldest American World War II Veteran Visits Tennessee
A man believed to be the nation’s oldest World War II veteran arrived in Memphis on Thursday from his native Texas to great fanfare. Richard Overton, age 111, was greeted at Memphis International Airport with a water cannon salute from the Memphis Fire Department and well-wishers who wanted to shake…
Read MoreCommentary: In the Age of Trump, Democrats Are All Defamation and No Ideas
The Democratic Party has no ideas to present to the American people, and so it has made the choice to try and destroy the people that do have them. Once it was definite that Donald Trump was going to be the president and not Hillary Clinton, the attacks came with…
Read MoreAttorney General Jeff Sessions Says He’ll Appeal Travel Ban Case Back to Supreme Court
The administration on Friday said it will appeal directly to the Supreme Court after a lower federal judge, for the second time, ruled against President Trump’s updated travel ban policy. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii ruled late Thursday that cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, as well as…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Saturday, July 15
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing July 15, Saturday James 1:12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
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