Day: July 30, 2017

Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Lee Finishes Tour of 95 Counties in 95 Days

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Gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee finished his tour of all 95 of Tennessee’s counties in 95 days on Friday in Putnam County. “It has been a thrill to visit every county and listen to Tennesseans in every corner of our state,” the Williamson County businessman said in a statement released by his campaign. “Maria and I have many individual highlights on this specific tour, but mostly, it is getting to meet folks from so many different walks of life. Our state is very diverse, but we have so much that connects us. What I’ve consistently heard throughout this tour is that folks want a good job, a great education for their kids and a safe neighborhood to live in. Those are my goals and that is why I’m running for governor,” Lee added. Lee announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor in Nashville on April 24. He began his 95 county tour that day on a bus emblazoned with the Bill Lee for Governor logo with its grey and orange colors. Since then, Lee. his staff, and volunteers, have driven the bus for 356 hours over 16,403 miles of Tennessee’s roads and highways, his campaign says. The tour, his…

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Tennessee’s Gibson Guitar Featured at White House ‘Made in America Showcase’

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  During the ‘Made in America Showcase’ Monday, Gibson Guitars was chosen by the White House to represent the great products in Tennessee. “We’re here today to celebrate American manufacturing and to showcase the amazing products from all 50 states, made in the USA, President Trump said, standing among a wide array of items, including a display of Gibson guitars. “Remember in the old days they used to have ‘Made in the USA,’ ‘Made in America?’  We’re going to start doing that again.  We’re going to put that brand on our product because it means it’s the best.” President Trump’s “Made in America Product Showcase” featured products made in each state, including Koloa Rum from Hawaii, baseball bats from Louisiana, NASA space suits from Delaware, and maple syrup from Vermont. Monday’s celebration the all-things-American-made is a continuation of President Trump’s ‘America First’ theme, a central tenant widely credited for his victory in 2016. “Made in America is more than a label or a product, and it’s just something so important to us.  It’s a stamp of excellence,” President Trump said. He continued: It’s a badge of honor and a tribute to the tremendous skill of the working men and women who…

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Letter to the Editor: Don’t Let America Become Like Soviet Russia

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  Dear Tennessee Star, My name is Florin. I am married, father of six and  a strong conservative Christian. I am this way for my own and personal salvation and my love for God. Thirty years ago I’ve escaped from the former Soviet  regime where Christians were persecuted and killed. The United States of America was the only place for refuge that was known to accept Christians like me and it was also known all over the world as a Christian Country. The United States printed the Bibles in more than one hundred languages and sent out missionaries all over the world. Ever since I immigrated to America I am a fighter for religion rights which are taken away from us Christians every day by those evil groups that are turning this country upside down and destroying it from inside out. I totally disagree with what the Knoxville mayor did. Instead of fighting for the Christian Communities in Tennessee she crashed our Bible to the ground. I am encouraging the Christians in Knoxville, TN to come out and ask for her resignation upon failure to defend the City, State and Country’s Christian Religion faith against all other atheist individuals and…

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Commentary: Democrat IT Spy Tries To Run To Pakistan: We Connect Some Dots For You

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by George Rasley, ConservativeHQ.com Editor   Imran Awan, the House Democrat’s information technology staffer who was busted for unauthorized access to government computers has been apprehended at Dulles Airport trying to flee to his native Pakistan. Just yesterday we learned that FBI agents seized smashed computer hard drives from the home of Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s information technology (IT) administrator, according to an individual who was interviewed by Bureau investigators in the case and a high level congressional source told our friends at Zero Hedge. Pakistani-born Imran Awan, long-time right-hand IT aide to the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman, has since desperately tried to get the hard drives back, the individual told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group. The congressional source, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the probe, confirmed that the FBI has joined what Politico previously described as a Capitol Police criminal probe into “serious, potentially illegal, violations on the House IT network” by Imran and four of his relatives, who had access to the emails and files of the more than two dozen House Democrats who employed them on a part-time basis. Capitol Police have also seized computer equipment…

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Reince’s Last Moments: Here’s How Priebus Left Trump’s Side

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News of former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus’ departure spread among reporters moments after President Donald Trump returned from an event in New York Friday. In his final moments in the president’s proximity, Priebus huddled with administration officials in a black suburban, then slipped a growing scrum of reporters with a police escort, according…

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Judd Matheny Campaigns in Macon County

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State Rep. Judd Matheny (R-Tullahoma) continues to work hard to win the Republican nomination for the Sixth Congressional District. The primary is still more than a year away, and so far Matheny is the only announced candidate for the seat currently held by Rep. Diane Black (R-TN-06), but you could not tell that by the whirlwind of campaign events the veteran state legislator has held throughout the sprawling district since his announcement in June. On Thursday, Matheny was in Lafayette, Tennessee where he spoke to the Macon County Republican Party. Matheny’s main topic for the evening was frustration with the conduct of establishment Republicans in Washington, particularly with regards to the Senate’s failure to repeal Obamacare. “People were furious. Senator Lamar Alexander’s vote [against repealing Obamacare] was a tipping point,” Matheny said of the attitude of those in attendance. One person in the audience asked “Why does the leadership in the [Republican] Party push and advocate for [liberal] issues, such as Obamacare expansion, Common Core, a gas tax increase in a record state budget surplus?” “And now, the ‘Patriarch’ of the Republican Party in Tennessee, Senator Lamar Alexander, has refused to repeal Obamcare against the wishes of every conservative in…

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Report: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Could Be Asked to Testify in IT Staffer Investigation

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House lawmakers are seeking an independent investigation into IT staffers of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the congresswoman is expected to testify, reports the Washington Free Beacon. One staffer, Imran Awan, was arrested earlier this week trying to board a flight to Pakistan. He was charged with bank fraud including defrauding the Congressional Federal Credit Union.…

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Regional Transportation Administration CEO Steve Bland Concedes Transit Will Not Fix Traffic Problems

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  GALLATIN, Tennessee — At an nMotion Plan Update for Sumner County meeting held July 27 at Volunteer State Community College, Regional Transit Authority (RTA) CEO Steve Bland said he “wouldn’t lie” that transit will not fix traffic problems, adding that “Denver still has traffic problems,” and, in fact, Atlanta and many other major cities with extensive transit systems are included on lists of cities with the worst traffic. Bland’s admission confirms the work of Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Professor Malcolm Getz, who, representing his own views and not that of the university, states that evidence demonstrates that “better transit does not reduce congestion,” rather “the volume of vehicular trips expands to congest whatever space is available for traffic regardless of the level of transit service.” Bland also said that “middle Tennessee’s system needs to be middle Tennessee’s system” and that there is no existing transit system doing it well enough for middle Tennessee to model after. Following the Tennessee legislature’s approval of the IMPROVE Act, which included a provision called “local option transit surcharge,” nMotion Plan Update meetings have been held in other Nashville/Davidson surrounding counties, including Williamson and Wilson. Steve Bland was named to the RTA Executive…

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Faith: Verse of the Day for Sunday, July 30

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  VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing July 30, Sunday Proverbs 10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him. Proverbs 25:19 Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.    

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