Gannett on Tuesday announced plans to shut down its Nashville Design Studio housed at The Tennessean, a closure that will affect up to 88 jobs. The design work will now be done in Des Moines, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; and Phoenix, Arizona. The transition is set to be complete Oct. 1. There will…
Read MoreDay: August 2, 2017
Federal Judge Blocks Pro-Life Laws In Arkansas
A federal judge last week blocked four new pro-life laws from taking effect in Arkansas. U.S. District Court Judge Kristine Baker of the Eastern District of Arkansas is considered an activist judge by the group National Right to Life. Leslie Rutledge, the state’s attorney general, has said she plans to…
Read MoreBREAKING: Diane Black Enters Race for Governor
Rep. Diane Black (R-TN-06) has entered the race for the Republican nomination for governor of Tennessee. Black posted the announcement that she is a candidate for the office on her Facebook page at about 3 a. m. on Wednesday morning. You can see the video of her announcement here. …
Read MoreMarsha Blackburn: Senate Needs to ‘Show Some Spine’ on Health Insurance Bill
Rep. Marsha Blackburn said Monday that the Senate needs to “show some spine” and help fix the heath insurance problem. “President Trump, I believe, is looking to solve the problem. The problem is we’ve got the Senate who cannot seem to – you know they like to work in gangs.…
Read MoreTrump: I’m Not Ever Going to Stop Tweeting!
New White House chief of staff John Kelly appears to have a broad mandate to in the West Wing, but President Donald Trump made clear Tuesday that will not include banning him from Twitter. The president’s Twitter habits drive critics to distraction and sometimes give his own supporters agita. Some…
Read MoreCommentary: Will Diane Black Go Along With McConnell Again to Raise the Debt Ceiling?
In 2011, Rep. Diane Black voted for the “Budget Control Act of 2011” which automatically increased the debt ceiling by $400 billion to $14.694 trillion and subsequently increased it by another $1.2 trillion via the “McConnell Mechanism.” This provision introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell allowed Obama to request debt increases…
Read MoreAlabama GOP Senate Candidate Roy Moore Slammed by CAIR For Calling Islam a ‘False Religion’
A Muslim group has criticized former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and current U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore for calling Islam a “false religion.” Moore expressed his views on Islam in response to a question at a July 24 meeting of the North Jefferson County Republican Club. The question was…
Read MoreArizona Congressman Calls for Robert Mueller to Resign
Pointing to an alleged conflict of interest, a Republican congressman from Arizona called on Tuesday for special counsel Robert Mueller to resign. Rep. Trent Franks, an eight-term Republican, argued that Mueller has an ethical duty to step down because of his friendship with , who would be a key witness…
Read MoreCAIR Demands Firing of Alabama McDonald’s Staff for Allegedly Putting Bacon in Chicken Sandwiches to Offend Muslims
The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on a McDonald’s restaurant in Decatur to identify and fire the employee or employees who the group says put small pieces of bacon in chicken sandwiches ordered by a Muslim family. The restaurant denies any intentional wrongdoing.…
Read MoreRetired Generals, Admirals Thank President Trump for Banning Transgender Troops
More than a dozen retired generals and admirals have signed a letter to President Trump thanking him for his announced policy to ban transgender people from the armed forces. “We write today to express our gratitude to you for making the extremely courageous decision to reverse President [Barack] Obama’s transgender…
Read MoreTad Cummins’ Teaching License Revoked
Tad Cummins, the 50-year-old Tennessee teacher who is awaiting trial in the kidnapping of his student Elizabeth Thomas, had his teaching license revoked over the weekend. The Tennessee Board of Education banned Cummins for the teaching profession for life. Cummins, who is charged with transporting a minor across state lines…
Read MoreTennessee Businesses Step Up Efforts To Be LGBT-Friendly
Tennessee businesses and corporations are yielding to pressure from LGBT activists to promote LGBT ideology in the workplace in the name of diversity. Nissan is now offering benefits to help transgender employees transition, and even Cracker Barrel is pro-actively seeking approval and recognition from the LGBT community. Cracker Barrel…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Wednesday, August 2
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing August 2, Wednesday Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. James 1:22-25 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.…
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