Day: September 9, 2017

Rush Limbaugh, Radio Host and Palm Beach Resident, Evacuates Florida Ahead of Irma Landfall

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Rush Limbaugh, radio host and Palm Beach resident, evacuates Florida ahead of Irma landfall Syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh is evacuating his south Florida residence ahead of Hurricane Irma’s landfall. “May as well announce this. I’m not going to get into details because of the security nature of things, but it turns out that we will not be able to do the program here tomorrow,” Mr. Limbaugh told his national…

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Troy Gentry of Montgomert Gentry’s Death Shocks the Country World

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Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry’s death shocks the country world Troy Gentry Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry’s Sept. 8 death in a helicopter crash was sudden and shocking. Throughout the duo’s nearly two-decade career, Troy and his duo partner Eddie Montgomery toured with just about every superstar you could name in country music. They were also beloved members of the Grand Ole Opry for nearly a…

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Promoters of Mass Transit Step Up Efforts to Push Plan for Middle Tennessee

Wendy Wilson

  A new pro-transit coalition will launch a campaign this weekend to get people on board with a proposed mass transit plan for Middle Tennessee, reports Nashville Business Journal. Called Transit for Nashville, the coalition will go door to door in Germantown on Saturday to collect petition signatures. Leaders expected to appear at Saturday’s event include Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, Shelly Courington, advocacy director for AARP Tennessee; Clifton Harris, president and CEO of the Urban League of Middle Tennessee; and Ethan Link, program director for Southeast Laborers’ District Council. Barry, a progressive Democrat, is a big champion of the $6 billion regional transit plan and is committed to putting a referendum on the ballot next year to raise taxes for the project. The IMPROVE Act passed earlier this year by the state legislature allows local governments to raise taxes to fund mass transit. The tentative regional plan calls for light rail and rapid buses and would be phased in over 25 years. Mass transit critics say there are less costly and cumbersome ways to address traffic problems associated with growth. Tea Party activist Ben Cunningham is leading an effort to put a referendum on the ballot next year that would limit Metro Nashville’s debt…

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DWS NEXT? Early Prosecutor Moves Suggest Intent To Bring House Cybersecurity, Theft Charges

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Prosecutors have given Imran Awan a copy of the hard drive of a House laptop that Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz tried to keep law enforcement from looking at, court filings show, suggesting prosecutors intend to bring charges related to the underlying cybersecurity and theft probe. The hard-drive copy was included in discovery even though Wasserman Schultz…

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Oregon Senators to Use Senate ‘Blue Slip’ Privilege Against Trump Judicial Nominee

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Two Democratic lawmakers said they’ll flex senatorial privilege to block one of President Trump’s judicial nominations, erecting yet another roadblock as the White House tries to reshape the federal courts. Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff Merkley said they won’t return their “blue slips” signaling acquiescence in the nomination of Ryan Bounds, Mr. Trump’s pick for…

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Michael Hiltzik: Here Are All the Ways the Equifax Data Breach Is Worse Than You Can Imagine

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Another day, another massive data breach. Except this one involves Equifax, one of the credit-monitoring companies you might expect to be ultrasensitive to the importance of safeguarding your personal information from hackers. Instead, the company revealed on Thursday, the personal data of 143 million U.S. consumers in its care — nearly half the country — was…

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See How Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker Voted on the Pelosi-Schumer-Trump Debt Ceiling Deal

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Senate lawmakers voted Thursday afternoon to advance a bill that would provide emergency relief funding to the victims of Hurricane Harvey and would temporarily raise the debt ceiling and fund the government through mid-December. Lawmakers voted 80-17 in favor of sending the bill back to the House for renegotiations. The Senate’s vote comes off the heels…

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Commentary: Billionaires For DACA Line Up Against American Nationhood

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  by ConservativeHQ.com Staff   It’s a cinch that if a bunch of globalist billionaires are for something, there’s a catch in it somewhere for American workers, which is why the movement to pass legislation implementing Obama’s illegal and unconstitutional Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) should be greeted with a solid wall of opposition from President Trump’s conservative – populist coalition. Forbes reports that on August 31st, several business leaders including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner signed an open letter asking President Trump and Congressional leaders to preserve the program. FWD.us, a coalition of globalist business leaders of the technology community founded in 2013 to support “comprehensive immigration reform” AKA open borders legislation has come out strongly in favor of DACA-like legislation. Founders of the organization include Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and venture capitalist Sean Parker, among others. Following Attorney General Sessions’ announcement that DACA was constitutionally indefensible, FWD.us issued a statement expressing its opposition to President Trump’s decision and called on Congress to pass bipartisan legislation to grant DACA recipients blanket amnesty. In addition to Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, other billionaires backing the preservation of DACA…

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Producer Says Show a Trump-Era Allegory: ‘We’re Right On the Brink’

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“Stark Trek” fans who tune in for CBS All Access’ addition to the popular franchise can expect science fiction fare inspired by the election of President Trump. A new band of heroes will tackle the “final frontier” this month when “Star Trek: Discovery” premiers, but the show’s executives said the United Federation of Planets and the…

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Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Improperly Used Asset Forfeiture Funds, DOJ Says

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  The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security inappropriately used $112,614 in asset forfeiture funds on catering, a luncheon, banquet tickets and retail food, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice. The report released this week looked at expenses from 2014 through 2016. Through the DOJ’s Equitable Sharing Program, state and local law enforcement agencies directly involved in cases resulting in federal forfeiture can claim a portion of federally forfeited cash, property and proceeds. But guidelines restrict using the assets for law enforcement purposes only. The purchase of food and beverages is included on a list of unallowable expenses. “The use of equitable sharing funds to purchase catering, a luncheon, banquet tickets and retail food is contrary to the Equitable Sharing Guide and its goal of promoting and maintaining the integrity of the Equitable Sharing Program to merit public confidence and support,” the report notes. When the DOJ presented its findings to the state Department of Safety, its controller said he did not know food-related purchases were not allowed, according to the report. Other officials said they considered catering expenses to be in support of law enforcement activities. The DOJ report also noted that the state Department…

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