The lawyers whose fraud suit against the Democratic National Committee was thrown out last month are appealing, and planning to fund the appeal with proceeds from the sale of a book they say will tell the truth about what really happened in last year’s Democratic primary. As Hurricane Irma headed toward South Florida last week, attorney…
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee — Judge Jeanine Pirro of Fox News was the star of the evening Thursday at the ninth annual T-Bones and Politics fundraiser, but people were also drawn to the event to hear from and support Republican candidates for Tennessee governor. House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville), former State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), Williamson County businessman Bill Lee and East Tennessee real estate agent Kay White were at the event working the crowd and shaking hands. They also gave brief speeches before Pirro’s keynote address. Both Beavers and Lee were warmly received by the crowd, Beavers especially, with many applauding and some rising to their feet after their speeches. Harwell and White were not greeted with as much enthusiasm. Knoxville businessman Randy Boyd and U.S. Rep. Diane Black (R-TN-6) are also in the race for the Republican nomination but did not attend Thursday’s event. Mark Moore, a 24-year-old home builder who lives in Nashville, told The Tennessee Star he came to the event to support Beavers. He said he admires her conservative values and her consistency in promoting them. “She’s never wavered,” Moore said. Debbie Ballard said she was looking forward to hearing from all the candidates because she…
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After writing President Trump and making a pitch for the job, eleven year old Frank Giaccio was granted the opportunity to mow the White House’s iconic Rose Garden lawn Friday morning. Much to young Frank’s surprise, President Trump came out to cheer the boy on and thank him for his hard work. The White House assembled a short highlight reel of Frank’s morning at the White House and posted it Friday via a tweet from President Trump himself: Frank “FX” Giaccio-On behalf of @FLOTUS Melania & myself, THANK YOU for doing a GREAT job this morning! @NatlParkService gives you an A+! pic.twitter.com/135DxuapUI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 15, 2017 We first heard about Frank last month, right after Stephen Miller and Jim Acosta clashed over President Trump’s immigration proposals. You’ll recall sparks flew when Acosta intimated there was a discriminatory element to requiring individuals seeking to enter the United States speak English, and that it would result in immigrants coming from Great Britain or Australia, Miller famously quipped, “I have to honestly say I am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from Great Britain and Australia would know English. It’s actually — it reveals your cosmopolitan…
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Here’s how the planned crash into Saturn will go down. Cassini’s last moments were meticulously planned out. NASA/JPL-Caltech After almost 20 years of exploration, discoveries and gorgeous pictures, it’s time to say goodbye to Cassini. Launched in 1997, it took the Cassini spacecraft seven years to reach it’s ultimate destination—Saturn. For thirteen years, it has sent…
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Just hours after questioning why anyone would want to deport “good, educated and accomplished young people,” President Donald Trump said Thursday that beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should not be allowed to get U.S. citizenship. Trump said a path to citizenship would not be part of an agreement to codify the DACA…
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The city of College Park, Maryland voted on Tuesday night to grant illegal immigrants the right to vote in its local elections. After a close vote which saw the measure pass with four votes for, three against, and one abstention, illegal aliens, foreigners with student-visas, and green card holders all received a green-light to participate in…
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President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan both see tax reform as an accomplishable, signature feat before the 2018 midterm elections, but the conservative House Freedom Caucus wants to see the plan. Soon. Why? One major concern of conservatives is whether Trump and Ryan will give tax cuts to big corporations, leaving unincorporated small businesses…
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The Carolina Abortion Fund (CAF) said in a tweet Wednesday that killing unborn babies helps society. “Abortion is a social good,” reads the tweet, with the hashtag “BeBoldEndHyde.” https://twitter.com/NCAbortionFund/status/907950191789133824 The Hyde Amendment “prohibits the expenditure for any abortion of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are…
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LifeZette Editor-in-Chief Laura Ingraham recommended Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) consider leaving “politics to people like Donald Trump, who can actually cut deals when necessary and get results,” during a segment Tuesday on Fox News’ “Hannity.” After nearly eight months of enjoying majorities in both the House and the Senate and maintaining the White House,…
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Tax incentives to attract and retain businesses in Tennessee can be a good thing for the state, gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd told the Beacon Center of Tennessee on Tuesday. “You’ve got to make smart decisions, but if you make the smart decision, you can get a good return on investment,” Boyd said. The Beacon Center has been conducting Facebook Live interviews of the candidates in the 2018 race for governor. Questions have centered around issues facing the state that are of particular interest to the Beacon Center, a Nashville-based think tank that promotes the free market. The Beacon Center is against so-called corporate welfare and has produced a short documentary on the topic called Rigged: The Injustice of Corporate Welfare. The center maintains that tax incentives offered to large companies hurt small businesses and put government in the position of picking winners and losers. In his comments about business tax credits, Boyd offered a contrast with state House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville), Williamson County businessman Bill Lee and former state Sen. Mae Beavers, who were interviewed earlier. Harwell and Beavers were resolute in their agreement with the Beacon Center about corporate welfare, while Lee said there needs to be more transparency in the…
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Four Republican senators on Wednesday offered a last-ditch effort to overhaul Obamacare, proposing to convert it into a massive block grant to the states. The lead sponsors, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), have been pushing the plan for weeks. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) — and former Sen. Rick Santorum…
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Former President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign advertising agency received nearly $60 million in federal contracts after he took office, according to an analysis by The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group. The gravy train for the Washington, D.C.-based agency, GMMB, hasn’t slowed since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the analysis found. The liberal Democratic communications powerhouse was…
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee — Judge Jeanine Pirro railed against corruption in Washington, D.C., before an enthusiastic crowd Thursday at the ninth annual T-Bones and Politics fundraiser at the Mid-TN Expo. The fiery Fox News host, who is a former judge and district attorney, directed most of her outrage at liberal political figures who she said aren’t being held accountable by the deep state and feckless Republicans. Pirro slammed the State Department and Department of Justice for not pursuing a case against Hillary Clinton for her secret emails and pay-to-play schemes during her tenure as Secretary of State. “No one is above the law, not even Hillary Clinton,” said Pirro, describing the failed presidential candidate as someone who “needs a lobotomy.” Pirro also bemoaned former IRS official Lois Lerner getting a pass by the Department of Justice, which announced last week that prosecutors would not pursue a case against her for harassing conservative groups. In addition, Pirro mentioned the controversy four years ago surrounding former Attorney General Eric Holder, who was accused of lying under oath about the Obama administration’s surveillance of reporters. “The Democrats go for blood,” Pirro said, referring to their tactics to bring down political opponents. Republicans, by contrast,…
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VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing September 15, Friday Isaiah 9:10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.” Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
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