Arkansas Police Officer Charged with Threatening to Blow Up Training Academy

An Arkansas police officer has been arrested and fired after threatening to blow up a training academy. Wisam “Troy” Algburi, 29, a Marion police officer, was enrolled in the Law Enforcement Training Academy at Black River Technical College in Pocahontas. He was dismissed from the academy Sept. 29 after threatening classmates and staff, reports KAIT Region 8 News. Algburi was accused of making threats to “blow up” the training academy, according to Arkansas State Police. He was arrested and charged with felony terroristic threatening. He then lost his job with the Marion Police Department. He had been employed there since February.

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Mike Huckabee Meets Heartland in Nashville Show

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee — Mike Huckabee went before a studio audience Friday evening at Trinity Music City to tape his first show for the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). And what a show it was. The debut kicked off with Huckabee speaking with President Trump in the White House in a pre-recorded interview. By the end of the show, he was jamming on bass guitar with in-studio guest Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night. In pre-show remarks to the crowd, the former Republican governor of Arkansas and two-time presidential candidate said he has been wanting to do a show in America’s heartland. He previously had a show on Fox News and like his old show, his new one is simply called “Huckabee.” Huckabee, who lives in Florida’s Panhandle, will travel regularly to Music City for his new gig here. “These days I’m primarily known as Sarah’s dad,” he joked with the studio audience, referring to his White House press secretary daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. He introduced several notable guests in the crowd, including his wife of 43 years, Janet, as well as U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN-8) and Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd. “I’m excited and honored to be here to witness…

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Faith: Verse of the Day for Saturday, October 7

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  VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing October 7, Saturday 1 Thessalonians 5: 15-28  Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.  16 Rejoice always,  17 pray continually,  18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  19 Do not quench the Spirit.  20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt  21 but test them all; hold on to what is good,  22 reject every kind of evil.  23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.  25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us.  26 Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss.  27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  

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Possible Democratic 2020 Contender Fundraises Off Vegas Slaughter

Sen Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), one of the leading gun control advocates in Congress and a potential 2020 presidential candidate, wasted no time trying to leverage financial support from this week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. Murphy’s re-election campaign blasted out an email to supporters asking for contributions to three gun control groups, according to the Connecticut…

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Williamson County Republican Party Wants to Awaken the Sleeping Giant

FRANKLIN, Tennessee — If conservatives want to make a difference, they have to get more involved. That was the theme of a book discussion Thursday at the Embassy Suites hotel hosted by the Williamson County Republican Party. A handful of people gathered at the hotel restaurant to consider the lessons in the 2012 book, “Waking the Sleeping Giant: How Mainstream Americans Can Beat Liberals at Their Own Game” by Timothy Daughtry and Gary Casselman. Thursday’s event was part of a series of discussions that will focus on the book. Debbie Deaver, chairman of the party chapter, said many conservatives are afraid of appearing mean, which holds them back. But Daughtry and Casselman show conservatives how they can be engaged without being ugly, she said. “You don’t have to be a jerk,” said Deaver, who finds the authors’ take especially refreshing and unique because of their background as psychologists. Hannah Tiblier, secretary for the party chapter, said the authors have a good grasp of individual and group dynamics. “They understand human nature,” she said. The book also ties in with a message that Deaver has been trying to communicate to local Republicans, which is that politics matter at all levels, including…

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Commentary: Will President Trump Cave to McMaster, Tillerson and Mattis on Obamabomb Deal?

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by George Rasley CHQ readers will recall that during the campaign then-candidate Donald Trump regularly excoriated the Obama – Iran nuclear weapons deal (JCPOA) saying, “My number one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran. I have been in business a long time. I know deal-making and let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic – for America, for Israel, and for the whole Middle East.” And we’ve explained in any number of articles, most recently in Countdown To Get Us Out Of The Obamabomb Deal With Iran and, Even UN Says Iran Not Complying With Obama Nuclear Weapons Deal, Conservative National Security Experts Urge President Trump to Withdraw From Obama’s Nuclear Deal With Iran, President Trump’s UN Speech vs. Action On Iran And North Korea and If North Korea Has Miniature Nukes, So Does Iran,  the inevitable result of continuing to falsely certify that Iran is in compliance with the nuclear weapons deal, and allowing their continued nuclear weapons and missile development cooperation, is an anti-American world dominated by two nuclear-armed rogue states; North Korea and Iran. The message that the United States must stop falsely certifying that Iran is in compliance with the JCPOA seems to be getting through to the President, but the next…

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Supporters of Nashville Fairgrounds Voice Concerns About Mayor Megan Barry’s Plans for Soccer Stadium, Housing

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Bob Blair has been coming to events at the Nashville Fairgrounds ever since he can remember. The 75-year-old still comes to the fairgrounds for the flea market and auto races. The owner of Mr. B’s Barber Salon, he lives nearby. Blair was at the fairgrounds Thursday evening to speak out against Mayor Megan Barry’s plans to build a Major League Soccer stadium and affordable and workforce housing on fairgrounds land. The fair board held a special meeting in the Creative Arts Building to present the plans to the public and allow for comment. Critics like Blair fear the fairgrounds, located near Nolensville Pike and Wedgewood Avenue, would never be the same. “If you do anything, improve on what you’ve got,” Blair told the board. “Leave something for the regular working people. This is our fairgrounds.” Around 150 people attended the meeting, with supporters of the group Save Our Fairgrounds arriving wearing red shirts. Dozens of people individually addressed the board, with many against the plans or somewhat in favor but concerned. A handful were unwavering in their enthusiasm, saying a soccer stadium and a planned park and greenway would be assets to the community and make the…

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Legendary Rock Group ‘Queen’ Releases Raw and Alternative Takes of ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘We Are the Champions’

This is Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” as you’ve never heard them before. To mark the 40th anniversary of the dual-single release of two of Queen’s biggest hits on Saturday, Newsweek has the exclusive premiere of alternative, never-before-heard recordings of both anthemic tracks. It was October 7, 1977, that Queen—fronted by…

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It’s Official: Marsha Blackburn Is Running for U.S. Senate to Replace Bob Corker

Ending months of uncertainty, Representative Marsha Blackburn announced Thursday that she will seek to represent the Volunteer State in the US Senate in 2018. WSMV reported: Congressman Marsha Blackburn has announced she will be running for the U.S. Senate to fill the seat of Sen. Bob Corker. Blackburn’s office says her announcement comes after “several days of a sustained recruitment effort by grassroots Tennessee conservatives to persuade her to run.” Rep. Blackburn released an announcement video talking about why she is running: TRANSCRIPT: The United States Senate. It’s totally dysfunctional and it’s enough to drive you nuts. And that’s why I’ve decided to do something about it. I’m Marsha Blackburn. I’m a hard core, card carrying Tennessee conservative. I’m politically incorrect, and proud of it. So, let me just say it like it is: The fact that our Republican majority in the U.S. Senate can’t overturn Obamacare, or will not overturn Obamacare. It’s a disgrace. Too many Senate Republicans act like Democrats. Or worse. And that’s what we have to change. Here in Tennessee, I fought my own party to stop a massive, job killing, state income tax. And we stopped it. We won. I know the left calls me a…

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Governor Haslam Announces He Will Not Run for U.S. Senate

After weeks of speculation, Governor Bill Haslam announced Thursday morning he will not seek to replace retiring U. S. Senator Bob Corker in 2018. WSMV reports: Gov. Bill Haslam has announced he will not be running for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to remain “completely focused” on his job as governor. Haslam previously announced he was “considering” campaigning to fill Sen. Bob Corker’s seat. Haslam said at the end of his term he will have been in public office for 15 years and feels like he will be “most helpful” as a private citizen. Governor Haslam published his announcement on Twitter: My statement on the 2018 U.S. Senate race. pic.twitter.com/1pLR0MhSEd — Bill Haslam (@BillHaslam) October 5, 2017   DEVELOPING… 

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Public Meeting to Be Held Tonight on Plans for Soccer Stadium at Nashville Fairgrounds

The board of the Nashville Fairgrounds will hold a special meeting this evening to discuss plans for a soccer stadium, and the group Save Our Fairgrounds is encouraging a large turnout. Mayor Megan Barry wants the fairgrounds to be the site for a new Major League Soccer stadium. Save Our Fairgrounds says plans for the stadium and additional soccer fields could jeopardize the flea market, race track and state fair. They might also violate the Metro Charter, the group says. The meeting will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Creative Arts Building at the fairgrounds, and will include an in-depth presentation from the MLS2 Nashville Soccer Committee. The agenda allows time for public comments. “Attending this meeting is imperative to listen to the proposal and voice your concerns about the park and stadium,” Save Our Fairgrounds said on its Facebook page. Barry has wanted to attract a Major League Soccer expansion team to Nashville and on Monday unveiled details of her plan. The 27,500-seat stadium would cost $250 million but 90 percent of its funding would come from private dollars and revenues generated at the stadium, Barry said. John Ingram would be the lead investor. Funding would come from $200…

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Nashville Metro Council Encourages Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Columbus Day

Nashville’s Metro Council on Tuesday passed a resolution urging businesses, organizations and public entities to from now on recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the second Monday of October, most often recognized as Columbus Day. The non-binding resolution passed 26-5. It was sponsored by council members Brett Withers, Fabian Bedne, Nancy VanReece, Colby Sledge, Mina Johnson and Freddie O’Connell. Columbus Day recognizes the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492, but has been treated with increasing disregard and contempt nationwide by those who want to keep the focus on European mistreatment of Native Americans. Defenders of Columbus Day say critics downplay Columbus’ accomplishments and ignore the cruelty between Native American tribes, falsely painting mistreatment of other groups as a uniquely European trait. The Metro Council resolution says the council “opposes the systematic racism towards Indigenous Peoples of the United States, which perpetuates high rates of poverty and income inequality, exacerbating disproportionate health, education, and social crises.” The resolution notes that Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed in 1977 by a delegation of Native Nations to a United Nations-sponsored conference. It also notes that the U.S. endorsed a U.N. declaration in 2010 recognizing that “indigenous peoples have suffered from…

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John Rich Describes Experiences in Las Vegas During Shooting Spree

Country music star John Rich was at a Las Vegas bar Sunday that went on lockdown when the shooting started. Big & Rich had performed at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival and then the duo, which includes Big Kenny, went to the Redneck Riviera, a bar owned by Rich. That’s when the worst shooting spree in U.S. history began to unfold. Rich related his experiences in an interview with WKRN News 2. He spoke of the striking contrast between the uplifting moments when Big & Rich led the festival crowd in singing “God Bless America” with the horror that followed a couple hours later. When people at the bar learned there was an active shooter at the festival, Rich, who has a concealed weapons permit, retrieved his gun from his tour bus and then loaned it to an off-duty police officer. “This guy walks up to me and says, ‘Hey, I’m a Minneapolis police officer off duty.’ He said, ‘I’m in Las Vegas on my honeymoon. I’m unarmed. Are you armed?’” Rich told WKRN. “I said, ‘Yes sir, I’m armed,’ and he said, ‘Can I take your firearm? I’m going to hold point on this front door until we…

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Referee Files Lawsuit Against Kentucky Radio Station After Harassment He Endured for Elite Eight Officiating

It’s not often that you see a referee fight back fans or radio stations in a court of law. Those people are allowed to have their opinions of how you officiated a game after all. However, referee John Higgins is filing a federal lawsuit against Kentucky Sports Radio citing intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of…

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Voting Open for Beacon Center’s Pork of the Year Event

Voting is open for the Beacon Center of Tennessee’s Pork of the Year event for 2017. The annual event allows the people of Tennessee to choose the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars from a short list of candidates “who have done the most egregious things with taxpayer money,” according to the Beacon Center’s website. The Beacon Center is a Nashville-based think tank that promotes the free market. The 2016 Pork of the Year winner was the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion for its promotion, at taxpayer expense, of gender neutral pronouns such as “ze” and “zir,” and its discouragement of Christmas-themed holiday parties. This year’s choices include the Jobs 4 TN program, the Opryland Waterpark, the state’s industrial machinery tax credit, and former Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold profiting off inmates through his conspiracy to sell electronic cigarettes. For a detailed description of these candidates and to vote, go to beacontn.org/pork-of-the-year-voting. Jobs 4 TN   Opryland Waterpark Tennessee’s industrial machinery tax credit   Former Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold’s scheme to profit off inmates through his conspiracy to sell electronic cigarettes.

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Commentary: Support President Trump’s Tax Reform Or Else

By CHQ Staff   Vice President Mike Pence and his team have, sometimes to the annoyance of conservatives, generally kept a pretty low profile in the controversies generated by President Trump’s attacks on the DC Swamp. Indeed, conservatives have wondered, “Where’s Pence” when Capitol Hill establishment Republicans went after the President on his terrorist travel ban, limits on importing dangerous refugees, and other elements of the Make America Great Again agenda and the Vice President was trying to play the peacemaker instead of standing on the frontlines slugging on his behalf. But much of that annoyance was forgiven yesterday when POLITICO broke a story alleging that Nick Ayers, the Vice President’s recently appointed Chief of Staff suggested to a group of major donors that they needed to “form a coalition” to take on GOP leaders and members who don’t back the president. To that we say Hallelujah, someone in the White House finally gets it. POLITICO claims Ayers dropped the bombshell in remarks at a Republican National Committee event at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington on Tuesday morning, where he also warned that Republicans are “on track to get shellacked” in next year’s midterm elections if GOP lawmakers don’t…

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Rubio Demands Communist West Point Grad Pay Back Tuition

The U.S. Army should nullify unabashed communist 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone’s military commission and require him to pay back his tuition costs, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio requested in a Wednesday letter to acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. “I respectfully request the United States Army immediately nullify Rapone’s commission and pursue all available disciplinary options under…

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Gun Control Won’t End Mass Murder

As the nation continues to reel from the nation’s worst mass shooting in modern history, politicians and other opportunists find the massacre too inviting not to exploit. The knee-jerk cravenness of liberals to scrape up their calls for gun-control while demonizing the National Rifle Association (NRA) immediately sucks all the air out of the room, eliminating…

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Gov. Haslam’s Gas Tax Increase Sponsor ‘Boss’ Doss Offers No Explanation Why His Company’s Equipment Is Being Used on Road Construction Project

ARDMORE, Tennessee – Doss Brothers Inc., the construction company owned by State Rep. Barry “Boss” Doss (R-Leoma), the House sponsor of Governor Bill Haslam’s gas-tax increasing IMPROVE Act, is currently performing work at a road construction site on SR 7 in Ardmore, Tennessee, as well as several Giles County locations which lie within the House District 70, which he currently represents. According to TDOT records (page 10 of 17) and Bid Express, the “Secure Internet Bidding” website that handles departments of transportation for 38 states including Tennessee, the bid was “generated” on March 6, 2017, and “let” (awarded) on March 31, 2017. The successful bidding contractor was Rogers Group, Inc., with a “Total Bid” of $2,290,682.00 and a “completion time on or before December 15, 2017,” for “The grading, drainage and paving on U.S. 31 (S.R. 7) from Union Hill Road to Morrow Road in Ardmore,” Giles County Doss Brothers, Inc. heavy equipment, clearly marked as such, has been unmistakably observed within the past week at a road construction site on SR 7 in Ardmore, Tennessee, as seen in the image on the right. The Tennessee Star asked Rep. Doss to comment as to whether Doss Brothers, Inc. equipment has been used on a road construction project…

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Letter to the Editor: Let Us Remember the True Meaning of the Second Amendment

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Dear Tennessee Star,  After Las Vegas, The Second Amendment is again under attack by the Democrats and Liberals. But why did the framers of the Constitution include the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights? It’s been said that to properly understand the Constitution one must place themselves in the environment and frame of mind of those writing the Constitution at the time the Constitution was written. I agree, a Government of the People and by the People, must also include it’s protection and security by the People. America was in a war with England at the time the Constitution was being written, a war the People was fighting with their own guns and ammo. America had no military such as we have today, everything depended on the citizens, their firearms and willingness to fight. The framers recognized that without the right to own guns, the people would never be able to win their freedom or maintain their own security from tyranny in the future. The Framers placed the ultimate responsibility for maintaining America’s way of life not in the hands of Government, Law enforcement or the Military, but in the hands of the people, and just as Law enforcement and…

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Report: Bannon Says If President Trump Changes Gun Control Positions It’s ‘The End of Everything’

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon warned that if President Trump changes his course on gun control it’ll “be the end of everything,” reports Axios. When asked what would happen if Mr. Trump decides to agree with Democrats and push tougher gun legislation, Mr. Bannon told Axios reporter Jonathan Swan in a text message, “Impossible: will…

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Ingraham: ‘Despicable’ Hillary Comments Demonstrate Profound ‘Level of Ignorance’

LifeZette editor-in-chief Laura Ingraham said that she found 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s “idiotic” comments about the Las Vegas massacre “despicable” in a way that demonstrated a profound “level of ignorance,” during an interview Tuesday on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.” On Sunday night, gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor music festival in…

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New Jersey Mega Dealership, Flemington Car and Truck Country, Pulls All NFL Ads Over NFL National Anthem Protests

RARITAN TWP. — In response to the ongoing controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, the owner of Flemington Car and Truck Country has pulled the dealership’s ads from broadcasts of games for the remainder of the 2017 season. “The National Football League and its owners have shown their fans and marketing partners that…

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Commentary: Democrats Sifting The Air To Tie Vegas Shooting To Trump

ConservativeHQ.com Staff   In what has become an all too predictable pattern Democrats and Far Left activists have pounced on mass murderer Stephen Paddock’s attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada to vilify President Trump, conservatives and gun owners in general. While the Islamic State made a claim that Paddock was one of its “soldiers,” there is, at least at present, no evidence to back-up that claim, and the FBI was quick (perhaps too quick) to state there was no tie to international terrorism. The AP reports that public records offered no hint of financial distress or criminal history, and Eric Paddock, the alleged killer’s brother, who spoke with reporters outside his home near Orlando, Florida, said he did not know of any religious or political affiliation his brother had. Stephen Paddock had not served in the military and was “not an avid gun guy at all,” he said. So much (at least for now) for a terrorist motivation, and the “gun nut” theories of the case and Paddock has no ties that we can find with any organization that can be called “rightwing” or “white nationalist.” As for political motivation, there is some…

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