NBC News Writes First Muslim ‘Backlash’ Story 6 Hours After New York Terror Attack

NBC News began constructing a favorite media narrative in the hours following Tuesday’s terror attack in New York City, posting a story about potential “backlash” against Muslims just six hours after a Muslim man mowed down tourists on a bike path in Manhattan. Shortly after police identified the suspect as 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, an Uzbekistan…

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Conservative Author Lee Edwards: Trump Is One of Us

President Donald Trump was not born in the conservative movement, but he is doing conservative things, says Lee Edwards, a fellow in at the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government. Edwards, a longtime conservative and historian of the conservative movement, told LifeZette on Tuesday that Trump is one of the good conservative guys, even though he…

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Some Nashville Entrepreneurs Question Mayor Megan Barry’s Mass Transit Plan

While a number of Nashville entrepreneurs support Mayor Megan Barry’s $5.2 billion mass transit plan, some are saying the proposal is outdated for the needs of today. The Nashville chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization has surveyed members on the proposal for Davidson County, reports Nashville Business Journal. Forty-four of the chapter’s more than 200 members responded. Eighteen percent said they are “strongly against” the mass transit plan, 6 percent are “somewhat against” it and 3 percent “neither support nor oppose” the proposal. Forty-five percent “strongly support” the plan and 28 percent “somewhat support” it. However, even some in favor of the plan expressed reservations in comments. Those opposed said new technology is consigning light rail to a thing of the past and that Nashville should be part of the latest innovation in transportation. Other critics have voiced similar concerns, saying people today want customized door-to-door transportation offered by services such as Uber and Lyft. They say city officials need to take a closer look at those services, and at how self-driving cars could have an impact in the future, as well as how technology will soon allow even more people to work from home. Some also want the city to consider…

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Liberals Lose Their Minds After John Kelly Calls Gen. Robert E. Lee ‘Honorable’

After White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that Confederate General Robert E. Lee was “an honorable man” and suggested that the Civil War could have been avoided if an “ability to compromise” was demonstrated, Twitter went berserk and dubbed Kelly a “racist.” During an interview that aired Monday on…

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Russell Moore Befuddles and Angers Many with Reformation Day Tweet

Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), kicked up a storm Tuesday with a Reformation Day tweet in which he portrayed himself as a theological giant serving as a bridge between Protestantism and Catholicism. The tweet featured a photo of bobblehead dolls of Pope Francis, Moore and Martin Luther, with Moore standing between Francis and Luther. The tweet carried the words “A uniter, not a divider. #Ref0500.” Tuesday marked the 500th anniversary of the day Luther, a German monk, launched the Protestant Reformation with the posting of his 95 Theses. The movement led to a break with the Catholic Church and the creation of Protestant denominations, eventually including Baptist groups. Moore’s tweet confused and angered many conservative Protestants on social media. Many said he was minimizing the Reformation and also the doctrinal differences that continue to exist between Catholics and Protestants. Some called out Moore for being arrogant. Some took his tweet as a harmless joke, but others said that while it may have been a joke, it was an inappropriate one. Here are some of the comments tweeted Moore’s way in response: What denomination are you again? Was your account hacked? Seems a little…presumptuous,…

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‘Cosmo Hurts Kids’ Campaign Publishes Message on Memphis Billboard

The “Cosmo Hurts Kids” campaign has left its mark on a Memphis billboard, which cautions that Cosmopolitan magazine features porn. The billboard is on Interstate 40 near Whitten Road, reports WREG News Channel 3. The movement is the work of Victoria Hearst, whose grandfather, publishing titan William Randolph Hearst, acquired the magazine in 1905. The publication was started in 1886. Victoria Hearst wants to make sure the magazine is kept out of reach of young people under 18. Her campaign “is not trying to censor the magazine or put it out of business,” she says on her website. “The goal is to have Cosmo labelled ‘Adult Material’ so that it cannot be sold to anyone under 18 years of age.” Cosmopolitan is not the same magazine it was when it was founded and when her grandfather owned it, she says. It used to be a wholesome publication with articles on fashion, home decor, cooking and raising children. Her grandfather hired writers such as O. Henry, Sinclair Lewis, George Bernard Shaw and Upton Sinclair to contribute stories and articles. The magazine floundered in the 1950s and 1960s because of competition from other media, including television. “In 1965, 14 years after my grandfather’s death, the…

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Richard Viguerie Commentary: Be A Third Force, Not A Third Party

by Richard A. Viguerie, ConservativeHQ.com Chairman   As the establishment Republican Party’s Capitol Hill leaders continue to fumble – many would say block – the agenda that elected Donald Trump and built a new and winning conservative – populist political coalition, the mutterings for the formation of a third political party to compete with the Democratic and Republican establishments has grown louder. As I explained in my book TAKEOVER, the ideological incentive for conservatives to bolt the Republican Party seems to grow every time weak and feckless GOP “leaders” hold sway on Capitol Hill – but the political reasons to resist it are overwhelming: Because of the weakness of the Republican National Committee and the GOP leadership on Capitol Hill, plenty of conservatives then [1970s], as now, were inclined to leave the Republican Party, at least for a while. Every time the establishment GOP would “me-too” the Democrats, or strong-arm conservatives in Congress or Republican Party politics, some conservatives would contemplate forming a third party. This conservative disillusionment with the GOP wasn’t new, as I’ve mentioned before; it went back at least to the 1950s and early 1960s, when a vehement group of libertarian-minded thinkers, such as author Ayn Rand,…

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Virginia GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ed Gillespie Slams ‘Latino Victory’ Ad That Plays to Racial Fears As a ‘New Low’

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie slammed a new ad on Tuesday that plays on racial fears. “In Virginia, we respect civil discourse, and this is a new low in politics here,” Mr. Gillespie, a Republican, said on Fox News. “It’s a sad day. I was glad when a couple of the Democratic members in the House…

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Manafort Prosecutor Has a History of Bullying, Withholding Information, Critics Say

Andrew Weissmann, a key prosecutor on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, has a history of aggressive tactics in pursuing targets — including actions that critics argue have crossed ethical boundaries. Reporters covering Mueller’s probe of Russia’s election interference saw Weissmann entering the grand jury room in U.S. District Court in Washington on Friday. That same grand…

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Bear Dashes into Gatlinburg Candy Store

Who isn’t eager to go into a candy shop? Aunt Mahalia’s Candies in Gatlinburg can’t even keep the wildlife away. At least, that was the case last Thursday night, when a black bear dashed into the store. No one was inside the store on the Parkway at the time. Employees were washing dishes in the back. Tina Aucker, one of the employees, heard screams from a crowd outside the store. “I come walking around like this and there was a bear standing right there,” Aucker told WATE 6 News. “And I looked at it like this and I said, ‘Hang on one moment and I’ll be right back.’ I turned around, walked back to the door and yelled, ‘Amy, there’s a bear out here.’” The bear was soon gone. Employees believe the crowd outside the shop spooked the bear, prompting the animal to barrel inside. Bill Stiver, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park wildlife biologist, told WATE that bears are busy this time of year finding various food sources and eating. They will soon start hibernating for winter. Stiver advised people to keep their distance when they see a bear. Wildlife biologists emphasize that a bear’s behavior is unpredictable. The whereabouts…

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Gubernatorial Candidate Diane Black Hits Hard on Randy Boyd’s ‘B-Roll Run’

Representative Diane Black’s latest hit on fellow gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd is sure to have news professionals chortling with the clever use of the media jargon ‘b-roll’ to describe Mr. Boyd’s 100-day publicity tour of Tennessee featuring his literally running across the state. The term ‘b-roll’ – sometimes called ‘cutaways’ – is a media industry phrase that is used to describe the images viewers see when the news-personality is talking about the story at hand. The lesser-used term ‘a-roll’ is the video of the interviewer or interviewee talking on-camera. For instance, when a story is presented about a bake sale, the footage of cookies, batter, icing, and cakes that show while the reporter talks about the where and when of the bake sale is ‘b-roll.’ Often, b-roll is considered the fluff or filler of a story. The strategy animating the ‘Run with Randy’ project is to showcase the Knoxville businessman’s outdoorsy, fitness-loving personality. However some are beginning to compare Boyd’s literal run to a similar strategy by fellow fitness enthusiast, Senator John Kerry, in his presidential bid of 2004. “Today, Randy Boyd completes his ‘B-Roll Run’ across Tennessee,” a statement from Diane Black’s campaign began. “But he’ll have to keep running if he wants to…

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Faith: Verse of the Day for Wednesday, November 1

Tennessee Star - Verse of the Day

  VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing November 1, Wednesday Matthew 10:16-24 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. … Romans 8:15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

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