Bob Corlew, the former judge who is now running for the Republican nomination in Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, announced his campaign team Friday. “When I made the decision to run for Congress, I set out to put together a marquee team of conservative professionals who have a record of winning elections…
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Senator Lamar Alexander Endorses Marsha Blackburn for U.S. Senate as Outgoing Corker Remains on the Sidelines
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) has endorsed Congresswoman and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07). In a statement issued by Alexander, and posted in social media, Alexander said: “I have supported Marsha Blackburn as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, and I support her again as…
Read MoreLong Time Conservative Activist Judson Phillips Endorses Diane Black for Governor
Tea Party Nation founder and long time conservative activist Judson Phillips endorsed Diane Black for Governor Wednesday, in a statement posted on his personal website. “In four months, Tennesseans will go to the polls and select the Republican nominee to be governor of this state,” Phillip’s statement begins, adding: The…
Read MoreTrump Credits Mexican Laws for Dispersing Immigrant Caravan
President Donald Trump credited the Mexican legal system Thursday for dispersing a caravan of Central American migrants making its way north through Mexico, with some headed for the U.S., and praised his administration for a dramatic drop in the number of immigrants crossing the southwest border. “The Caravan is largely…
Read MoreStudent Says He Was ‘Demoted’ for Expressing Pro-Second Amendment Views
Quade Lancaster, a military veteran and student at a Texas community college, told Campus Reform that he was demoted from president to vice president of the school’s Student Government Association (SGA) as a result of expressing pro-Second Amendment sentiments during a private conversation. It’s a curious case.
Read MoreJudge Okays $3.5 Million to Tea Partiers in IRS Smackdown
Oh, happy day. Once in a while, justice is served, the good guy does win and the Big Bad Wolf at the Little American’s door gets the kick in the arse it deserves. The Internal Revenue Service was just smacked with a preliminary order from a federal judge to pay…
Read More‘America is Open for Business’ Again, Trump Says
President Donald Trump touted “what’s happening” in the nation because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, saying the results are “really incredible” for businesses and working men and women during a roundtable discussion Thursday in West Virginia.
Read MoreTrump Not Expected to Meet Castro, Maduro at Summit of Americas
President Donald Trump is not expected to meet the leaders of Cuba and Venezuela when he attends the Summit of the Americas next week, according to White House officials. However, there will still be opportunities for interactions between Trump and his Latin and North American counterparts at the two-day summit…
Read MoreCommentary: President Trump Delivers Bigly on Trade, Immigration
By Robert Romano In the past month, President Donald Trump has levied a 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum, hit China with $60 billion of tariffs for intellectual property theft and steel dumping, got South Korea to give major concessions on steel dumping and importing U.S.-made…
Read MorePoor Things! Liberal Artists Are Upset by the Success of ‘Roseanne’
Becoming a successful artist — or even just a working artist — requires a long and difficult journey most of the time. Plenty of writers, actors, directors, musicians, photographers and so many others can talk for hours, days, about the various odd jobs they’ve taken over the years just to…
Read MoreThree Chicago Men Charged for Selling Lethal Fake Marijuana
Federal prosecutors have charged three men with the illegal sale of a synthetic marijuana product that has been linked to at least two deaths and 56 illnesses in Illinois, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Fouad Masoud, 48 and Jad Allah, 44, from Justice, Illinois, a village near Chicago and Adil…
Read MoreSteve Gill Has a Suggestion for the University of Tennessee: What It Could Be Doing Instead of ‘Sex Week’ That Could Help More Than Thirty Percent of their Students
Conservative political commentator and Tennessee Star contributor Steve Gill shared a bombshell finding Thursday on The Gill Report, broadcast live on WETR 92.3 FM in Knoxville that more than a third of college students say they don’t get enough to eat and are functionally homeless. “We were talking about Sex Week, and have to just…
Read MoreConservatives Spot New Tactic to Pass Bills Without Senate Filibuster
Some of the conservative movement’s biggest names urged President Trump Thursday to use NAFTA negotiations as a way to get around a Democratic filibuster and push through major cuts to government regulations. In a letter to the president, the conservatives urged him to tuck the REINS Act, which would give…
Read MoreTim Pawlenty Announces His 2018 Run for Minnesota Governor
MINNEAPOLIS—Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced he is running for governor Thursday, attempting a restoration after eight years out of office that saw his DFL successor move the state in a more progressive direction at odds with Pawlenty’s tenure. Pawlenty, a longtime Eagan resident, served two four-year terms beginning in…
Read MoreIt’s Still Not Over: Cyclist Fired for Showing Trump Middle Finger Sues Ex-Employer
An American woman who was fired from her job after she was photographed showing her middle finger to President Donald Trump is suing her former employer. uli Briskman, who was a marketing analyst for the firm Akima, says the decision to terminate her was a violation of her right to…
Read MoreRutherford County Mayoral Candidate Tina Jones Blasts $9 Billion Transit Plan, Calling It ‘A Wasteful Boondoggle of Epic Proportions’
Republican business owner and Rutherford County Mayoral hopeful Tina Jones made news Thursday with her strong statement against neighboring Davidson County’s $9 billion transit plan, “Let’s Go Nashville.” “The transit scheme initiated by Mayor Megan Barry, before she was forced from office, is a wasteful boondoggle of epic proportions and…
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