North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un announced Friday that he no longer wants to test nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, reported South Korea’s official Yonhap News Agency. The statement would mark a major concession as the young leader prepares for his country’s first direct meeting with a sitting U.S.…
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Tennessee’s Radio and Radiology Mogul Dr. George Flinn Lends His Campaign to Unseat Rep. David Kustoff $1.4 Million
Dr. George Flinn – after falling short in his bid to replace Representative David Kustoff (R-TN-08) by only 3,000 in the historic 2016 election cycle – has personally lent his 2018 campaign “rematch” with Kustoff $1.4 million, Federal Election Commission filings show. For the first quarter’s reporting period, Flinn reports $863,350 was paid to…
Read MorePresident Trump Stands by His Base, Rejects Trans-Pacific Partnership for Good
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump is back to the issue that got him elected more than any other and transformed the U.S. electoral map in 2016, and that is rejecting the 11-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that had been proposed by former President Barack Obama. On Twitter on April…
Read MorePoll Is Big Yellow Caution Sign for Impeachment-Hungry Democrats
While impeachment fever has gripped the Democratic Party, the voters are not nearly so sure, according to a poll released Wednesday. The of of 827 registered voters, taken April 10 through April 13, has a 3.9 percent margin of error. It found that voters are less willing to support than…
Read MoreDHS: Dozens Of MS-13, Other Gang Members Released By Sanctuary Cities
by Will Racke More than 100 suspected members of MS-13 and other gangs were released last year by sanctuary jurisdictions even though federal authorities had formally requested that they be held, according to newly released data from the Department of Homeland Security. Between October 2016 and June 2017, local law enforcement agencies…
Read MoreParkland Student Plans Conservative Livestream on Columbine Anniversary
by Ginny Montalbano Conservative Parkland student Kyle Kashuv is organizing a pro-Second Amendment Facebook Live show on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. I am working on having 4 prominent speakers, one every 15 minutes, go live on Facebook at 10:00 AM-11:00 AM on Friday, to discuss…
Read MoreFacebook Wants To Exclude 1.5 Billion Users From Privacy Rules It Seems To Consider Overbearing
by Eric Lieberman Facebook is planning on adapting to imminently enforced rules from the European Union by trying to exclude around 1.5 billion users from other places around the world. All users of the social media platform outside of the U.S. and Canada are subjected to the same rules, specifically…
Read MoreThe Changes That Made California Become a Liberal Fiasco
by Jarrett Stepman Is America destined to become like California? Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a stir recently when he tweeted out an article calling for an end to bipartisanship and the beginning of nationwide, one-party rule—similar to the Golden State. He called it a “great read.” Great read https://t.co/O2djSQf8Qv…
Read MoreComey Claims Nobody Asked About Clinton Obstruction Before Today
When WTOP’s Joan Jones asked former FBI Director James Comey Wednesday if the “smashing of cell phones and destruction of thousands of emails” during the investigation into Hillary Clinton was “obstruction of justice,” Comey said that he had never been asked that question before.
Read MoreThe Three Most Important First Amendment Cases of 2018
This year 2018 is turning out to be a big one for the First Amendment. Whether it’s a big year in a positive or a negative way has yet to be decided. But three cases that the Supreme Court has heard this term could soon set important precedents that will…
Read MoreJoe Carter Commentary: How to Be An Unapologetic Patriot
by Joe Carter Patriots’ Day is an annual observance of the anniversary of when the American colonies first took up arms against the British Crown on April 19, 1775. Patriots’ Day has become a forgotten holiday, due in part to the fact we Americans have a peculiar relationship to the term…
Read MoreTennessee General Assembly Passes Bill to ‘Hold Harmless’ Students and Teachers Over This Year’s TNReady Tests
In the immediate aftermath of several days of TNReady online testing failures, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill on Thursday that will “hold harmless” all students, teachers, and districts from the results of those tests. The bill will “ensure that results from this year’s TNReady tests will not count,”…
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