by Vandana Rambaran Police are asking that the public steer clear of the Jacksonville Landing area in Florida after a shooting Sunday reportedly killed several and injured others. Mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing. Stay far away from the area. The area is not safe at this time. STAY AWAY…
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Police Arrest Seven for Toppling Confederate Soldier Statue at North Carolina Protest
by Vandana Rambaran Seven people were arrested Saturday after protests broke out in North Carolina as the statue of a Confederate soldier was toppled earlier this week. A “violent mob” of about 300 protesters used ropes on Monday to pull down Silent Sam, a century-old statue at the University…
Read MoreNASCAR Driver Loses Sponsorship Over Father’s Racial Slur – 35 Years Ago
by Molly Prince A sponsor announced on Friday that it has ended its partnership with NASCAR driver Conor Daly after it was reported that his father used racially insensitive language during an interview in the early 1980s. Lilly Diabetes pulled its sponsorship from Conor’s No. 6 car in Saturday’s…
Read MoreOne Nation Airs Ad Urging Alexander and Blackburn to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Permanent
One Nation, a 501 (c) (4) public policy organization, has launched a $1.2 million ad buy in Tennessee focused on tax reform. The ads are currently running statewide on a combination of broadcast and cable television, radio and digital. The ad, entitled “Tax Cuts,” discusses the positive impact that the…
Read MoreA Federal Judge Stopped President Trump’s Efforts To Get Control Of The Federal Workforce
by Kevin Daley A federal judge in Washington, D.C., struck down core provisions of three executive orders President Donald Trump issued to curb union power in the federal workforce late Friday. U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, an Obama appointee, found that the orders violate the First Amendment, the…
Read MoreCommentary: Media’s Outright Lies and Distortions Cloak True Portrait of Trump
by Jeffrey A. Rendall Have you ever been shown an image and told it portrays something you just don’t see? I’m not referring to a Rorschach test (a psychological test in which subjects’ perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both); no,…
Read MoreCarol Swain Commentary: The Destruction of Silent Sam
by Carol M. Swain American philosopher George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Those words are worth remembering. As a 1989 alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I am appalled how, on August 20, 2018, law-enforcement officers stood down while anarchists,…
Read MoreREPORT: Trump Admitting Fewer Than Half Of Refugees Allowed Because Of Enhanced Vetting
by Will Racke The U.S. is on track to admitting fewer than half the number of refugees allowed under the current annual cap, as the Trump administration’s enhanced screening procedures have slowed the refugee resettlement process. With just over a month remaining in fiscal year 2018, the U.S. is…
Read MoreProsecuting Political Opponents Hits Local Prosecutor Race in Florida
by Robert Romano Chris Crowley is a candidate for the State Attorney’s office in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Florida and when he ran a 50/50 raffle to raise money for the campaign, he found himself being jailed after his opponent’s boss, current State Attorney Steve Russell filed a…
Read MoreBen Carson’s HUD Revisits Obama Policies of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Regulation
By Robert Romano “I would incentivize people who really would like to get a nice juicy government grant [to look at their zoning codes].” That was Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson in an Aug. 13 interview with the Wall Street Journal, announcing changes to the way…
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