On Friday’s Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 – host Leahy was joined in studio with Crom Carmichael to discuss the recent developments on the impeachment coup going on in Washington, D.C.
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Mike Rowe Says Death of Shop Class Is Why Country Has $1.6 Trillion in Student Debt
“Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe said in a Thursday interview that the death of shop class is to blame for the country’s $1.6 trillion in student loan debt.
Read the full storyCommentary: Trump Fuels Rise of Black Conservatives
As regular readers of CHQ know, we don’t do identity politics. Our one and only test of a candidate’s fitness for office is their adherence to the principles of the modern conservative movement – fidelity to the Constitution and the preservation of liberty under God’s laws.
Read the full storyCarol Swain Answers Speculation Of a Run for Congress on The Tennessee Star Report
Live from music row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 am – Leahy was joined in studio by all-star panelist Dr. Carol Swain to discuss the speculation that she may run for Congress in the district of Mayor John Cooper’s brother, Jim Cooper.
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The U.S. and China mutually agreed to lift some tariffs in what appears to be the beginning of a potential trade deal, China’s commerce ministry announced Thursday.
Read the full storyCBS Allegedly Fires Former ABC Employee Who Had Access to Amy Robach Video
CBS News reportedly fired a former ABC employee who had access to a video of ABC anchor Amy Robach accusing her network of killing a story about dead accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Read the full storyRidgetop Has No Police Force After Chief Resigns
Ridgetop Police Chief Bryan Morris has reportedly resigned his position, which means the city currently does not have a police force.
Read the full storyReport: Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Is Expected to Enter Presidential Race
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is preparing to file for a Democratic presidential primary in Alabama, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation.
Read the full storyGov. Lee Announces Which Colleges Will Receive a Portion of $25M in Vocational Education Funding
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced college projects receiving $25 million in funding through the Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) program.
Read the full storyTrump to Hire a Foreign Agent, From Firm Linked to Previous Case of Alleged Giuliani Meddling, to Advise on Impeachment
President Donald Trump is reportedly set to hire Pam Bondi to advise him on strategies for dealing with Democrats’ impeachment efforts, which relate to allegations that he and his attorney Rudy Giuliani improperly mixed politics and foreign affairs.
Read the full storyCommentary: From Bullets to Ballots, and Back to Bullets?
At the beginning of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln summed up the case against partisan impeachment when he reminded his countrymen that, “It is now for [Americans] to demonstrate to the world that those who can fairly carry an election can also suppress a rebellion; that ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided there can be no successful appeal back to bullets; that there can be no successful appeal except to ballots themselves at succeeding elections.”
Read the full story‘The Coup Has Started’: Whistleblower Attorney Was Already Tweeting About Impeaching Trump in Jan. of 2017
One of the deep state attorneys representing the so-called “whistleblower” behind the Democrats’ ongoing impeachment inquisition, has been working toward the impeachment of President Trump since the early days of his administration, recently unearthed tweets reveal.
Read the full storyMurfreesboro Aviation Offering Free Discovery Flights to Veterans of All Branches
Murfreesboro Aviation, Tennessee’s largest aviation school, will offer free Discovery Flights on Veterans Day, all day, for veterans of all branches, according to a press release the company recently put out.
Read the full storyObama Judge Rules Trump Admin Must Provide Mental Health Services to Separated Migrant Families
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must provide mental health services to the thousands of migrant parents and children who were separated at the southern border.
Read the full storyWilliamson County School Officials Can Use Gaggle to Punish Students for What They Say Online
Williamson County School System officials can, if they choose, monitor students’ online activity 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and punish students if they say something unsuitable.
Read the full storyOne Year After Marsha Blackburn Won by Double Digits, A Reminder of How Bad the Polls Were
The Tennessee Star made you a promise about U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) last year — and we’re keeping it. Although the various political science departments, polling companies and pundits won’t remind you of their consistently flawed polling processes, questionable data and woefully inaccurate assessments during the next election cycle…we will. We made that promise on November 9, 2018 after Blackburn won the U.S. Senate race against Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen by double digits. Blackburn handily won retiring U.S. Sen. Bob Corker’s Republican-held seat by a 10.8 percent margin. From last year’s story: Poll after poll, and pundit after pundit, claimed that the Bredesen-Blackburn Tennessee Senate race was “close.” It was consistently portrayed as one of the best opportunities for the Democrats to flip a Red seat to Blue in the mid-term elections. But when voters actually cast their votes, as opposed to pollsters calling a few hundred people who were often targeted for calls based upon flawed data, Marsha Blackburn earned the title of “Senator” by a 10.8 percent margin, leaving pollsters red-faced and Democrats despondent. An East Tennessee State University poll released just days before the Election claimed the race was a 44-44% dead heat. Vanderbilt said…
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