The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has had 240 employees leave since February, Fox 17 reports.
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Day: November 27, 2019
Commentary: Hunter Biden May Have to Pay Back the Millions He Made
The one, overriding impression that Democrats, media and the left have left on many Americans after two weeks of the “impeachment” circus” is not what they intended. They have left the unmistakable impression of fear; near-panic levels of terror. And from what is now seeping out, they have every reason to feel this way.
Read MoreCommentary: Transgenderism and the Politics of Irreparable Harm
For a very long time, conservatives had been engaged in a fighting retreat. They might parry a thrust here or weaken a law there, but overall, they were losing. They fought the New Deal, the Great Society, the Sexual Revolution, gay marriage, and affirmative action. In every case, they lost. The social welfare state expanded, the deficit grew, standards devolved, families dissolved, abortion continued, and, in nearly every department of life, things have declined.
Read MoreSurvey: Non-Whites Are the Only High School Students Whose Support for First Amendment Has Fallen
General support for the First Amendment has modestly increased among high school students in the past 15 years, but not across all demographics, according to a report released last week by the Knight Foundation.
Read MoreCommentary: How to Ensure Productive Thanksgiving Debates
We all have ideas we defend religiously, especially in a debate with others. There’s the passionate friend who sees capitalist abuses in the homeless man on the street. Or the neighbor who sees any defense of national borders as an assault on international human dignity. Perhaps you’ve even been that person yourself.
Read MoreNew Poll Shows Black Voters Are Raising Their Voices in Support of President Donald Trump
Two new polls show black support for U.S. Republican President Donald Trump at or slightly above 34 percent, and that means the president could get 20 percent of the black vote next year, an expert said.
Read MoreMcGahn Must Testify, Judge Rules
A U.S. federal judge ruled late Monday that former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with a House subpoena for his testimony in the Trump impeachment inquiry.
Read MoreNeil McCabe Connects the Dots of Esper, Spencer, Gallagher, President Trump, and the Deep State Pentagon
In a weekly interview on The Tennessee Star Report Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast live Tuesday morning on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 am – Leahy welcomed One America News Networks own investigative reporter, Neil McCabe to the show to talk about the recent dismissal of…
Read MoreThree Years Into Trump Admin, A Quarter of Embassy Slots Are Vacant, Leaving State Department Bureaucrats in Charge
A quarter of America’s nearly 200 embassies around the world have vacant ambassadorships, leaving foreign policy in the hands of career Foreign Service bureaucrats like Bill Taylor, a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of State Department records found. That includes ambassadorships for countries as significant as Japan, Russia and Canada.
Read MoreNorm Partin Commentary: Time for Brenda Ross to Leave the Davidson County COB
Based on a report from WTVF, a member of the Citizens Oversight Board (COB) inserted herself in an active police matter last October. The board member, Brenda Ross, asked questions while the officer was conducting her duty.
Read MoreTrump Puts Jared Kushner in Charge of Border Wall
Jared Kushner has been made the de facto project manager responsible for overseeing the construction of 400 miles of Trump’s border wall, according to administration officials who have spoken to the Washington Post on Monday.
Read MoreRacing is Here to Stay: Melissa Smithson Details How Nashville Raceway is Changing Production Companies
In a discussion on Tuesday’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 am – Leahy was joined in studio by all-star panelist Melissa Smithson, chairman of the Davidson County Republican Party.
Read MoreAnalysis: The School Funding Inequity Farce
Leading presidential candidates and major media outlets are claiming that school districts with high concentrations of minorities and poor children generally receive less funding per student than other districts. That hasn’t been true for at least half a century, but people are spreading this myth through deceptive studies that exclude federal funds.
Read MoreMusic Spotlight: Town Mountain
Town Mountain is a bluegrass band featuring guitarist and vocalist Robert Greer, banjoist Jesse Langlais, mandolinist Phil Barker, fiddler Bobby Britt, and Zach Smith on bass – they will be playing at Nashville’s Station Inn December 4th and 5th with surprise A-List guests.
Read MoreMemphis Might Allow People from Outside Shelby County to Serve as Police Officers or Firefighters
Memphis voters might get called upon next year to decide whether people who live up to 50 miles away from Shelby County can serve as police officers or firefighters.
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