By now, only a person living in Alternate Universe One could fail to understand that the past three years have precisely nothing to do with Russian collusion or Ukraine corruption and everything to do with who makes decisions about American policy: the duly elected president of the United States or the administrative state. That is the struggle right now. The crux is a struggle between advocates of our constitutional republic and those who prefer government by an administrative state composed of unelected elites.
Read the full storyMonth: November 2019
Vice President Mike Pence Affirms Pro-Life Stance at Every Stage of Life
Vice President Pence delivered remarks at the Administration for Children and Families’ 2019 National Adoption Month Celebration reinforcing that every child is deserving of a loving family of his or her own.
Read the full storyReview: ‘Harriet’ Is a Great Pro-Christian Pro-Gun Movie
There is near-universal agreement among movie critics that Cynthia Erivo, who plays the title role in Harriet, not only carries the movie, but makes it engaging, suspenseful, and rousing. Erivo is nothing short of spectacular, said Breitbart’s John Nolte, and we agree.
Read the full storyOpponents of Immigration Enforcement Suffer Another Loss at the Ballot Box
A former GOP congressman declared victory in a Colorado mayoral election days after Election Day, marking yet another defeat for anti-ICE activists and other immigration enforcement opponents who failed to mobilize voters in 2019.
Read the full storyGOP Reps: OMB Witness Saturday Blew Another Big Hole in Dems’ Impeachment Fairy Tale
In closed-door testimony Saturday, White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official Mark Sandy blew another giant hole in the Democrats’ impeachment probe, according to two Republican lawmakers following the testimony.
Read the full storyCommentary: A DACA Ruling Won’t Solve the DACA Dilemma
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard highly anticipated arguments in the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Read the full storyRussian Hybrid Warfare Has Weaponized Disinformation
As the Russian shells and rockets rained down on them in the frontline town of Debaltseve in February 2015, Ukrainian troops began to receive curious, anonymous text messages on their cellphones.
Read the full storyOhio Public School Worker Wins Back Pay Settlement in Lawsuit Over Forced Union Dues
An Ohio worker won settlement money from a public union after the union refused to honor her request to leave the union and continued to collect union dues. The union will have to fully refund her dues from the point at which she requested to leave it and stop collecting any union dues from her into the future.
Read the full storyNearly 80,000 Illegal Aliens Carried An Arrest Record Before Winning DACA Approval, Government Data Show
Tens of thousands of people who successfully enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program carried prior arrest records, according to data the Trump administration released Saturday.
Read the full storySteve Bannon Says He Pushed for Alleged Whistleblower to be Removed from National Security Council
Steve Bannon said in an interview that when he was at the White House in 2017, he was involved in an effort to remove an intelligence officer suspected of being the Trump whistleblower from the National Security Council due to concerns about leaks.
Read the full storyOutlets Avoid Reporting on Recommendation to Subpoena Tlaib Amid Investigation
Multiple outlets avoided reporting on the ethics committee’s recommendation to subpoena Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her campaign payments.
Read the full storyRep Jim Jordan Says Ukraine Got Money Because its President Was Worth the Risk
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican representing Ohio’s Fourth Congressional District, said on CBS Sunday that Ukraine received U.S. aid because that country’s president, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, was worth the risk.
Read the full storyMinnesota’s Rep. Emmer Accuses DCCC of ‘Meddling’ in Impeachment Proceedings
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-06) recently accused the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) of “meddling in the official impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.”
Read the full storyMinnesota Catholic Conference Calls for Support of Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers
The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the self-described “public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota,” is asking Minnesota Catholics to thank their U.S. Senators for supporting “The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019.”
Read the full storySen. Marsha Blackburn Says She Has Questions for Adam Schiff
U.S. Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee criticized U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat representing California’s 28th Congressional District, and his conduct during last week’s impeachment hearings concerning U.S. Republican President Donald Trump. Blackburn made her remarks on FOX News Saturday, while on Neil Cavuto’s program. “I’ve got questions for Adam Schiff. If he knows the whistleblower? Who the whistleblower is? How many times did he meet with him?” Blackburn asked. “How many times did his staff meet with him? Did his staff work on writing that whistleblower report? Why did the CIA change the rules and allow hearsay?” Blackburn also had some direct words for how Schiff treated Elise Stefanik, a Republican representing New York’s 21st Congressional District, during last week’s proceedings. “The way he treated Elise Stefanik yesterday was absolutely awful and unacceptable and very arrogant,” Blackburn told Cavuto. Elsewhere on the program, Blackburn said the Democrats’ narrative on Trump’s alleged wrongdoing is always changing, so much so they have had to “flip the narrative.” And if the U.S. House of Representatives does indeed impeach Trump then Blackburn told Cavuto she’s ready to handle it as a senator. “If the (U.S.) Senate takes this up I hope that we…
Read the full storyLyft Scooters Will Leave Nashville’s Streets Next Week
Lyft will remove its scooters from Nashville’s streets next Friday, according to the Nashville Business Journal.
Read the full storyCommentary: Embrace Fiscal Responsibility, Not Tax Cuts, in 2020
As Democratic presidential candidates stumble over one another in a headlong rush towards socialism and fiscal insanity—promising trillions in new spending on everything from child care, health care, and higher education for all, to “the Green New Deal” and slavery reparations—President Trump faces a critical choice.
Read the full storyReport: Trump Admin to Seize Private Land for Border Wall Construction
The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to submit court filings to take over private land on the U.S.-Mexico border, allowing border wall construction to move forward.
Read the full storyCommentary: USPS Leadership Must Stamp Out Multi-Billion Dollar Losses
America’s mail carrier was once a shining example of governmental innovation, being at the cutting edge of technological achievements such as using planes and trucks to haul mail cross-country. But the United States Postal Service (USPS) has fallen far and fast over the past couple of decades, accumulating more than $70 billion in debt since 2007.
Read the full storyOxford Provost Faces Backlash After Attempting to Abolish Tradition of Latin Grace Before Meals
Prof. Kate Tunstall, an interim provost of Worcester College, one of the colleges at Oxford, came under fire from students over an attempt to abolish the historic traditions practiced at formal hall, which include saying grace before meals and standing for dons.
Read the full storyGoogle Favors Planned Parenthood Results More Than Twice as Much as Other Search Engines Do, Report Finds
Google favors Planned Parenthood results for “abortion” more than twice as much as other search engines do, a Wall Street Journal report released Friday found.
Read the full storyMoney Mishandled by UT Knoxville Spirit Team
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has revealed at least $1,580 collected by the University of Tennessee – Knoxville Spirit Team was never deposited with the UTK Athletics’ Business Office.
Read the full storySix Key Moments From Day Two of the Public Impeachment Hearings
The Obama administration instructed her on how to respond to lawmakers’ questions about the lucrative employment of Vice President Joe Biden’s son by an energy company in Ukraine, the ousted ambassador to the former Soviet republic testified Friday.
Read the full storyReports: Consumers Still Carrying Debt From Last Holiday Season, Expected to Spend $1.1 Trillion This Holiday Season
About 35 million Americans still have holiday credit card debt leftover from last year, according to WalletHub’s 2019 Holiday Shopping Survey.
Read the full storyPoll: Nearly Half of Likely US Voters Oppose Medicare for All
Nearly half of likely U.S. voters oppose Medicare for All, according to a Rasmussen national poll published Thursday.
Read the full storyMark Green Hosts Military Service Academy Day for Students Aspiring for Military Careers
FRANKLIN — Sally Grigsby, a high school senior from Clarksville, describes herself as a space nerd with a passion for aviation and flying airplanes.
Read the full storyTwo Men with Democratic Party Ties to Head Nashville Schools’ Communications Department
Metro Nashville Public School System officials have hired two men to lead their communications department, and both of those men have strong ties to the Democratic Party and other progressive causes.
Read the full storyCommentary: A History of the Deep State
Every presidential administration finds some degree of internal resistance. That which has confronted the Trump Administration, however, seems to be the most active and aggressive ever. From “Anonymous”, to a record number of leakers, to physically hiding documents from the President, a large and active bureaucratic resistance is at work to stymie many of the Executive branch’s goals. Everything from secret military plans to embarrassing aspects of daily life in White House has been made public.
Read the full storyMovies to Watch This Weekend: Fast Cars, Crime Fighting Women and a Con Man Being Changed
An American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) put personal issues aside and fight against corporate interest to build a fast car for the Ford Motor Company. To truly test the car’s speed, the two take on Enzo Ferrari’s cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Read the full storyAgreement Reached to Drop Assault Charges Against Justin Jones in Glen Casada/Debra Moody Case
Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott reached an agreement to drop charges against outspoken activist Justin Jones who was accused of assault and disorderly conduct after he allegedly threw a liquid at the former Speaker of the House Glen Casada and Rep. Debra Moody.
Read the full storyDemocratic Rep Alcee Hastings Under Investigation for Relationship With Staffer
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Democratic Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings for an alleged improper relationship with one of his congressional staffers, the committee announced Thursday.
Read the full storySchiff Shifts Toward Witness Intimidation Charge Against Trump
Democratic California Rep. Adam Schiff accused President Donald Trump of witness intimidation over a tweet he published during the testimony of former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch during her congressional testimony Friday, signaling that Democrats could use the charge in their push to impeach the president.
Read the full storyJudge Rules American-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS Is Not a US Citizen, Not Allowed to Return
A federal judge ruled that a New Jersey-born woman who left the country to join the Islamic State was never a U.S. citizen, undercutting her request to return.
Read the full storyCommentary: Trade in Goods Deficit With China Down $38.5 Billion the First Nine Months of 2019 as Trade Talks Continue
The U.S. trade in goods deficit with China is down 12.8 percent in the first nine months of 2019, or $38.5 billion, compared to 2018, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read the full story‘Consider This a Warning’: ICE Agents Arrested Thousands of Sexual Predators in 2019
FAIRFAX, Virginia — Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed Thursday that it arrested well over 3,700 sexual predators in the past fiscal year, as the agency’s announcement coincided with its grand opening of a facility dedicated to monitoring convicted sexual predators traveling internationally.
Read the full storyRoger Stone Guilty of Witness Tampering, Lying to Congress
WASHINGTON – Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election bid.
Read the full storyHouse Ethics Committee Extends Investigation into Rep. Tlaib Over Misused Campaign Funds
The Ethics Committee from the U.S. House of Representatives released a report on Thursday recommending an extension of the investigation into Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13), saying there is “substantial reason to believe” the representative misused campaign funds.
Read the full storyTennessee Elementary School Sends Out Flyers About Condoms and Birth Control Pills
Personnel at one elementary school in Sullivan County sent kids home with a flyer that advertised free dental and vision care and, among other things, birth control pills and condoms.
Read the full storyNashville Has Two Options for Their Budget Problems: Fix It Yourself or Have the State Fix It
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin Wilson warned Metro Nashville City Council members Wednesday that if Nashville doesn’t balance its budget by February, the state will intervene.
Read the full storyCommentary: Witness to Public Schools Brainwashing
According to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s (VOC) fourth “Annual Report on US Attitudes Toward Socialism, Communism, and Collectivism,” today’s youth is quite fond of political-economic systems that have resulted in more than 100 million deaths over the past century. At the same time, these misguided youths are increasingly hostile toward the political-economic system that has lifted countles millions more out of abject poverty over the same period.
Read the full storyDuluth Trading Company Arrives with Two Tennessee Locations
FRANKLIN — The Duluth Trading Company has opened its first ever Tennessee location in Franklin, and store employees held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to mark the occasion.
Read the full storyCommentary: Trump Should Say ‘No Deal’ to Pelosi on Attacks on Intellectual Property in USMCA Trade Deal
The United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement is an important first step in restructuring the trading system around the world around a capitalist idea — that intellectual and private property is foundational to fair and honest trade between willing partners.
Read the full storyPastor Darrell Scott Commentary: Trump Balances Criminal Justice Reforms With Public Safety
President Trump has cracked the code on criminal justice, correcting long-standing injustices while simultaneously empowering law enforcement to combat crime more effectively. And the progress we’ve made so far is only the beginning.
Read the full storySenate Paves the Way for Chad Wolf to Become Next DHS Chief
Lawmakers in the upper chamber of Congress took a major step that paves the way for Chad Wolf to become the next acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Read the full storyMusic Spotlight: Historic Studio B
RCA Studio B is a historic landmark that initially helped Nashville to earn the name of Music City. Located at 1611 Roy Acuff Place, in Nashville, Tennessee, Studio B was part of the beginning of the renowned Music Row to which musicians still aspire. Between 1957 and 1977 over 18,000 songs were recorded at Studio B, and over 1000 of them became hits.
Read the full storyCarol Swain Meets With Nashville Mayor, John Cooper Who Makes Good on Open Door Policy
In a special interview, 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 by former Vanderbilt professor and former Nashville mayoral candidate, Dr. Carol Swain to discuss her recent visit with Mayor John Cooper.
Read the full storyTennessee Attorney General Releases Opinion on David Byrd
Tennessee House Speaker Herbert Slatery has issued an opinion about State Rep. David Byrd (R-Waynesboro) and whether state law allows for any attempts to expel him from the Tennessee General Assembly.
Read the full storyMatt Bevin Concedes Kentucky Race to Andy Beshear
Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin conceded a gubernatorial race Thursday to Democratic state Attorney General Andy Beshear.
Read the full storyAmerica’s Federal Budget on ‘Unsustainable Path,’ Warns Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that the federal budget is on “an unsustainable path” due to rising levels of federal debt.
Read the full storyTwo Killed in California High School Shooting
Two victims have died in a hospital after a shooting Thursday at a southern California school.
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