I first learned about Mark Galli’s Christianity Today editorial “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” from a text message sent by a former student of mine I’ll call Jared, a native New Yorker. He asked, What do you think of this article?
Read the full storyDay: December 23, 2019
Grassroots Group Calls for Counties to Reject Gov. Lee’s Decision to Bring More Refugees to Tennessee
Members of the Tennessee Alliance/Tennessee Grassroots Patriots are asking Tennesseans to engage with their local and other elected officials to make sure their areas are not refugee resettlement areas.
Read the full storyJudson Phillips Commentary: Keyboard Commandos and Gov. Lee’s Refugee Decision
On December 18, 2019, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Tennessee would accept more refugees under President Trump’s executive order. As anyone paying attention might guess, that decision did not go over well with conservatives in Tennessee.
Read the full storyDemocrat Governor of Kentucky Follows Bill Lee’s Lead, Asks for More Refugees
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has followed Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s lead and said he supports refugee resettlement in his state.
Read the full storyCommentary: The Senate Should Start the Impeachment Trial Whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Is Ready or Not
Does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have a heretofore unnoticed, unconstitutional power to hold up an impeachment that has already been voted on?
Read the full storyNetflix Refuses to Comment on ‘Holiday Special’ Implying Jesus Christ Is Gay
Netflix refuses to comment on outrage from Christians over a “holiday special” portraying Jesus Christ as gay.
Read the full storyRepublicans Head Into the 2020 Election Year with Seven Times More Cash Than Democrats, Records Show
The Republican National Committee heads into the 2020 election year with more than seven times as much cash on hand as the Democratic National Committee, the parties’ FEC filings show.
Read the full storyCruz, Groups Criticize $1.4 Trillion Budget Deal ‘No One Has Read’
On the eve of the Senate voting on an omnibus bill already passed by the House, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz lit a cigar and said, “The spending bill the Senate is voting on [Thursday] is lobbyist boondoggle that belongs in an ashtray.”
Read the full storyLGBTQ Flag-Burning: Iowa Man Sentenced for Hate Crime of Burning LGBTQ Church Flag
A court sentenced an Iowa man to 16 years in prison Wednesday after he set fire to an LGBTQ flag from a church.
Read the full storyElizabeth Warren’s Campaign Says Asian, Indian and Middle-Eastern Billionaires Are ‘White’
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign website labeled Asian-American, Indian-American, Iranian-American and Pakistani-American billionaires as “white.”
Read the full storyTrump Administration Begins Deporting Mexicans Farther From Border, Making Reentry Harder
The U.S. has begun deporting Mexican nationals deep into the interior of their country, making illegal reentry that much more difficult — and immigration enforcement officials have not ruled out deporting them as far as Guatemala.
Read the full storyCommentary: Fighting Loneliness During the Holidays
As I read through a recent Pew Research Center report detailing America’s dreary numbers regarding single-parent households, I came to a section on aging and living alone. Because I am doing both – collecting Social Security and living by myself in a place where I have few friends or family – I read this section with great interest. Pew Research reports that:
Read the full storyRefugee Arrivals in Tennessee Increased 46 Percent Under Gov. Bill Lee in 2019, the Majority from High TB Burden Countries
The number of resettled refugees who have arrived in Tennessee has increased 46 percent in 2019 during the 11 months Bill Lee has served as governor of the state.
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