The Pentagon will deploy 3,000 troops to the Middle East in response to escalating tensions, which culminated in a U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general in Iraq on Thursday, according to news reports.
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State Rep. Sabi Kumar Wants to Expand Medicaid and Make Forced Savings Payroll Deductions Mandatory
In a radio interview with LaVern Vivio on WDBL radio in Springfield on Tuesday, State Rep. Sabi ‘Doc’ Kumar, R-Springfield, said he wants to expand Medicaid and make forced savings payroll deductions mandatory.
Read the full storyCommentary: Congress Should Reject Amnesty for Illegal Agricultural Workers
The House just passed a massive amnesty bill that would give millions of illegal agricultural workers and their spouses and children a pathway to citizenship.
Read the full storySWAIN: Socialist City Council Member Amelia Parker’s Refusal to Swear ‘So Help Me God’ Reveals Who She Really Is
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 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined in studio by all-star panelist Dr. Carol Swain to discuss a newly elected socialist to the city council in Knoxville, Tennessee last week.
Read the full storyCommentary: ‘Conservatism, Inc.’ Is Powerless Against Socialism
As America enters a new decade, a political realignment is happening. The Left, traditionally the party of the working class, now represents urban, liberal elites more interested in the latest permissive fashions than they are in what they see as the parochial concerns of their less affluent countrymen. In reaction, conservatism has aligned to an increasing degree with the working class.
Read the full storyTrump’s Campaign Releases POTUS’s ‘Unprecedented’ Fundraising Numbers for Fourth Quarter
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign raised over $45 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, a senior member of the campaign said Thursday.
Read the full storyJulian Castro Drops Out of 2020 Race
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro dropped out of the 2020 presidential race Thursday.
Read the full storyChief Justice John Roberts Jr. Highlights Civic Education in Year-End Report
In his annual year-end report, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts, Jr., focused on civics education, calling for increased confidence in and education about the judicial system.
Read the full storyMarvel Universe to Introduce Transgender Superhero
The Marvel Universe is preparing to introduce its very first transgender character, according to CNN.
Read the full storyAnalysis: Scientific Survey Shows Voters Widely Accept Misinformation Spread by Left-Leaning Media
NBC News reporter and political director Chuck Todd recently railed against “misinformation” and singled out President Trump and “the right” for having an “incentive structure” to spread it. Todd, who according to NBC, “is responsible for all aspects of the network’s political coverage,” also stated that Republicans criticize the media for “sport” and “the loudest chanters of fake news” are “the ones who, under a lie detector, would probably take our word over any word they’ve heard from the other side on whether something was poisonous or not.”
Read the full storyPoll Finds 67 Percent of White Evangelicals Stand Firmly Against Abortion
A majority of white evangelicals strongly supports restrictions on abortion, a national poll released Thursday shows.
Read the full storySarah Palin Seeks New York Times Advertising Revenue as Libel Lawsuit Heads Toward Trial
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed a complaint in her libel lawsuit against The New York Times, after the paper published an editorial that falsely linked Palin to the 2011 shooting of former Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords.
Read the full storyTrump Supporter Opens ‘MAGA Store’ in Michigan
A supporter of President Donald Trump recently opened a “MAGA Store” in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area to sell Trump-themed merchandise ahead of the 2020 election.
Read the full storyJobsOhio Receives ‘Clean’ Audit Scrubbed of Information Such as Who Gets Money
JobsOhio has received a clean audit for its most recent fiscal year, but what does that mean?
Read the full storyCollin Peterson Joins Republicans in Asking Supreme Court to ‘Reconsider’ Roe v. Wade
All three of Minnesota’s Republican members of Congress along with Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) joined more than 200 of their colleagues in asking the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to “reconsider” Roe v. Wade.
Read the full storyBuckeye Institute Files Labor Union Appeal With U.S. Supreme Court
The Buckeye Institute announced Thursday it is filing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on a case it has been fighting on behalf of a professor who has called for an end to laws that force public-sector employees like him to accept compelled union representation.
Read the full storySt. Paul Police Chief Plans to Spend 2020 Getting the Word ‘Slavery’ Removed from State Constitution
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said he is “troubled by a clause” in the Minnesota Constitution that includes the world “slavery” and hopes to “ignite a movement” to get it removed.
Read the full storyCity of Knoxville Spokesman: Unlike Mayor and City Employees, Council Members Are Not Required to Include ‘So Help Me God’ When Taking Oath of Office
Newly-elected city council members in Knoxville are not legally required to acknowledge God while taking the oath of office.
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