Former Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate and CNN commentator Andrew Gillum was found inebriated at a suspected crystal meth incident at a Miami Beach hotel early Friday morning, according to a police report.
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Commentary: Bernie May Be Toast, But Radicalism Lives On in the Democrat Party
Michigan Democrats might think they put an end to the socialist uprising in their party. They’re wrong. Bernie Sanders’s crushing defeat in his first head-to-head match-up with Joe Biden was hardly a triumph of the moderates.
Read the full storyNashville Leaders Say They Want Better Transit and Sidewalks as Part of Regional Transportation Plan
Transit and sidewalks are two big priorities for Middle Tennessee and its regional transportation needs, according to a survey of community members who gathered for a special meeting this week.
Read the full storyMichigan Governor Doesn’t Rule Out Martial Law as Coronavirus Response
The governor of Michigan dodged a question on whether she would rule out martial law as a response to the coronavirus pandemic Friday.
Read the full story‘We’re Taking an Overabundance of Caution’: Border Patrol Braces for Spread of Coronavirus
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said its agency, including Border Patrol agents, is following all the necessary steps to combat the coronavirus outbreak in a conference call with reporters Friday.
Read the full storyDemocrats Continue to Use the Coronavirus to Push Their Political Agenda
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 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed all-star panelist and co-host Ben Cunningham to the studio.
Read the full storyOhio Governor’s Alarming Claim About the Number of Coronavirus Cases Was Based on a ‘Guesstimate’
A top Ohio health department official who said Thursday that 100,000 or more people in the state have coronavirus now says she was “guesstimating” to arrive at the alarming number.
Read the full storyRepublicans Ask for Ethics Investigation of Kurt Daudt for Accepting Position with Lobbying Firm
Members of Minnesota’s New House Republican Caucus called for an ethics investigation into House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) in a Thursday letter.
Read the full storyWhitmer Issues Executive Order Banning Large Public Gatherings
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Friday banning all public gatherings of more than 250 people in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Read the full storyWhitmer Orders All K-12 Schools Closed To Prevent Spread of Coronavirus
All K-12 school buildings in Michigan are closed starting Monday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Thursday. The closure applies to public, private and boarding schools. Schools are set to reopen on April 6.
Read the full storyGov. DeWine Closes Schools and Bans Mass Gatherings Over 100 to Prevent COVID-19 Spread
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine took extra steps Thursday to prevent the Chinese coronavirus from spreading in the Buckeye state.
Read the full storyU.S. Rep. Phil Roe: America Prepared if China Withholds Life-Saving Medications During Coronavirus Emergency
America has a contingency plan in case China, as threatened, withholds life-saving medications to the United States during the coronavirus emergency, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN-01) said Friday.
Read the full storyGovernor Bill Lee Declares State of Emergency in Response to COVID-19
Governor Bill Lee issued Executive Order No. 14 Thursday afternoon declaring a state of emergency in the state in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 for the purpose of facilitating the treatment and containment of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Read the full storyPresident Trump to Declare National Emergency in Response to Coronavirus
President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency Friday afternoon in response to the coronavirus outbreak, various reports claimed.
Read the full storyBill Hagerty: End Human Trafficking, Support Death Penalty for Traffickers
U.S. Republican senatorial candidate Bill Hagerty weighed in on human trafficking and said it is a serious problem that affects every county in Tennessee.
Read the full storyCommentary: They Are Rewriting the History of Coronavirus in Real Time
What is the story of the coronavirus, the market crash, and the economic upheaval that will likely follow? The pundit and intellectual classes are hard at work to tell the story in a way that confirms their ideological biases. Their message: in times when everyone turned against the public sector, with budget and staffing cuts, we learned that only the government can save us from a worse calamity.
Read the full storyA Bill That Removes Testing of K-2 Students Advances in Tennessee House
A bill that removes the Tennessee Department of Education’s ability to administer standardized tests to students in grades K-2 passed the House Education Committee Wednesday.
Read the full storySenate to Remain in Session to Fight Coronavirus
The U.S. Senate will remain in session next week to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Read the full storySwain Talks About Lack of Common Sense, Nationalism and How Outsourcing our Basic Needs to China Breaches National Security
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.
Read the full storyManny Sethi Thanks President Trump and Encourages Shutting Down the Borders if Pace of Transmission Increases
U.S. Republican senatorial candidate Manny Sethi thanked U.S. Republican President Donald Trump Thursday for announcing policies that Trump said will keep America safe during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Read the full storyPresident Trump Tweets About ‘Our President Cares’ Billboards in Tornado-Ravaged Putnam County
President Donald Trump tweeted about the “Our President Cares” digital billboards on display during his visit to the Cookeville area of Putnam County last week in the wake of a deadly EF-4 tornado.
Read the full storyTrump Campaign Hits Biden for Swine-Flu Hysteria After His Coronavirus Speech
The Trump campaign went after former Vice President Joe Biden Thursday for causing “panic during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.”
Read the full storyTwice-Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Rape in Montgomery County
An illegal alien, who has already been deported twice from the U.S. and is believed to be associated with MS-13, is accused of forcibly raping a woman in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Read the full storyNashville Leaders Discuss the Area’s Future Transportation Needs
Nashville Democratic Mayor John Cooper’s senior advisor for Transportation and Infrastructure appeared before a group of community members Thursday to gather their input about the region’s transportation needs.
Read the full storyState Lawmakers Advance Legislation to Address Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Billboard Regulations
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The state Senate and House Transportation committees each advanced legislation Wednesday to address Tennessee’s unconstitutional Billboard Regulation and Control Act of 1972.
Read the full storyCommentary: FISA Reform Bill Would Still Have Allowed Spying on Trump Campaign Via Carter Page
The House has passed legislation to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) by a margin of 278 to 136.
Read the full storyHundreds Arrested in Nationwide Crackdown on Mexican Drug Cartel
Federal authorities arrested hundreds of individuals in connection to a Mexican drug cartel, the result of “phase one” in an ongoing operation to dismantle the organization.
Read the full storyAfter Denying Relationship, Ilhan Omar Announces Marriage to Political Consultant
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) announced Wednesday night that she has married Tim Mynett, a political consultant who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Omar’s campaign committee.
Read the full storyOhio Moves Polling Stations From Senior Citizen Living Areas Amid Coronvavirus Concerns
As the coronavirus continues to spread in Ohio, many elderly Ohioans thinking of voting in the state’s presidential primaries next week may need to find a new polling location.
Read the full storyAttorney General Warns Against Price-Gouging for Coronavirus Supplies
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning Michigan residents to be cautious of businesses that may be engaging of price-gouging and to report them to her office immediately.
Read the full storyRashida Tlaib Wears T-Shirt That Erases Israel from the Map
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) recently posted a picture of herself wearing a T-shirt that erases Israel from the map.
Read the full storyPresident Donald Trump Temporarily Suspends Travel to EU
In a special addresss from the Oval Office Wednesday night, President Donald Trump announced America is suspending travel to European Union nations for 30 days in an attempt to contain the coronavirus.
Read the full storyCommentary: Joe Biden Is Full of It, He Is Coming for Your Guns
Former Vice President Joe Biden used a profane expression to deny that he is against the Second Amendment when pressed by a Michigan voter on the issue. He told the worker he would confiscate his guns: “we’ll take your AR-14s away.” He meant AR-15, which if you own one or other legal to own semi-automatic firearms on the ban list, Biden is in fact coming for your guns.
Read the full storyMarsha Blackburn Files Bipartisan Bill to Increase U.S. Prescription Drug Manufacturing
U.S. Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and U.S. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey on Wednesday introduced the Securing America’s Medicine Cabinet Act, which they said will increase American manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.
Read the full storyWashington Journalist Neil McCabe Gives His Take on Joe Biden’s ‘Cognitive Issues’ and His Immunity From Being Questioned
On Wednesday’s 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. – Michael Patrick Leahy and all-star panelist Crom Carmichael spoke with special guest former Breitbart colleague and Washington journalist Neil McCabe.
Read the full storySupreme Court Allows Trump’s Remain in Mexico Program to Stay in Place
The Supreme Court delivered a win for the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, blocking a federal court injunction that would have limited a program that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico.
Read the full storySelf-Quarantined Raheem Kassam of War Room Pandemic Details His Experience Taking the Coronavirus Test in Washington, DC.
Live from Music Row Wednesday 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. – host Leahy was joined by Raheem Kassam, the co-host of War Room Pandemic with Steve Bannon. Kassam is a British political activist, former editor of Breitbart News London, and former chief adviser to former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage. During the third hour, Kassam described his recent coronavirus test and the instructions that he’d been giving during the mandatory 72-hour self-quarantine. He noted that he was one of the first to receive the test in Washington, D.C. and that a buffer of time has been created for the results in order to prevent any misdiagnosis. Leahy: We are joined now by our very good friend and my former colleague at Breitbart who was the editor at Breitbart-London. He is now the co-host of War Room Impeachment. It started out as War Room Impeachment with Steve Bannon. Now it’s War Room 2020. And of course War Room Pandemic. Welcome, Raheem Kassam. Kassam: Thank you for having me. Leahy: So Raheem, you were tweeting yesterday that you went in and…
Read the full storyBarr Supports House’s FISA Bill, Says It Addresses ‘Past Failures’
Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he supports the House’s version of a bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, saying that it adequately addresses problems identified in an investigation into the FBI’s surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Read the full storyTennessee Senate Candidate Bill Hagerty Talks About Plans to Protect Our Constitutional Rights, Trump’s Visit, and the Death Penalty for Human Traffickers
Live from Music Row Wednesday 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. – host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed former ambassador to Japan and current Tennessee Senate candidate Bill Hagerty to the show.
Read the full storyTrump Reportedly Considers Using Taxpayer Cash to Prop Up Big Oil As Crude Prices Drop
The Trump administration is reportedly floating the idea of extending a federal loan to shale energy companies that are feeling the pain as oil prices plummet.
Read the full storyWorld Health Organization Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a ‘Pandemic’
The World Health Organization determined Wednesday that the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic and warned that the worst is likely yet to come.
Read the full storyCommentary: Wuhan Virus Exposes the Danger of Reliance Upon China
The time for pundits and policymakers to get serious about preventing the spread of the Wuhan Virus in America was late January. That was when it became clear that China was facing a serious new public health threat. It was also the time when the one piece of data, an exponentially growing number of infected people, was genuinely terrifying. There was so little information beyond that at the time that one could envision a worst-case scenario of a new virus as infectious as the measles and as deadly as SARS (10 percent mortality rate) or MERS (35 percent).
Read the full storyFauci on Coronavirus In US: ‘It’s Going to Get Worse’
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading scientist on the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, issued a stark warning Wednesday during a House hearing about efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
Read the full storyHuge Unfunded Liability Revealed at Nashville Budget Meeting Hosted by City Council Member Bob Mendes: Retiree Healthcare Benefits
Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast live from Music Row 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 the all-star panelist Crom Carmichael.
Read the full storyTwo Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Michigan
Two Michigan residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, making them the first confirmed cases of the disease in the state. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for Michigan in an effort to assist local officials in slowing the spread of the virus.
Read the full storyUniversity of Dayton and Dayton Police Clash After the School Suspends Classes Over Coronavirus Fears
Dayton law enforcement used riot gear to disperse a large crowd on the campus of the University of Dayton (UD) campus that formed Tuesday night after the school announced earlier that day it will temporarily suspend in-person classes.
Read the full storyArchbishop Condemns Twin Cities Leaders for Celebrating Abortion Providers: ‘Abortion Kills Children’
Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was “profoundly saddened” after learning that elected officials in both St. Paul and Minneapolis declared Tuesday “abortion provider appreciation day” in their cities.
Read the full storyTina Smith Accuses Trump Administration of Spreading ‘Flat-Out Misinformation’ on Coronavirus
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) accused President Donald Trump and his administration of spreading “misinformation” about the coronavirus in a recent interview.
The Minnesota senator said the Trump administration “didn’t move quickly on developing” a test for the virus.
Read the full storyAttorney General Nessel Joins Legal Effort to Block Ohio’s Down Syndrome Abortion Ban
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of attorneys general in opposing an Ohio law that bans abortions from being performed on the basis of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
Read the full storyUniversity of Tennessee Courses Move Online Because of the Coronavirus
University of Tennessee Interim President Randy Boyd announced Wednesday that school officials will temporarily suspend all in-person classes until further notice as a proactive measure against the coronavirus.
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