The Knox County government backed off a ban of communion, baptism and Bibles at church services after Gov. Bill Lee said his guidance on houses of worship overruled local decisions.
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Commentary: Joe Biden Is Cooked
Despite polls showing that he leads President Trump in key states and in the country overall, there remains something seriously missing and not credible in the putative presidential nomination of Joe Biden.
Read the full storyOwner Carey Bringle of the Peg Leg Porker BBQ Restaurant in Downtown Nashville Joins Leahy to Discuss His Recent Letter to Mayor Cooper
Live from Nashville, Tennessee, Friday 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 on the newsmakers line by Carey Bringle who is the local business owner of the popular BBQ restaurant located in The Gulch of downtown Nashville the Peg Leg Porker.
Read the full storySteve Bannon Presents ‘War Room: Pandemic’
An all new LIVE STREAM of War Room: Pandemic starts at 9 a.m. Central Time on Saturday. Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon began the daily War Room: Pandemic radio show and podcast on January 25, when news of the virus was just beginning to leak out of China around the Lunar New Year. Bannon and co-hosts bring listeners exclusive analysis and breaking updates from top medical, public health, economic, national security, supply chain and geopolitical experts weekdays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon ET. The show’s broadcast partners are America’s Voice News, the John Fredericks Radio Network, Salem Media Group, and Newsmax TV and the podcast is available on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, and Google Play. You can watch past episodes here. Episode 155: 10 a.m. ET livestream link: https://youtu.be/89rLtqoozzc Episode 156: 11 a.m. ET livestream link: https://youtu.be/IaU5ZALno1s Previously, Bannon hosted a series of three, two-hour long special programs entitled Descent into Hell: The Chinese People Confront the CCP. The groundbreaking specials aired live on the John Fredericks Radio Network, America’s Voice Network, Dish TV Channel 219, The Epoch Times, ND TV, GTV and GNews in Mandarin. For more information, visit www.pandemic.warroom.org and @WarRoomPandemic. …
Read the full storyWhite House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley Joins the Tennessee Star Report to Discuss the New Nursing Home Safety Initiative
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. – host Michael Patrick Leahy spoke to special guest Hogan Gidley who serves as the current Deputy Press Secretary at the White House.
Read the full storyCommentary: COVID-19 Lockdowns May Destroy Our Immune Systems
What happens when trees are planted in a “perfect” growing environment? Give the trees rich soil, just the right amount of water and no wind, and they grow rapidly, but topple over before they reach maturation. Wind stimulates the tree to grow stress wood, which “helps a tree position itself for optimal sun absorption, and it also helps trees grow more solidly.”
Read the full storyIRS Glitch Leads to Thousands of Foreign Workers Getting Stimulus Checks: Report
A glitch within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reportedly led to as many as thousands of foreign nationals receiving coronavirus stimulus checks intended for U.S. residents.
Read the full storyCrom Carmichael Weighs in on the New Evidence in General Michael Flynn’s Case
Friday 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 on the line by the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael.
Read the full storyBiden on Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘It Never Happened’
Former Vice President Joe Biden, in a nationally televised interview, denied accusations of sexual assault from a former staffer in the early 1990s, saying Friday morning that the alleged attack “never happened.”
Tara Reade, who worked for Biden when he was a U.S. senator from Delaware, has alleged in a number of interviews that Biden assaulted her in 1993 on Capitol Hill.
Read the full storyMetro Coronavirus Task Force Chair Claim: Counties Surrounding Nashville Now Have Higher COVID-19 Numbers
Counties that surround Nashville and Davidson County now have a higher number of COVID-19 cases than Davidson County does.
Read the full storyReport: Durham Using Latest Flynn Files to Build a ‘Serious Case’ Against Corrupt FBI Officials
U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham has reviewed the damning, recently released FBI files on Gen. Michael Flynn, and is using them to build a “serious case,” Fox News reported Friday. According to a Fox source, the new information “could be sufficient” to bring charges against corrupt FBI officials.
Read the full storyCoffee County DA Won’t Prosecute People Going Against Gov. Bill Lee’s COVID-19 Executive Orders
Coffee County District Attorney General Craig Northcott said this week he will not prosecute anyone engaging in otherwise lawful activity just because it violates Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s executive orders on COVID-19.
Read the full storyWHO Says China Blocking It from Investigation into Coronavirus Origin
A top World Health Organization official said Thursday that China is blocking the WHO from participating in China’s investigation into the origin of coronavirus.
Read the full storyPlanned Parenthood Will Receive Zero Coronavirus Aid, Trump Admin Official Says
The Trump administration has ensured that no coronavirus funding will go to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, according to a senior administration official.
Read the full storyHundreds of Protestors Gather Inside Michigan Capitol Building Thursday Against Continued Government Overreach
Hundreds gathered outside and inside Michigan’s Capitol building Thursday to protest government overreach in the prolonged COVID-19 lockdown.
There were no reports of arrests, though some media outlets styled the event with armed protestors as “storming” the Capitol
Read the full storyWhitmer Expands Coronavirus Order for K-12 Schools, Suspends Certain Requirements
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday clarified and added to an earlier executive order that closed all K-12 school buildings for the rest of the school year, also suspending early childhood programs and some portions of teacher evaluations.
Read the full storyOhio Extends Its Stay-at-Home Order till May 29
Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) extended the state’s stay-at-home order till May 29.
Read the full storyOregon Man Arrested in Minnesota Was Traveling to White House to Kill President Trump
An Oregon man who was arrested this week in Minnesota was apparently on his way to the White House to kill President Donald Trump.
Read the full storyWhitmer Extends State of Emergency Order, Slams Republicans Lawmakers
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended the state of emergency and disaster declarations to May 28 earlier this week in a move that went head-to-head with Republicans in the Michigan legislature.
Read the full storyMinnesota House Rejected Third Resolution to End Peacetime Emergency
The DFL-controlled Minnesota House rejected a third resolution this week that would have ended Gov. Tim Walz’s peacetime emergency declaration.
Read the full storyGov. Lee Announces Plan to Test Every Nursing Home Resident, Staffer at White House Press Conference
President Donald Trump commended Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and said he has done a “fantastic job” during a Thursday press conference.
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