Day: June 3, 2025

Conservative National Legislative Group Launches New Task Force to Implement Election Integrity

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ALEC National Chair Patricia Puertas Rucker and CEO Lisa B. Nelson

The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) launched a new task force to address election integrity earlier this month. ALEC drafts model legislation for state legislators to propose around the country, such as the Safeguard American Votes and Election Act stopping Ranked Choice Voting, and its new Process and Procedures Task Force intends to expand these efforts.

West Virginia Senator Patricia Rucker, the chair of ALEC, and Lisa B. Nelson, Chief Executive Officer of ALEC, published an op-ed in the Daily Caller on Wednesday announcing the task force. In an article titled, “We’re Going To Protect Elections Whether The Left Likes It Or Not,” they said the task force will “develop trusted policy solutions to ensure elections work for the American people.”

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White House Sends $9.4 Billion Rescission Package to Congress as Musk Revolts

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Elon Musk

The White House on Tuesday sent a $9.4 billion rescissions package to Congress in order to codify some of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts as DOGE Chief Elon Musk publicly excoriates the GOP for its failure to address the debt in the “big beautiful bill.”

“Today, we have officially received the rescissions request from the White House to eliminate $9.4 billion in wasteful foreign aid spending at State and USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS,” House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed, according to The Hill.

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Judge Temporarily Blocks DHS from Ending TSA Workers’ Union Deal

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TSA workers

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Homeland Security from ending a union deal with Transportation Safety Administration workers.

The American Federation of Government Employees argued in its lawsuit that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem doesn’t have the power to end a seven-year contract that is already authorized, accusing her of targeting the union after it filed multiple lawsuits on behalf of government workers, The Hill news outlet reported.

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Video Reportedly Shows Illegal Immigrant Driver Strike Pedestrian in Nashville, then Leave Scene: Rep. Andy Ogles

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Zach Carach

Video posted the social media platform X by U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) on Tuesday reportedly shows the moment 21-year-old Zach Carach was struck by an illegal immigrant while celebrating his birthday in Nashville.

“While celebrating his 21st birthday, Zach Carach was allegedly struck by a vehicle driven by Tony Lopez — who then fled the scene,” wrote Ogles. “Lopez is an illegal alien with six outstanding warrants. He was last seen in Mt. Juliet — in my district. The license plate in the photo is reportedly linked to the vehicle that picked up Lopez after he abandoned a damaged rental car.”

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Zuckerberg Signs 20-Year Deal to Build Nuclear-Fueled AI

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Clinton Power Plant

Meta signed a 20-year nuclear power deal Tuesday with Constellation Energy, saving an Illinois plant from closure while fueling the tech giant’s AI expansion.

The deal will keep the Clinton Clean Energy Center online beyond 2027, when Illinois’ ratepayer-funded support is set to expire. Meta’s agreement saves the Clinton plant from closure, marking another Big Tech foray into nuclear energy as AI data centers drive unprecedented energy demand.

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California’ Lawsuit over Trump Tariffs Goes Down in Flames

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Trump and California AG

A U.S. District Court judge on Monday dismissed California’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s tariffs, ruling that the case belongs in the New York-based U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT).

The ruling on Monday marks a partial win for the Trump administration, which had requested that the lawsuit be transferred to the CIT instead of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where California officials had filed the lawsuit. Still, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit opens the floodgates for California to have a chance to appeal the ruling to the liberal-leaning U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Trump Administration Strips Federal Protections for Emergency Abortion Providers

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Axios   The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded guidance telling health providers who perform abortions in emergency cases that they’re protected under federal law, despite any bans that might exist in their states. The directive was issued by the Biden administration to give legal assurances to physicians and other providers facing questions about what qualifies as an emergency under a state ban. Since then, courts have grappled with how state restrictions and federal directives on emergency health care mesh. The Supreme Court last year dismissed a case surrounding Idaho’s ban without ruling on the merits. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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DOJ Dismisses Biden-Era Records Lawsuit Against Peter Navarro

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The Hill   The Justice Department on Tuesday agreed to dismiss a lawsuit seeking records from White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro’s time in the first Trump administration, brought during President Biden’s presidency. In a short notice, government lawyers stipulated to the dismissal of the 2022 lawsuit seeking emails Navarro sent from a personal encrypted account but refused to produce to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).    They agreed to dismiss the action with prejudice, meaning the claim can’t be brought again. The court filing gave no explanation for the decision. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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FBI Has Arrested More than 10,000 Illegal Immigrants Since Trump Took Office

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Washington Examiner   The FBI has been involved in the arrests of 10,553 illegal immigrants since the start of the second Trump administration.  The data, which was first shared with Fox News, coincide with FBI Director Kash Patel’s efforts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security in achieving President Donald Trump’s goals of curbing illegal immigration, an agenda that emphasizes aggressive deportation tactics and high-profile crackdowns on gang activity, particularly involving MS-13. “The @FBI is proud to work with great partners like @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov @ICEgov @DEAHQ and more to stand up record immigration enforcement efforts across the country,” Patel posted on X. “With this administration’s leadership we’re letting good cops be cops again and there’s more results to come.” READ THE FULL STORY 

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TIRRC, Conexion Americas Now ‘Coordinating the Provision’ of Nashville ‘Belonging Fund’ for Immigrants They Helped Seed

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TIRRC Money

The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and Conexion Americas are now “coordinating the provision” of money raised for the “Belonging Fund,” which was announced last month by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell as a joint effort between Metro Nashville and the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT).

TIRRC and Conexion Americas are managing the fund’s distribution after helping to seed it with over $30,000 at its inception. These contributions came despite the nonprofits receiving millions in Biden-era stimulus money from Metro Nashville.

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Nonprofits Behind Immigrant ‘Belonging Fund’ Unveiled by Embattled Nashville Mayor Received $200,000 from Nonprofit Tied to Soros

Tom Pappert
George Soros

Two nonprofits associated with the “Belonging Fund,” announced by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell in response to a federal immigration enforcement operation in May, received grants from the Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS), a private foundation primarily funded by billionaire investor George Soros.

Grants from FPOS to both the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT), which O’Connell announced would operate the fund, and the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), which seeded the “Belonging Fund,” are visible in the grant database made public by the Open Society Foundations (OSF), another entity founded and primarily funded by Soros.

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Congressman Tim Burchett Files Three Bills Codifying Trump’s Executive Orders, Including Ending Taxpayer Funding for NPR and PBS

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Tim Burchett

U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) announced his intention to file new legislation that would codify three executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, including a bill that would permanently defund both National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). 

“Today I’m introducing legislation to codify three of President Trump’s executive orders. I think it’s time to get off the dadgum bench and get to work,” Burchett said in a video posted to X on Tuesday.

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State Senator Mark Pody Details Role as Davidson County’s Sole Republican Representative in the Tennessee General Assembly

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State Senator Mark Pody

Tennessee State Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon) detailed how he approaches the dynamics of representing a politically split district that includes both conservative Wilson County and liberal parts of Davidson County during a sit down interview on Monday with Michael Patrick Leahy, The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief.

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Chinese Student at University of Michigan Fled to China After Charged with Illegal Voting: FBI

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A Chinese student at the University of Michigan fled to China after being charged with illegal voting in the 2024 election, according to the FBI.

In October, while attending the university as a foreign national student, Haoxiang Gao turned himself in after allegedly being registered to vote and casting a ballot in the general election in Michigan. Gao was charged with two felonies: false swearing to register to vote and trying to vote as an unqualified elector.

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Over 1,000 Attend Turning Point Action Rally for Andy Biggs for Governor

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Rep. Andy Biggs

Although the 2026 election is 16 months out, Turning Point Action (TPA) held a rally on Saturday for Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05), who is running for governor against incumbent Democrat Katie Hobbs. The event at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa featured multiple top officials in both Arizona and nationally, including Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL-19), as well as Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk.

State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) opened the rally criticizing the mainstream media, gesturing at the “fake news” in the back of the room. “The media will never tell you some things about Andy Biggs. They will never tell you that he has one of the biggest hearts and he is full of kindness and compassion and that he loves the people of this state more than anyone I have ever known.”

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Commentary: The Faux Science of Outlawing Fossil Fuels

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science lab

The recent Nature article, “Carbon Majors and the Scientific Case for Climate Liability,” tries to further the alarmists’ dream of pinning alleged harms of “extreme” weather on the world’s largest producers of fossil fuels.

Christopher W. Callahan and Justin S. Mankin, both at Dartmouth College when their article was prepared, accept—without substantiation—climate activists’ position that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide cause catastrophic warming and perpetuate the demonization of oil and gas companies as global villains. Instead of casting light on the climate issue, the authors attempt to provide a blueprint for a “coming wave of climate legal action’ for which courts are woefully unprepared.”

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Marsha Blackburn Commentary: Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Must Be Held Accountable for Endangering Federal Law Enforcement

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ICE Arrest

In November, Tennesseans and Americans across the country voted overwhelmingly to get crime under control, secure our border, and remove criminal illegal aliens from our country.

Since Inauguration Day, President Trump and congressional Republicans have been working hard to carry out this mandate. Yet, in recent weeks, Democrats have tried their best to obstruct the will of We the People—including in Tennessee.

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