Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s multi-billion dollar transit plan was approved by voters on Tuesday, according to unofficial election results published by the Davidson County Election Commission.
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Rachel Alexander: Expect Arizona’s Election Results to be ‘Dragged Out’
Rachel Alexander, lead reporter at The Arizona Sun Times, is warning that Arizona’s final election results may be “dragged out” for days after Tuesday night as an opportunity for Democrats to “figure a way to change the results.”
Read the full storyJack Windsor on Tuesday’s Race: ‘Anticipatory Energy in Ohio Is Different Than It Was Four Years Ago’
Jack Windsor, president and editor-in-chief at The Ohio Press Network, said the “anticipatory energy” in Ohio for Tuesday’s general election is “different than it was four years ago.”
Read the full storyMatt Kittle: Conservatives Need to Keep Their ‘Eyes Wide Open’ as Ballots are Being Counted
Matt Kittle, a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist, said conservatives should be keeping their “eyes wide open” tonight and in the coming days as ballots are being counted across the nation, specifically in swing states.
Read the full storyRob Bluey Explains How a ‘Fundamental Transformation in the Media Landscape’ Has Allowed Conservative Media to Thrive
Rob Bluey, executive editor of The Heritage Foundation’s The Daily Signal, said conservative media has flourished within the last 15-20 years as a result of the legacy media becoming “too lazy and corrupt to report the news truthfully and accurately.”
Read the full storyJoe Rogan Endorses Donald Trump in 2024 Race
Joe Rogan, host of the popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race on Monday, the day before Election Day.
Read the full storyPublic Transit Services in Nashville, Knoxville, and Memphis Offering Free Rides on Election Day
Nashville, Knoxville, and Memphis’ public transit services will offer free rides for the community on Election Day, which is Tuesday, November 5, to support participation in the democratic process.
Read the full storyKroger to Pay $42.9 Million Settlement to Tennessee for Role in Opioid Crisis
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Monday that the state will receive approximately $42.9 million from a settlement with Kroger over the grocery chain’s opioid-related misconduct.
The Volunteer State’s settlement with Kroger is part of a combined $1.37 billion settlement agreement between the grocery chain and a bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general.
Read the full storyNeil W. McCabe: Trump Campaign Is ‘Completely Aligned,’ ‘Perfectly in Sync’
National political reporter Neil W. McCabe said the Trump campaign is “completely aligned” and “perfectly in sync” going into the November 5 general election, which has led to the campaign dominating the news cycle and taking coverage away from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
Read the full storySteve Bannon: Trump Victory on Tuesday Is ‘Within Our Grasp’
Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist and host of the popular show War Room, is confident that victory for former President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates on November 5 is “within our grasp.”
“We’ve got this fight teed up exactly where we want it,” Bannon explained on Friday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.
Read the full storyFinal Totals: Tennessee’s 2024 Early Voter Turnout Less than 2020
Data published by the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office shows that total voter turnout during the 14-day period of early voting in Tennessee for the November 5 general election was lower than the turnout for early voting in the 2020 general election.
According to the data, 2,280,767 ballots—2,070,339 of which were early-in-person ballots and 210,428 absentee ballots—were recorded during the fourteen days of early voting in 2020.
Read the full storyReporter Tom Pappert: Joe Biden ‘Deeply Resentful’ of Democratic Party, Sabotaging Kamala Harris’ Campaign for Revenge
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said he believes President Joe Biden is “sabotaging” Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign out of “pure resentment” for how the Democratic Party pushed him to end his reelection bid.
On Tuesday, Biden said on a Zoom call with members of the nonprofit organization Voto Latino that supporters of former President Donald Trump were “floating…garbage.”
Read the full storyRobby Starbuck: Initiative Exposing Companies’ DEI Policies is About Getting Back to ‘Corporate Neutrality’
Robby Starbuck, Tennessee political commentator and documentary filmmaker, said the goal behind his work exposing companies that push DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives in the workplace is to have those companies get back to embracing “corporate neutrality.”
Read the full storyTom Zawistowski: Important for Republicans to Focus on Substantive Issues From Now Until Election Day
Tom Zawistowski, president of the We the People Convention, said Republicans’ message moving forward to voters from now until Election Day should be about policy and issues with “substance” that will motivate Americans to head to the polls.
Read the full storyI-26 Opens to Traffic for First Time Since Being Devastated by Hurricane Helene
I-26 in Unicoi County opened up to traffic on Wednesday after being closed for 33 days since being devastated by flood waters caused by remnants of Hurricane Helene last month, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced.
Read the full storyLegal Expert Phill Kline: DOJ’s ‘Radical’ Election Interference Operation on Full Display in Virginia Case
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “radical” election interference operation is on full display following Wednesday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that allows Virginia to remove individuals identified as noncitizens from its voter rolls.
Earlier this month, the DOJ sued Virginia over removing non-citizens from its rolls ahead of the November 5 general election.
Read the full storyTom Pappert: Steve Bannon Offering ‘Sober Take’ on Election After Serving Four-Month Prison Term
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist and host of the popular show War Room, is offering a more “sober take” on the November 5 general election after serving a four-month prison term as one of the Biden-Harris administration’s “political enemies.”
Bannon was released from the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Danbury, Connecticut, on Tuesday morning after serving a four-month prison sentence for a 2022 conviction on contempt of Congress charges for ignoring a subpoena from the January 6 Select Committee.
Read the full storyJohn Solomon: Americans ‘Crave’ Unbiased News Now More than Ever
John Solomon, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Just the News, said news outlets are refraining from endorsing candidates in this year’s presidential election at a time when Americans are “craving” unbiased news.
Read the full storySteve Cortes: Trump’s Performance During Joe Rogan Interview Was a ‘Home Run’
Steve Cortes, former senior spokesman and strategist for the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaigns and current head of the League of American Workers, called former President Donald Trump’s three-hour long interview with podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday a “home run.”
Read the full storyTennessee Awarded Federal Grant Funds to Pay Workers $25/Hour to Assist with Disaster Recovery Efforts
The U.S. Department of Labor has approved an initial $5 million in National Dislocated Worker Grant funds for the state of Tennessee to assist 12 counties with recovery efforts in wake of damage caused by remnants of Hurricane Helene.
Read the full storyRNC Demands Answers after Pennsylvania Voter Arrested at Polling Location
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is demanding answers after a supporter of former President Donald Trump was arrested at an early voting polling location in Delaware County, Pennsylvania for allegedly encouraging voters to stay in line and cast their votes.
Read the full storyPollster John McLaughlin Breaks Down Trump’s Stance in the Race with Eight Days to go Until Election Day
Long-time pollster John McLaughlin said former President Donald Trump has presented a solid closing argument to the American people in the final days leading up to the November 5 general election, which is offering voters a stark comparison between his policies and those implemented by the current Biden-Harris administration.
Noting how the former president maintains a slight lead in the race over Vice President Kamala Harris, McLaughlin explained on Monday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show how Trump’s current position in the race is comparable to Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2012 at the same point in time.
Read the full storyMatt Boyle: ‘No Energy Left on Kamala’s Side’ with Eight Days to Go Until Election Day
Matt Boyle, the national political editor at Breitbart News, said Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has “no energy left” with just eight days to go until the November 5 general election.
Boyle compared Harris’ campaign to a “slowly deflating flat tire” which has caused Democrats to enter “stages of grief.”
Read the full story2024 Early Voting Turnout in Tennessee Lower than 2020
Voter turnout through the first nine days of early voting in Tennessee is lower than the turnout for the first nine days of early voting in the 2020 general election, data published by the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office shows.
Read the full storyTennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson: Challenge to State Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors a ‘State’s Rights Issue’
Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) said the legal challenge to Tennessee’s law that bans “gender-affirming care” on minors is not only an issue regarding a state’s interest to protect children, but also a state’s rights issue under the Tenth Amendment.
Read the full storySenator Marsha Blackburn Speaks to Reporters After Voting Early in Brentwood
Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told reporters on Friday she is “confident” in the security of the Volunteer State’s elections after she cast her vote early for the November 5 general election at an early voting polling location in Brentwood.
“We know that in Tennessee, we have the most secure elections in the country and our Secretary of State, Tre Hargett, gets a lot of credit for that. I know Tennesseans are confident they can show up, cast their vote, and that vote’s going to be counted,” Blackburn said.
Read the full storyJohn Fredericks: Virginia AG Miyares Will Appeal Decision by Federal Judge Forcing Commonwealth to Place Illegal Aliens on Voter Rolls at Request of Weaponized Biden-Harris DOJ
Pennsylvania-based radio show host John Fredericks said Friday’s federal court decision ordering Virginia to place non-citizens back on its voter rolls proves the Biden-Harris administration’s intentions to have illegal aliens vote in U.S. elections.
Read the full storyU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Presses VP Kamala Harris on Her Failed Broadband Initiative to Connect Americans to the Internet
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) was among nine Republican senators who sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris pressing her on the administration’s “failed” initiative to connect millions of Americans to broadband internet.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed by President Joe Biden in 2021, provided the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with $42.45 billion for the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, which was intended to “provide broadband access to unserved communities, particularly those in rural areas.”
Read the full story‘They’re Out of Talking Points’: Reporter Tom Pappert Breaks Down Kamala Harris’ Comparison of Donald Trump to Hitler
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Vice President Kamala Harris’ remarks comparing former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler shows that her campaign is “out of talking points” and has “lost every single issue” in the last few days leading up to the November 5 general election.
Read the full storyMichael Patrick Leahy: ‘Absolutely Illegal’ Bureau of Prisons Refusing to Apply First Step Act Credits to Steve Bannon
Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, said the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) refusal to apply the First Step Act (FSA) good time credits accrued by Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist and host of the popular show War Room, towards an early release to home confinement, is “absolutely illegal.”
Bannon is currently serving a four-month prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Danbury, Connecticut, for a 2022 conviction on contempt of Congress charges for ignoring a subpoena from the January 6 Select Committee.
Read the full storyLegal Expert Phill Kline Details What to Look for on Election Day to Prevent Fraud
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, detailed the tactics the Left may deploy on Election Day to commit fraud and ensure a victory for Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democratic candidates.
Kline said tactics to influence election results have been underway long before this year’s general election, including President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order permitting federal agencies to promote voter registration and participation in U.S. elections.
Read the full storyU.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Tennessee Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors on December 4
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled to hear oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, a case challenging a Tennessee law that bans “gender-affirming care” on minors, for Wednesday, December 4.
Read the full story‘Dog Whistle to Potential Assassins’: Critics Slam Kamala Harris’ ‘Desperate’ Comparison of Donald Trump to Hitler
Vice President Kamala Harris’ remarks comparing former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler are being strongly denounced by allies of the former president.
On Wednesday, just 13 days before the November 5 general election, Harris delivered televised remarks from the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., where she compared her opponent to genocidal dictator Adolf Hitler.
Read the full storyU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Defends Bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released a memo this week clarifying elements of her and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) Kids Online Safety Act, which passed the Senate in July, amid what the senator is calling “lies” being circulated about the legislation.
The Kids Online Safety Act seeks to “protect minors from online harms” by requiring social media companies to “take reasonable measures” to “prevent and mitigate” children from being harmed while using their platforms, including through sexual exploitation or online bullying.
Read the full storyEJ Haust Dismisses Tim Walz’s Claim that Democrats are a ‘Big Tent Party’
EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and former journalist who lived in Minnesota for 12 years before relocating to Tennessee, dismissed Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s claim that the Democratic Party is the “big tent party.”
Read the full storyCraig Huey: Pastors ‘In Fear’ to Speak Out Against Political Issues as Christians Are Under Attack
Craig Huey, California refugee and marketing expert, said pastors across the nation are “in fear” of speaking out against political issues, even as Christians are under attack, as a result of the Johnson Amendment.
The Johnson Amendment, enacted in 1954, bans nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax exemptions, including churches, from participating in political campaigns if they want to keep their tax-exempt status.
Read the full storyTom Pappert: Democrats Are Ignoring the Monumental First Step Act to Keep Conservatives in Prison
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the Biden-Harris administration is “ignoring” the Trump-era criminal justice reform called the First Step Act (FSA) in order to keep conservatives, including former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, in prison.
Under the FSA, federal inmates can earn “good time credits” to reduce their sentence through behavior and participation in prison programs.
Read the full storyReporter Tom Pappert: Bureau of Prison’s Refusal to Enact First Step Act for Steve Bannon ‘Flagrantly Illegal’
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the Biden-Harris administration’s Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) refusal to uphold the First Step Act of 2018 when implementing the four-month prison sentence handed to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is “flagrantly illegal.”
Read the full story100-Foot ‘Vote for Trump’ Sign in New York Draws Massive Crowd After Legal Battle
A 100-foot “Vote for Trump” sign in Amsterdam, New York, drew a crowd of more than 3,000 people on Sunday to celebrate its victory in a legal battle brought by the city’s Democratic mayor, who wanted the sign removed because it was a “distraction” for drivers.
Read the full storyTennessee Congressional Delegation Calls on D.C. Leadership to Appropriate Disaster Relief Funding for Farmers
All 11 members of the Tennessee congressional delegation sent a letter to congressional leadership on Monday requesting that adequate relief funds are appropriated for farmers impacted by Hurricane Helene last month
Read the full storyImmigration Expert Todd Bensman Details Massive Group of Illegal Migrants Waiting to Cross into U.S. After November 5 Election
Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, returned to the U.S. on Saturday after traveling to Tapachula, Mexico, to document the Mexican government’s holding of approximately 150,000 illegal migrants who are waiting to continue their journey to cross the U.S. southern border.
Tapachula is located in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, near the Guatemalan border and the Pacific Ocean.
Read the full storyLeader of Opposition Group Against Nashville Transit Referendum Explains Why Proposal Is ‘Unfair, Unsafe, and Unnecessary’
Emily Evans, head of the Committee to Stop an UnFair Tax, is warning that the multi-billion dollar transit referendum presented to Nashville voters on the November 5 general election ballot is “unfair, unsafe, and unnecessary.”
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transit plan, “Choose How You Move: An All-Access Pass to Sidewalks, Signals, Service, and Safety,” would be funded by a half-cent increase in the city’s sales tax to construct miles of new sidewalks, bus stops, transit centers, parking facilities, and upgraded traffic signals throughout Nashville.
Read the full storyVice Presidential Nominee JD Vance to Visit Peoria and Tucson on Tuesday
U.S. Senator and vice presidential nominee JD Vance (R-OH) will visit Peoria and Tucson for two events on Tuesday, October 22, the Trump campaign announced.
Read the full storyMike Benz Details How Donald Trump Could Dismantle the Global Censorship Machine in ‘Five Minutes’ If Elected
Mike Benz, a former Trump State Department official and current executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, said the U.S. foreign policy establishment’s censorship complex aimed at censoring Americans and people across the globe would be able to be dismantled in a manner of “five minutes” if former President Donald Trump was elected in the November 5 general election.
Read the full storyBen Cunningham: Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s Transit Proposal will Drive People Out of Nashville
Ben Cunningham, founder of the Nashville Tea Party, is warning that the multi-billion dollar transit referendum being presented to Nashville voters on the November 5 general election would “drive people out of Nashville” if passed.
Read the full storyIranian National Coming Illegally to U.S. Says ‘I Am Not a Terrorist,’ ‘My Childhood Dream’ to Come to America
An English-speaking Iranian national coming illegally to the U.S. through South America said he is “not a terrorist” and it’s his “childhood dream” to come to America.
The Iranian man was interviewed by Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, who is on the ground in Tapachula, Mexico documenting the U.S. border crisis.
Read the full storyCheryl Fritze: Polling on ‘Shy Trump Voters’ Indicate Former President Likely to Have Big Lead Michigan
Cheryl Fritze, director of News Operations for Michigan News Source, discussed recent polling conducted in the battleground state of Michigan which shows former President Donald Trump with a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris.
Read the full storyRobby Starbuck: UK Labour Party Campaigning for Kamala Harris ‘Patently Illegal’
Robby Starbuck, Tennessee political commentator and documentary filmmaker, said staff members of the United Kingdom’s left-wing Labour Party campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states ahead of the November 5 general election is “patently illegal” and should be a major news story.
On Thursday, The Tennessee Star reported that Sofia Patel, the head of operations for the Labour Party, recruited nearly 100 foreign nationals to travel to the U.S. and campaign for Harris in the final months prior to Election Day in key battleground states, including Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Read the full storyReporter Tom Pappert: Kamala Harris Running from Her Prosecutorial Record in California in Desperate Attempt to Win over Black Male Voters
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Vice President Kamala Harris is outright “denying the truth” when it comes to her prosecutorial record in California in an attempt to win over black male voters in the November 5 general election.
On Tuesday, Harris gave an hour-long interview on the popular radio show The Breakfast Club, hosted by Charlamagne tha God.
Read the full storyTodd Bensman: Biden-Harris Admin Cut Deal with Mexico to Hold 400k Illegals in ‘Gaza Strip of Immigration’ Near Guatemala Until After Election to Temporarily Lower Border Crossings into U.S.
Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, called into The Michael Patrick Leahy Show while on the ground in southern Mexico as part of his work to document the U.S. border crisis.
Bensman said he is documenting the holding of approximately 300,000-400,000 migrants in the Mexican cities of Tapachula and Villahermosa who collectively have a goal of reaching the U.S. southern border.
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