Author: Kaitlin Housler

10 More States Join Federal Lawsuit Led by Tennessee Against Ticketmaster’s Parent Company

Kaitlin Housler

Ten additional states have joined a lawsuit led by Tennessee and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., which owns Ticketmaster. The lawsuit alleges that the company has “illegally monopolized the live entertainment industry.”

In May, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and the DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, alleging that the company holds venues “hostage” through “restrictive long-term, exclusive agreements and threats,” “forces artists to select Live Nation as a promoter instead of its rivals” through leverage of its extensive network of amphitheaters, and “harms” fans through “higher fees, lack of transparency, fewer consumer choices, and stifling innovation.”

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Ben Cunningham: Public Transit in Democrat-Run Cities Is a ‘Bottomless Pit’ for Money

Kaitlin Housler
Ben Cunningham MPL

Ben Cunningham, founder of the Nashville Tea Party, detailed how transit projects across the nation are widely “bottomless pits for money” during Tuesday’s Blue City Blues segment on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.

Cunningham, who has frequently spoken out against the multi-billion dollar transit plan proposed by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for both legal and practical reasons, pointed out that Memphis is also experiencing a transit problem. Its Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) is considering cutting hundreds of jobs after the service revealed a $60 million deficit in its budget earlier this year.

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Former Minnesota Resident: Governor Tim Walz Has ‘Extremely Radical Views’

Kaitlin Housler
Walz and Harris

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and former journalist who moved from Minnesota to Tennessee four years ago, is warning voters about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and his “extremely radical views” ahead of the November 5 general election.

After incumbent President Joe Biden exited the race, Vice President and now-Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris tapped Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 election.

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Tennessee AG Joins Coalition Seeking Answers About Online Retailer Temu’s Business Practices, Connections to the Chinese Communist Party

Kaitlin Housler
A.G. Jonathan Skrmetti

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti was one of 21 state attorneys general who sent a letter to the online retailer Temu and the CEO of its parent company, PPD Holdings Inc., seeking information regarding the company’s alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), data collection and sharing practices, and possible violations of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

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Roger Simon: Republican Party Needs to Educate the Public on Kamala Harris’ Failures, Policy Standpoints

Kaitlin Housler
Kamala Harris

Roger Simon, the co-founder of PJ Media and current columnist for The Epoch Times, said the Republican Party needs to better educate voters about Vice President Kamala Harris’ record and policy standpoints going into the November 5 general election.

Simon said that while he said he believes Harris, who has officially become the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee after incumbent President Joe Biden exited the race, is of “limited intelligence,” her policy standpoints should be taken seriously and pushed back on by the Republican Party “constantly.”

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Officially Appear on Tennessee’s November 5 Ballot

Kaitlin Housler
RFK Voting

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his running mate have officially gained ballot access in Tennessee for the upcoming November 5 general election, the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office announced.

Kennedy’s campaign submitted 1,025 signatures from registered voters in Tennessee to election officials on June 13 in an effort to gain ballot access for the November 5 election.

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Tennessee AG Skrmetti Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling to Block the Education Department’s Title IX Rule from Taking Effect

Kaitlin Housler
Jonathan Skrmetti

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on Friday to block the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Title IX rule from taking effect.

The DOE’s final rule, blocked from being implemented by the nation’s highest court, would have rewritten Title IX to encompass gender identity and sexual orientation.

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Ohio Man Sentenced to Probation for Dumping 7,000 Gallons of Hazardous Substance into Scioto River, Killing More than 43,000 Fish

Kaitlin Housler
Scioto River

A 73-year-old Ohio man will not serve any jail time after pleading guilty to dumping thousands of gallons of a hazardous, ammonia-containing substance into the Scioto River that ended up killing over 43,000 fish and endangering other wildlife.

On April 17, 2021, according to the Northern District of Ohio U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mark Shepherd discharged approximately 7,000 gallons of the hazardous substance into the river.

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Nashville-Based Coffee Company Partners with Tunnel to Towers Foundation

Kaitlin Housler
Crockett Coffee

The Nashville-based coffee company Crockett Coffee partnered with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to donate a portion of its sales towards initiatives benefiting the families of fallen heroes, injured first responders, and veterans.

Crockett Coffee was founded by Clay Travis and Buck Sexton – hosts of the popular radio show The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, heard across 500 stations nationwide – and Buck’s entrepreneur brother, Mason Sexton.

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Tom Zawistowski: Kamala Harris’ Leftist Agenda ‘Isn’t Working’ in Ohio

Kaitlin Housler
Zawistowski and MPL

Tom Zawistowski, president of the We the People Convention, said Vice President Kamala Harris’s “leftist agenda” is not working in Ohio. Ohio is the scene of the high-stakes U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Republican nominee Bernie Moreno.

As of Thursday, Harris, who has officially become the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, has refused to sit down for a media interview or hold a formal press conference for 25 consecutive days.

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Tom Pappert Explains Kamala Harris’ Role in the Case of a San Francisco Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

Kaitlin Housler
Tom Pappert and MPL

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, uncovered multiple notable details while investigating Vice President and Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris’ connection to the Jamal Trulove case.

Trulove was wrongfully convicted in 2010 on a first-degree murder charge in San Francisco during the time Harris was serving as San Francisco District Attorney.

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State Senator Mark Pody Previews Wilderness Tabernacle Exhibit at the Tennessee State Fair

Kaitlin Housler
Mark Pody and MPL

State Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon) is inviting all Tennesseans who visit the Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair this month to explore the lifesize model of the Wilderness Tabernacle on display through August 24.

The Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair, held at the James E. Ward Agriculture Center in Lebanon, runs from August 15 – August 24. The State Fair opens on weekdays at 5 p.m., Saturdays at 10 a.m., and Sunday at 12 p.m.

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Ohio to Launch Statewide Human Trafficking Hotline Later This Year

Kaitlin Housler
Dave Yost

Ohio is expected to launch the first-ever statewide human trafficking hotline later this year, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced at his office’s fifth annual Human Trafficking Summit held in downtown Columbus last week.

The statewide hotline number – 844-END-OHHT (844-363-6448) – will “funnel incoming tips on suspected sex and labor trafficking directly to law enforcement,” according to Yost’s office.

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Policy Expert Says Story of Wrongly Convicted and Jailed Man Courtesy of Kamala Harris Should Be Amplified by the Trump Campaign

Kaitlin Housler
Clint Brewer and MPL

Recovering journalist and Nashville-area public policy expert Clint Brewer said former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign should amplify the story of Jamal Trulove and his connection to Vice President and Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris leading up to the November 5 general election to sway independent and Democratic voters.

Trulove was wrongfully convicted in 2010 on a first-degree murder charge in San Francisco during the time Harris was serving as San Francisco District Attorney.

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Michael Patrick Leahy: Elon Musk-Donald Trump Conversation on X Was a ‘Game Changer in Political Dialogue and Communication’

Kaitlin Housler
MPL Speaking

Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, said the conversation between billionaire and owner of X Corp. Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was a “game changer in political dialogue and communication.”

On Monday evening, Trump and Musk held a two-hour conversation via X Space, which has since been viewed over a billion times.

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Reporter Peter D’Abrosca: DOJ Not Interested in Investigating ActBlue for Apparent Fraud

Kaitlin Housler
D'Abrosca and MPL

Peter D’Abrosca, reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) appears not to be interested in investigating ActBlue, the online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates, for alleged fraudulent activity.

On Monday, D’Abrosca exclusively reported that ActBlue reported to campaign finance authorities that seven Tennesseans “donated” to the online platform more than 1,000 times since the beginning of 2023.

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Piedmont Lithium Abandons Nearly $600 Million Investment Planned for Southeast Tennessee

Kaitlin Housler
Piedmont Lithium

Piedmont Lithium announced Thursday that the company abandoned its plan to invest $582 million to establish a lithium hydroxide processing, refining, and manufacturing facility in Etowah and instead build the proposed plant in North Carolina.

The company currently operates a plant in Gaston County, North Carolina, called Carolina Lithium, which will be expanded with the addition of the facility originally expected to be built in Etowah.

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Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti Joins Lawsuit Challenging the Biden Administration’s Plan to Extend Full Health Care Benefits to Illegal Immigrants

Kaitlin Housler

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Biden administration’s plan of extending Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, benefits to more than 200,000 illegal immigrants.

The lawsuit, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Western Division.

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Kash Patel: Harris-Walz Campaign is a ‘Complete Government Gangster Deep State Operation’

Kaitlin Housler
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

Former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Kash Patel said Kamala Harris being inserted as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee after incumbent President Joe Biden exited the race is a precise example of a “complete government gangster deep state operation.”

Patel – who stars in the new War Room documentary “Government Gangsters” which “pulls back the curtain on the sinister world of corrupt bureaucrats, government officials, and their media accomplices” – said the Democratic Party and the media’s coverup of Biden’s diminished capabilities to carry out the job as commander in chief before pushing the incumbent out of the 2024 race and inserting Harris as the nominee is the “absolute form of governing gangsterism.”

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Former Trump Campaign Spokesman Steve Cortes Stresses Importance of Exposing Harris-Walz ‘Radical’ Records Going into 2024 Election

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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

Steve Cortes, former senior spokesman and strategist for the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaigns and current head of the League of American Workers, said it is critical that Republicans expose Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’ “radical” records while in public office leading up to the November 5 general election.

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Former Minnesotan Erin Haust Warns: Governor Tim Walz Is ‘Outrageously Radical’ and ‘Dangerously Inadequate’

Kaitlin Housler
Tim Walz

Erin Haust, a digital marketing expert and former journalist who recently moved from Minnesota to Tennessee, is warning voters about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the governor was tapped by Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to be her running mate in the 2024 election.

Haust, who lived in Minnesota for 12 years before deciding to move to the Volunteer State, said Walz handled the COVID-19 pandemic by ordering excessive lockdowns and mismanaging funds.

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Tennessee TennCare and CoverKids Members to Begin Receiving Free Diapers for Children Under Two

Kaitlin Housler
Diapers

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that TennCare and CoverKids members under age two will be eligible to receive up to 100 diapers per month as part of the TennCare Diaper Benefit beginning Wednesday.

TennCare is Tennessee’s Medicaid program, while CoverKids offers free health coverage for pregnant women and children who do not have insurance and do not qualify for TennCare.

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Cheryl Fritze: Kamala Harris’ VP Pick to ‘Certainly’ Influence Michigan’s Muslim Voting Population

Kaitlin Housler
Tim Walz

Cheryl Fritze, director of News Operations for Michigan News Source, said she believes Kamala Harris’ decision to choose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election will “certainly” influence Michigan’s notable population of Muslim voters leading up to the November 5 general election.

Fritze noted how Dearborn, Michigan, is home to the largest population of Arab American Muslims in the country. This population has demanded a ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza and is “upset” with the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the situation.

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