Category: Tennessee Star Report

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Tom Pappert Details Troubling Series of Events Leading Up to Georgia High School Shooting

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Tom Pappert

Tom Pappert, reporter at The Georgia Star News, detailed the unfortunate series of events that reportedly transpired just minutes before 14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly killed four and injured nine more at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia last week, which, if acted upon, may have prevented the shooting.

Gray, who surrendered to law enforcement Wednesday after allegedly carrying out the shooting, was on the FBI’s radar last year, as the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office interviewed him and his father in May 2023 after the FBI received “several anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting.”

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Spokesman Jeff Hutt Details Strategy Behind New ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Super PAC

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Jeff Hutt - Make America Healthy Again

Jeff Hutt, a spokesman for the new Make America Healthy Again super political action committee (PAC) and former national field director for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign, said the new PAC is working to help former President Donald Trump get elected by engaging former Kennedy volunteers and supporters to get out the vote for Trump.

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Reporter Tom Pappert: ‘Incomprehensibly Stupid and Irresponsible’ for Father of 14-Year-Old Georgia School Shooter to Gift Rifle to Son

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Tom Pappert

Tom Pappert, reporter at The Georgia Star News, said it seems “incomprehensibly stupid and irresponsible” and “difficult to comprehend” that the father of 14-year-old Colt Gray, who allegedly killed four and injured nine more at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia last week, gifted his son an AR-15-style rifle just months after an FBI tip prompted a visit from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in 2023.

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Roger Simon on Common Features Among Mass Shooters: ‘They’re Crazy!’

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Roger Simon and MPL

Roger Simon, the co-founder of PJ Media and author of the newly-launched Substack “American Refugees,” said the noticeable common factor among a majority of mass shooters is that the perpetrators are simply “crazy.”

“In every case of these kinds of shootings, one of the things that is always amusing to me is that you get a report that police are looking for the motivation. The motivation is they’re crazy,” Simon said on Friday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.

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Law Expert Phill Kline Explains How the Left Transformed the Government to View the Public as a Threat to Its Power

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Phill Kline

Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the Left has transformed “the attitude of our government” in a way that views the American public as a threat to its maintenance of power.

Kline used the example of the government’s ongoing refusal to release the full manifesto of the Covenant School killer as a way it works to “shape” what the public “thinks,” “knows,” and “believes.”

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Former Minnesotan EJ Haust Details Governor Tim Walz’s Role in the ‘Largest COVID-Related Fraud’ in the Nation

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Tim Walz

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and former journalist who lived in Minnesota for 12 years before relocating to Tennessee four years ago, is reminding the nation how Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s administration’s handling of the Feeding Our Future scandal was the “largest COVID-related fraud scam” in the country as Walz is being considered to be the next U.S. vice president as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ running mate.

The scandal, which ended up squandering approximately $250 million of taxpayer dollars, involved the non-profit group Feeding Our Future allegedly orchestrating a scheme in which individuals set up fake operations to serve children meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tennessee Coalition for Open Government Executive Director Deborah Fisher Says the Continued Withholding of Covenant Killer Materials Is ‘Disturbing’

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Deborah Fisher, the executive director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, described the continued withholding of documents by the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) relating to the case of the Covenant School killer as simply “disturbing.”

On Tuesday, The Tennessee Star published all 90 pages of the journal written between January and March of 2023 by Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the 28-year-old biological woman who self-identified as a transgender man and who, on March 27, 2023, murdered three 9-year-old students and three staff members at the Covenant School in Nashville before being subsequently killed by MNPD officers.

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Michael Patrick Leahy: Publishing of the Covenant School Killer’s Journal Offers Glimpse into How the Mental Health System Is ‘Destroying Children’

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Aaron Gulbransen, executive director of the Tennessee Faith and Freedom Coalition, and Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, discussed The Star releasing  90 pages of writings left by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale on Tuesday, both agreeing that the case is an example of how the mental health system is “destroying children.”

On Tuesday morning, The Star published all 90 pages of the journal written between January and March of 2023 by Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the 28-year-old biological woman who self-identified as a transgender man and who, on March 27, 2023, murdered three 9-year-old students and three staff members at the Covenant School in Nashville before being subsequently killed by officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD).

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Pollster Scott Rasmussen: 2024 Presidential Race ‘Could Go in Either Direction’

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Scott Rasmussen, the pollster with the Napolitan News Service, said the 2024 presidential race “could go in either direction” between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

In his latest national poll of 2,441 likely voters released on Friday, Rasmussen found Harris up by 3 percentage points over Trump (50 percent-47 percent). With leaners, Harris was still found to be leading Trump by three points (51 percent-48 percent).

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Former Minnesotan EJ Haust Previews Tonight’s CNN Interview with Harris-Walz

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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and former journalist who moved from Minnesota to Tennessee four years ago, discussed what she expects from tonight’s taped CNN interview with Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

Haust, who lived in Minnesota for 12 years before relocating to the Volunteer State, said she doesn’t expect CNN host Dana Bash, who is interviewing Harris and Walz, to ask any “hard-hitting” questions.

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Reporter Tom Pappert: Pollsters ‘Unwilling’ to Release New Pennsylvania Polls to ‘Preserve’ Kamala Harris’ Honeymoon Phase

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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

Tom Pappert, reporter at The Pennsylvania Daily Star, said he believes pollsters are “unwilling” to release the results of new polls taken in the battleground state of Pennsylvania since the end of the Democratic National Convention and the suspension of Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign in an effort to “preserve” Vice President Kamala Harris’ “honeymoon” phase in the 2024 presidential race.

Only one poll conducted by Emerson College Polling/The Hill has been released since the end of the DNC last week and Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign and threw his support behind former President Donald Trump in the race moving forward.

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Immigration Expert Todd Bensman: Biden-Harris Made Deal with Mexico to Stop Illegal Immigrants Leading Up to Presidential Election

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Illegal Immigrants

Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said the Biden-Harris administration quietly secured a deal with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador at the beginning of the year to help throttle illegal border crossing numbers leading up to the November 5 general election.

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Cheryl Fritze: Michigan’s Autocratic Trio of Whitmer, Nessel, and Benson Are Forcefully Intimidating Anyone Who Might Question 2024 Election Results

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Michigan Officials

Cheryl Fritze, director of News Operations for Michigan News Source, said Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is “in cahoots” with Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel when it comes to conducting the state’s elections and intimidating county election coordinators.

In a recent video, Benson said she would go after local election officials who do not certify election results despite the possibility of legitimate legal concerns about the results.

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RNC Chair Michael Whatley: If Kamala Harris Is Not Ready for Primetime, She’s Not Ready to Be the U.S. President

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Kamala Harris

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley said Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is “absolutely not ready to be the president of the United States” if she is not “ready for primetime in terms of handling the press or handling a debate.”

As of Tuesday, Harris has avoided unscripted interactions with the public or sitting down for a formal interview with the media for 37 days straight – which Whatley said is a sign that Harris is “just not ready for primetime.”

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Reporter Tom Pappert Analyzes Democrat Senator Bob Casey’s Attempt to Blame ‘Greedflation’ for Record High Prices

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Bob Casey

Tom Pappert, reporter at The Pennsylvania Daily Star, said Pennsylvania Democratic Senator Bob Casey’s (D-PA) speech at the Democratic National Convention last week about “greedflation” is an attempt by the lawmaker to “parrot” a “socialist talking point” in an effort to prop up both his and Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic policies leading up to the election.

During his speech at the convention last week, Casey said, “Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”

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Robby Starbuck Details Successful Strategy Behind Exposing Companies That Quietly Push DEI Initiatives

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Robby Starbuck

Tennessee political commentator and documentary filmmaker Robby Starbuck explained how his strategy to expose brands that push DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives in the workplace and fund controversial causes is successful due to its long lasting, lingering impact that targeted companies simply cannot afford to ignore.

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Tom Zawistowski Details Findings in Latest Poll Surveying Ohio Voters

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Tom Zawistowski

Tom Zawistowski, president of the We the People Convention, conducted a poll for the closely watched Ohio U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Republican nominee Bernie Moreno, which showed that the race is “dead even.”

Zawistowski said he polled 273 individuals chosen randomly from a phone database over a two-day period earlier this week and asked respondents about the U.S. Senate and presidential races and the overall direction of the nation.

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Reporter Christy Kelly: RFK Jr. Announcement Knocks Kamala Harris’ DNC Acceptance Speech Out of the News Cycle

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Christy Kelly

Christy Kelly, reporter at The Arizona Sun Times, said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Friday morning announcement in Arizona may have been planned to knock Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris out of the news cycle less than 24 hours after her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.

On Friday, Kennedy announced the suspension to his presidential campaign and that he would be endorsing former President Donald Trump in the race moving forward.

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Former Trump Campaign Spokesman Steve Cortes Goes Viral for Trying to Get Illegal Migrant from Venezuela into the Democratic National Convention

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Steve Cortes

Steve Cortes, former senior spokesman and strategist for the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaigns and current head of the League of American Workers, is going viral on social media after he posted a video of his experience attempting to get an illegal migrant from Venezuela into the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

In the viral video viewed by the likes of Elon Musk, Cortes attempted to get a 21-year-old Venezuelan national named Edwin into the Democratic Party’s convention without any credentials or identification in an effort to highlight the Democrats’ “hypocrisy” and “duplicity” when it comes to the differences of security of their events and the U.S. southern border.

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Former Trump Campaign Spokesman Steve Cortes: Kamala Harris Presidency Will Lead to ‘Scarcity, Shortages, and Black Markets’ for Everyday Goods

Kaitlin Housler

Steve Cortes, former senior spokesman and strategist for the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaigns and current head of the League of American Workers, is warning that Kamala Harris’ vow to pass the first federal ban on price gouging if she becomes president would lead to “scarcity, shortages, and black markets” for everyday goods in America.

Last week, during a campaign event in North Carolina, Harris said her plan to lower the prices of everyday goods if she were elected president would be to go after the “bad actor” businesses that are not “playing by the rules” by working to pass the first-ever federal ban on price gouging.

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

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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’

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

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

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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

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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

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

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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’

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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

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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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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’

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

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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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