In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Gov. Bill Haslam asked federal officials Monday to stop sending Syrian refugees to Tennessee. The statement from the Republican governor comes amid similar calls from other GOP lawmakers representing Tennessee at…
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GOP Operative Shares Stories About Fred Thompson
Watergate prosecutor. Movie star. Senator. To me, Fred Dalton Thompson, who died Sunday at age 73 after a life you couldn’t make up, was “Boss.” I was 23 and full of idealism. Back then all I knew was that I…
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Are Tennessee Conservatives Adrift?
I begin with an aphorism: “Moral ideas without institutional sanctions are impotent. Institutional sanctions without moral ideas are tyrannical.” Every civilization attempts to deal with this aphorism. So does every political movement. There is never universal agreement on either the…
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Will TN Join the Movement to Amend the Constitution?
Nationally syndicated talk radio host Phil Valentine will be moderating a legislative forum in Nashville Monday on the calling of a constitutional convention to rein in federal government growth and spending. The event, hosted by Convention of the States, is…
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Trump Finds Adoring Crowds in Williamson County
The way Ellen Carter, a 70-year-old from Spring Hill, saw it, the hours-long wait on a drizzly Saturday morning was worth it: Donald Trump is her guy. “He’s smart, he’s rich and he knows how to do it,” she said…
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Continue to Disappoint Fans
Former U.S. Secretary of State and current Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton may attend a Nashville fundraiser with country music stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, according to a new report from The Associated Press. The initial AP report said…
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Trump Sells Out Nashville Event
Trump will be speaking Saturday at Rocketown at a conference hosted by the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. Other speakers include columnist Star Parker, Pastor Rafael Cruz and Dr. Ming Wang. The three-day event is already a sellout. Several protests…
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Tepid Response By Haslam to Planned Parenthood Scandal Worries GOP
Five GOP lawmakers on Monday asked Gov. Bill Haslam to step in immediately to order a series of emergency rules to govern how the state’s abortion clinics dispose of fetal remains. In a three-page letter to the governor, the senators also asked the governor to…
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Cruz Warmly Welcomed in Tennessee
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says Chattanooga unfortunately has joined a group of U.S. cities that have been the victims of what he called radical Islamic terrorism. And if he’s made president in 2016, he would stop that trend, he…
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Are TN Republicans Ready for Trump?
Donald Trump went on a Twitter rant against Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and pollster Frank Luntz following Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate. Kelly and Trump mixed it up when she asked Trump about his calling “women you don’t like ‘fat…
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