In the audio below, conservative political commentator and Tennessee Star Political Editor Steve Gill of The Gill Report, broadcast live on WETR 92.3 FM in Knoxville, called out gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean for accepting the endorsement of the far Left former governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley, which was already reported here by…
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Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Seeks Immunity For Senate Testimony
by Chuck Ross Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI, is seeking immunity in order to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to documents released Tuesday. “This is a textbook case for granting use immunity,” Michael Bromwich, an attorney for McCabe, wrote Monday in a letter to Republican Sen.…
Read MoreHow McConnell Canceling August Recess Hurts Vulnerable Senate Dems
by Robert Donachie Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he is canceling three weeks of the planned August recess in order to pass legislation and confirm the president’s conservative judicial nominees. “Due to the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats of the president’s nominees, and the goal of passing appropriations bills…
Read MoreSenate Republicans Aim to Block the Confirmation of an Obama-Era Holdover Hostile to Religious Freedom
by Kevin Daley A budding coalition of Republican lawmakers is opposing the renomination of Chai Feldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after President Donald Trump renominated the Obama-era commissioner to another term on the anti-discrimination panel. Much of the institutional religious right has mobilized in opposition to…
Read MoreCommentary: 500 Days of Trump and He’s Just Getting Started
by Jeffery Rendall Donald Trump isn’t known to brag…but then again, yes, he is. America’s supremely confident commander in chief is quite fond of touting his own accomplishments and most of the time doesn’t appear to notice setbacks. Trump’s perpetually forward-facing orientation represents a refreshing new outlook for a Washington…
Read MoreTrump Administration Prepares for ‘Resistance’ Against Broadcasting Board of Governors Appointment
by Michael Gonzalez If war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means, public diplomacy is a theater where states use ideas instead of ordnance. But in this important battlefield, the U.S. is not currently fighting with generals chosen by the commander in chief elected by the American people…
Read MoreACLU Sues over Plans for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census
Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Manhattan federal court lawsuit on behalf of immigrants’ rights groups says racial animus was behind a recent announcement that the census will include a citizenship…
Read MoreGrassley Blasts ‘Insufficient’ DOJ Over Request For Michael Flynn Docs
by Chuck Ross The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein of providing an “insufficient” response to requests for documents about the investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “This is no ordinary criminal case,” Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote in a letter Wednesday…
Read MoreOver One Hundred Suspected Undocumented Workers Arrested in Ohio
U.S. immigration agents raided two Ohio garden stores Tuesday and arrested 114 workers believed to be undocumented immigrants for alleged identity theft. It was the largest such sting by Homeland Security and immigration agents in recent years. The agents carried out raids at two separate locations of Corso’s Flower and…
Read MoreNashville Mosque Leader Endorses Sumner County Democrat for State Legislative Seat
Rashed Fakhruddin, president of the Islamic Center of Nashville (ICN) has endorsed Hana Farooq Ali, the Democrat candidate running for a House seat in the Tennessee General Assembly. Ali is the only Democrat running to replace Rep. Courtney Rogers, a conservative Republican who has represented District 45 since being elected…
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