With the continuing crush at the border of illegal aliens traveling with children to whom they may or may not be related and children being sent with smugglers to cross the border alone, liberals and open border groups have found a new reason to oppose President Trump’s “zero tolerance” for…
Read MoreDay: June 27, 2018
Justice Kennedy Announces Retirement
by Kevin Daley Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, precipitating a generational political fight over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. Kennedy’s departure was announced Wednesday morning, after the justices released the final decisions of its current term. Few justices loom as large as Anthony Kennedy in…
Read MoreProfessional Educators of Tennessee: SCOTUS Janus Decision a Victory for Workers’ First Amendment Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court announced a 5-4 decision on Wednesday in Janus v. American Federation of State, Country, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, that reaffirms the First Amendment, especially people’s freedom of association. The ruling today eliminates compulsory unionism, which requires individuals to join a union as a condition of…
Read MoreEmbattled Chief Operating Officer Rich Riebeling OUT of Metro Nashville Government
Newly elected Mayor David Briley announced Tuesday that Metro Nashville Government Chief Operating Officer, Rich Riebeling will be leaving his administration. As part of a reorganization of the Office of Mayor, Briley named Emily Passini as Chief of Staff, the administration’s senior official who will “organize the policy priorities of…
Read MoreWhen Did Democrat Activist Behind Fear Mongering Billboard Resign From Board of Emerge Tennessee?
Uncertainty surrounds the details of the departure of a Democratic activist behind the PAC that paid for the deceptive and fear mongering billboard that attacks conservative legislators from the board of directors of Emerge Tennessee, thanks to the evasiveness of the group’s executive director, Kristal Knight. Emerge Tennessee is the state…
Read MoreCommentary: The Left’s Next Step Is Open Violence Against Conservatives
by CHQ Staff A number of conservative women have faced harassment because of their support of President Trump and because of what the Leftist media would like America to believe is a grassroots backlash toward the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy at the border. Over the course of the past…
Read MoreFederal Authorities Warn Antifa To End ICE Occupation Or Be Arrested
by Kyle Perisic Federal authorities warned Antifa members Monday to stop occupying an Oregon Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building or be arrested. “Individuals who continue to obstruct the entrance of this federal facility will be subject to arrest and prosecution in federal court,” a flyer Federal Protective Service agents distributed to…
Read MoreBob Corker Won’t Stop Undermining Trump in Trade Battle, Democrats Offer Him a Helping Hand
A new item out at Politico highlights just how determined outgoing Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is to cause problems for President Trump in trade negotiations while he still continues to have the power to do it. And Republican Senator from Pennsylvania Pat Toomey is helping him do it. Corker restarts…
Read MoreDiane Black is Only Gubernatorial Candidate Willing to Change Attorney General Selection Process, Victor Ashe Says
Victor Ashe noted in his weekly column that Diane Black is the only gubernatorial candidate who supports bringing more transparency to the attorney general selection process. The Black campaign touted Ashe’s column in a press release. The former Knoxville mayor wrote in the Knoxville News-Sentinel that Democratic candidates Craig Fitzhugh…
Read MoreSupreme Court Lets Contested District Maps In Texas, NC Remain In Effect
by Kevin Daley The U.S. Supreme Court Monday cleared the way for Texas and North Carolina to use a set of contested legislative district lines, declining to side with plaintiffs who alleged the maps were gerrymandered for partisan or racial advantage. The decisions come one week after the high…
Read MoreWilliamson County House 61 Voters Almost Unanimously Support School Resource Officers in Every Tennessee School
A new poll conducted among likely GOP voters in the Nashville suburbs of Brentwood and Franklin by Triton Polling shows that voter concerns about traffic congestion, illegal immigration and rising crime are at the top of the list. Recent school shootings have also resulted in over 90% of the Republican…
Read MoreCalifornia Can’t Make Pregnancy Centers Advertise Abortion, Supreme Court Rules
by Rachel del Guidice The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Tuesday, struck down a California law mandating that pro-life pregnancy centers advertise where clients may get an abortion. The decision, supporters said, confirmed that government can’t compel citizens to promote messages they don’t agree with. “No one should be…
Read MoreThe Flawed Red Hen Analogy Shows Liberals Still Don’t Understand Christian Baker Case
by Monica Burke After a Lexington, Virginia, restaurant, the Red Hen, refused service to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday, commentators on the left immediately seized upon a false analogy. They likened that incident to the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the case of the Christian baker in…
Read MorePhiladelphia Becoming Model City in Accommodating Islamists & Illegal Aliens
Earlier this month thousands viewed Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s “happy dance” over solidifying the city’s status as a sanctuary protecting criminal illegal aliens. Two years ago, Kenney took the lead to help the Philly Eid Coalition achieve its goal of adding two Muslim holidays to the school district calendar relying…
Read MoreNSA Contractor ‘Reality Winner’ Pleads Guilty In Leak Case
by Will Racke Former National Security Agency contractor Reality L. Winner pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending a media outlet a classified document pertaining to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. A former Air Force linguist, Winner is the first person to be prosecuted by the Trump administration for…
Read MoreRichard Viguerie Commentary: How William F. Buckley Jr. Gave Birth to the Conservative Movement
by Richard A Viguerie, CHQ Chairman One man – William F. Buckley Jr. – and his new magazine National Review were successful in creating a mass conservative movement in the years after 1955. We learn the reasons for their success in this excerpt from Chapter 5 (“The Birth of a Movement”) of America’s Right…
Read MoreOn the 10th Anniversary of the Heller Decision, Many States Refuse to Recognize the Second Amendment
By Natalia Castro Ten years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that every American has a basic right to defend themselves. D.C. v. Heller affirmed the constitutional right granted in the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms not just for the purpose of creating a militia but also for basic protection for…
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