thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Crom Carmichael Discusses Venture Capitalist Joe Lonsdale’s Recent Wall Street Journal Article About

Crom Carmichael Discusses Venture Capitalist Joe Lonsdale’s Recent Wall Street Journal Article About Why He’s Leaving California

Live from Music Row Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio .
During the third hour , Carmichael referred to an article written by venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale in The Wall Street Journal which outlined his decision to leave California and move to Texas .
He later in the show joked with host Leahy stating that he made a mistake and that the better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Crom Carmichael , the original all-Star panelist .
Crom , I think we ’ re just having too much fun talking about these public events .
And so I think it is likely that Senator Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut is going to call up Mark Zuckerberg and say get those guys off of Facebook !
Get those guys off of Google he ’ ll tell those folks .
Carmichael : Well , this is great .
You know , it ’ s I don ’ t want to characterize it as fun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Because you had Coons and Blumenthal , you had all these Democrats lined up essentially applauding Big Tech for stifling free speech .
So that ’ s very troubling .
But there ’ s an interesting article here from a guy named Joe Lonsdale in The Wall Street Journal and he wrote a wrote an opinion piece of why he is leaving , California .
And the reason this matters is that California is the ultimate Democrat state .
The Democrats have controlled the governor ’ s office for decades .
Leahy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the late 1990s .
Carmichael : And then they have controlled the legislature with supermajorities for at least the last 20 years .
And so this guy has written an article in The Wall Street Journal .
California , Love It and Leave It .
Carmichael : He ’ s leaving .
Now he was born there .
He built a business there and he built a venture capital firm there and he says but he ’ s leaving .
and he wrote this article and he kind of explained that he has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billion-dollar Venture Capital firm , so it ’ s not small .
And so this guy wouldn ’ t be making this move without a lot of thinking .
But here ’ s what he says .
He says public safety in California announced with their ill-conceived criminal justice reforms and radical District Attorneys are taking a toll on urban life just saying that his wife now is fearful of walking down the street in broad daylight in San Francisco .
And so electricity .
They ’ ve had 25,000 blackouts .
25,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t manage their forests in California .
And for some reason and I really don ’ t understand this .
Because if you ’ re a tree hugger you would think that a tree hugger would at least want the trees to live but they ’ re getting burned down because they won ’ t clean out the debris under the trees .
This is what creates the forest fires that grow with such intensity .
And so electricity is a problem .
Responsiveness .
He said if he calls a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on some kind of in this case COVID rule he said he couldn ’ t get anybody to even answer the phone .
I guess they ’ re all at home getting paid but not doing anything .
Then on housing , he said the government in California ’ s restrictive zoning has gotten to be so restrictive that there ’ s no low-income housing or even medium-income housing .
So the Democrats who control the state say they want to help middle and lower-income people but their housing policies do exactly the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with other items about the broken environmental review process and how the legislature makes it almost impossible for businesses to hire contractors without getting into legal battles about unions in one thing or another .
And this is the Democrat utopia .
This is the world that Joe Biden and his Democrat people want to impose on the entire country .
And if it weren ’ t for the good weather , California would be an absolute economic basket case .
Many people continue to live there because the weather is so nice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of people leaving .
And here ’ s what ’ s interesting .
If you want to rent if you want to get a furniture company to do a move for you from California to Texas , it ’ s very expensive .
If you want to move from Texas to California that same those movers will do it very cheaply because they don ’ t want to drive their truck back to California empty .
Which is what most of them have to do .
( Leahy chuckles ) It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of furniture moving into California .
Leahy : Now my question about this venture capitalist , what is his name ?
Carmichael : Joe Lonsdale .
He ends it by saying there ’ s no better place than Texas , which simply means he ’ s never been to Nashville .
Leahy : I was about to say that .
Carmichael : We can now say that as a matter of fact .
Leahy : So I guess he ’ s moving to Texas , right ?
Carmichael : Yeah .
He said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his final sentences .
Our job as entrepreneurs and investors is to build the future .
I know of no better place to do so that than Texas .
Well , he clearly has not been to Tennessee .
( Laughs ) Leahy : Oh , let ’ s do this .
I want Julie .
Julie Carr who does our booking .
Julie , you ’ re listening .
I know .
I ’ d like you Julie to book this fellow .
Leahy : Mr. Lonsdale .
We are going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In fact , I think I might even I believe even this I might even I think I ’ ll fly him here to Nashville ( Carmichael chuckles ) and we will welcome him .
Maybe we ’ ll even hold a party for him like we ’ re doing for Ben Shapiro and The Daily Wire and we will invite him .
Carmichael : He ’ s already moved .
He ’ s already moved to Austin .
Leahy : So we ’ ll invite him anyway .
But I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office in that he comes to Nashville .
Carmichael : If he comes to Nashville he ’ ll just feel bad about his decision .
Leahy : He will .
Austin is nice , but Nashville is much better .
Carmichael : Well I have so I go to Austin a good bit .
I have two or three boards down there .
But I have fun doing this .
And I say listen , are there any good music spots here in Austin ?
I mean , are there any really up-and-coming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for it .
And then they ’ ll say oh yes .
So and so .
Blah blah blah .
And I ’ ll say you think they ’ re ready to move to Nashville yet ?
( Laughter ) Leahy : This is the kind of guy Joe Lonsdale .
Carmichael : Oh he ’ s our kind of guy .
No question .
We ’ d rather have him move to Nashville .
Leahy : We ’ d rather have him move to Nashville .
If he won ’ t come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the show .
You and I should go on a mission trip to Austin .
Carmichael : We ’ re not going to get him to move here .
Let ’ s see if we can get him on the radio for a call .
I know he ’ s a very very busy guy .
No question about that .
But he took the time to write an article in The Wall Street Journal about why he ’ s moving so I think he may be willing to talk .
We can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his choice of Austin .
Leahy : He didn ’ t make the best choice .
A better choice would have been Nashville , but that ’ s all right .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--New Unemployment Claims Increase to 742,000, Missing Expectations

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased to 742,000 last week as the economy continued to suffer the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic , according to the Department of Labor .
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics ( BLS ) figure released Thursday represented an increase of new jobless claims compared to the week ending Nov. 7 , in which there were 709,000 new jobless claims reported .
New jobless claims have been below 800,000 for five consecutive weeks .
Economists expected Thursday ’ s jobless claims number to come in around 710,000 , CNBC reported .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the first week of August , which was the first time the weekly claims had fallen below 1 million since March .
“ Initial jobless claims may be edging lower , but the fact that more than 20 million people are still seeking continuing jobless benefits in one form or another points to lost momentum in the labor market rebound , ” a group of Wells Fargo Securities economists said in a note Friday , according to Yahoo Finance .
Roughly 20.3 million Americans continue to collect unemployment benefits , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases and deaths per million have been increasing steadily in the U.S. since mid-October , according to The COVID Tracking Project and The Financial Times .
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Monday that its vaccine was over 90 % effective in trials causing the stock market to rally , according to The New York Times .
The U.S. added 638,000 jobs in October , while unemployment fell to 6.9 % , according to the Department of Labor data released Nov. 6 .
The U.S. economy surged by a record 33.1 % in the third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per week before the pandemic , according to WSJ .
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in March as coronavirus spread rapidly around the world .
On Wednesday , the U.S. reported 1,869 new coronavirus-related deaths and 163,975 new cases while 79,410 Americans remained hospitalized from the virus , according to The COVID Tracking Project .
Thomas Catenacci is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .
Photo “ Unemployment Insurance Claims Office ” by Bytemarks .
CC BY 2.0 .

Arizona State Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) and 19 other legislators issued a statement following a video that went viral of three black students kicking two white students out of Arizona State University’s multicultural center. They demanded accountability and threatened to withhold funding from the university.
They announced, “It has come to light following the racially-motivated harassment of two students and their subsequent removal from one of the campus’ study facilities that ASU has allowed a culture of institutionalized racism and neo-segregation to take hold on its campus. The racially-charged removal of these students from the multicultural center begs the question of why Arizonans are being forced to spend tens, potentially hundreds, of millions of their hard-earned tax dollars on a building at a public university that some of our citizens are not allowed to use?”
Hoffman is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and concluded that he would “get to the bottom of this and take the appropriate action in the upcoming budget. Not one penny of taxpayer money should be appropriated to a public institution that in any way enables racism or neo-segregation. Period.”
ASU said it is investigating the incident. The angry students may have been “triggered” by a sticker on the laptop belonging to one of the white males, which said “Police Lives Matter,” and the slogan on the other white male’s shirt, which said “Did not vote for Biden.” They told the two young men, “You’re making this space uncomfortable” and “white is not a culture.” They said the Police Lives Matter sticker was racist.
One of the three told the students to leave, and another remarked, “This white man thinks he can take up our space, and this is why we need a multicultural space, because they think they can get away with this sh*t.” One of the two males packs up and leaves, and the other one stands up and looks like he might have been about to leave too.
A fundraiser was started for the harassed students on GoFundMe — one of the students mentioned in the video that he works 60 hours a week to support himself and his tuition, explaining that he’s not entitled — but GoFundMe removed it, refunding the money back to the donors. The company said it violated their “prohibited conduct policy,” which bans content that GoFundMe finds to be “in support of hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind.”
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Rachel Alexander is a reporter at The Arizona Sun Times and The Star News Network. Follow Rachel on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected]


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Carol Swain Urges Citizens to Write to the President and Sign Petition to Help President Trump Recla

Carol Swain Urges Citizens to Write to the President and Sign Petition to Help President Trump Reclaim Our Nation

Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed all-star panelist , Dr. Carol Swain , to the studio .
During the third hour , Swain urged American ’ s to write via snail mail to President Donald Trump demanding an audit of the vote count within all 50 states .
She later went on to disclose the online petition that can be submitted as well to stop the alleged voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Here in the studio with me our good friend longtime friend all-star panelist .
Former Vanderbilt professor .
Former Nashville Mayoral candidate .
And also now about to start your own television program , Carol Swain .
Carol , good morning .
Leahy : I want to start this off .
I ’ m going to read for our listeners .
And then Carol ’ s going to follow up with is an important action step that people can take related to this because this election is not over .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ haven ’ t been appointed .
That ’ s not going to happen until December 14 .
Article two Section one of the United States Constitution .
“ Each state shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress.
” Carol , it looks like there ’ s a constitutional remedy for crooked elections .
Swain : Well , the Supreme Court could come through for the American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could impact other states .
I was notified over the weekend that President Trump has requested that every registered voter send him a snail mail .
That means not an email .
Leahy : Put it in the post box .
Swain : A handwritten letter .
And it doesn ’ t matter if you have poor handwriting you can print it to demand a full audit of the 50 states .
And you send this to President Donald J. Trump .
White House .
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest , Washington , DC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s easy to get the address to the White House .
But write the president .
It doesn ’ t have to be but a short paragraph and demand a full audit of the 50 states .
He ’ s going to take our letters to the Supreme Court along with a petition about this election because there ’ s been enough documented fraud and corruption that we need to nip it in the bud .
It ’ s been going on for too long .
This will help the president .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing and get it in the mail today .
Because I don ’ t know , you know when the president would be delivering these letters .
But make sure you do it .
Leahy : Get your envelope out .
tell us what the address is again .
Leahy : So you ’ ve put that on the envelope and now get out a piece of paper .
Dear Mr. President , I am calling and demanding a full audit in all 50 states of the 2020 election results period .
Your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s all you have to do .
Leahy : And put your name in now write that out .
Now put it in that envelope .
Get your stamp and put the stamp on it and put it in the mail today , Swain : And since you know , since you you ’ re probably not a Democrat they would not deliver your letter without a stamp .
Leahy : ( Laughs ) That ’ s funny Carol .
That is funny .
Another thing you could do .
Yesterday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can sign the petition .
If you go to the Tennessee Star .
Commentary .
Petition to Remedy Voter Disenfranchisement Caused by Electoral Corruption in 2020 .
I ’ m going to read just a little bit of it and then describe the action steps on it .
You can go to sign it .
You would go to conservativeHq.com or you can go to our story and this link through .
I ’ ll just read the beginning of it .
There are about 15 .
Whereas ’ s .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ couple of the whereas ’ s this and then I ’ m going to go right to the action step .
Here ’ s what the petition reads .
We the undersigned petition certain state legislatures to invoke their unique constitutional authority to remedy electoral corruption in the 2020 presidential election and state as follows : Whereas Article two Section one of the Constitution governs the process of electing the president of United States and States each state shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct a number of electors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress .
And just to stop here Carol , and as we ’ ve discussed that appointment comes in the form of various laws that have been passed by the legislature .
by the way notice .
It says legislature .
The governor doesn ’ t have to sign those right ?
Swain : Well , you know something so many people have lost sight of the Constitution that they ’ re not really exercising their authority .
And here ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stand up for our U.S. Constitution .
And hopefully , the Supreme Court would do the same .
This is a constitutional crisis we are facing at this moment in our nation .
Leahy : If a crooked Secretary of State as in Michigan ’ s Joyce Benson , and in my view Brad Raffensberger down in Georgia , if they certify a crooked election and present it to the state .
The state legislature can intervene and say no No , we ’ re not doing that .
We ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president is elected not by popular vote of the citizens , but using electors appointed in a manner directed by the respective state legislatures .
that ’ s important .
That ’ s right in the Constitution , Carol .
Swain : Yeah , but I just hope and that the Republicans and Democrats with integrity would actually follow the Constitution .
That they would have the courage to do so .
Because right now it takes courage to do the right thing .
Leahy : It ’ s about courage .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have it in Michigan and Georgia , Arizona , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania .
Now , this is what ’ s interesting .
There are about another 15 , whereas ’ s in this petition .
I will spare you the whereas ’ s and I ’ ll go right to the action step at the very end of this petition .
and like to get your reaction .
We , therefore , petition the legislators where such voting irregularities material your regularities and outright fraud occurred to remedy these wrongs by conducting full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were counted and to ensure illegal ballots are not used in the process to elect a president .
That ’ s what this letter you ’ ve asked everybody in our listening audience to write to the President would do .
Swain : I have asked that and also for them to inform other people that they know that the President has made this request .
And either we nip this election fraud in the bud .
Leahy : Nip it in the bud .
Leahy : As Barney Fife would say .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ know have to deal with it forevermore .
Because if the Democrats can get away with this 2020 election scam then they will do it in every election .
2018 was when they first started pushing it .
And I wrote an article really encouraging Congress and someone to do something about it then and of course , nothing happened .
Leahy : The other thing that this petition asks for is refusing that asks the state legislatures to refuse to certify the votes for president until it is certain the counting of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since state election officials and even some courts have failed to follow up properly enforce Article Two section one under which state legislatures exclusively have authority under the will of the people to establish the process for voting using the extraordinary remedy of appointing electors for Donald J. Trump .
If there is credible and consequential evidence that the election was stolen .
Your thoughts .
Swain : I say here here .
I really like the idea of this petition and I think people are should sign it and see what happens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one thing .
We need to write the letters for the President .
We need to hold the state legislators accountable .
We need to boycott mainstream media and Fox News , you know , put them on the death list .
There are lots of things that we can do .
We must be the people who reclaim our nation .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Carol Swain Discusses the Affirmative Action Silver Lining of the 2020 Presidential Election and Tak

Carol Swain Discusses the Affirmative Action Silver Lining of the 2020 Presidential Election and Takes Call from Caller Carl

Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed all-star panelist , Dr. Carol Swain , to the studio to discuss the new evidence surrounding the alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election and talks with Democrat Caller Carl .
Leahy : We are joined in the studio by our all-star panelist , former Vanderbilt Professor , former , Nashville Mayoral candidate , and good friend , Carol Swain .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Good morning , Michael .
How are you ?
Leahy : I am in a very positive mood this morning .
Swain : I ’ ll try to keep it that way .
( Laughter ) Leahy : Well , we ’ ll see .
We ’ ll see .
I do think that the probability that Donald Trump will be inaugurated for a second term is greater today than it was yesterday .
Would you agree with that ?
Swain : Things are looking better and better as more evidence of voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Leahy : I think the Democrats have made a huge mistake by intimidating the two GOP canvassers in Wayne County big time .
Wayne County Detroit .
Swain : I agree but there ’ s so much more being exposed .
But the mainstream media , they ’ re not necessarily covering it and Fox discounts the evidence of fraud .
Leahy : Oh my goodness .
Fox has gone to the dark side .
And we ’ ll talk about that more a little bit later .
But I want to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mainstream media has already proclaimed that Joe Biden has won 306 Electoral College votes and Donald Trump has only 132 except according to our Constitution and our federal statute every election must be certified .
First at the county level .
Then by the Secretary of State .
And then the state legislature which has the constitutional right to appoint electors has the opportunity to review that certification .
And they can either accept or reject it .
And they have the duty to appoint electors .
Not the Secretary of State and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state legislatures .
Swain : Well , then it comes down to how much courage do Republicans have ?
And I hate to say that I have not seen a lot of evidence of much of that across the country .
Leahy : I can ’ t say I disagree with you but it ’ s an interesting time and the Democrats across the board have been brazen in their cheating .
And in Wayne County , you lose Wayne County and if you are Biden you lose Michigan .
Swain : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election cycle in the major cities that were run by Democrats and staffed by people that were being funded by outside sources… Swain : Right .
I mean those people are known for cheating .
Leahy : Well in Wayne County .
They got a five million dollar grant from Mark Zuckerberg ’ s group , and they paid for the people that counted the votes and they paid for the discrepancies in 70 percent of the absentee ballots .
And they paid for the Wayne County Council who intimidated the GOP canvassers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is an election where you see affirmative action in action ( Leahy chuckles ) because one of the arguments about mail-in voting and absentee voting that I ’ ve heard is that minorities are more likely to make mistakes on their ballots .
And so it seems to me that there was a wink , wink when it came to mistakes on ballots in minority communities as well as outright cheating .
And I guarantee you when they find the people that are behind the voter fraud they will be disproportionately minorities .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the argument is they ’ ve been certainly taken advantage of by the Zuckerberg funded group and by the Democratic election administration .
Swain : They always use minorities and the consequences will not be severe as they should be because of the fact that they will say that these are minorities reacting to decades of systemic racism .
Leahy : And let me run through the numbers right now .
You need 270 College votes to win the presidency .
You need a majority of the 538 cast , even if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ re at 306 to 232 according to mainstream media .
Let ’ s say the Michigan legislature says there ’ s cheating going on here we are not appointing Biden electors or we ’ re not appointing any electors .
Which I think is a possibility .
Biden goes down from 306 to 290 same problem in Pennsylvania .
220 electoral college votes get kicked out .
Biden ’ s down to 270 .
That leaves Georgia where there are huge problems .
I think Lin Wood is going to win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there .
I think you get down to 259 for Biden even if some electors aren ’ t appointed and there is no majority and it gets kicked into the House of Representatives where each state has one vote .
It ’ s 28-22 at the state delegation level for Republicans then Donald Trump .
Leahy : I don ’ t know about Nevada .
I know in Wisconsin there is a recount is only 20,000 votes separating them .
We are joined now by our good friend Carl .
Carl is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a wager on the outcome of this election .
If Joe Biden is inaugurated I pay for dinner .
And if Donald Trump is inaugurated Carl pays for dinner .
Carl , I think my odds are improving today .
Welcome to the Tennessee Star Report , Carl .
Good morning Carl .
Caller Carl : It ’ s funny how you put a label on me as a liberal Democrat .
Leahy : Is it incorrect Carl ?
How would you describe yourself ?
Carl : I would describe myself as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
How about that ?
Leahy : So it ’ s inaccurate for me to describe you as a liberal Democrat .
Swain : If he was a liberal Democrat he wouldn ’ t even be listening to your show .
Leahy : Oh , I think he would .
Carl : I ’ m not the type to just sit in my bubble .
I want to hear evidence .
Leahy : I will withdraw that characterization Carl .
You are a man of competence and we have a wager .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the tragic mistake in fighting the last war when you need to be paying attention to the next war in 2024 .
This thing is over .
Leahy : Well , let me just stop .
Have you read the Constitution ?
Leahy : Okay , does the Constitution say that major news networks get to determine the president ?
Leahy : Okay .
So the Constitution says that electors get to determine the President right ?
Leahy : Have they been appointed yet in any state ?
Carl : No .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guys lost Georgia and Arizona and Virginia is gone .
Leahy : Hold on .
Hold on .
Hold on .
Carl : New Mexico is gone .
Colorado is gone .
And Texas is teetering .
Swain : Who says we lost ?
And if it had not been for the coronavirus used to relax standards and the mail-in ballots .
We don ’ t know what the Supreme Court ’ s going to do .
You don ’ t know what the Supreme Court ’ s going to do .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can find something good to like about it is that it ’ s uncovered the fraud that ’ s been taking place for decades .
In 2012 ever since they started using the computer systems .
Votes have been stolen .
They ’ ve always voted the dead .
They always voted illegal and now the American people know this .
Carl : Are we going to have a conversation or are you going to talk over me ?
Swain : ( Inaudible crosstalk ) It ’ s my hour and you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Carl , Carol controls the time when she ’ s in here .
Carl : Point taken and point agreed to .
Leahy : You ’ re always welcome to your view here Carl .
Carl : Yeah .
Well , the bigger picture is this , pay attention to the map .
You ’ ve lost Virginia , Colorado and New Mexico .
They ’ re gone .
You don ’ t do something quick about this and stop screaming fraud and get people out to approve of your form of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ map every time from here on out .
It ’ s looking dire for the Republican Party .
That ’ s what I ’ m saying .
Leahy : Well if we allow voter fraud to continue I would agree with you , but that vote fraud is the key issue .
Swain : The other thing is that Donald J. Trump did extremely well among racial and ethnic minorities and the whole Democratic game depends on being able to manipulate those blocks of voters .
It ’ s not clear that this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gig is up .
Minorities care about the same things as other Americans .
They don ’ t want their guns taken away .
They don ’ t want their constitutional rights eroded .
They want prosperity and hope .
You don ’ t get it from the Democrats .
Leahy : 30 seconds .
The last word is yours , Carl .
Carl : I totally agree with everything you just said .
I don ’ t believe that they ’ re trying to take anyone ’ s liberty or guns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political move .
You will lose every time .
Pay attention to the map .
Maps don ’ t lie .
Leahy : Thanks .
And thanks for that comment .
I will be having a meal with Carl .
I do think the odds that he ’ s paying for it are higher today than they were yesterday .
Swain : I ’ ll come along and pay for my own .
Leahy : All right , we ’ ll have a big party .
Let ’ s have a big party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One of us will pay for the others depending on the outcome of the election .
Listen to the full second hour here : Tune in weekdays from 5:00 – 8:00 a.m. to the Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy on Talk Radio 98.3 FM WLAC 1510 .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Trump Campaign Requests Recounts in Two Wisconsin Counties

The Trump campaign announced Wednesday that it ’ s filing a petition seeking election recounts in two Wisconsin counties .
The campaign said it paid $ 3 million to the state to cover the cost of the recounts .
In a statement , the Trump campaign said that the petition calls for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties , citing what it says are “ illegally altered absentee ballots , illegally issued absentee ballots , and illegal advice given by government officials allowing Wisconsin ’ s voter-ID laws to be circumvented.
” The website for the Milwaukee Election Commission reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 194,661 votes in heavily Democratic Milwaukee , while President Donald Trump drew 48,414 .
In Dane County—which includes Madison , the state capital and home to the flagship campus of the state university system—Biden drew 260,157 votes , while Trump received 78,789 votes , according to the county clerk ’ s website .
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that canvasses of the votes by Wisconsin ’ s 72 counties showed Biden won Wisconsin by 20,608 votes out of about 3.29 million votes cast , for a margin of just 0.7 % .
Wisconsin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 10 electoral votes .
“ The people of Wisconsin deserve to know whether their election processes worked in a legal and transparent way , ” Jim Troupis , counsel to the campaign , said in the Wednesday statement .
“ Regrettably , the integrity of the election results can not be trusted without a recount in these two counties and uniform enforcement of Wisconsin absentee-ballot requirements .
We will not know the true results of the election until only the legal ballots cast are counted.
” According to the Trump campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absentee ballots to voters without requiring an application , in direct conflict with Wisconsin ’ s absentee-voting safeguards.
” The campaign maintains that “ Wisconsin law expressly requires that absentee ballots may not be issued without receiving a written application requesting the ballot , ” adding : The campaign added that “ [ i ] n clear abuse of Wisconsin ’ s provision to issue ballots to indefinitely confined voters without requiring them to present voter identification , some Democrat county clerks illegally advised voters to illegally mischaracterize that they were indefinitely confined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adding : In a statement Wednesday , Meagan Wolfe of the Wisconsin Elections Commission said that the recount request “ appears , upon facial review , to meet all of the requirements in pairing with the payment that was received late yesterday.
” “ We understand the eyes of the world will be on these Wisconsin counties over the next few weeks , ” she said .
“ We remain committed to providing information about the process and assisting our county clerks by providing facts on the mechanics of a recount and status @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likelihood that the partial recount would change the outcome in Wisconsin .
“ A cherry-picked and selective recounting of Milwaukee and Dane County will not change these results , ” Biden campaign spokesman Nate Evans said in a statement .
But Troupis said the Trump campaign won ’ t relent on its demand for clarity on what occurred in Wisconsin .
“ We will not stop fighting for transparency and integrity in our electoral process to ensure that all Americans can trust the results of a free and fair election in Wisconsin and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Rachel del Guidice is a congressional reporter for The Daily Signal .
She is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville , Forge Leadership Network , and The Heritage Foundation ’ s Young Leaders Program .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Crom Carmichael Reads Two Heartwarming Stories About Easy Eddie and Butch O’Hare

Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio .
At the end of the third hour , Carmichael read two heartwarming stories about Easy Eddie and Butch O ’ Hare that coincidentally reveal a family connection of legacy , integrity , faith , and honor .
Leahy : In the studio with the original all-star panelists Crom Carmichael .
Crom , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories .
Carmichael : Yes .
Yes .
I did .
These are a couple of stories that a friend of mine sent to me and I think they ’ re wonderful .
Many years ago Al Capone virtually owned Chicago .
Capone wasn ’ t famous for anything heroic .
He was notorious for initiating the Windy City in everything from bootlegging booze to prostitution to murder .
Capone had a lawyer nicknamed Easy Eddie .
He was Capone ’ s lawyer for a good reason .
Eddie was very good .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a very very long time .
To show his appreciation Capone paid him very well .
Not only was the money big but Eddie got special dividends as well .
For instance , he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all the conveniences of the day .
The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago city block .
Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have one soft spot , however .
He had a son that he loved dearly and he saw to it that his young son had clothes cars and a good education .
Nothing was withheld .
Price was no object .
and despite his involvement with organized crime Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong .
Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was yet with all of his wealth and influence there were two things he couldn ’ t give his son .
He couldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a good example .
And one day Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision .
Easy Eddie wanted to rectify the wrongs he had done .
He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al ‘ Scarface ’ Capone and clean up his tarnished name and offer his son some semblance of integrity .
To do so , he would have to testify against the mob and he did that .
He testified .
Within the year Easy Eddie ’ s life ended in a blaze of gunfire on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his eyes , he had given his son the greatest gift he could offer at the greatest price he could ever pay .
Police removed from his pocket a rosary , a crucifix , a religious medallion , and a poem clip from a magazine .
The poem read ‘ the clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop at a late or early hour.
’ Now is the only time you own .
Live , love , toil with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time for the clock may soon be still .
That ’ s the first story .
Heartwarming .
The second story is that World War II produced many heroes such as a man named Lieutenant Commander Butch O ’ Hare .
He was a fighter pilot assigned to aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific .
One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission .
After he was airborne he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off the fuel tank .
He knew that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and return to the ship so he called his flight leader who reluctantly told him told him to go back to the ship .
On his way of returning to the mothership , he saw a Japanese Squadron of aircraft that was heading toward the American fleet where .
He was he could neither radio the fleet or radio the aircraft , and the fleet was left undefended .
So he did the only thing he could do .
He dove into the Squadron of Japanese planes .
He shot down five of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ return to the ship .
And he shot all of his ammo .
And then he tried to dive at the planes and clip their clip their wings or clip their tails so they couldn ’ t fly .
And when he got back to safety there was a camera on his plane that showed all of this .
And so deeply relieved , Butch O ’ Hare and his tattered flight went back to the carrier .
And upon arrival , he reported in and related the events surrounding him .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the plane told the tale .
This took place on February 20th , 1942 .
And for that action , Butch became the Navy ’ s first Ace of World War II .
And the first Naval aviator to win the Medal of Honor .
A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at age 29 .
His hometown would not allow the memory of this World War II hero to fade .
O ’ Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute for the courage of this great man .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the O ’ Hare International give some thought to visiting Butch ’ s memorial .
It ’ s displayed with his Medal of Honor .
It ’ s between terminals one and two .
Oh , and by the way , Butch O ’ Hare was Easy Eddie ’ s son .
Leahy : And now , you know the rest of the story .
Leahy : And easy Eddie , you know , was assassinated in 1939 by Capone because he turned against Capone .
But what he did give was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the full third hour here : Tune in weekdays from 5:00 – 8:00 a.m. to the Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy on Talk Radio 98.3 FM WLAC 1510 .
Listen online at iHeart Radio .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Lin Wood: Affidavits Can Expose Massive Georgia Vote Fraud

ATLANTA , Georgia – Ahead of the emergency hearing , famed attorney Lin Wood shared affidavits indicating a massive , layered orchestration of voter fraud .
At the time of publication , Wood attached 17 affidavits .
One of the key affidavits came from a purported aid of former Venezuela dictator Hugo Chavez .
The redacted filing tells the story of an ex-military , ex-security guard for Chavez who witnessed how the dictator “ creat [ ed ] and operat [ ed ] ” a “ sophisticated electronic voting system that permitted the leaders of the Venezuelan government to manipulate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated that they were involved directly in the creation of Smartmatic – a voting software that the witness claimed is a direct ancestor of Dominion Voting Systems .
“ I want to alert the public and let the world know the truth about the corruption , manipulation , and lies being committed by a conspiracy of people and companies intent upon betraying the honest people of the United States and their legally constituted institutions and fundamental rights as citizens .
This conspiracy began more than a decade ago in Venezuela and had spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is a conspiracy to wrongfully gain and keep power and wealth .
It involves political leaders , powerful companies , and other persons whose purpose is to gain and keep power by changing the free will of the people and subverting the proper course of governing.
” Multiple workers ’ affidavits reported that they received absentee ballot boxes without any markings to indicate where they come from or who handled them .
One witness reported that several batches of ballots were in “ pristine ” condition , and had an entirely different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most of the ballots had already been handled ; they had been written on by people , and the edges were worn .
They showed obvious use .
However , one batch stood out .
It was pristine .
There was a difference in texture of the paper – it was [ as ] if they were intended for absentee use but had not been used for that purposes .
There was a difference in the feel .
These different ballots included a slight depressed pre-fold so they could be easily folded and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There were no markings on the ballots to show where they had come from , or where they had been processed .
These stood out .
In my 20 years ’ of experience in handling ballots , I observed that the markings for the candidates on these ballots were unusually uniform , perhaps even with a ballot-marking device .
By my estimate in observing these ballots , approximately 98 percent constituted votes for Joseph Biden .
I only observed two of these ballots as votes for President Donald J. Trump.
” Several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They offered similar testimonies : that the recount was disorganized , and that there were pristine ballots that looked as though they were filled out by machines .
One affidavit from a monitor reported that the hand recount was chaotic .
She reported witnessing inconsistent counting methods , incorrectly tallied piles of ballots , counters forgetting the numbers of ballots each candidate received but putting numbers down regardless , absence of independent verification or monitors when inputting the numbers from batch sheets , ballots left unattended while workers left to eat .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing if the correct candidate was being put in the correct pile , because they were doing a verbal count .
“ There had been no meaningful way to review or audit any activity , ” the witness stated .
Another monitor ’ s affidavit concurred : it wasn ’ t possible to determine if the count was accurate and proper .
That witness was prohibited from observing the count because , as she was told , there were too many volunteers on the floor .
However , the witness testified that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Other affidavits came from data experts who affirmed that there were statistical irregularities with the reported votes .
During a press conference on Thursday , President Donald Trump ’ s legal team referenced Wood ’ s case and affidavits as evidence of fraud .
In response , the Democratic Party of Georgia filed their own affidavits on the day of the emergency hearing .
They submitted 13 affidavits testifying that the count was conducted accurately .
On Thursday evening , the Georgia hand recount finished and appears to affirm Democratic candidate Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
Corinne Murdock is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and the Star News Network .
Follow her latest on Twitter , or email tips to [ email protected ] .
Photo “ Lin Wood ” by L Lin Wood , PC .
Background Photo “ Vote Counting ” by Lin Wood .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Biden’s Gun Registration Tax Could Cost Firearms Owners Billions

President-elect Joe Biden ’ s proposed firearm tax could cost gun owners upwards of $ 30 billion to keep the weapons they already possess , according to The Washington Free Beacon .
Biden plans to mandate both taxation and registration of so-called “ assault weapons ” and high-capacity magazines under the National Firearms Act ( NFA ) , which requires a $ 200 fee per item , according to the former vice president ’ s campaign website .
Around 20 million rifles and 150 million magazines would be taxable , leading to a total cost to U.S. gun owners of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Free Beacon .
The president-elect plans to end the sale of “ assault weapons ” altogether and has proposed a ban on magazines that are capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition , his campaign website reads .
Anyone already in possession of these items would either have to pay the fee or surrender the weapons to the government to stay within the bounds of the law , according to the webpage .
Americans bought a record 17 million guns so far in 2020 amid the early days of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death of George Floyd , The Guardian reported in late October .
Support for more stringent gun control has plummeted during the buying surge to the lowest level since 2016 , according to a Monday Gallup poll .
Fifty-seven percent of respondents indicated that they wanted to see more gun laws in the U.S. , which is down sharply from the 64 % of people who said the same in 2019 .
Jake Dima is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Music Spotlight: Ana Cristina Cash

Music Spotlight: Ana Cristina Cash

Nashville , Tennessee – Naturally , if an entertainment writer from Nashville hears about a singer with the last name of ‘ Cash ’ , they are going to pay attention .
When Ana Cristina Cash ’ s Christmas single , “ Mele Kalikimaka ” came to across my feed , I listened .
What I discovered was that this lady could sing , I mean really sing .
The singer-songwriter ’ s vocals exhibit a broad range , spanning from an expressive contralto to a soaring coloratura soprano .
It turns out that Ana Cristina Cash has been singing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She grew up in Miami , Florida in a bilingual household with Cuban-American parents .
Her parents emigrated from Cuba as teenagers in the 1960s .
Cash was the youngest of three sisters .
She was always interested in singing , particularly Disney princess songs .
As a toddler , she would mimic the singers in the Disney movies .
Her grandmother told her mother , “ She can sing , she sings along with these movies.
” Her mother casually replied , “ All kids sing.
” Cash ’ s favorite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Sleeping Beauty ’ s “ I Wonder.
” She truly learned to sing from watching film .
She sang in the choir in elementary school and then would sing at the Miami-Dade County Youth Fairs .
She auditioned for the singing competition show , “ Sabado Gigante ” which translates to Giant Saturday .
It was the longest-running variety in history until it ended its run a few years ago .
They had a children ’ s segment where the kids did musical numbers much like the Mickey Mouse club .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they sang .
Cash auditioned at six-years-old with Little Mermaid ’ s “ Part of Your World.
” She got accepted to the show and did the musical competitions for about seven more years .
When she was singled out to do song and dance routines , they would pre-record the song before the TV performance .
This was the artist ’ s first foray into the recording industry .
States the singer , “ I just loved the experience of recording your voice and hearing it back and just hearing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ studio .
I was required to be a professional at a very early age.
” At age 15 , Cash started recording demos independently .
One of her demos landed in the hands of an executive from Sony Music Latin which was based in Miami .
Most of her earliest musical opportunities were in the Spanish language because of the giant Latin-American hub that Miami is .
The bridge between Latin-America and America was in Miami .
The songstress landed a record deal at the age of 16 and was privileged to work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ producers including Gloria Estefan ’ s famed husband , Emilio Estefan .
She toured Latin America and did radio promos .
When Sony merged with BMG , she found herself without a label .
However , at the age of 19 , Cash was given the honor of singing “ The Star-Spangled Banner ” at the 2005 Presidential Inauguration for President Bush , making her the first Hispanic in history to do so .
Cash was then asked to return in 2006 as she was invited to the White House for Spanish Heritage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prince of Spain and notable world ambassadors .
Cash was a responsible young adult and she started her own publishing company at the age of 19 .
She began to write songs and booked her own shows .
She was an independent artist and booked gigs like charity events and any local events that were available to her .
She completed her degree in Journalism at Florida International University and left for California where she took acting lessons .
She recorded an album , West Coast Sessions under the name Ana Cristina in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were artistic and in the movie industry .
“ I got to see so many shows and be really inspired .
It fed my artistry , ” she exclaimed .
That was the time she first met her soon-to-be husband , John Carter Cash .
She recalls , “ He was visiting the Sunset Marquis Hotel down the street from where I live .
I was sitting at the bar drinking a glass of wine by myself and this random man began talking to me.
” She continued , “ He wasn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became friends .
We talked about life and talked for a long time.
” When Carter-Cash returned to Tennessee , he would text her and check on her but he never asked her out .
Finally , nine months later , he returned to Hollywood for work ( he is a record producer ) he did indeed ask her out .
They eventually fell in love and things flourished .
Cash ended up moving to Nashville after several months of a long-distance relationship .
They married in 2016 and had a baby about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cristina Cash , she has released , The Tough Love EP , a fusion of Country , Americana , and Rockabilly , and a full-length classic Christmas album titled My Christmas Collection .
With a little help from her husband , John Carter Cash , the two sing a heartwarming duet of “ Baby It ’ s Cold Outside ” while also penning an original tune called “ Santa Claus is Real.
” The album also includes classics such as : “ O Holy Night , ” “ White Christmas , ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Night.
” The song “ Broken Roses ” was released on World Mental Health Day ( October 10 , 2019 ) and tells a heartbreaking story of the trials and tribulations that go along with loving another who struggles with mental health and/or substance abuse .
Released in April of 2020 , Shine displays an array of musical influences including folk , jazz , and blues , fused with a country background .
Ana wrote or co-wrote every song on the 14-track album , aside from her two renditions of “ Dream ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” by John Anderson .
A special co-write on the release was “ Brand New Pair of Shoes , ” as it is a co-write between her and her father-in-law , Johnny Cash .
All songs since her marriage to John were recorded at the historic Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville , Tennessee .
Johnny Cash originally built the cabin as a place where he could get away and write music .
It was a space to be creative .
John Carter Cash added the recording studio in the early 2000s .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feel warmth , like a home .
It ’ s not a sterile studio .
It ’ s amazing to note the talent that has walked out of there , ” Cash surmises .
Many artists including Loretta Lynn , Jamey Johnson , Chris Cornell , George Jones , Kris Kristofferson , Dailey and Vincent , Mavis Staples , Alison Krauss , and Brooks & Dunn , have recorded music there .
Her latest single , “ Mele Kalikimaka ” was also recorded at the cabin and was released for the 2020 Christmas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her listeners and herself to a place of sunshine and joy during a cold , stuffy winter season .
Married or not , she enjoys working with Carter-Cash in the studio because he a respected producer with a great track record .
“ He is quick to tell me if something is not working , in a polite way , ” she muses .
Ana Cristina Cash has been a gifted artist since she was just a young child .
With her soaring vocals and unstoppable energy , she has been adored by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now , with the talented musical producer , John Carter Cash , at her side , she has the perfect vehicle for the rest of the world to learn and listen to the exceptional songstress who has no boundaries .
You can follow Ana Cristina Cash on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , YouTube , and iTunes .
Bethany Bowman is a freelance entertainment writer .
You can follow her blog , Instagram , Twitter , and YouTube .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Pompeo Is First Top U.S. Diplomat to Visit an Israeli Settlement

JERUSALEM , Israel ( AP ) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first top American diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank as the State Department in a major policy shift announced that products from the settlements can be labeled “ Made in Israel.
” The two moves reflected the Trump administration ’ s acceptance of Israeli settlements , which the Palestinians and most of the international community view as a violation of international law and a major obstacle to peace .
Pompeo also announced that the U.S. would brand the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ anti-Semitic ” and bar any groups that participate in it from receiving government funding .
It was not immediately clear which groups would be affected by the move .
Pompeo ’ s announcements were largely symbolic and could be reversed by the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden , who has promised a more evenhanded approach to Israel and the Palestinians .
Nonetheless , they illustrated the deep ties between the outgoing Trump administration and the hard-line government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .
In a Twitter post , Pompeo confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ located in a settlement near Jerusalem , which released a blended red named for the secretary last year in gratitude for his stance on the settlements .
Reporters were not allowed to accompany him .
“ Enjoyed lunch at the scenic Psagot Winery today , ” he tweeted .
“ Unfortunately , Psagot and other businesses have been targeted by pernicious EU labeling efforts that facilitate the boycott of Israeli companies .
The U.S. stands with Israel and will not tolerate any form of delegitimization.
” The European Union , like most of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requires imports from the occupied territory to be labeled as coming from the West Bank .
Pompeo later visited the Golan Heights , a strategic plateau Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed .
In a break from the rest of the international community , the Trump administration recognized the territory as part of Israel last year .
Pompeo was joined by Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Avigdor Kahalani , a decorated retired Israeli general famous for leading Israeli forces against a Syrian tank invasion during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t stand here and stare out at what ’ s across the border and deny the central thing that President Trump recognized , what the previous presidents have refused to do , ” Pompeo said .
“ This is a part of Israel and a central part of Israel.
” Pompeo had earlier announced the U.S. will regard the Palestinian-led boycott movement as “ anti-Semitic ” and cut off government support for any organizations taking part in it , a step that could deny funding to Palestinian and international human rights groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , anti-Israel BDS campaign as anti-Semitic , ” Pompeo said , referring to the Boycott , Divestment and Sanctions movement .
“ We will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful BDS conduct and withdraw U.S. government support for such groups , ” he said , adding that all nations should “ recognize the BDS movement for the cancer that it is.
” BDS organizers cast their movement as a non-violent way of protesting Israel ’ s policies toward the Palestinians modeled on the campaign that helped end apartheid in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some limited success over the years , particularly on college campuses and with artists and entertainers , but no impact on the Israeli economy .
Israel views BDS as an assault on its very existence , and has seized on statements by some supporters to accuse it of anti-Semitism , allegations denied by organizers .
In a statement , the BDS movement reiterated its rejection of “ all forms of racism , including anti-Jewish racism , ” and accused the U.S. and Israel of trying to silence advocacy for Palestinian rights .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justice and equality , stands with all those struggling for a more dignified , just and beautiful world , ” it said .
“ With our many partners , we shall resist these McCarthyite attempts to intimidate and bully Palestinian , Israeli and international human rights defenders into accepting Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism as fate.
” It was unclear what organizations would be at risk of losing funding .
Israelis have accused international groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International of supporting BDS , allegations they deny .
Human Rights Watch , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last year for past statements allegedly in support of BDS , does not call for boycotting Israel but urges companies to avoid doing business in West Bank settlements , saying it makes them complicit in human rights abuses .
Amnesty does not take a position on the boycott movement .
“ The Trump administration is undermining the common fight against the scourge of antisemitism by equating it with peaceful advocacy of boycotts , ” said Eric Goldstein , acting Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch .
Bob Goodfellow , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director , called the U.S. decision “ a gift to those who seek to silence , harass , intimidate and oppress those standing up for human rights around the world.
” Israel passed a 2017 law that bars entry to foreigners who have called for economic boycotts of Israel or its settlements .
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution opposing the boycott movement last year , and several U.S. states have enacted anti-BDS laws .
Kate Ruane , senior legislative counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union , said that threatening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel is “ blatantly unconstitutional.
” The EU ’ s former foreign policy chief , Federica Mogherini , said while in office that she opposed BDS but backed the movement ’ s right to call for boycotts as freedom of speech .
Virtually all Palestinian civil society groups support the boycott movement .
Under President Donald Trump , the U.S. has already cut off nearly all forms of aid to the Palestinians .
Biden has pledged to restore the aid as part of efforts to revive the peace process .
Pompeo spoke at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said the Israel-U.S. alliance had reached “ unprecedented heights ” under the Trump administration .
Netanyahu thanked the administration for moving its embassy to contested Jerusalem , abandoning the U.S. position that Israeli settlements are contrary to international law , recognizing Israel ’ s annexation of the Golan Heights and taking a hard line against Iran .
Israel captured east Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 war .
The Palestinians claim both territories and say the sprawling network of settlements have all but extinguished their hopes for a viable , independent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , condemned Pompeo ’ s embrace of the settlements and accused the outgoing U.S. administration of “ active participation in the occupation of Palestinian lands.
” Turkey , where Pompeo angered officials on Tuesday by meeting with the leader of the world ’ s Orthodox Christians while snubbing the country ’ s leaders , said the visit to the settlement was a “ grave step ” that violates U.N. resolutions and “ legitimizes Israel ’ s illegal actions.
” Trump ’ s Mideast plan , which overwhelmingly favors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , would allow Israel to annex up to a third of the West Bank , including all of its settlements , which are home to nearly 500,000 Israelis .
Neither Netanyahu nor Pompeo said anything about the U.S. election .
Pompeo , like Trump , has yet to acknowledge Biden ’ s victory .
Netanyahu earlier this week congratulated Biden and referred to him as the president-elect in an official statement .
Joseph Krauss is a reporter for The Associated Press .
AP writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara , Turkey , contributed reporting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem , Thursday , Nov. 19 , 2020 .
( AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo , Pool )


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Commentary: An Unserious Movement for an Unserious People

We all should probably acknowledge that we Americans , in many ways , have become an unserious people .
No serious civilization and society would allow a fraction of what is taking place here—from the absurdity of our education system to the dominance of big tech monopolies to our current form of elections .
A list of our nation ’ s follies demonstrating our unseriousness would fill pages .
But it ’ s not just about the American people as a whole : conservatism is an unserious movement ( if one can even call what exists a movement ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a political party .
Consider , in the immediate , our election system again .
Can we even call such a disjointed mismash a system ?
Let ’ s face it : where we are today , with mail-in ballots , questionable voting software systems , no requirement to show photo ID , “ dirty data ” voting rolls—we have allowed the creation of myriad reasons for distrust to materialize underneath our noses .
The Left has not been shy about what they wanted to do and what they were hoping to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what has been our response as a “ movement ” and a “ party ” ?
Pathetic whining and that ’ s about it .
The powers that be at the RNC were warned well before 2020 that Democrats , led by Marc Elias of Fusion GPS infamy , were on the move to bring us to this point .
The response of the RNC ?
Nothing until it was too late—and even those attempts to respond were half-hearted at best .
We meekly submitted to a mail-in ballot system which nearly all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognizes as among the most advanced , rejected decades ago .
In 2020 , only a country that is not serious about election integrity ( which is of course the entire point in the Left ’ s lust for power ) , would allow this to happen .
Not only that , but our neighbors to the north , Canada , will not even allow electronic voting .
They have paper ballots and have observers installed in every polling station because faith in the outcome of elections is important there .
But not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ software for all !
One has to have a certain amount of admiration for the Left and what they ’ ve been able to accomplish in “ reimagining ” our electoral process .
They knew what they wanted , invested the time and money , and went for it .
One can say many things about the Left , but at least they are committed .
Which leads us back to the “ conservative movement ” and “ the party.
” What kind of serious party would elect to keep the same asleep-at-the-wheel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ) running the party for the next four years ?
But that is what the RNC seems poised to do .
This is not a serious party .
But in a world where a small group of grifters want to continue making obscene amounts of money , it makes perfect sense .
It makes more sense when we look at the “ conservative movement ” which , every year , has had hundreds of millions of dollars invested in it .
For what ?
We ’ re talking about wildly stupid places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ churn out worthless white papers and hold events to reinforce how effective they are when all empirical evidence tells us nothing could be further from the truth .
You can quibble with me about it all , and no doubt there are some good and well-meaning people mixed up in all of this , but a look at the world around us , from exploding debt to the expansive powers of our massive administrative state to our broken immigration systems to a failed electoral process to Big Tech monopolies crowding out our First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
No serious movement would have allowed that to happen or appear to be so full of people who , even now , think all of this is fine .
We will just keep pushing on doing the same things that haven ’ t worked in more than a generation .
Perhaps if we became more sophisticated in our use of 501 ( c ) 3 and 501 ( c ) 4 funds , we could address some of our problems in a meaningful way .
But instead , we insist on funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 80- $ 100 million a year , AEI at $ 50- $ 60 million a year , and the mostly worthless state policy think tanks sucking down hundreds of millions of donor dollars every year .
To what end ?
Serious question .
None of that money will be or has been used to address the greatest threats to our democracy , from election integrity to Big Tech .
Honestly , you could pile 90 percent of that money in the street , light it on fire , and it would be just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about adjusting our priorities , we ’ re sitting here like programmed robots ready to repeat the same mistakes .
Again .
And again .
We insist on the same entities , the same leaders , the same approach .
Why ?
Because we ’ re deeply unserious .
We are the definition of fools .
If we are really serious about winning ( which I question ) , the movement and party need to look in the mirror .
Quite frankly , the majority of the donors ( not the self-interested corporatists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerned citizens ) , need to have a conversation with their mirrors , too .
It ’ s time for them to realize they ’ ve been taken for fools .
While the Left has been fully focused on winning , we haven ’ t even been in the real game .
We need to be really focused now on the things it will actually take to save the republic .
And it ’ s not another white paper or tax cut .
It occurred to me that 2020 has definitively shown ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s work of identifying serious candidates to run at the state and local level matters .
Think about all the stupidity of the coronavirus and all the state and local officials who have so much power over our lives .
I remember clearly one gatekeeper for a donor telling me the donor wasn ’ t terribly interested in funding efforts to identify more “ dogcatchers.
” I wonder how that donor likes them “ dogcatchers ” now ?
They are the ones destroying local economies and jobs , making life miserable for tens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American way of life .
Don ’ t you wish you had some more serious and right-wing “ dogcatchers ” out there ?
How about where we ’ re at with our election integrity and all the various state government entities like the state board of elections , legislators , even elected state supreme courts ?
Bet you wished you ’ d paid more attention to them years ago .
But nope .
It was more glamorous to get fluffed at conferences by semi-celebrity mediocrities who loved them for their money .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for where we ’ re at right now as a country .
Conservatives have only ourselves to blame .
Investing ungodly sums of money in the wrong places , people , and ideas for decades has led us to this point .
We have to ask ourselves , are we going to continue to be fools investing in the wrong places or will we actually be serious about this and , moving forward , invest our money in programs and resources at the right times and in the right places ?
If we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing , we will have no excuse to give future generations for our lost liberty .
It will be entirely our own fault .
Ned Ryun is a former presidential writer for George W. Bush and the founder and CEO of American Majority .
You can find him on Twitter @ nedryun .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Carol Swain Talks About the Building of Her Media Empire, New Projects, and the Taking of Nashville

Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed all-star panelist , Dr. Carol Swain , to the studio to discuss her current and upcoming media projects and how conservative media has found a home in the city of Nashville .
Leahy : Carol , Swain all-star panelist is in the studio .
If you want to weigh in about Carol ’ s suggestions my suggestions what you can do write @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in writing in an old snail mail letter to President Trump demanding a full recount in all the votes in 50 states .
And then there ’ s a petition decide asked the state legislators to exercise their constitutional duty .
If you want to weigh in on that .
( Leahy gives the call-in number ) Carol , Joy in Williamson County has a question for you .
Joy , you ’ re on The Tennessee Star Report .
Caller Joy : Hi Carol , good morning .
I just recently watched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was quite informative , especially when you look at the historical perspective of the parties involved from the situation that we are currently facing .
And I was just wondering are there any efforts to get that film out to the wider population and in Georgia ?
Swain : That ’ s a great question .
And I don ’ t know the answer , but I do know that the film is available on a lot of streaming platforms .
But I will check on that .
Do you have any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to reach people ?
Like where would you show it ?
Joy : That ’ s a really good question .
And I had an interesting conversation over the summer about some of these coalitions that have been growing in terms of just individual freedoms and liberty .
Can people stream it , and do they need to pay for it ?
Swain : There ’ s a $ 500 .
licensing fee .
And if a person you know a church or some organization Republican Party or especially organizations that might have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viewers , that would be a good outlet .
But it ’ s $ 500 .
I think .
And if a person can raise enough money to cover the travel costs the cast members can come .
Leahy : And that ’ s just to do a special showing right ?
Swain : For a special showing .
Yes .
You can do a special showing .
Leahy : But you can watch it online for $ 19.00 ?
Swain : But you can also bring it to a city and have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you know for about $ 3,000 .
Leahy : So that could be possible .
Swain : And give free tickets if you really want particular people to be there .
Leahy : That ’ s a very interesting idea Joy because if you watch that documentary which by the way , I must say is excellent Carol .
Swain : I think it was too .
Leahy : If you watch that documentary and you ’ re more likely to end up supporting a conservative World view .
It ’ s very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Larry Elder I ’ ve followed him for quite a few years .
So I think he has some very good points to make also and as did you Carol .
Well I ’ m interested in maybe connecting when off the air and seeing if there ’ s some way I can help get the word out .
Leahy : Joy , if you would leave your contact information with our producer .
Joey put her on hold and get her contact information then Carol you can talk with her .
Carol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest from people that are trying to do the right thing .
One of the things that we ’ re asking that you ’ ve asked is to have people write a letter to Donald Trump .
The president is asking .
Write a letter to the president .
And why don ’ t we give that address out again .
President Donald Trump .
The White House , Washington D.C. Swain : 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue , Washington DC .
It ’ ll get there right ?
And what was the zip code @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t know if you need the zip code , but you probably do .
Swain : So it depends on who ’ s delivering the mail .
Leahy : Democrats will deliver the mail to Anchorage , Alaska .
Swain : And you ’ ll need a stamp as well as the zip code .
Leahy : Carol our listeners , it turns out I think we have a whole crowd of Carol Swain fans that listen on Thursdays , right ?
And part of what they want to know is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days .
And I think you ’ ve got something going on right after this show you want to share with people .
Swain : Well , I ’ m in the process of launching what will be a TV show that doesn ’ t have a home yet called Conversations with Dr. Carol Swain .
And today I will do my first interview with Lynn Bennett who is the owner of Stage Post .
That ’ s where I will be filming the show .
And it will be a weekly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I will post on the internet and on the American Outlet Network until it gets picked up .
Leahy : Now when you save the American Outloud Network… Leahy : America Outloud Network .
So this is interesting because we ’ ve been talking about the future of media here a little bit right and for many years it ’ s all been cable , cable , cable .
Fox News , MSNBC , etc .
Well Fox News is throwing away its base audience .
No question about that .
They also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ balanced , we report you decide.
’ To ‘ standing up for what ’ s right.
’ Perhaps I think it ’ s going to go down with the same slogan as the new Coke right ?
Just a bad idea .
I don ’ t see why they came up with that .
Nonetheless , people are leaving Fox News in droves .
They ’ re going I ’ m reading to Newsmax , but they ’ re also going away from cable .
They ’ re cutting the cord .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Is that where you see the future of your program going to some of these live streaming services ?
Swain : Well , I ’ m not sure but I want to be very careful about where it goes next .
And you know it would be great if I could have a show on Newsmax or an outlet like that .
And so the goal is to have a top-quality program and hope someone will pick it up .
And I ’ m very thankful to Gary Cooper of Cooper Steel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They are the ones that are financing the filming of the show .
Leahy : They ’ ve been around for some time haven ’ t they ?
Swain : Yes .
And I will continue to have my weekly podcast and I do Two Minutes to Think About It With Dr. Carol Swain on Bot Radio .
So I ’ m very active with the media .
Leahy : You are building your media empire .
( Laughter ) Swain : And social media even though we don ’ t know what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Facebook in the long run .
Leahy : And Google and all that sort of stuff .
Swain : Yeah , I ’ m on Parler .
Parler is the alternative Twitter .
Leahy : I ’ m on it .
I don ’ t know how to use it yet .
I suppose I have to learn it .
Leahy : Well , then I might be able to figure it out .
Swain : I mean you should because that ’ s where a lot of your audience would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going .
And right now it makes sense to maintain both platforms .
Leahy : So I want to just add a little bit here .
Swain : I also have a non-profit .
And you know , there are many different ways that people want to support my work .
You can contribute to the nonprofit .
Swain : Or advertise on the podcast my website or the new show .
Leahy : A one-person media empire and we are fortunate to have A view for an hour and a half every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am .
Swain : You know something ?
It is not about me .
Leahy : It really is about your message .
I ’ m teasing .
Swain : I know and I believe God has opened up every door for me and I am a person that spent most of my life being incredibly shy .
And I would never have imagined .
Leahy : Nobody would have figured that out .
But that is true .
It is true .
Swain : It is true .
Maybe 20 some years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know my life , I want to educate people .
I want to defend our Constitution .
I want to proclaim Christ and the things that I believe are important .
We have only one life to live and we need to make it count .
And so I want to do my part , you know to be the people and that ’ s you know , it ’ s been my motto .
Be the people .
And it ’ s up to us to reclaim our nation .
Our Judeo-Christian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and our grandchildren .
Leahy : I think that makes an awful lot of sense Carol .
You know one thing of all of your media activities and of course ours here at The Tennessee Star .
And we just launched the GeorgiaStarNews.com in Georgia seven hours ago .
Hot off the presses .
Breaking stories from Georgia with our own Chris Butler who is down there .
Corrine Murdock ’ s down there .
John Frederick has his radio program down there .
We ’ re partnering up with him on it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going on .
Nashville is now a national center for conservative media .
Swain : It really is .
Do you know Craig Huey ?
Leahy : I don ’ t but here ’ s another person .
Tell me about Craig .
Swain : He has The Huey Report and he is a conservative from California that moved here a few months ago .
Swain : I mean and I think God ’ s hand is in all of this and I don ’ t know what it means .
We can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve never had it but we can take it .
We will take Nashville .
And we ’ ve got , of course , you know Ben Shapiro is moving here with the Daily Wire and Sean Davis from The Federalist is moving in here .
Jason Whitlock is already here .
They ’ re all moving here .
And you know , what started it , Carol ?
It was the launch of The Tennessee Star in February of 2017 .
Swain : Of course it was .
Listen to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from 5:00 – 8:00 a.m. to the Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy on Talk Radio 98.3 FM WLAC 1510 .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Republican Congressmen Introduce Bill to Combat Voter Fraud

Two Republican congressmen from North Carolina , U.S. Reps. Ted Budd and Dan Bishop , introduced the Combat Voter Fraud Act in the wake of multiple lawsuits in several states in which the plaintiffs claim election irregularities and voter fraud occurred on Nov. 3 and following days .
The bill would direct the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney General ’ s Office to create a national strategy to combat and prevent voter fraud nationwide .
“ The 2020 election has made clear that our country needs one national strategy to investigate and prevent voter fraud , ” Budd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Department of Justice will determine best practices for the prevention of common issues like voter intimidation , fraud , ballot systems glitches or sabotage , hacking , or election audits .
Nothing is more important than the integrity of our ballots , and my bill takes a first step toward ensuring that our elections are completely fair and accurate.
” In a recent interview , Federal Election Commission Chairman Trey Trainor said reports of fraud in some battleground states are credible , “ otherwise they would allow the [ poll ] observers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims made by President Donald Trump , the Trump campaign , and state GOP representatives about GOP observers and others being prohibited from doing their jobs .
“ When you have claims of , you know , 10,000 people who don ’ t live in the state of Nevada having voted in Nevada , you have the video … they ’ re [ poll workers ] either duplicating a spoiled ballot right there or they ’ re in the process of just marking a ballot that came in blank for a voter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a process that needs to be observed by election observers .
“ Our whole political system is based upon transparency to avoid the appearance of corruption , ” he said in the interview , alleging that some states have not been transparent .
Despite the ongoing recounts and litigation underway in some states , the Department of Homeland Security ’ s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced that the Nov. 3 election “ was the most secure in American history , ” and that “ election officials are reviewing and double @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finalizing the result.
” Bethany Blankley is a contributor to The Center Square .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Nashville Mayor John Cooper Tells Residents How Many People They Are Allowed to Have Over for Thanks

Nashville Mayor John Cooper Tells Residents How Many People They Are Allowed to Have Over for Thanksgiving

If you live in Nashville and you plan to celebrate Thanksgiving with nine or more friends or loved ones then think again .
Nashville Mayor John Cooper told Davidson County residents Thursday , via his Facebook page , that they may not have that many guests .
“ Effective Monday , November 23 .
Restrict all gatherings to eight people if you must gather .
Eight people is the limit whether you are at a restaurant or your backyard , ” according to Cooper ’ s announcement , which he called his “ Rule of Eight.
” “ Limit public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Record COVID hospitalizations are straining hospitals .
Restricting social contacts is critical to stopping the spread of COVID .
Please reconsider any plans to gather with people outside of your household , including Thanksgiving.
” Put mildly , Cooper ’ s orders didn ’ t sit well with some people , at least going by the comments under Cooper ’ s post .
Paige Potter Hayden , meanwhile , asked Cooper how this works “ with people who have immediate families of more than eight people ?
” “ You and what army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ residence and stop us ?
This is a Constitutional Republic , your majesty Orwell .
You work for us , remember ?
Sit down.
” As reported this month , emails reveal how Cooper and members of his staff mishandled the COVID-19 emergency and downplayed the number of COVID-19 cases coming from the city ’ s bars and restaurants .
Cooper later ordered those bars and restaurants closed .
“ Candidly , Cooper ’ s level of transparency on this will get an F from me .
They pretend like there was [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t , ” Metro Nashville At-Large Council member Steve Glover said at the time .
As The Tennessee Star reported in September , a Nashville attorney who represents Kid Rock ’ s Big Honky Tonk owner Steve Smith said Cooper misstated facts when he said White House officials influenced him to close bars on lower Broadway to contain COVID-19 .
Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton Warns Georgia of Dire Future If Voters Elect Dems to Control US Senate

PERRY , Georgia – If the residents of Georgia don ’ t want radical socialists to impose their ultimate wish list upon America then they better get out and vote Republican on January 5 .
That was the message that U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton ( R-AR ) relayed to a couple hundred people at a Defend the Majority Rally at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry on Thursday .
Cotton appeared alongside U.S. Sen. David Perdue ( R-GA ) and U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler ( R-GA ) .
Perdue and Loeffler , both Republicans , are on the January 5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock , respectively .
Cotton told the crowd that Democrats “ have lurked so far to the left over the last six months.
” “ The Democrats will take charge now , seize power and never give it up again .
They want to pack the U.S. Supreme Court because it now has a conservative majority .
They want to make Washington , D.C. a state so that the Swamp full of influence peddlers and lobbyists will have the exact same number of senators that you have , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pass Nancy Pelosi ’ s crazy voting law to make mail-out voting mandatory here in Georgia and Arkansas and all across the country .
They want to give amnesty to 15 million illegal immigrants and [ also give them ] voting rights in the next election as well .
These are just some of the things that Chuck Schumer has in store for Georgia and for our nation if we don ’ t reelect David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
” Cotton described Warnock as a radical and Ossoff as “ a trust fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s money and makes documentary movies that nobody ever watches.
” Suppose Georgia voters tip the balance of power to favor a Democratic majority .
That will enable Democrats to pass the Green New Deal and abolish the nation ’ s Electoral College .
Loeffler told the audience that she and Perdue “ are business people and not political outsiders ” and that they want to take Georgia to Washington , D.C. — and not do the opposite .
“ The stakes of this election couldn ’ t be higher .
Just look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warnock , the most radical Democrat in the country , ” Cotton said in the video .
“ After we knew that Jeremiah Wright said that God doesn ’ t bless America , God damns America , after Jeremiah Wright said the 9-11 act was America ’ s chickens coming home to roost , Raphael Warnock still celebrated .
He celebrated Fidel Castro .
He is the most radical Democrat anywhere in America .
We can not have him in the United States Senate.
” Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--District Judge Denies Motion to Delay Certification of Votes in Lin Wood Case Against Georgia Secret

District Judge Denies Motion to Delay Certification of Votes in Lin Wood Case Against Georgia Secretary of State

ATLANTA , Georgia – A district judge denied attorney Lin Wood ’ s motion to delay certification of the Georgia voting results .
Wood presented 17 affidavits alleging potential voter fraud , from both monitors and workers .
One affidavit came from a purported former right-hand man of prior Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez , detailing the electronic voting systems ’ relation to ones used in the 2020 election .
Although the judge dismissed the case , Wood stated that he will appeal the case to the Eleventh Circuit court .
“ 1 .
A motion to delay certification of GA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denied this evening by Atlanta Judge Steven D. Grimberg .
The oral ruling was unclear but he may have overreached to dismiss my claim that election was unlawful due to @ GaSecofState consent agreement .
2 .
The recount issue was separate from unlawful election issue .
Sounded like Court thinks GA voter has NO standing to challenge unlawful federal election .
Lawyer for Sec .
of State suggested only state AG could do so .
What ?
AG represents @ GaSecofState .
Makes no sense .
3 .
GA voters have rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We The People must have legal right to challenge backroom deals cut by state officials .
They will not sue each other .
An appeal will be filed to Eleventh Circuit .
I did not do this for GA voters because it was easy .
Stay tuned.
” Thursday , the judge scheduled an emergency hearing for Wood ’ s case against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger .
District Judge Steven D. Grimberg heard the case for an emergency motion injunction .
“ Good morning .
District Judge has scheduled an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I filed against @ GaSecofState .
In time , these names will also be part of litigation across the country : Dominion , Scytl , SGO Smartmatic , Clarity .
TRUTH IS COMING.
” Wood included a link to a Newsmax interview with a Trump Recount Committee member Brian Trascher as well as attorney and Republican strategist Amanda Makki – both of whom claimed that a server raid had interfered with the election .
Wood filed suit last week several days after the election audit began .
Legislators and their constituents have expressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after it was revealed that signature matching wouldn ’ t occur and the number of monitors would be limited .
In light of these insecurities over election integrity ahead of the runoff election , Republicans have asked Governor Brian Kemp to call a special session to strengthen election laws .
Not long after the ruling , reports of the hand recount results published reaffirming Democratic candidate Joe Biden ’ s lead against President Donald Trump .
Corinne Murdock is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and the Star News Network .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Michigan Legislators Chatfield, Shirkey Reportedly Invited to White House for Meeting with Trump

President Trump has reportedly invited Republican Michigan state legislators to visit the White House amid a campaign to overturn election results in the state .
An official familiar with the matter confirmed that the president will be meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey , ( R-16-Clarklake ) and House Speaker Lee Chatfield ( R-107-Levering ) on Friday , according to The Detroit News .
The meeting comes among turmoil in Michigan over the certification of election results in Wayne County .
Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers have flipped on their vote multiple times this week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before deciding to vote in favor of certification on Tuesday night .
The two members then attempted to rescind their vote on Thursday , saying that they had originally certified their vote due to threats of violence , according to The Hill .
Trump then later allegedly spoke to Monica Palmer , one of the Republican members of the board , the outlet said .
The Trump campaign has withdrawn a lawsuit in the state , saying that the members ’ rescinding of the certification made the suit — originally filed to contest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ This morning we are withdrawing our lawsuit in Michigan , ” Rudy Giuliani , Trump ’ s personal attorney , said in a statement , according to Fox News , adding that the decision to withdraw the suit is the “ direct result of achieving the relief we sought : to stop the election in Wayne County from being prematurely certified before residents can be assured that every legal vote has been counted and every illegal vote has not been counted.
” Officials have reportedly said that the original vote to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hill reported .
United States Rep. Elissa Slotkin ( D-MI ) encouraged legislators invited to the White House to “ defend our democracy.
” U.S. Rep Paul Mitchell ( R-MI ) told The Detroit News he believes Trump has called Chatfield and Shirkey to the White House to pressure them to appoint pro-Trump electors and to push the board of canvassers to not certify the election .
“ For them to do anything other than to respect the popular vote is a violation of their oath of office .
They took an oath @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution , but in their case to the state Constitution , and the laws of the state don ’ t say you get to appoint anyone you want , ” Mitchell told the outlet .
Gov .
Whitmer also slammed the meeting in a press conference on Thursday .
“ All of the meetings in the world can ’ t take away from the fact that Joe Biden won Michigan by over 150,000 votes , ” she said , the outlet said .
Biden is currently reported to have 50.6 % of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 47.8 % , according to The Associated Press .
The meeting is reportedly set for Friday .
Jordyn Pair is a reporter for The Michigan Star .
Follow her on Twitter at @ JordynPair .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Testimony Begins for Bills Aimed at Stopping Ohio Governor’s Orders

While in one area of the Ohio Statehouse lawmakers took aim at limiting Gov .
Mike DeWine ’ s authority , in another area others began attacking specific orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Aside from bills that would require General Assembly approval for statewide stay-at-home orders , Ohio state senators held hearings on a bill that would end DeWine ’ s orders to stop alcohol sales at restaurants and bars at 10 p.m. and on another that placed limitations on county fairs .
As DeWine was announcing a statewide 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew that begins Thursday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and President Pro Tem Bob Peterson , R-Washington Court House , testified for their bill that would wipe out the ban on alcohol says after 10 p.m. “ Ohio ’ s restaurants and bars have suffered immensely from the restrictions placed on their industry during the COVID-19 pandemic , ” Obhof said .
“ In order to survive , we have seen them step up during this crisis and find innovative ways to safely serve their customers and keep hundreds of thousands of Ohioans employed .
These are our friends , our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Senate Bill 374 will help them keep their jobs and doors open.
” The bill eliminates DeWine ’ s July 13 alcohol order and reverts sale times established by Ohio law .
It also prevents any disciplinary actions resulting from violations of the July 13 order .
In all , 22 state senators signed on as co-sponsors .
“ In all of our communities , these businesses – many of them family owned – have proven their ability to ensure safe dining and a safe workplace , ” Peterson said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to removing unnecessary and stifling regulations on those who are responsibly working to provide for their families , employ their fellow Ohioans and play an important role in our economy ’ s recovery.
” Also , Senate Bill 375 , in the Agriculture and Natural Resource Committee , would void the director of health order regarding county fairs .
In late July , the department of health ordered county fairs to operate only as junior fairs , prohibiting rides , games and other grandstand events .
“ This legislation is necessary for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and safety , ” co-sponsor Sen. Frank Hoagland , R-Mingo Junction , said in written testimony .
State Sen. Tim Schaffer , R-Lancaster , also a co-sponsor , said Ohioans want to return to normal .
“ Though the state ’ s annual county fairs have concluded for the season , it is necessary to ensure that all county fairs fully operate next year and continue thereafter , ” Schaffer said in written testimony .
“ It is imperative that we re-open Ohio and ensure that government does not become an obstacle to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ J.D .
Davidson is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience in newspapers in Ohio , Georgia , Alabama and Texas .
He has served as a reporter , editor , managing editor and publisher .
Davidson is a regional editor for The Center Square .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Flint Water Settlement Grows to $641 Million

The state of Michigan has reached a $ 641 million settlement in the Flint civil lawsuits with parties who claimed harm from the switch of its public water supply to the Flint River in 2014 .
Since then , the city of Flint , McLaren Regional Medical Center , and Rowe Professional Services Co. have also settled , augmenting the total settlement to $ 641.2 million .
The city of Flint has conditionally agreed to pay $ 20 million through its insurance provider instead of its general fund or from taxpayers , a decision that must be approved by its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is paying $ 20 million , and Rowe Professional Services Co. is providing $ 1.25 million .
Judge Judith Levy of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan will review the agreement and decide whether the settlement meets specific legal standards .
If preliminary approval is granted , then the claim registration process can begin for Flint residents .
“ Submitting this settlement for preliminary approval is part of the legal process , but it is also an important step forward in providing the residents of Flint with relief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a statement .
“ Without this settlement , which makes affected children a top priority , Flint residents would have been provided little assurance that their claims would be successful in court , and ongoing litigation could have prolonged their hardships for years .
Resolving these legal disputes against the State , and now the other defendants who have joined the settlement , is the best possible outcome for Flint ’ s future.
” The 71-page settlement details that about 80 percent of the settlement fund would be spent on claims from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exposed to lead .
Of that 80 percent , 64 percent will fund children who were ages six and younger in 2014 .
Another 18 percent of the settlement funds would be spent on claims of adults and property damage .
Less than 1 percent would go toward claims for business losses .
Once preliminary approval is given , Flint residents will have 60 days to register to participate in the settlement program , and then those who register will have 120 days to file necessary documents .
Monetary awards to Flint residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the settlement receives final approval following a public hearing held by the court and after the window for any appeals .
According to Nessel ’ s office , if the settlement receives final court approval , it might be the largest in Michigan state government history .
“ No amount of money can undo the lifetime consequences of lead poisoning in children , but the settlement is an important measure of justice because it is an acknowledgment of the irreparable harm done to the families of Flint , ” Ananich said in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been finalized and announced , I will be introducing legislation quickly to authorize the settlement funds.
” “ This settlement agreement is just one of the many ways we will continue showing our support for the city and residents of Flint , ” Whitmer said in a statement .
“ The details of the proposal that have been presented to the judge are an important step forward and we are committed to helping the residents of Flint participate in this process as we all work together towards the brighter future that Flint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writer covering Michigan and Minnesota for The Center Square .
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