thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--DeWine Calls for Some Ohio Businesses to Close Offices, Employees Work from Home

COLUMBUS , Ohio – The Ohio Star received a tip that Ohio Governor Mike DeWine was calling on larger businesses in Ohio ’ s red counties ( according to the Ohio Public Health Advisory System ) to keep their employees at home .
During a special news briefing held on Wednesday announcing a Bureau of Workers Compensation dividend giveback of $ 5 billion to Ohio businesses , The Star asked the governor about the tip and whether he was urging businesses to keep employees at home .
Governor there are experts who believe that quarantining and distancing healthy people is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the thousands of medical experts and scientists who signed the Great Barrington Declaration and the recent study released by the British Medical Journal .
Part one , What do your experts say about this ?
Part two , we received a report that you ’ re asking big businesses in red to keep their employees at home , is this true ?
Well , as far as quarantine , we ’ re basically following what the best guidelines are and we try to do that throughout the pandemic .
As far as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are in a difficult time in Ohio .
If people can work from home , we want them to do that , but that ’ s going to be up to the individual business .
It depends on what that business does , it depends on the nature of that business , and the nature of the particular job that person has .
But if people are still working from home this would not be a time to switch them back .
If you ’ ve been able to have them work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we ’ re starting to shoot back up – it certainly would not be a time to change plans .
We ’ re just asking businesses to look at this , make their own determination , but if people can work from home , obviously that ’ s a good thing at this point .
Look , we ’ re headed into November , December , January which most experts months ago said could be a more difficult time .
So anytime that we can lessen exposure and lessen the possibility of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be done we certainly encourage people to do that .
DeWine also said during his press conference that “ our economy is coming back but businesses continue to struggle.
” Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted said the administration was looking at all ideas to keep people employed and earning money for their families by keeping businesses alive .
These types of policy decisions may have an impact on Ohio races next week .
Wednesday ’ s Rasmussen poll showed that President Donald J. Trump regained the projected national lead over contender Biden and Real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lead over Biden in the Buckeye State .
The next press briefing on COVID is scheduled for Thursday , October 29 at 2:00 p.m. EST .
Jack Windsor is Managing Editor at both The Ohio Star and The Michigan Star .
Windsor is also an Investigative Reporter at WMFD-TV and The Virginia Star .
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thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--Steve Bannon Explains the Biden Business Model of the Political Class, China’s Threat, and Informati

Steve Bannon Explains the Biden Business Model of the Political Class, China’s Threat, and Information Warfare

Live from Virginia Wednesday morning on The John Fredericks Show – live weekdays on WNTW AM 820/ FM 92.7 – Richmond , WJFN FM 100.5 – Central Virginia , WMPH AM 1010 / FM 100.1 / FM 96.9 ( 7-9 PM ) Hampton Roads , WBRG AM 1050 / FM 105.1 – Lynchburg/Roanoke and Live Weekdays 6-10 am and 24/7 Stream – host Fredericks welcomed political strategist Steve Bannon to the show .
During the show , Bannon discusses how the Biden ’ s family business model and their relationship to China has left them compromised and posing a national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He also urged listeners to vote and volunteer at polling centers and to be vigilant against the information warfare that is upon us by China ’ s number one weapon , social media .
Fredericks : Joining us now Steve great to have you , man .
Bannon : Thanks , John .
Good to be on .
Fredericks : Let ’ s start with the Tony Bobulinski interview on Tucker Carlson yesterday .
Does this finally break the silence of the fake news ?
Bannon : Listen I don ’ t think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so stunning to hear this and the allegations and the Biden lies .
I mean this is now to remember I say there are no conspiracies but they ’ re also no coincidences .
This is why Biden ’ s been off the campaign trail virtually .
Except for three or four very small events with no real press avails since The New York Post broke this story now almost two weeks ago .
And last night you saw it because the Bidens have no answers for this .
And quite frankly this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outright lies Joe Biden told .
Remember this is not about Hunter Biden .
This is about Joe Biden .
And really Bobulinski summed it up last night when he said they ’ re compromised by the Chinese Communist Party .
Two things happened here today .
Raheem Kassam in the hard drive finally started getting into the audio and released Hunter Biden talking about how Patrick Ho and this Chairman Ye of the Chinese Energy Company were Chinese spies and these guys knew it .
I mean he was actually talking on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ himself and put it on his computer .
And he ’ s very blatantly talking about Patrick Ho is the chief of Chinese spies and how Chairman Ye is a Chinese intelligence asset just openly .
And then we found from Bobulinski last night that Hunter Biden was the personal lawyer you know that signed a million-dollar retainer to be the personal lawyer to Chairman Ye someone he thought was a member of the Chinese intelligence .
The revelations are so stunning .
But here ’ s the thing for the audience .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ period of real danger .
I talked to some of the biggest grassroots conservative organizations last night and they ’ re already telling me that they ’ re not able to communicate on Facebook like they would because Facebook won ’ t take any ads .
They cut that whole thing of cutting it down 10 days before the before election day .
And if you look at the mainstream media last night because I know most of these guys none of the mainstream media touched Bobulinski ’ s interview at all .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ You don ’ t see MSNBC .
You don ’ t see NBC News , The New York Times , or The Wall Street Journal .
Complete silence .
Whether you love Trump or hate Trump , this is major news and I got ta tell you because this is not gon na go away .
Whether President Trump wins re-election next Tuesday or the Biden forces are able to steal it somehow , the revelations that Bobulinski went through are gon na go far past November 3 .
I mean this shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence .
American national security .
This is one of the things I ’ ve been harping on for a long time .
How can people focus on Russia and how can they just go Russia Russia Russia when China is an existential threat ?
The Chinese have infiltrated every part of American life with their cash .
The Chinese Communist Party .
Whether it ’ s Wall Street or whether it ’ s corporate America .
Whether it ’ s our cultural institutions .
Whether it ’ s the Vatican or now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absolutely see the brains of the operation of Joe Biden ’ s brother James Biden who literally has an industry set up to monetize access to a vice president of the United States and a potential president of the United States .
And when confronted by the guy who ’ s supposed to be the outward-facing guy in running this , the guy really the honest guy who ’ s they put in an interview and make sure that he ’ s the guy that can actually get things done .
And he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very high-security clearance .
He asked James one time he says how do you know with all that you ’ re doing ?
How do you expect to get not get dinged by the intelligence community with this ?
And James Biden says plausible deniability .
Plausible deniability is a haunting term that is the term that came right from the tapes of Watergate .
That was the entire situation Richard Nixon did not finish his second term .
The whole concept there was plausible deniability which is a term of art for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just enough room to be able to spin away from what their actions are .
So Biden has now shown I think the last two weeks because of the hard drive and because of the 26,000 emails that Peter Schweizer ’ s coming out with because of the Bobulinski affidavit and others just say it ’ s a family that for many years and this is what the permanent political class does .
This to me is a great lesson because I keep saying there ’ s no conspiracy this is the business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ works .
And you ’ re seeing how the system works .
I think you ’ re starting to see people being shocked .
There was a thing on Tick-Tock last night of a young woman who you know she ’ s got blue hair and she ’ s on a plane and I ’ ll send it to you John .
But she says she finally she hates Trump , has always hated Trump .
Thought when Trump was elected in ’ 16 it was the end of America and she just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And she said you know everything that came out on this laptop everything she ’ s seen about Biden she just can ’ t support a guy that looks like it has as much corruption plus all these personal family problems and all these issues .
So it ’ s definitely getting huge traction .
It ’ s the number one story even with the suppression and suppression because of the Streisand effect which is you know what you try to cover up on the internet actually gets a bigger audience .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ being said uh that being said you don ’ t see the mainstream media covering this at all .
In fact , last night after those massive revelations of Joe Biden just lying to the American people and using his office for personal gain .
And not just that .
It ’ s not just the personal gain it ’ s actually being in business with people that they know are enemies of the United States .
The Chinese Communist Party at the highest levels .
To know that the media won ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and gentlemen next Tuesday is going to be something unique in American history so strap in .
The oligarchs and Silicon Valley are going to be against you .
The mainstream media is going against you .
I mean CNN and these guys right now are not even making any pretense of objectivity .
This is pure information warfare at its highest and most brutal levels .
So I would be prepared to be strapped in next week .
Fredericks : We ’ re gon na do an event in Richmond between now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and basically outline this .
and you know invite the media .
They ’ re not going to come .
You know we ’ ll get The Virginia Star there .
But Steve is there going to be accounting in fact that we have it now a free media in the country that ’ s deciding not to cover the story because it hurts their candidate ?
And doing it in conjunction with each other .
It ’ s everybody .
It ’ s USA Today .
It ’ s Gannett .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s The Washington Post .
The New York Times .
The Tribune Company everybody .
MSNBC .
Everybody !
Bannon : There ’ s no more right and left really there ’ s no more conservative and progressive .
You ’ re now getting I think the point of you ’ re seeing populist-nationalist versus globalist and what you have is the corporate media is is is the propaganda wing or the information wing of the globalist program .
And this is not a conspiracy it ’ s just the way the system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give it up .
And they ’ re particularly not prepared to give it up to people that they think are not worthy of it not smart enough and that would be the deplorables .
Or Lao Beijing and China .
This is why we do this broadcast to try to unite these people and understand the commonality of their existence .
And the commonality of the potential .
The commonality of the nobility .
And the commonality that we ’ ve got to win .
But here ’ s any way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You ’ re going to have to win .
If you win you ’ ve got a chance to change it .
If you don ’ t win you ’ re going to have to have a resistance movement that is really going to have to hunker down .
But I can tell you over the last three weeks , I don ’ t think we ’ ve had better tells from the oligarchs and Silicon Valley have in mind .
And now their combination with the mainstream media .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month and a half ago on one of my shows , Miles Gross said he listed the five weapons that the CCP has which is one of the most powerful entities on earth .
Huge military .
He said their number one weapon is social media .
Working with these Chinese ex-patriots over the past couple of weeks Americans would find most chilling .
These people to a degree have eyes of wonder and look of freedom and democracy and this is what they are aiming for to turn China into .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people working so hard from Australia , to New Zealand to the United States tell me that the firewall in America is almost as powerful as the firewall in China .
They see this information is out there and the mainstream media that won ’ t cover it .
Social media won ’ t promote it .
Twitter takes down Kayleigh McEnany and the people at the White House .
They have these people on President Trump ’ s Twitter saying the information is not correct .
But people have to understand that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be a very rough ride… Listen to the full show here :

by Scott McClallen
First, COVID-19 disrupted classes in 2020, and now it’s teachers keeping kids out of class in 2022.
More than 29,000 Minneapolis students couldn’t attend class Monday as a teachers’ union strike entered its 10th school day.
The striking teachers are seeking a “living wage,” smaller class sizes, and “safe and stable schools.”
The strike began March 8 with the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) and Education Support Professionals (ESP) saying the groups were demanding “a living wage” for ESPs, smaller class sizes, and “safe and stable schools,” the union posted on Facebook.
In a video posted on Facebook page Sunday, union officials said they want ESPs to have a minimum $35,000 annual salary.
Teacher Chapter President Greta Callahan said parties have been negotiating.
“This contract needs to get settled,” Callahan said. “We want kids back in school and it feels like we are the only ones acting like that right now.”
Average teacher salaries in St. Paul are $85,000, compared to the average Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) teacher salary of $71,535.
World Population Review says the average Minnesota teacher makes $59,221.
The Sahan Journal reported that despite the high teacher salary, raises for the Minneapolis district have lagged in recent years.
MPS said it shared its “last, best, and final” offer on Sunday that includes: 2% cost of living increases, with up to 12% raises for new teachers, in year one of the contract and 2% increases for all in the second year.
Increase starting wages for 85% of current ESPs to $23 per hour or more, bringing most full-time ESPs close to $35,000 annually.
Increase wages over two years between 8.2% and 34.6% (depending on job classification), with an average increase of 15.6%.
Move the lowest-paid ESPs from $15.45 per hour to $18 per hour.
Pay ESPs $6,000 in bonuses ($3,000 in each of the next 2 years).
$3.5 million to additional hours for ESPs.
Four additional paid duty days for professional development.
“We know that our students want to be back in school with their teachers and ESPs and our staff desperately want to see our students,” Minneapolis School Board Chair Kim Ellison said in a video. “We believe this is the fastest way possible to get our students back to school.”
The proposal would cost $9.3 million in the first year and $13.4 million in the second.
“MPS is reaching beyond its financial means on behalf of our ESPs and will need to make more than $10 million in reductions for the next school year as a result,” the MPS website says.
“We’ll be back out on the line tomorrow fighting for safe and stable schools!” the MFT tweeted Sunday.
The state’s education funding formula is based on enrollment, which has declined at MPS from 32,732 in 2019 to in 2022, 29,100.
The school doesn’t have data on where the roughly 3,632 kids who left went, MPS media coordinator Crystina Lugo-Beach told The Center Square in an email.
MPS said all pre-K through 12th classes would be canceled “for the duration of the strike.” Axios reported that the district is facing a a $21.5 million budget deficit for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
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Scott McClallen is a staff writer covering Michigan and Minnesota for The Center Square. A graduate of Hillsdale College, his work has appeared on Forbes.com and FEE.org. Previously, he worked as a financial analyst at Pepsi.
Photo “Minneapolis Public Schools” by Minneapolis Public Schools.


thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--Congressman Morgan Griffith: ‘We Shouldn’t Be Holding the American Family Hostage for Democrat Nancy

Congressman Morgan Griffith: ‘We Shouldn’t Be Holding the American Family Hostage for Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s Political Agenda’

Live from Virginia Wednesday morning on The John Fredericks Show – live weekdays on WNTW AM 820/ FM 92.7 – Richmond , WJFN FM 100.5 – Central Virginia , WMPH AM 1010 / FM 100.1 / FM 96.9 ( 7-9 PM ) Hampton Roads , WBRG AM 1050 / FM 105.1 – Lynchburg/Roanoke and Live Weekdays 6-10 am and 24/7 Stream – host Fredericks welcomed Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia ’ s Ninth Congressional District to the show .
During the program , Griffith weighed in on the inability of the House to come to an agreement on a second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still suffering .
He also dissected the vaccine rollout and how higher risk people would get the vaccine first noting that although the virus is dangerous that treatments have become proven effective .
Fredericks : Joining us now congressman of the Ninth District Morgan Griffith .
Congressman great to have you .
Griffith : Good to be with you .
Fredericks : Congressman , no COVID package .
Pelosi again refusing to bargain with the republicans .
We ’ re only four I say only 400 billion apart .
The Republicans offering 1.8 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wants to bail out Philadelphia and Chicago .
You guys don ’ t want to do it .
So we get nothing .
This is appalling for the American people because it ’ s not like she wants 2.2 trillion and the Republicans want a hundred thousand .
I mean we ’ re 70 to 80 percent of the way there .
What is the deal ?
What is going on here ?
Griffith : It ’ s all politics John .
You and I ’ ve talked about that before .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president having a win on coronavirus or on another package before the election .
So the American people will have to suffer because of Nancy Pelosi ’ s decision that politics is more important than people .
I think it ’ s atrocious .
I think it ’ s awful .
You know the problem is they can ’ t run on the economy .
They can ’ t run on world peace .
They can ’ t run on the state of the military .
All of which have been improved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
All of which have been improved under the Trump administration .
So the only thing that they really have to run on is if you don ’ t like the dangerous orange man or if you have some issues about coronavirus .
And you know polling data indicates that the coronavirus issue is number one for Democrats .
You know to heck with peace security and the economy we ’ re going to worry about this issue .
Which is important .
I ’ m not saying it ’ s not important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is we shouldn ’ t be holding the American family hostage for Democrat Nancy Pelosi ’ s political agenda .
Fredericks : It ’ s really sick what she ’ s doing because people are suffering out there and they need the relief .
And especially these small businesses because that PPP money ran out a long time ago .
You guys have reformed the program where the money is really going to go to the small businesses not you know $ 500 million to the Los Angeles Lakers and that nonsense you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even I excuse that because the bill was put together lightning-fast .
it just had to get done .
And a lot of people did get relief .
Although obviously it was abused .
So she ’ s not doing anything on that .
Meantime you ’ ve got a poll the other day .
I just want to get your take on this .
I ’ m kind of stunned by the numbers so for COVID-19 this was a Rasmussen poll and Scott was on the other day kind of shocking he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent that ’ s two out of three .
Sixty five percent of Republicans didn ’ t care if they got the virus .
Like they didn ’ t have any fear of it so to speak .
Sixty five percent didn ’ t care .
Only 22 percent of Democrats didn ’ t care if they got it .
So it ’ s the same virus .
I mean it ’ s everything is the same nothing changes .
I mean and this kind of cut across racial lines and economic lines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat says 78 percent are scared of it .
And if you ’ re a Republican only 35 percent are scared of it .
What do you attribute that to ?
Griffith : Well I think part of it has to do with you know some of the rhetoric .
I mean look it is a dangerous virus .
I was talking with somebody yesterday and the day before yesterday totally by accident .
Just somebody I met who had a friend who was 51 who died from it .
So it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And what was odd about that case and very very sad was he got it when he went to visit his mother who had COVID who obviously you know in her late 70s or 80s .
I didn ’ t ask .
But she survived it and the son did not .
So there is a reason to some fearful about it .
That being said the fatality rates based on the number of people who are getting it are not you know at the levels that would require 78 percent or 90 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of getting it .
We need to be cautious .
We need to be you know taking proper steps while we ’ re waiting on the vaccine .
Which by the way , is you know the fastest development of vaccines ever .
Ever .
And it ’ s all being led by the Trump administration .
And no credit .
No credit .
Instead , they want to discredit the vaccine .
And you know I ’ ve said this to any number of people we ’ ve been out talking .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine by the end of December .
And this is what the media does and what the Democrats do .
Then the CDC director came out there and said it won ’ t be ready for wide distribution until you know March or April .
They ’ re both right .
We ’ re going to have a vaccine probably by the end of the year maybe a little sooner and then we can start distributing it to the highest risk people .
That will happen .
It won ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a mild case .
It won ’ t be available for people who have no co-morbidities probably till March or April , that ’ s true .
Take some time to ramp up the production .
They ’ re both right but when that happened the media said oh Trump lied .
it ’ s not true .
Blah blah blah .
They were both correct .
It was the way they said it one said the vaccine will be developed and ready by the end of December .
True .
Mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s that kind of you know scaring people into thinking there ’ s not going to be any hope in the future .
Treatment has already gotten a lot better .
Not perfect but a lot better and the vaccine is on the way .
And that ’ s why I think most Republicans are calming down because they ’ re actually paying attention and not paying attention to just the headlines by the mainstream but paying attention to what the facts are and what the science says .
Democrats always telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they would follow the science on this they would be concerned but not panicked .
and right now they ’ re panicked .
Fredericks : I think this is going to have an impact Congressman Griffith on their Election Day turnout because they have scared their voters into such a frenzy that they ’ re afraid to go vote .
They want to do mail-in ballots .
Already in Virginia , we got 387 mailing ballots requested and not returned .
Obviously , that number is going to go down .
But you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end up with 200,000 ballots that were not mailed back or not mailed back on time .
And then there ’ s going to be some that have mistakes in them .
So this is a real serious problem .
They have scared their voters , they scared the wits out of them with the fake news .
And now they ’ re kind of stuck with it .
You had the virus .
My wife Ann had it .
She was in bed a couple of days fine now but I got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out I wouldn ’ t take it because like why am I gon na take a vaccine .
I have no need to take it .
If I get it I ’ m 62 healthy male big guy , I ’ ll be fine in a day and a half .
So even if it comes out right polls are saying now 40 percent of people aren ’ t even going to take it .
So what does that mean if you get a vaccine and half the people don ’ t take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Well it means you know those half are more likely to get it .
Most will survive so between the vaccine and those who survived we may have some herd immunity .
We don ’ t have enough testing on this yet .
We don ’ t have enough data yet .
The NIH , the National Institute of Health is following that they have a number of different studies going on .
As you may know , I ’ m actually participating in one of the NIH studies on people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have better data going forward as to you know where we stand and then you know we ’ ll have to go from there .
but you know the virus isn ’ t going to go away and they keep talking about you know they want to make it look like a Trump failure .
But worldwide there has been an increase in cases .
Not just in the United States .
Listen to the full show here :


thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--With Less Than a Week Until Election Day, Virginia Politicians Have Continued to See Their Campaign

With Less Than a Week Until Election Day, Virginia Politicians Have Continued to See Their Campaign Signs Stolen or Vandalized

Once again , campaign signs are the innocent victims of pre-election stress and anger .
From Giles County to Chincoteague , signs for both Republican and Democratic candidates are being stolen or vandalized .
“ We had a rash one night were they basically came through the whole city , one end of the city to the other end , and took out some of the larger signs , ” candidate for Portsmouth mayor Tony Goodwin said .
“ It was so intentional , they sliced them up with box cutters and just left them hanging.
” Goodwin said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep them from being damaged .
“ They still cut the wire .
It was not just that average , one-off kind of thing.
” “ Quite frankly , we felt we must be doing something right , ” Goodwin said .
“ Obviously we ’ ve garnered attention for the underdog candidate.
” The Portsmouth mayor ’ s race has six candidates , and the city government has struggled with division and with a high-profile case against Senator Louise Lucas ( D-Portsmouth . )
Goodwin said 10 signs were damaged in one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the opponent is behind it , ” Goodwin said , but didn ’ t specify which candidate .
“ Other people will come to their own conclusions.
” Richmond mayoral candidate Kim Gray reported 400-500 stolen signs ; her opponent Levar Stoney also reported stolen signs , according to ABC6 News .
In Bedford , both Republican and Democratic signs have been vandalized according to WFXR .
Rappahanock County Sheriff Connie Compton told The Rappahanock News sign vandalism was distributed across both parties .
“ We see ‘ Biden ’ on the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden signs , ” she said .
The Eastern Shore Post reported signs vandalized in Chincoteague .
Arlington Democrats say over a thousand of their signs have been destroyed , according to WUSA9 .
In southwestern Virginia , the Giles County Sheriff ’ s Office also reported sign vandalism .
In a Facebook post , the office said , “ These signs are considered personal property .
Our deputies are conducting extra patrol in areas where problems have been reported .
Any larceny or vandalism complaint will be investigated.
” “ It just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that by stealing a sign they ’ ll change someone ’ s mind , ” commenter Jeanine Thompson wrote on the post .
“ I mean , REALLY ?
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” Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and the Star News Digital Network .
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thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--TRUMPDATE: Latest from the Team Trump Virginia Campaign for October 29

Welcome to the Thursday edition of our daily Virginia Trump campaign update !
We will provide our readers with daily updates on the Trump Virginia campaign from today to November 3 ( and after…if need be ! )
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It ’ s officially five days until the election on November 3 – and two days until early voting in Virginia closes .
President Trump spoke at rallies in Arizona on Wednesday , likely the final time the president will appear out west before Tuesday .
Today Mr. Trump will appear at a rally in Florida before making his way to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has President Trump speaking in Wisconsin at two rallies before heading to Minnesota .
Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be provided to enrollees at no charge when the vaccine becomes widely available in 2021 .
This is seen as another positive move in the right direction for the Trump administration in its battle with the coronavirus that ’ s killed over 230,000 Americans .
“ Under President Trump ’ s leadership , we have developed a comprehensive plan to support the swift and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine for COVID-19 , ” said CMS Administrator Seema Verma .
“ As Operation Warp Speed nears its goal of delivering the vaccine in record time , CMS is acting now to remove bureaucratic barriers while ensuring that states , providers and health plans have the information and direction they need to ensure broad vaccine access and coverage for all Americans.
” In Virginia , Mike Dickinson , who is running for Richmond City Council as a Republican , is organizing another Trump parade set to roll off at 2 p.m. from Mission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VA 23228 ) .
Dickinson organized the first a couple weeks ago , and over 500 cars turned out .
“ It was massive , ” Dickinson told The Virginia Star .
“ I knew it was going to be big , but no idea how big.
” Once again , those wishing to take part in the parade are encouraged to decorate their cars with signs and flags , and for people to wear their shirts and hats supporting President Trump ’ s re-election .
“ The amount of enthusiasm last time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It speaks volumes about the support the president has in Richmond , and it shows Democrats and folks on the left that supporters of the president will not be intimidated.
” Dickinson believes his campaign for city council has received a boost since the first parade , and he ’ s optimistic this next one will do even more favors for his election efforts .
“ I ’ m going to do everything I can to help myself get elected and get President Trump re-elected , ” he said .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 , and I am fully aligned with President Trump ’ s platform , and I am the law and order candidate for Richmond City Council.
” Check back every day for more Trump Virginia campaign updates !
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He is also a Trump 2020 delegate and the chairman of the Trump Virginia Delegation .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--Richmond Judge Sides with Northam on Lee Statue Removal

A Richmond Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of the Commonwealth and Governor Ralph Northam on Tuesday , allowing for the removal of the controversial Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond ’ s historic Monument Avenue .
In his decision , Judge W. Reilly Marchant lifted the temporary injunction , ordered by a separate judge back in August , which barred Nortam from taking action , but said the statue could not be removed until a proper appeal process has taken place .
“ The Lee monument was built to celebrate the Confederacy and uphold white supremacy , ” Northam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ This victory moves Virginia forward in removing this relic of the past—one that was erected for all the wrong reasons.
” “ The Lee statue does not represent who we have become as Virginians and it sends the wrong message to the rest of the world that we continue to venerate an individual who fought to maintain the enslavement of human beings , ” Herring said .
“ This decision puts Virginia one step closer on the path to finally bringing this divisive symbol down and I remain as dedicated as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once and for all.
” The defendants argued that Northam had legal authority to remove the monument , while the plaintiffs argued the statue , pedestal and the land it sits on are protected under restrictive covenants set forth in 1870 and 1890 deeds transferring the statue to the state .
In Marchant ’ s analysis of the case arguments , he said the ruling hinged on the fact that it was no longer public policy in the Commonwealth to hold the Confederacy in reverence , which meant those restrictive covenants are no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy .
Marchant said the statue contradicts contemporary societal values through testimony from two Civil War historians , who said the monument was erected to vindicate the beliefs of southern Whites at the time and to honor the Confederacy , and because of language within the General Assembly ’ s biennial budget calling for the state to remove and store the statue .
The plaintiffs tried to argue that the budget bills were special legislation , unconstitutional and should not be considered in the case , but Marchant disagreed .
Despite the ruling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attorney , told The Virginia Star that his “ clients have authorized an appeal ” to the Virginia Supreme Court .
This lawsuit and the entire situation involving Richmond ’ s Confederate monuments began during the summer after George Floyd was murdered in police custody .
On the following weekend , protests erupted in Richmond over police brutality and racial inequity , and much of the demonstrators ’ anger was directed toward the various statues .
Northam ordered the Lee statue be removed in June , but a local resident filed suit to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court judge – who eventually had to rescue himself because he lived nearby the statue creating a potential conflict of interest – imposed an injunction to prevent any work being done by the state .
This resulted in protestors vandalizing and pulling down several statues around the city , leading to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney calling the monuments a public health risk and ordering the removal of Confederate statues on city property .
Now , the heavily-graffitied Lee statue is one of the few remaining Confederate monuments in the city of Richmond , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jacob Taylor is a reporter at The Virginia Star and the Star News Digital Network .
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thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--Follow The Money: Who Is Investing in the Richmond Mayor’s Race?

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has passed the $ 916,255 he raised in his 2016 campaign , hitting $ 1.07 million in 2020 by raising $ 302,294 in the first three weeks of October , according to data from The Virginia Public Access Project ( VPAP ) .
Alexsis Rodgers has raised $ 415,760 in total , despite beginning her race in June .
Kim Gray has raised $ 391,502 .
“ With 400 grand you can get what you need to .
You can have enough staff , enough mailings , enough everything , ” pundit Paul Goldman told The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data show ’ s Stoney ’ s big 2020 donors : Terry McAuliffe ’ s Common Good VA PAC is Stoney ’ s biggest donor , giving $ 60,000 to the Mayor for his re-election .
Washington D.C.-based attorney and lead VPAP donor Ronald Abramson gave Stoney $ 30,000 .
The Mid-Atlantic branch of the Laborers International Union gave him $ 25,000 in cash and $ 25,026 in in-kind funding .
Virginia Realtors PAC also gave Stoney $ 31,923 in in-kind funding .
In the past two weeks , Stoney again spent big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has increased his web spending from $ 951 in September to $ 13,292 , according to VPAP .
Rodgers has had some big donors in 2020 , including $ 100,000 from major Virginia Democratic donor Sonjia Smith and $ 49,530 from New Virginia Majority , a racial-equity-focused PAC .
Smith ’ s husband , Michael Bills , gave Rodgers $ 25,000 .
Smith and Bills also fund the Clean Virginia PAC .
In 2019 , The Virginia Mercury , also partially funded by Smith , reported about Bills , “ The former Goldman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign donor in the state , with contributions totaling $ 1.7 million so far this year , according to [ VPAP ] , which tracks money in politics.
” But Rodgers ’ stand-out success is with donors giving less than $ 100 .
According to VPAP , she ’ s received over 2,145 donations of $ 100 or less , dwarfing Stoney , who has received 701 such donations , and Gray , who ’ s received 350 .
High numbers of small donors suggest strong grassroots support from younger voters , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rodgers has increased her web spending to $ 50,100 in the first three weeks of October , compared to $ 20,866 in September .
According to VPAP , Gray ’ s top 2020 donations include $ 35,000 from realtor William O ’ Connor , $ 23,171 from her PAC for her city council run , $ 5,000 from Richmond-based Estes Express Lines CEO Robey Estes , and $ 5,000 from his wife , Jean Estes .
In the past three weeks , Gray paid digital marketing firm Nexivate $ 38,415 , and spent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VPAP .
In September , she paid Nexivate $ 67,490 , and spent $ 25,577 on radio .
Despite all that cash , Stoney has recently struggled to poll above 40 percent .
According to both Goldman and Senator Joe Morrissey ( D-Richmond ) , that suggests high unpopularity and good chances for a challenger who can reach the high number of undecided voters .
“ It will be a nail-biter , ” Morrissey said on Monday on the John Fredericks Radio Show .
Full disclosure : In September , the John Fredericks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gray ’ s campaign .
Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and the Star News Digital Network .
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thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--US Economy Surges at Record Rate, GDP Grows 33.1 Percent

The U.S. economy grew by a record 33.1 % in the third quarter of 2020 , as employers continue to restore jobs and the country continues to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic .
The Department of Commerce figure released Wednesday reflects the rate of decline in U.S. gross domestic product ( GDP ) during the third quarter , from July to September .
The economy plunged by 31.4 % in the second quarter of 2020 , a record drop caused by government measures to combat the spread of coronavirus , according to The Associated Press .
The economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s advance estimation of GDP , comes as good news to President Donald Trump ’ s reelection campaign , according to The Financial Times .
Americans have consistently approved of Trump ’ s handling of the economy throughout his presidency , The New York Times reported .
“ We ’ re having a Super V [ shaped recovery ] .
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nobody even thought .
Wait till you see that number in GDP , ” Trump said during a recent Pennsylvania rally , according to the FT. “ I ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll take 15 right now .
I think the record was like seven or eight.
” Economists forecasted a 31 % rise in GDP , according to the FT. An Oct. 6 CNN poll showed Americans are split evenly on if Trump would be better for the economy than Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden .
It represented a drop in support for Trump ’ s handling of the economy compared to the rest of his presidency .
The positive news comes as many states have been hit with a fresh surge of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tracking Project .
The U.S. reported 78,661 new coronavirus cases and 1,025 new coronavirus deaths Wednesday .
Thomas Catenacci is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-29--New Unemployment Claims Fall to 751,000, Beat Expectations

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims decreased to 751,000 last week as the economy continues to suffer the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic , according to the Department of Labor .
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics figure released Thursday represented a decrease of new jobless claims compared to the week ending Oct. 17 , in which there were 787,000 new jobless claims reported .
The figure released on Oct. 22 was the lowest since March , according to CNBC .
Economists expected Thursday ’ s jobless claims number to come in around 778,000 CNBC reported .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the first week of August , which was the first time the weekly claims had fallen below 1 million since March .
“ The easy gains have been had so far , ” Deutsche Bank senior U.S. economist Brett Ryan told The Wall Street Journal .
“ We don ’ t think that you ’ re going to see the draconian shutdowns that you had at the beginning of the pandemic .
It ’ s going to be much more localized , but that alone keeps firms cautious.
” Average coronavirus cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steadily in the U.S. since around Oct. 17 , according to The COVID Tracking Project and The Financial Times .
Jobless claims hovered around 200,000 per week before the pandemic , according to WSJ .
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in March as coronavirus spread rapidly around the world .
The U.S. added 661,000 jobs in September , while unemployment fell to 7.9 % , according to the Department of Labor data released Oct. 2 .
October ’ s unemployment report is set to be released on Nov. 6 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % in the second quarter due to the pandemic .
The third-quarter report , which will be released Thursday , is expected to show significant growth , according to the Associated Press .
Thomas Catenacci is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .
Photo “ Unemployment ” by Bytemarks .
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thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Community Oversight Board Declares Use of Force Consent Decrees for Metro Police

The Community Oversight Board ( COB ) approved a report issuing use of force consent decree recommendations .
Metro Nashville Police Department ( MNPD ) will work with the COB to implement these recommendations .
Mayor John Cooper tasked members within the Community Oversight Board to explore use of force policies following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor .
Cooper acted in response to President Barack Obama ’ s Reimagining Policing Pledge to review and reform use of force policies that reflect the “ systemic racism within law enforcement.
” The board issued seven recommendations for MNPD .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ decrees informed the COB ’ s report .
The COB asked that MNPD make changes to its current infrastructure .
Recommendations included a comprehensive review of the consistency between policy and training , more training on conducting use of force investigations , and a three-tiered classification system for all use of force above handcuffing .
The board also desired that the demographics relating to race , ethnicity , sex , location , and age for different uses of force be collected and stored in an interactive dashboard updated monthly or quarterly .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new teams specifically for mental health-related calls and a use of force investigations .
In 2018 , voters approved a referendum to create the COB .
The intent of the board was to provide oversight for MNPD .
As The Tennessee Star reported previously , the Nashville Fraternal Order of Police ( FOP ) didn ’ t support creation of the COB .
Nashville ’ s previous mayor , David Briley , expressed concern over the costliness and politicization that the COB could incur .
Prior to the COB , individuals could file @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the district or U.S. attorney ’ s office , the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation , or even the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) .
In the year following creation of the COB , tensions thickened between Metro police and the board .
COB ’ s initial executive director resigned after seven months .
A previous policy report presented this past spring asked that MNPD cease asking individuals about their immigration and citizenship status .
Following the Floyd riots , the COB issued another policy report to ban chokeholds and strangleholds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at moving vehicles .
The COB told The Star that its leadership wouldn ’ t be available for comment prior to press time .
Corinne Murdock is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and the Star News Network .
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by Eric Lendrum
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) announced on Thursday that the department is currently investigating 29 officers, and has suspended six, for their actions during the protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, according to CNN.
A department spokesman said that “Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman has directed that any member of her department whose behavior is not keeping in line with the Department’s Rules of Conduct will face appropriate discipline.” The six who were suspended will still be receiving pay, and the 29 total officers under investigation is nearly three times the amount of officers who were previously announced as being under investigation back in January.
Pittman said that, as part of the ongoing investigations, the USCP was “reviewing video and other open source materials of some USCP officers and officials that appear to be in violation of Department regulations and practices.” Some Democrats, including Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), have claimed, without evidence, that some officers openly supported the protesters, allowed them inside, and even guided them around the interior of the building.
During the mostly peaceful protests, Trump supporters entered the Capitol out of protest of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, as the questionable electoral college results were being formally tabulated by Congress. One Trump supporter, Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, was shot in the neck by a plainclothes police officer at close range; the officer who killed her will not be facing any charges for her death.
Several other people died that same day due to sudden medical conditions that had nothing to do with the protests, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick; Sicknick has been confirmed to have died of a stroke after it was erroneously reported that he had been beaten to death by protesters with a fire extinguisher.
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Eric Lendrum reports for American Greatness.
Photo “Capitol Police” by Elvert Barnes. CC BY-SA 2.0.


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Commentary: Biden Is Sinking

Commentary: Biden Is Sinking

Bigfoot conspiracy theorists and flat-earthers on Wednesday sought distance between themselves and those claiming the Hunter Biden pay-for-play scandal is “ Russian disinformation.
” Written off as skullduggery , the New York Post ’ s Hunter Biden story now entangles his father , Joe Biden .
On Tuesday night , Tony Bobulinski , Hunter ’ s ex-business partner , confirmed in an appearance on “ Tucker Carlson Tonight ” that Joe Biden as Barack Obama ’ s vice president was deeply involved in his son ’ s murky dealings in China .
Carlson aired more recordings between Bobulinski and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ final week is not a cozy one for Joe Biden , as 2016 ’ s most accurate pollsters show the presidential race at a dead heat , and President Trump climbing in key states .
At the national level , the Investor ’ s Business Daily ( IBD ) /TechnoMetrica Institute of Politics and Policy ( TIPP ) presidential election tracking poll on Wednesday remains around four points between Donald Trump and Joe Biden , that gap flirting with just two points last week .
IBD says Trump now leads by eleven among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s support among black voters appeared to drop 10 points overnight .
Biden is running nearly six points shy of Hillary ’ s 85-point black vote gap .
Interestingly , IBD says Trump ’ s support among Hispanics and Latinos is at 36 percent—a significant bump on his 28 percent showing four years ago .
Over at Rasmussen , the president ’ s approval rating hit 52 percent—five points higher than President Obama on the same day in 2012 .
And Rasmussen ’ s daily tracking poll on Wednesday found President Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with 48 percent of the vote .
The same poll on Tuesday had Biden two points up .
Biden was 12 points ahead according to that same metric four weeks ago .
Despite Big Tech ’ s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal , Rasmussen found 54 percent of Americans think Joe Biden was in on Hunter ’ s dealings .
A majority in every demographic agrees , except one—Democrats .
Those findings came before Tucker Carlson ’ s interview with Bobulinski on Tuesday night .
Bobulinski told Tucker Carlson he twice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came forward only when detractors smeared his name with that of “ Russian disinformation.
” Asked if it was clear that Hunter Biden had told his father about the dealings , Bobulinski said : “ Crystal clear.
” He added : “ I didn ’ t request to meet with Joe .
They requested that I meet with Joe—and Hunter says this in writing—they were putting their entire family legacy on the line .
They knew exactly what they were doing .
They were dealing with a Chinese-owned enterprise .
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that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese Communist Party , that ’ s how they read me in on this.
” Bobulinski took matters to the TV screen only after his repeated and time-limited requests for his name to be cleared from talk of Russian disinformation .
On an audio clip between Bobulinski and Rob Walker , a self-described Biden family representative , we hear these protestations : “ If he doesn ’ t come out—on record—I am providing the facts , ” Bobulinski says .
“ Ah , Tony , you ’ re just going to bury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Walker replies .
When asked about Joe Biden ’ s repeated denials of involvement with Hunter ’ s business dealings , Bobulinski said : “ That ’ s a blatant lie.
” “ Hunter introduced me as ‘ This is Tony , Dad , the individual I told you about that ’ s helping us with the business that we ’ re working on and the Chinese.
’ ” Bobulinski , a former U.S. Navy lieutenant and prominent businessman , confirmed Joe Biden was “ the big guy ” Hunter refers to in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ People were accusing my family of treason , after I defended this country , and after I served this country .
“ I was focused on pushing these guys to do the right thing.
” Bobulinski , whose naval career involved a high-level security clearance , said : “ I think Joe Biden and the Biden family are compromised.
” As the show aired , Twitter slow-walked the story .
Despite rapidly hitting 200,000 tweets—40 times the “ trending ” threshold—the story somehow never registered as “ trending.
” Despite the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York Post ’ s original Hunter Biden article exploded on Facebook and Twitter , followed closely by the censorship surrounding that story .
Between October 12 and 19 , that report garnered 2.6 million interactions on Facebook and Twitter , while related interactions nearly doubled that with 4.7 million mentions .
The Facebook and Twitter censorship effort hit 2.8 million interactions , despite the social media giants ’ desperate attempts to crush the story .
Of course , we can not say whether the scandal has had any effect on the presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pushed Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight to convince himself and Democrats that Biden doesn ’ t need to win the Keystone State .
This is partially true : If Biden loses Florida and Pennsylvania , his chances drop to 13-in-100—a barfly ’ s bet , but not mathematically impossible .
Add Texas , Ohio , and Arizona to Trump ’ s column , and Biden ’ s chances sink to just 5-in-100 .
Silver ’ s glib dismissal follows a slew of post-debate polls showing Pennsylvania trending towards Donald Trump .
The New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ social reinforcement , ” asking : Can We Trust Pennsylvania ’ s Polls ?
According to Times reporter Shawn McCreesh , the polls show Biden winning , so : “ Why does it feel so different on the ground here ?
” Good question .
Why would reality feel different from polls with a wobbly record of recording reality ?
Trafalgar—which accurately predicted the outcome of the 2016 race—now finds Trump inching ahead in Pennsylvania , with the RealClearPolitics average sitting at just 3.8 points .
Meanwhile , Trump took the lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One could suggest Biden ’ s debate promise to “ transition ” 600,000 Pennsylvanians and destroy the oil industry and 6 million jobs isn ’ t all too popular .
They ’ re not worried .
Biden doesn ’ t need Pennsylvania .
But they sure act like he does .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--New Report Highlights Tennessee’s in-Demand Jobs

Members of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development have released a new report that they say highlights jobs in high demand across Tennessee .
Those jobs include occupations in finance and technology , automotive , distribution and logistics , and other target industry clusters .
This , according to a press release that TNECD officials published on their website this week .
The Labor and Education Alignment Program ( LEAP ) describes occupations that TNECD officials said “ are strategically important to the growth of the state economy and to TNECD ’ s expansion and recruitment efforts.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ STEM occupations with high employer demand .
“ This year ’ s report also addresses potential new trends that could emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and includes a new section highlighting where in-demand positions intersect with high levels of unemployment claims in 2020 , as reported by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development , ” according to the press release .
“ For each region of Tennessee , approximately 60 to 100 occupations that businesses need to fill are identified in the report .
The study analyzes key metrics such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hires and projected job openings .
The LEAP report seeks to assist local , regional and state policy decision-makers and outlines areas for increased alignment between education and industry.
” Tennessee ’ s in-demand jobs , the report said , include , among countless others , welders , electromechanical assemblers , woodworkers , and production workers .
Tennessee ’ s unemployment rate as of September of this year was 6.3 percent , according to the report .
“ There are valid concerns about what this recovery means for the workforce , especially specific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and women , which is why there must be an increased focus on short term training and workforce readiness programs , ” the report said .
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission will release an Academic Supply and Occupational Demand Report in January that will build upon the results of this study .
The report will also include supporting programs of study offered at Tennessee ’ s colleges and universities , the press release said .
The 2020 LEAP report is available for download here .
Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook .
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thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Three Dead in Church Attack, Plunging France into Dual Emergency

NICE , France ( AP ) — A man armed with a knife attacked people inside a French church and killed three Thursday , prompting the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown .
The attack in Mediterranean city of Nice was the third in two months in France that authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists , including the beheading of a teacher .
It comes during a growing furor over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that were republished in recent months by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo — renewing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world over the depictions that Muslims consider offensive but are protected by French free speech laws .
Other confrontations and attacks were reported Thursday in the southern French city of Avignon and in the Saudi city of Jiddah , but it was not immediately clear if they were linked to the attack in Nice .
French President Emmanuel Macron said he would immediately increase the number of soldiers deployed to protect schools and religious sites from around 3,000 currently to 7,000 , and France ’ s anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation .
French @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in recent years , and Thursday ’ s killings come ahead of the Roman Catholic All Saints ’ holiday .
The assailant was wounded by police and hospitalized after the killings at the Notre Dame Basilica , a half-mile ( less than a kilometer ) from the site in 2016 where another attacker plowed a truck into a Bastille Day crowd , killing dozens of people .
Thursday ’ s attacker was believed to be acting alone , and police are not searching for other assailants , said two police officials , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were not authorized to be publicly named .
“ He cried ‘ Allah Akbar !
’ over and over , even after he was injured , ” said Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi , who confirmed a woman and a man died inside the church , while a second woman fled to a nearby bar but was mortally wounded .
“ The meaning of his gesture left no doubt.
” Shots punctuated the air and witnesses screamed as police stationed at the grandiose doors to the church appeared to fire at the attacker inside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Associated Press .
For a time after the attack , explosions could be heard as sappers detonated suspicious objects .
It was the third attack since Charlie Hebdo republished the caricatures in September as the trial opened for the 2015 attacks at the paper ’ s offices and a kosher supermarket .
The gunmen in that attack claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group and al-Qaida , which both recently called anew for strikes against France .
A verdict is planned for Nov. 13 , the fifth anniversary of another series of deadly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ series of recent attacks come amid renewed outcry over depictions of Islam ’ s most revered prophet — whose birthday was marked in several countries Thursday — and the French government ’ s fierce defense of the right to publish and show them .
Muslims have held protests in several countries and called for a boycott of French goods .
Dozens of Pakistani students rallied in the capital Thursday to denounce Macron .
“ With the attack against Samual Paty , it was freedom of speech that was targeted , ” Prime Minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the teacher who was beheaded after showing his class caricatures of the prophet during a civics lesson .
“ With this attack in Nice , it is freedom of religion.
” Earlier , the lower house of parliament suspended a debate on France ’ s new virus restrictions and held a moment of silence for the victims .
Castex rushed from the hall to a crisis center overseeing the aftermath of the Nice attack and later returned to announce the alert level increase .
Macron left for Nice almost immediately .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is under attack , ” Macron said as he stood before the church .
He added that all of France offered its support to Catholics “ so that their religion can be exercised freely in our country .
So that every religion can be practiced .
” In Avignon on Thursday morning , an armed man was shot and killed by police after he refused to drop his weapon and a flash-ball shot failed to stop him , one police official said .
And a Saudi state-run news agency said a man stabbed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jiddah , wounding the guard before he was arrested .
While many groups and nations have been angered or frustrated by France ’ s position on the cartoons , several issued their condolences Thursday , as did France ’ s traditional allies .
The French Council of the Muslim Faith condemned the Nice attack and called on French Muslims to refrain from festivities marking the birth of Muhammad “ as a sign of mourning and in solidarity with the families of victims and the Catholics of France.
” Turkey ’ s Foreign Ministry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand in solidarity with the people of France against terror and violence , ” the statement said .
Relations between Turkey and France hit a new low after Turkey ’ s president accused Macron of Islamophobia over the caricatures and questioned his mental health , prompting Paris to recall its ambassador to Turkey for consultations .
The attack in Nice came less than two weeks after Paty , the teacher , was beheaded .
In September , a man who had sought asylum in France attacked bystanders outside Charlie Hebdo ’ s former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Roman Catholic sites have also frequently been targeted , including the killing of the Rev .
Jaqcues Hamel , who had his throat slit while celebrating Mass in his Normandy church by Islamic militants and a plot to bomb Paris ’ Notre Dame cathedral .
Those attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group , which also is believed to have recruited a man now on trial for an unsuccessful plot to attack a church .
Nice ’ s 19th-century basilica Notre Dame de l ’ Assomption is the largest church in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cathedral 1 mile ( 2 kilometers ) away .
The basilica ’ s twin neogothic towers are a landmark feature in the heart of the city .
Lori Hinnant and Daniel Cole are reporters for The Associated Press .
Hinnant reported from Paris .
AP writers Angela Charlton and Thomas Adamson in Paris and Zeynep Bilginsoy in Istanbul contributed to this report .
About the Headline Photo : Police officers stand guard near Notre Dame church in Nice , southern France , Thursday , Oct. 29 , 2020 .
An attacker armed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice , prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level .
It was the third attack in two months in France amid a growing furor in the Muslim world over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that were re-published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo .
( Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP )


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Hosts Leahy and Kellett Follow the Money Trail from Hudson West to Hunter Biden Controlled Owasco PC

Hosts Leahy and Kellett Follow the Money Trail from Hudson West to Hunter Biden Controlled Owasco PC of $4.8 Million

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. – hosts Leahy and Doug Kellett dissect the money flow from the Chinese Communist Party to the Hudson West LLC ’ s , Owasco PC and Hunter Biden .
Kellett : He said tell me the interview that oh , shoot .
Who was it , Tucker Carlson ?
Leahy : How could you forget Tucker Carlson ?
Kellett : I know he played a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yeah , I watched it on TV last night and it was very good .
So here ’ s the question Doug .
Follow the money , right ?
So I did a little research on this just kind of get your reaction to it .
Leahy : So the way the money works , this Chinese Communist Energy Fund that was headed up by a Communist Party bureaucrat .
The money came from the Chi-Coms .
In late August of 2017 , they sent a wire transfer in the amount of $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hudson West III .
It ’ s a limited liability company .
A Chinese guy named Gongwen Dong or something like that .
( Kellett chuckles ) They called him , Kevin .
Kellett : They used Delaware for some tax reasons .
Leahy : Everyone in 50 percent to 70 percent of corporations in America are incorporated in Delaware .
Leahy : Because of the way that the privacy laws there are great .
That ’ s one of their industries .
Incorporating companies .
Hudson West III .
The way they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set up various entities and if you have an investment fund , you know , it ’ ll say fund one .
Fund one , fund two , fund three , fund four .
If you look at Hudson West hmm think about that .
What do you think ?
Does that mean Hudson River West ?
Leahy : Okay , I would think so if you look , the name is Hudson West .
So if there ’ s a Hudson West III , there ’ s also Hudson West I , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ IV .
Each set up by the Chinese Communist representative in America this Kevin Gongwen Dong guy .
So if you look at it , if you look at the records , there was a Hudson West I which bought a building in New York City for $ 228 million .
I just checked this out at Hudson West I. I didn ’ t find a Hudson West II but I ’ m sure it ’ s out there .
Hudson West III and Hudson West IV was set up to be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the entity owned by the Bidens in which Tony Bobulinski was a partner .
Those two were the partners in Sino Hawk .
So that was where the money was supposed to go , right ?
So Hudson West IV was supposed to be where the five million from the Chi-Coms would go , right ?
Well , what happened was in September of 2017 , five million went to Hudson West III .
Not Hudson West IV .
Tony Bobulinski had no idea that money came in until two years later when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So five million goes into Hudson West III run by this Gongwen Dong .
Whatever his name was .
They called him Kevin , a Chinese national .
Kellett : Just call him Bubba .
We ’ ll just call him Bubba .
Leahy : So there ’ s five million that goes into Hudson West III , a Delaware limited liability company run by this Chinese national .
According to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security over the course of the next year 4.8 million of that went into the bank account @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called Owasco PC .
That ’ s his legal firm .
$ 4.8 million dollars now .
Now meanwhile , remember the new information we got the other night from Tony Bobulinski .
Leahy : No , no , no .
Hunter Biden .
So there are one point eight million bucks under Hunter Biden ’ s control that originated from the Chinese Communist Party .
What was that for ?
Where is it ?
Why isn ’ t the Federal Bureau of Investigation and why isn ’ t the Department of Justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attorney issuing a subpoena for the bank records of Owasco PC that received $ 4.8 million from the Chi-comms that ’ s entirely controlled by Hunter Biden ?
Can you answer that question for me , Doug ?
Kellett : Oh sure .
I could just answer right away .
( Laughter ) Well , you know , here ’ s the thing Mike and I were looking at you know , like you ’ re asking that question , right ?
So you gave me a heads-up on it .
I appreciate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , just listening and I ’ m trying to follow you here is that and I know from you know you being you that this is all accurate that you ’ re saying .
But what it seems so complicated to me that I ’ m just trying to think of how you get this down into a 10-15 second sort of , I hate to use the term soundbite , but that ’ s what we call it in the news business .
And you now sort of get this out to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kind of influence .
You know , you ’ re a fair question .
Why didn ’ t the FBI have this laptop in 2019 ?
Kellett : Yeah separate issue , right ?
So I don ’ t know why not doing or you know , they don ’ t tell us you know , I mean , that ’ s just the way it is and they don ’ t you know , they don ’ t tell us if something is under investigation or whatever .
And I go back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a thing to me and I think most people were pretty easy to understand .
You have classified information and you put it on a non-classified server .
People know what kind of what that is .
Our enemies might be able to grab it and people got it and knew that was reckless and then the FBI got involved .
And so I think you know , that one was easy for me to see how that influences , you know the populace .
This one is so I mean it kind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing right ?
Leahy : It ’ s a little bit like that .
You said something very important .
Kellett : I did .
I ’ m just being honest .
Leahy : How do you simplify this in a way that ’ s comprehensible ?
Right ?
But the question is there are $ 4.8 million in a bank account entirely controlled by Hunter Biden that originated with the Chinese Communist Party .
Kellett : But isn ’ t every business over there sort of , I know they do have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you are doing any kind of business .
Kellett : I mean , you can ’ t do legitimate business with China , right ?
Well , let ’ s just been doing legitimate stuff , too .
Leahy : I don ’ t know .
I mean , it doesn ’ t sound like it because , let ’ s just follow the bouncing ball here .
So he ’ s got $ 4.8 million in his account .
I would like to know where that money went .
Wouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end up in Joe Biden ’ s pocket or in an offshore account controlled by Joe Biden ?
That ’ s something I ’ d like to know .
Kellett : How do you find that out if it ’ s one of those offshore things ?
Leahy : Well , what you have to do is you have to get a subpoena the US attorney has to request a subpoena and get the bank records Owasco PC has bank records .
Everybody has bank records there in 2017 and 2018 .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in and money out , right ?
Kellett : I ’ m gon na ask you a question here .
If you ’ re doing something nefarious with the Chinese people and the communist government and everything wouldn ’ t you send it somewhere else ?
Leahy : If you were Hunter Biden why would you leave your laptop at a Delaware repair shop and not pick it up ?
Kellett : I think that ’ s why a lot of people say it ’ s a little shaky here , right .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ all this sensitive information including apparently some pics with… Kellett : And he drops it off at the laptop for the guy to fix and go through .
Listen to the full first 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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Photo “ Hunter Biden ” by ABC News .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Where’s the Money?: Leahy and Kellett Talk Twitter and Facebooks Diminishing Conservative News and H

Where’s the Money?: Leahy and Kellett Talk Twitter and Facebooks Diminishing Conservative News and Hunter Biden’s $4.8 Million

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. – hosts Leahy and Doug Kellett discuss Twitter and Facebook ’ s censorship of conservatives and continue the discussion of where the $ 4.8 million went that was given to Hunter Biden .
Kellett : ( Leahy laughs ) That is the head guy of Twitter .
And the other voice was Senator Ted Cruz of Texas kind of I guess I ’ m sort of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of hearing the virtual hearing they had yes , that ’ s why the audio sounds like it does .
And yeah , it ’ s I know I never really understood , you know Dorsey ’ s answer there because they are making decisions about you know things that are circulated via Twitter .
And you know goes back to you a conversation you and I have had numerous times .
Are they a publisher ?
Do they edit these things ?
So , you know , what about it Mike ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ straight to the Senate committee by Jack Dorsey .
Come on .
Kellett : He wants transparency Mike , come on .
Kellett : Well , I mean , what did he call it ?
Because I didn ’ t you know , I saw just bits and pieces of it yesterday on the Business Channel .
What is he saying that they ’ re doing ?
The Hunter Biden story I guess is one of them , right ?
It ’ s the one that probably Ted is talking about there .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the place .
Kellett : It ’ s basically anything to do with voting .
Yeah , you get a warning or something .
I mean , I ’ ve had a couple of them that I ’ ve said that are just stories , you know , just most of what I tweet anyway is just , you know stories from you know , regular sites .
You know , mainstream sites .
If you do some voting sometimes you get a warning with it .
Kellett : Is it a service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a disservice using the editorial function to stop conservative stories .
There is no question about that .
Kellett : Well it ’ s certain conservative stories .
That ’ s the thing .
They ’ re not consistent in that .
Leahy : The big conservative they stop .
They allow some out but they throttle them .
Kellett : Twitter is such a cesspool .
I mean the idea that conspiracy theories of one type or another and that ’ s the way they would view the Hunter Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got all kinds of conspiracy stuff floats on social media .
Twitter is got to be the worst of all of it as far as that ’ s concerned .
Leahy : It ’ s awful .
Nasty people on it .
I mean , Kellett : As the president would say , nasty people .
You know the language is pretty bad sometimes .
Leahy : So let ’ s take a look at that at Facebook .
So at The Tennessee Star , we ’ ve been doing great investigative work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you while I ’ m looking at the numbers right now our Facebook page is down 70 percent in the last month .
Kellett : If your posting stuff about voting it may be held up .
Kellett : Who do you think is the worst violator ?
Facebook or Twitter ?
Leahy : And Twitter is the worst and Facebook is a little behind .
So here ’ s the question .
You want transparency .
I want to go like a dog with a bone .
Kellett : There is transparency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bunch of leftist liberal types and we don ’ t like you .
Leahy : Yeah , right and we have monopoly control over this space .
Kellett : Exactly , don ’ t use my platform if you don ’ t like it , that ’ s probably what they would say .
Leahy : Yeah .
Well , that ’ s the essence of what Jack Dorsey said , but let ’ s go back to transparency .
I ’ m like a dog with a bone on this 4.8 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) So so just humor me a little bit .
Kellett : I am I thought I was doing that .
Leahy : No you are , you are .
But the $ 4.8 million .
It seems to me and we ’ re going to do start doing some stories about this original reporting on the Hunter Biden and Joe Biden scandals .
So it is known that $ 4.8 million went into Awasco PC .
The proprietorship controlled by Hunter Biden and that it ’ s also known that he said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this Chinese Communist Party-controlled energy company when it was trying to buy a 14 percent interest in the Russian State Energy company .
That ’ s known .
Where did that $ 4.8 million go ?
And so if we got the bank records , if we got the bank records from Awasco PC , which could be easily obtained with simply a subpoena and a warrant which to me the Department of Justice , any Senate committee , the FBI , a US attorney could and should ask a court to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Awasco PC .
I can tell you where its offices were .
Its offices were right on 2900 K Street in Washington DC on the fifth-floor office or apartment .
It ’ s right in the Georgetown area .
Very trendy area .
That ’ s where the offices were .
Now in December of 2019 Hunter Biden was according to the public records , he was removed and he was an executive officer there in December 2019 as another guy Eric Schwerin resigned .
This is according to public records that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ okay , so who ’ s running it now ?
Is it defunct but where ’ s the money ?
Where ’ s the money ?
Like that famous saying where ’ s the beef from 1984 ?
I think the saying now should be where ’ s the money ?
Where ’ s the money Joe ?
Where ’ s the money Hunter ?
Kellett : Well , here ’ s the question .
If they got this money or whatever you ’ ve got to tie it to Joe Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ records ?
I mean , you know , all the stuff comes out of The New York Times about Trump and the connection with you know , these all these various foreign companies .
What about it wouldn ’ t it be in there ?
Leahy : Very very good .
Here ’ s the other question .
Kellett : So I ’ m just saying but he ’ s released his tax .
Leahy : Joe Biden apparently has but what about Hunter Biden ?
Hunter Biden should release his 2017 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you think ?
Kellett : Well , I wouldn ’ t have a problem with it for sure but he ’ s not running .
Leahy : It doesn ’ t matter .
He ’ s the son of the former vice president the guy who ’ s running for president who according to Tony Bobulinski met with Bobulinski and Hunter Biden and his younger brother Jim Biden and they discussed this transfer of money from the Chi-coms to this company controlled by Hunter Biden .
I think that ’ s a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I guess I ’ m thinking in this you know , remember Neil Bush ?
There was all this with George W. running ?
Yeah , and I remember people calling into my show like that ’ s the president ’ s son .
He has nothing , you do know with anything .
Again , it ’ s only five days .
This may smolder after the election and if Biden wins this thing and and and everything , this may be one of those lingering sorts of scandals or whatever .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ dodging the whole time or whatever .
Leahy : Let me tell you my plan in America and we still and we shall have a free press .
And I don ’ t care whether there are only five days or four days or three days until the election .
Kellett : No , I ’ m just talking about as far as an impact on the election Leahy : We are going to follow this story over the next five days like a dog with a bone .
Kellett : What do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that money ?
Didn ’ t you do something with it ?
I know that he may have had a drug issue or something because that came up in the debate .
But what about you know , did he you know by Maserati or did he waste it on a bunch of stuff ?
Isn ’ t there a trail of that ?
You don ’ t usually just keep $ 4.8 million in cash around .
Leahy : We need some forensic accounting on this right .
We need his tax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : You ’ ve got Christopher Wray at the FBI .
What ’ s he doing with it ?
Leahy : Seriously why I have no idea why he doesn ’ t think there ’ s anything to deal with you .
How can you not think there ’ s something to you .
How could you have an ounce of intelligence and curiosity and not want to know the answer to these questions ?
I ’ m just asking for a friend .
Kellett : ( Laughter ) I love that on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about it .
If you maybe he knows all this other stuff , you know , maybe they did some investigation Mike and it ’ s like it ’ s all legit , right ?
I mean personally , I don ’ t like any of these dealings with these , you know countries like China and Russia .
In other words , it bothers me all the way around that we ’ ve got people running for high office that are doing these business dealings .
So I ’ m immediately you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do understand there ’ s a difference between legitimate business and illegitimate business .
Even if I don ’ t like you doing any business really .
But I think it would smolder at least after the election .
It ’ s one of those things where here ’ s something else comes out and you know next year you ’ re still talking about it and if Joe ’ s president then .
What happens ?
Leahy : We have something planned at The Tennessee Star .
We are going to provide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this .
You ’ ll see it tomorrow .
We ’ re going to have a central focus of all the questions on the Hunter Biden , Joe Biden scandal .
There ’ s going to be a one-stop location .
Kellett : That would help me where I can go .
Leahy : That ’ s what I want to do .
And we ’ re doing that tomorrow morning when we talk you will see our central location of all the scandals Hunter and Joe Biden and the Chi-comms , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Let me ask you this question .
Let ’ s say Donald Trump wins the election next week .
Okay .
Joe ’ s back into retirement in Delaware .
Are you going to really still care about it ?
Leahy : Well , it ’ s a matter of we ’ re laws broken .
Yeah , well I care about it .
Kellett : But I ’ m just saying I hear you that no matter you don ’ t care about the politics of it .
I ’ m just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the bigger… Leahy : Like a dog with a bone my friend .
Like a dog with a bone .
Grrrrr .
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thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Music Spotlight: Holiday State

Music Spotlight: Holiday State

NASHVILLE , Tennessee – Holiday State is a country/pop music group that started in 2014 by brothers Brandon , Brett , and Bryan DeLaura from Orange County , California .
With a new single “ Where I Wan na Be ” being released on November 13 , I wanted to explore the background of how they came to be .
Brandon admits that as kids their parents always played music around the house .
“ We were always dancing and singing , ” he related .
Their super musical family was listening to artists like Lionel Ritchie , Janet Jackson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and even the funk/disco group , The Gap Band .
Brandon ’ s favorite group was Boyz II Men .
Brett and Bryan were the brothers who leaned more into country music .
Bryan loved Alan Jackson while Brett was into the Chicks and Keith Urban .
“ Because there was always music around , it got us into performing and singing and doing shows for the family .
We had a really cool sound system in our house and we would crank that up.
” Bryan got on the guitar and Brett @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While still in high school , they started a basic pop/rock band in their garage .
Although they had friends who also played in their band , they never stuck around because they “ didn ’ t have the same goals and vision in mind as we did , ” Brandon said .
They were in and out of different bands and groups .
Brandon , the oldest , did some solo stuff .
Their mom finally advised , “ Why don ’ t you guys just do the three of you.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ becoming a band and officially formed Holiday State .
The name Holiday State originally was going be a clothing line that they had intended to start .
And once the group that Bryan and Brandon were in prior disbanded , they decided to name their new group Holiday State .
“ When they come to our shows , we want to take them away from all their trouble and worries .
For that moment , we want to put them in a holiday state of mind , ” Brandon said .
They ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first , “ Friday Feelin ’ ” was released in 2019 and was featured on Spotify ’ s New Music Nashville playlist and was covered by mega-blogs , Taste of Country and The Boot .
Following the well-received release , the music video for “ Friday Feelin ' ” was premiered by CMT and featured by the Country Music Network in their new must-hear songs of the summer list .
Their second single “ Steal the Thunder ” was premiered by Parade.com .
Their third single , “ Sun Up Sun Down ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the release of one more single ; “ Cut Me Loose ” which they performed live at The Whisky a Go-go in Los Angeles in March right before the COVID shutdown .
Though they are currently an independent band , they are not opposed to being on a label if the deal was right .
They write all the music that they perform .
You can hear how the California lifestyle influences their writing .
Their upcoming single , “ Where I Want to Be ” is about different memories that they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the virus shut down live music , but once it happened , the song took a whole new meaning .
“ When it came to this song , it ’ s like everyone can kind of relate to it now with being locked indoors for such a long time .
We all want to be somewhere where we are having a good time and getting out of this mess , ” Bryan said .
One of the defining moments of their life was on October 1 , 2017 , when Brett attended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Las Vegas .
The group was intensely shaken and an indelible mark was left on all three of them .
It was necessary at that time for Brett to heal , and as a part of the healing process , they sought out to make the most meaningful and purposeful music as possible .
Brett stressed , “ You really don ’ t ever expect that .
You ’ re around it , just enjoying the music and the people .
Sometimes a different reality kind of hits you in the face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of it .
The beauty of it is that the country community is so strong and tight and united and everyone supports one another.
” Even three years later , they run into a lot of people who also experienced that tragic day .
“ It kind of changes everyone ’ s outlook on life , the blessings and stuff you have around you .
I think it brought the country community and music in general closer together , ” Brett said .
With their varied musical tastes and backgrounds , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pop/country audience which is so popular with young people now .
“ It ’ s kind of the best of both of both worlds , ” Brett said .
At the beginning of 2020 , they opened a couple of shows for Logan Mize and had a 2020 tour planned .
Now they are forced to stay home where they have written a lot of songs and recorded demos which they will record in Nashville soon .
With the surge in COVID cases , touring may be on hold even longer than originally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record new music and to be suited up and ready to go when they get the opportunity to get back out there .
You can follow Holiday State on Instagram , Twitter , Spotify , Apple Music , Amazon Music , and YouTube .
Bethany Bowman is a freelance entertainment writer .
You can follow her blog , Instagram , Twitter , and YouTube .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Zuckerberg: FBI Warned Us to Be on the Lookout For a ‘Hack and Leak’ Op with ‘Trove of Docs’ Before

Zuckerberg: FBI Warned Us to Be on the Lookout For a ‘Hack and Leak’ Op with ‘Trove of Docs’ Before the Election

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Wednesday that the FBI warned him months ago that Facebook should be on “ heightened alert ” about “ hack and leak operations ” that could be part of a foreign disinformation campaign in the final weeks before the 2020 election .
The Facebook honcho made the remarks during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing where he testified alongside Google ’ s Sundar Pichai and Twitter ’ s Jack Dorsey .
“ One of the threats that the FBI has alerted our company and the public to was the possibility of a hack and leak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to this election , ” Zuckerberg said .
“ So you had both public testimony from the FBI and in private meetings alerts that were given—at least to our company , I assume the others as well–that suggested we be on high alert and sensitivity that if a trove of documents appeared , that we should view that with suspicion that it might be part of a foreign manipulation attempt.
” The FBI has had the computer and hard drive of Joe Biden ’ s son Hunter Biden in its possession for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 , the younger Biden dropped three water-damaged Macbooks at a computer repair shop in Delaware owned by John Paul Mac Isaac .
Isaac claims that in August , because the computers weren ’ t retrieved after 90 days , he was able to take legal possession and look inside .
He said he was shocked to find troves of emails concerning the Bidens ’ corrupt overseas business deals , as well as sexually explicit images on one of the laptops .
Isaac claims that he alerted the FBI to the computers ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Bureau made forensic copies of the laptop that November .
In December , the FBI obtained a warrant to seize the material , but not before Isaac made several copies .
He said he tried contacting several Republican members of congress and a Republican think tank about what he had found , but was ignored .
So finally , in early 2020 , he contacted President Trump ’ s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani through an intermediary .
Two weeks ago , The New York Post broke the story about the emails found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One particularly damning email showed that Hunter Biden had introduced his father , then President Barack Obama ’ s vice president , to a top executive at Burisma Holdings , a notoriously corrupt energy firm where Hunter sat on the Board .
A year later , Biden called for the ouster of a top Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating corruption at Burisma , including corruption involving his son .
Joe Biden has repeatedly denied knowing anything about Hunter ’ s business dealings in Ukraine .
Facebook and other media platforms have actively throttled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article , as well as many other news stories that have featured scandalous material from the laptop .
When asked by Senator Ron Johnson ( R-Wis. ) whether the FBI contacted Facebook about the New York Post article , Zuckerberg said the Bureau had not contacted them about that article “ specifically , ” but went on to suggest that he felt the FBI ’ s previous warning applied to the Hunter Biden laptop story .
“ They alerted us to be on heightened alert around a hack and leak operation around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Zuckerberg said .
Both Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that they had no evidence that the article was the work of Russian election interference .
Director Of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe debunked the Deep State conspiracy theory on Oct. 19 , saying there is no intelligence that supports the idea that Hunter Biden ’ s emails are linked to Russian disinformation .
Republican national security experts noted on Twitter that Zuckerberg ’ s revelation confirmed their “ worst suspicions.
” Last week , 19 GOP lawmakers sent a letter to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been a “ gross error in judgment ” if the agency had Hunter Biden ’ s laptop and hard drive but withheld it from Trump ’ s legal team during the House impeachment hearings .
“ If the FBI was , in fact , in possession of this evidence and failed to alert the White House to its existence that would have given even more weight to the president ’ s legal defense , this was a gross error in judgment and a severe violation of trust , ” the letter stated .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--ETSU Student Government Calls for Cutting All Ties with Neighboring Christian University Over Depart

ETSU Student Government Calls for Cutting All Ties with Neighboring Christian University Over Departure of Homosexual Professor

The Student Government Association at East Tennessee State University ( ETSU ) is targeting a private Christian university over allegations that it forced a homosexual professor to resign last spring .
The SGA at the public university on Tuesday voted 17-5 to suggest that ETSU cut its athletics scheduling and financial partnerships with Milligan University and other universities accused of discrimination , the Johnson City Press reported .
Milligan is located about five miles from ETSU .
ETSU Chief Communications Officer Joe Smith said , “ As with any action involving the SGA , this resolution will go through the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the newspaper .
On the employment section of its website , Milligan says , “ Because Milligan University is a Christian liberal arts university , employment requires a Christian commitment and lifestyle consistent with the University ’ s goals .
This creates a unique environment where Christians work with Christians , serving Christ through their work to “ change lives and shape culture ” — all for the glory of God .
It affords an atmosphere “ where Jesus Christ is exalted and excellence is the standard.
” It offers a friendly environment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God ’ s kingdom.
” A group of students and alumni wrote a letter to Milligan ’ s leadership last spring condemning the professor ’ s departure , WJHL reported .
They accused the university of not showing the love of Jesus and they asked that the university not discriminate against any more LGBTG people .
Greer ’ s statement included this : “ ( I ) n recent months , we have approved the establishment of a student led campus support group , modified several student handbook policies to , among other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are safe from harassment and bullying , and are considering modifications to other policies that will reinforce Milligan ’ s desire to be a welcoming community for everyone.
” Jason M. Reynolds has more than 20 years ’ experience as a journalist at outlets of all sizes .
Photo “ Eastern Tennessee State University Campus ” by Smoke321 .
CC BY-SA 4.0 .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Boeing Cuts Thousands of Jobs, Prepares for Air Travel Slow Down Amidst Coronavirus Surge

American aerospace giant Boeing announced a fresh round of job cuts during its earnings call on Wednesday morning as coronavirus cases continued to surge worldwide .
Boeing said it would cut 7,000 jobs by the end of 2021 , according to The Wall Street Journal .
The job cut , the latest in a series of coronavirus-related cuts , would take the company to 130,000 employees after starting 2020 with 160,000 .
“ As we align to market realities , our business units and functions are carefully making staffing decisions to prioritize natural attrition and stability in order to limit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company , ” Boeing CEO David Calhoun said in a staff note , according to NBC News .
In addition to the job cut , Boeing reported a third-quarter loss of $ 466 million , the WSJ reported .
The company ’ s sales fell 29 % compared to its 2019 third-quarter performance and spent $ 4.8 billion in cash .
In total , 19,000 employees are leaving Boeing this year , NBC News reported .
The company ’ s defense division will add some jobs .
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Airlines of America .
Airlines are projected to see a more than 40 % decline in scheduled passenger flights in November compared to November 2019 .
American Airlines and United Airlines announced jobs cuts totaling 32,000 in September , according to CNN Business .
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in March as coronavirus spread rapidly around the world .
Many states have seen recent surges of new cases , according to The COVID Tracking Project .
The U.S. economy has been devastated by the pandemic with gross domestic product plunging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 2020 .
The economy added 661,000 jobs in September , less than was forecasted .
Thomas Catenacci is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Metro Nashville Arts Committee to Address ‘White Supremacy Culture’

Members of a committee affiliated with the Metro Nashville Arts Commission are scheduled to meet next week to discuss what they describe as white supremacy culture .
Members of the Committee for Anti-Racism and Equity are scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. , Tuesday , November 4 virtually .
This , according to an agenda sheet that Metro Arts staff published on the city government ’ s website .
The agenda sheet cites an organization called SURJ or Showing Up for Racial Justice .
According to the SURJ website , characteristics of white supremacy include , among other things , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over quality , perfectionism , and a sense of urgency .
The SURJ website called those characteristics “ damaging because they are used as norms and standards without being pro-actively named or chosen by the group.
” “ They are damaging because they promote white supremacy thinking .
They are damaging to both people of color and to white people , ” the SURJ website said .
“ Organizations that are people of color-led or a majority people of color can also demonstrate many damaging characteristics of white supremacy culture.
” According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discuss what role those characteristics play in their own lives and what they can do to shift beliefs and behaviors to support racial justice .
Metro Arts spokeswoman Emily Waltenbaugh told The Tennessee Star Thursday that the committee originated out of what she called “ an anti-racism transformation team.
” “ That grew out of a white paper from four or five years ago that found practices in the Nashville arts ecosystem to have upheld some practices that were not equitable , ” Waltenbaugh said .
“ Last year our commission voted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our board .
It examines the practices by which we award funding or by which we work with artists to ensure equity across all of those practices.
” Waltenbaugh said board members volunteer to work and that no board or committee members take taxpayer money for their services .
As The Star reported last year , members of the taxpayer-funded Nashville Metro Arts Commission said they want as much gender and racial diversity among their artists as they can get .
Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to [ email protected ] Photo “ White Supremacy Sign ” by anokarina .
CC BY-SA 2.0 .


thetennesseestar--2020-10-30--Apple Developing Search Engine as Google Comes Under Antitrust Scrutiny: Report

Apple has ramped up development of its own search engine technology as antitrust U.S. and European Union regulators scrutinize Google , according to a Financial Times report .
The Silicon Valley tech giant has subtly started the transition away from its reliance on the Google search engine , The Financial Times reported .
Apple ’ s latest software update iOS 14 , for example , directs users directly to links when they search for a term on their device ’ s home screen .
“ Apple ’ s position is very unique because it has the iPhone and iOS .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sridhar Ramaswamy , former head of advertising at Google , told the FT .
The increase in Apple ’ s search technology capabilities evidenced by iOS 14 signal the potential for a full attack on Google , several industry experts told the FT .
While Apple is tight-lipped when it comes to internal projects , the company hired John Giannandrea in 2018 , who had been Google ’ s chief of search and artificial intelligence , according to The New York Times .
Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the time that Giannandrea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ thoughtful approach as we make computers even smarter and more personal , ” according to The NYT .
“ They [ Apple ] have a credible team that I think has the experience and the depth , if they wanted to , to build a more general search engine , ” Bill Coughran , a partner at Silicon Valley investor Sequoia Capital and former Google engineering chief , told The FT .
Meanwhile , the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google on Oct. 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tactics , which bolster its search technology , according to The Wall Street Journal .
Among the allegations , DOJ prosecutors said Google uses ad revenue to pay Apple billions of dollars to make Google the default search engine on Apple devices .
“ This lawsuit strikes at the heart of Google ’ s grip over the internet for millions of American consumers , advertisers , small businesses and entrepreneurs beholden to an unlawful monopolist , ” Attorney General William Barr said in a press release .
The DOJ accused Google of creating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monopolization , ” according to the press release .
The lawsuit came weeks after European Union regulators reportedly placed Apple and Google on a “ hit list ” and the U.S. House of Representatives released a report demanding a restructuring of Big Tech due to antitrust and monopoly power concerns .
“ Although these firms have delivered clear benefits to society , the dominance of Amazon , Apple , Facebook , and Google has come at a price , ” the House report said .
It continued : “ These firms typically run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — a position that enables them to write one set of rules for others , while they play by another , or to engage in a form of their own private quasi regulation that is unaccountable to anyone but themselves.
” Thomas Catenacci is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .