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NASHVILLE — Nashville trauma surgeon Manny Sethi announced Monday he is running for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination to replace retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. Sethi, 41, made the announcement as former Gov. Bill Haslam continues weighing a bid for the 2020 GOP nomination. The physician is playing up his status as a "conservative outsider." "I am not a politician," Sethi said in an announcement video. "I'm a surgeon, an outsider. I'm a conservative and I support President Trump. Above all, I am grateful to God for a story that could have only have happened right here in Tennessee....

CBS on Monday connected Donald Trump to the mass slaughter in Texas, insisting that the President has used “almost identical” rhetoric to that of the apparent shooter. Then, when Trump called out “racism, bigotry and white supremacy” in his speech, the journalists speculated that it wasn’t enough. Reporter Weijia Jiang previewed what the President might say: “How will he respond to those claims that he is to blame for what happened in El Paso? Given what he know about the shooters motive, given the almost identical language that the gunman used in talking about the crisis at the border with...

Almost one year after he was fired from his top post at FBI, Peter Strzok is back in the building and the FBI’s good graces. “Strzok is in the (HQ) building all the time,” one FBI insider revealed. “He is taking meetings or part of meetings.” What? FBI sources confirm Strzok has been granted access to FBI facilities in Washington, D.C. and its headquarters building on numerous occasions since he was sacked in August 2018. Strzok has also not been stripped of his security clearances, an FBI insider said. “He (Strzok) is getting in with a visitor’s badge and is...

Exploiting the deaths of innocents in El Paso and Dayton for political gain. The bodies in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton were still in the morgue when the progressive “carrion-picking crows” started politicizing the murders. But everything they said about gun control, “white nationalism,” and Trump’s culpability was based on lies and stale clichés recycled for political gain. The argument that more gun control laws will lessen substantially such murders has been disproven with facts over and over. In the Nineties, gun homicides fell by half, even as the number of guns increased 56%. The reason has been obvious since...

LUBBOCK, Texas - An alert grandmother who knew what her grandson had been planning may have stopped a mass shooting before it could happen. Special agents with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested William Patrick Williams, a 19-year-old man from Lubbock, Texas, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Texas announced Friday, CNN reported. The man, according to federal officials, had bought ammunition and an AK-47 and had rented a hotel room to plan a mass shooting, CNN reported. He had wanted to "shoot up" a hotel and "then commit suicide by...

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 99% of those employed have seen wages rise since Trump became president. The gains have positively impacted all demographic and ethnic groups. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass), whose campaign is founded on the claim that Trump's policies have "devastated the economy," pointed out that "the benefits haven't been uniform. For one, 99% isn't everyone. Using the BEA's figures, 1% of those in the workforce have not seen wages increase. And those outside the workforce don't receive any benefit from wage increases." Warren went on to say that "to combat these...

Springfield, VA — Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America (GOA) Erich Pratt stated the following after the tragic shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio: “Gun Owners of America mourns with all those affected by the pure evil in El Paso and Dayton. We pray for the families and for quick healing for the injured. “Events like these are tragic; yet they remind us that life is precious and worth protecting — and that firearms in the hands of honest citizens are the best way to protect both liberty and security. “This is why GOA is calling...

The political action committee for Justice Democrats disbursed hundreds of thousands of dollars to a consulting firm that was co-launched by one of its own founders, Federal Election Commission filings show. The Justice Democrats PAC, the committee that was instrumental in electing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y) into the House of Representatives, collected $820,000 in contributions during the first half of the year, its mid-year campaign records show. During this time, the PAC reported spending just south of $700,000. The PAC's biggest beneficiary was Middle Seat Consulting, a digital firm that supports campaigns and groups focused on "racial justice, climate...

The first season of HBO’s Euphoria has finally come to a close, and it could not come fast enough. This teen drama ranks among the worst shows of the year with its blatant sexual propaganda, and it all comes to a head with quite possibly the worst subject yet: teen abortions. The August 4 season finale “And Salt the Earth Behind You” culminates with a winter formal that all the main characters attend. While we watch them drink excessively and dance suggestively, we’re filled in on details of their lives prior to and directly after the night. Those characters include...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Dozens of people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, including two mass shootings in less than three hours on Sunday. In all, seven people were killed and 46 others were wounded in shootings since Friday evening.

The BLM’s ‘West Side Story’ Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) went public with the info on July 15. The official announcement of the Trump administration’s reorganization of the Bureau of Land Management was made via a letter to Congress, as required by law, on July 16. The BLM Director, Deputy Director of Operations, Assistant Directors and some of their staff, totaling 27 positions, will be relocated from Washington D.C. to Pueblo, Colorado. In addition, 222 employees currently performing headquarters duties will continue to perform those duties but from western states “in order to optimize the BLM’s presence where the needs...

“This is a tipping point now. If we don’t address it in this window, in this presidential debate, we’re not going to deal with it.” Those are the words of former South Carolina governor and U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, Mark Sanford. Sanford is talking about federal debt.But if one didn’t know better, and if one weren’t familiar with the issues of importance to Sanford, it would be easy to speculate that the South Carolinian who plans to take on Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination was talking about global warming. The way that Sanford references a “tipping point”...

At work (investment manager) and noticed a CNBC blurb that China is now NOT BUYING our Ag products. It's time to send a message. Time to go to parking lots and show our disdain for those thieves. Steve Ballmer, co-founder of Microsoft, made remarks a while back that "90% of Chinese companies use Microsoft products and only 1% pay for it". https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/china-is-ripping-off-microsoft-to-the-tune-of-10b That's THEFT. That's STEALING. And it's time to use that statement, because it gives cover. Make a poster with that quote. Make a bed sheet with that quote. We need a movement on social media to organize multiple...

OBION COUNTY, TN — (snip)Last month, 48-year-old Mary Beth McManus was arrested and charged with three counts of statutorily raping a 16-year-old student in 2012. On Tuesday, McManus filed a lawsuit against her accuser who is now an adult, and the accuser’s girlfriend. The lawsuit says the student was a junior in 2011 at Obion County Central High School and taking McManus’ Spanish class. During that time, the suit says, McManus learned that the student’s parents had passed away and she was now living with her adult brother. The student told McManus that her brother treated her badly and that...

On Monday morning, CNN Newsroom made sure everyone recognized its hatred for President Donald Trump, his supporters, the Second Amendment, and anyone looking to unify the country in the wake of the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings. If you weren’t on board with those terms or approved of the President’s Monday morning speech, there was no place for you aboard Team Jeffrey Zucker. Along with blaming the President and his supporters, journalists also slammed the National Rifle Association (NRA) as seemingly the one group that’s anthetical to keeping Americans safe and even in particular blamed Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) revealed on Monday that he recently underwent surgery to remove a portion of his lung that was injured after his neighbor assaulted him at his home two years ago. "Unfortunately, I will have to limit my August activities. Part of my lung damaged by the 2017 assault had to be removed by surgery this weekend," Paul said. "The doctors, nurses, [and] staff at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were great. I should be able to return to the Senate in September." Unfortunately, I will have to limit my August activities. Part of my lung damaged by the...

Sam Nichols & The Melody Rangers have some good advice for us with Keep Your Motor Hot. The tune is on the CD Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues, Vol. 1. The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Today’s Cryptogram HCG VYJ JBEBO LBSS LTB XBMLT CN LTB KBSS AH LTB SBJFLT CN LTB MGQM TYJXSB. –T.K. LTCQMICJ Today's Cryptogram is from The Arkansas Gazette You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time...

NEW YORK - Two men and two women were shot early Monday during a candlelight vigil in a New York City neighborhood, authorities said. The vigil was being held for a neighbor who had died. Police said that person had died of natural causes and was not a victim of violence, WPIX reported. "They were just trying to celebrate the little guy over there that just died of cancer and you see all this shooting out here," neighbor Douglas McLough told WABC. The four victims were in stable condition Monday morning, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported. According to authorities, a...

The decline of China’s yuan on Monday to its lowest level in 11 years against the US dollar could continue into 2020 amid the apparent shift in its policy stance by the Chinese authorities, who are showing increasing reluctance to provide concessions to resolve its trade war with the United States. The Chinese currency’s drop has also rattled the currency market, sending 11 regional currencies lower. The yuan slid 1.3 per cent to 7.0298 against the dollar on Monday in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a new 10 per cent tariff on the US$300 billion of Chinese...