Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, facing questions over his handling of illegal immigration, thrust an advisory council of local liberal activists into a heated clash with federal and state officials. The move is drawing scrutiny from a Republican-controlled Congress, the Trump Justice Department, and Border Czar Tom Homan over immigration enforcement policies.
An audit of Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) -- one of the key progressive players opposing President Trump's immigration enforcement efforts in Middle Tennessee -- found "material weaknesses" and "significant deficiencies" in its accounting...
Jassim Jafaf Al-Raash is an illegal alien from Iraq. He first appeared on Nashville area court dockets starting in 2003 with his arrest following a Prostitution Sting. Since then, his record shows a host of escalating entanglements with the law: Disorderly Conduct in 2004, a Misdemeanor False Imprisonment charge in 2006, a Theft charge in 2009, a Misdemeanor Criminal Trespassing charge in 2008 and Driving Under the Influence twice. He is listed as a registered sex offender in Tennessee databases.
Despite hysteria and gloomy predictions from those on the left, so far, it’s difficult to find evidence of runaway inflation. The latest numbers show inflation rose only 2.3% in April. That is much lower than analysts had predicted. Even mainstream media had to admit it was the lowest rate of inflation since 2021:
President Trump’s Immigration Czar Tom Homan has repeatedly warned against interfering with ICE attempts to arrest those in this country illegally. That is exactly what State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) appeared to be doing over the weekend as she, by her own admission on Instagram, worked to “delay and distract” ICE officers from carrying out illegal immigration enforcement. “We’re stalling them,” she said while also referring to ICE officers as “…little vampires who only come out at night.” The bizarre video in which Representative Behn is seen repeatedly toying with her hair and smoothing her eyebrows, ended with Behn receiving a THP ticket for running a red light.
Touting a brand, shiny, new trade deal with Great Britain, President Trump had a message for Americans who have become increasingly worried about their slumping 401k's: The American Economy is on the verge of becoming a "rocket ship that goes straight up." There are...
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