‘Shameless’: EJ Haust Slams Establishment Media’s Propaganda Stunt Against Trump Administration

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 19, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, said the establishment media’s “shameless” efforts to attack the Trump administration are based on stories with “no legs.” Haust first pointed to the negative coverage of...

Democrat State AGs File Lawsuit Against DOGE

by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 14, 2025 | Justice, National, News

Fourteen Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Department of Government Efficeniecny (DOGE), calling it “unconstitutional.” The state attorneys argue that there “is no greater threat to democracy than the accumulation of state...

Poll: Most Americans Support Trump’s First Weeks in Office

by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 10, 2025 | National, News, Politics

A new CBS News/YouGov poll shows that most Americans approve of Donald Trump’s first weeks in office. The poll released Sunday found that 53 percent of Americans approved of Trump’s term so far. Sixty percent of males and 47 percent of females approved of Trump’s...

Pastor at Chattanooga Church Likens Elon Musk and DOGE to the Devil, Calls for Violence over Spending Cuts

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 10, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

A senior pastor at Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church of Chattanooga made the case during Sunday’s service for violence and fighting over the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) work to root out and cut wasteful government spending. The pastor,...

EJ Haust: Let’s Give Elon Musk and the DOGE Boys a Chance

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 4, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, is optimistic that billionaire Elon Musk and his team within the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be successful in identifying and cutting massive...

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett Hoping DOGE Comes Out ‘Guns Blazing’ to Identify and Cut Wasteful Spending

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 27, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Tennessee U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) said he would like to see the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) come out “guns blazing” to identify and cut wasteful federal spending. Burchett was appointed last week to serve on the U.S. House...

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett Selected to Serve on Subcommittee Overseeing DOGE

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 21, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) is one of eight Republicans who will serve on the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency. “I was just informed by Chairlady [Marjorie Taylor Greene] that I will be on the DOGE...

Vivek Ramaswamy Steps Down from Trump’s Government Efficiency Commission amid Rumors of a Gubernatorial Bid

by Christina Botteri | Jan 20, 2025 | National, News, Ohio, Politics, State News, The Midwest

Vivek Ramaswamy, a prominent figure in the establishment of the groundbreaking Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), officially parted ways with the initiative on Monday. “It was my honor to help support the creation of DOGE,” Ramaswamy said in a...

Beacon Poll: Tennesseans Overwhelmingly Support Governor’s Universal School Choice Proposal

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 6, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD

The Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee published results of a poll it conducted on Monday revealing how registered Tennessee voters feel about a number of legislative issues at both the state and federal levels. The right-of-center think tank polled 1,200...

Senator Joni Ernst Introduces DRAIN THE SWAMP Act to End Federal Remote Work

by Christina Botteri | Dec 19, 2024 | Iowa, National, News, Policy

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced a new measure on Thursday that would force the end of remote work in the federal government and demand accountability for agencies allegedly abusing telework provisions at taxpayer expense. The Senate DOGE Caucus Chair...