by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 7, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee
EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, compared the current antics of the Democratic Party to that of a “tired toddler,” explaining how the party is taking a “last stand” and not yet understanding that it must...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 30, 2025 | National, News, Tech Media, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Matt Boyle, the national political editor at Breitbart News, said the establishment media appears to be “barreling down the pathway towards extinction” with its continuous publication of propaganda-like content and straying away from fact-based journalism. Boyle made...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 29, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Recovering journalist and Nashville-area public policy expert Clint Brewer said the depth of reform that has come as a result of actions taken during the first eight days of the Trump administration has been simply “remarkable.” Brewer said the thoroughness of the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 23, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee unveiled his administration’s agenda on illegal immigration for state lawmakers to debate during next week’s special legislative session. On Wednesday, Lee’s office released the governor’s agenda for tacking illegal immigration in the state...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 23, 2025 | News, Tech Media, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Robby Starbuck, Tennessee political commentator and documentary filmmaker, is warning that the Chinese Communist Party-controlled (CCP) app TikTok continues to have “no good intentions” as the Trump administration negotiates a deal to keep the app operational in the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 22, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) was the only member of the Tennessee congressional delegation to vote against the Laken Riley Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Laken Riley Act, filed as S.5, is named after Laken Riley, the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 22, 2025 | Education, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Robby Starbuck, Tennessee political commentator and documentary filmmaker, and Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, agree that Penny Schwinn, the former Tennessee Education Commissioner who was controversially nominated by President...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 21, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Tom Zawistowski, president of the Ohio-based We the People Convention, applauded President Donald Trump’s signing of 42 executive orders on Monday just hours after taking the oath of office, explaining how each order the president signed is “common sense.” Trump...
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...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 21, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07), who chairs the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, praised President Donald Trump for signing multiple executive orders on Monday focused on border security and enforcement. Hours after taking the oath of...
