Wed
Feb 5 2020
09:37 pm
By: R. Neal
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Discussing:
- Musicians dropping out of President's Freedom Concert Series (1 reply)
- It's time for new blood in Congress, Barnett in - Burchett out (1 reply)
- Burning Down The House... (2 replies)
- Behind Lege Lies (1 reply)
- Peace (1 reply)
- Speak your truth, fight and believe. (1 reply)
- Large banks have too much AI data center debt? (1 reply)
- GOP misleading on federal health care funding (1 reply)
- Feds indict civil rights group (3 replies)
- Georgia issues burn ban, first time in state history (2 replies)
- State of TN proposes exempting voucher students from standardized testing (1 reply)
- UAE asks for financial assistance? (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- Louisville, TN, town center coming soon? (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Inside the fight against ‘zombie deer disease,’ scientists confront changing politics (TN Lookout)
- Rental rates and abortion laws: Dems scrutinize states vying to go first in picking a president (TN Lookout)
- Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund blocked for now by federal judge (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee Correction leader linked to botched Arizona executions (TN Lookout)
- Community air monitoring project finds South Memphis is regularly exposed to unsafe air pollution (TN Lookout)
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights deportation to Liberia after criminal charges dropped (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Tennessee softball advances, baseball bows out (Knox TN Today)
- Freshman homers to help Lady Vols win WCWS opener (Knox TN Today)
- Dishing It Out: Cowboy Caviar (Knox TN Today)
- Ijams River Boardwalk + Master Gardeners + Highway HELP goes statewide + Ag news (Knox TN Today)
- FCPC community breakfast welcomes neighbors (Knox TN Today)
- Close to Home, Far from Ordinary: Rutledge, Tennessee (Knox TN Today)
- HSTV celebrates 140 years by opening PetHelp Clinic (Knox TN Today)
- Treasures & Tales: The Spirit Kettle (Knox TN Today)
- Summer sounds await in Oak Ridge: ORCMA brings music, story, and song to East Tennessee (Knox TN Today)
- Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit (Knox TN Today)
- Zoo Knoxville has Wild Access tours (limited so act now) (Knox TN Today)
- 5/29 HEADLINES: News and events from Knox, World, USA, Tennessee & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Knoxville Weather: Dry night, rain chances return Sunday and Monday (WATE)
- Lady Vols stay perfect at WCWS with extra-inning walk-off victory over Texas Tech (WATE)
- Knoxville Police still searching for leads nine years after deadly stabbing (WATE)
- Photos show flooding in East Tennessee as groups urge caution (WATE)
- State Route 116 damaged by heavy rain in Anderson County (WATE)
- Power restored to 1,600 in Lenoir City after heavy rain (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Wave of Inflation - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Marie Duff Hood Obituary | 2026 - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Signal Mountain company sues pro bass fisher David Dudley - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Boy drowns after getting trapped under rocks at Big Soddy Creek Gulf - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Trump sent back Iran deal text with changes - CNN (US News)
- Children "held like criminals" inside ICE detention center - CBS News (US News)
- A hotly debated lung cancer drug cut the risk of death by 34% in a late-stage trial in China - CNBC (Business)
- Trump vents about judge who blocked Kennedy Center changes - Politico (US News)
- The book fueling a movement against screens in schools - NBC News (US News)
- A populist will win the Texas Senate race. The question is, which one? - CNN (US News)
- Elon Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla into a $3.4 trillion giant. The problem: it would lose money from day one - Fortune (Business)
- Here are the top candidates for California governor in Tuesday’s primary - AP News (US News)
- United flight diverted to Madison: Man tries to breach cockpit of United Airlines flight 2005 from Chicago, forces hijacking alert - ABC7 Chicago (Business)
- Bill Gates Spent Years Crafting His Image. Now It’s Cracking. - WSJ (Business)
- Inside Trump’s Deal With the I.R.S. to Drop His $10 Billion Lawsuit - The New York Times (US News)
- Blue Origin gets national security launch task order hours before New Glenn explosion - SpaceNews (Business)
- Hunger strike at New Jersey ICE facility enters ninth day as protesters face off with Trump supporters - The Guardian (US News)
- ASCO: Pfizer one-ups J&J with Talzenna combo's broad castration-sensitive prostate cancer win - Fierce Pharma (Business)
- How Quickly Will Oil Normalize? - Robin J Brooks | Substack (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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The ladder?
Seems like it should have been the riding lawnmower with a cupholder.
Actually.....
I'm now thinking that the state tool is Lamar Alexander.
Good follow-up ideas. Don't
Good follow-up ideas.
Don't get how the ladder fits either. Although, many Tennesseans need one to get out of the hole.