Mon
Dec 23 2024
10:01 am
By: Mark Harmon
I thought some of you might enjoy my Christmas column in the Tennessee Lookout.
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Discussing:
- 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)
- Are our deployed military going hungry? (1 reply)
- Tennessee passes bill to restrict college students' protests (1 reply)
- Inflation up, gas up, food up, consumer sentiment lowest ever (1 reply)
- Some AI uses are "outside the bounds of safe/reliable technology" (2 replies)
- A Letter to the U.S. Congress (1 reply)
- President: we can't take care of daycare, Medicare, Medicaid (1 reply)
- U.S. House Democratic Leadership says to Stop the Madness (1 reply)
- Am I missing something? (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Louisville, TN, town center coming soon? (BlountViews)
- Siemens expending in Blount County, But... (BlountViews)
- Maryville Arts Walk - 3rd Thursday - today thru Oct. 15 (BlountViews)
- Candidate for U.S. Rep., against Burchett campaigns Saturday, 4/18/2026, Blount County (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
- TN GOP discussing eliminating the state’s only Democratic-held U.S. House seat (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee’s final 2027 budget shrinks disaster response fund by $55.8M (TN Lookout)
- Congressional Black Caucus members condemn Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: Rolling in dough (TN Lookout)
- Suspect charged with attempt to assassinate Trump intended mass casualties, prosecutors say (TN Lookout)
- US Senate panel approves Warsh as new Fed chair, as Americans struggle with soaring costs (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Tales from the Lily Pad (Knox TN Today)
- Double delight: An afternoon at Sitting Bear Overlook and Sunset on Hawksbill (Knox TN Today)
- New principals for Gibbs MS, Blue Grass, West Haven, West High, Ftn. City (Knox TN Today)
- New Business Spotlight: Forté Fitness (Knox TN Today)
- Everyday Genius: The 2-Minute Rule That Changes Everything (Knox TN Today)
- Turner Homes is now Turner Companies (Knox TN Today)
- Nick McBride: On the Grow property records for last week (Knox TN Today)
- A Visit to the Top of Old Smoky with Stephen Lyn Bales (Knox TN Today)
- ArtBeat: Spotlight on the local arts events (Knox TN Today)
- 4/30 HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- More options emerging for East Tennessee home buyers this spring (Knox TN Today)
- Weekend Scene: Grits & Greens to Beer & Blooms and more (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Rep. Harshbarger introduces bill to ban child sex-change procedures (WATE)
- Tennesseans paying among highest costs from gas price spike, new report finds (WATE)
- One Knoxville's best-ever U.S. Open Cup run ends in Round of 16 (WATE)
- New backcountry reservation system, fees coming to Great Smoky Mountains (WATE)
- 'Gut-wrenching': Ohio crash leaves UT senior hospitalized weeks before graduation (WATE)
- 'A full circle moment' City leaders share personal ties to Western Heights development (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Remembering the life of Mike Ozborn - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ☀️ A good day to write an essay - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Letter to the editor: Report undermined county program, should have celebrated it - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Community Voice: Don’t dismantle what Chattanooga has already built at incubator - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Trump, Iran are locked in high-stakes standoff as oil prices hit 4-year high - The Washington Post (Business)
- Trump Live Updates: Hegseth to Testify Again After Hearing Dominated By Iran War - The New York Times (US News)
- Trump threatens US troop cuts in Germany - DW.com (US News)
- Stock Market Today: Stock Futures Edge Higher After Tech Earnings — Live Updates - WSJ (Business)
- New Orleans sheriff indicted for allegedly failing to prevent jailbreak and escape of 10 inmates - NBC News (US News)
- Eli Lilly will report first quarter earnings before the bell. Here's what Wall Street expects - CNBC (Business)
- Coast Guard operating in "crisis" as DHS shutdown halts pay in May, cuts power, strains missions overseas - CBS News (US News)
- Berkshire’s Ailing Share Price Clouds Abel’s First Annual Meeting as CEO - Yahoo Finance (Business)
- 2 winning Powerball tickets hit jackpot worth $143 million, dozens of others win $2 million and $1 million: See where all the lucky tickets were sold - WKYC (Business)
- What a weakened Voting Rights Act means in today's America - Axios (US News)
- Tech earnings; oil prices surge; Fed decision - what’s moving markets - Investing.com (Business)
- Justice Department indicts Mexican governor on drug charges - The Washington Post (US News)
- Microsoft, Meta, and Google just announced billions more in AI spending—and only one got punished - Fortune (Business)
- They Left for the School Bus. ICE Picked Them Up Instead. - The New York Times (US News)
- House vote hits 2-hour mark amid revolts - Live Updates - Politico (US News)
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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