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:
- Happy 250th, pfft (1 reply)
- Alcoa Hwy construction to extend to 2030 (2 replies)
- Smith & Wesson noise problem (3 replies)
- Are Chat bots a waste of time? (1 reply)
- 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)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (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
- 4 years after Dobbs, advocates clash over how far to take fight for later abortion access (TN Lookout)
- States that won’t obey Trump order will have their mail ballots halted, postmaster says (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee increases private-school voucher vendor contract by $356M (TN Lookout)
- Two ideas for good legislating in Tennessee (TN Lookout)
- Lunch with ‘mad as a murder hornet’ Trump and US Senate GOP fails to heal divisions (TN Lookout)
- Trump spikes housing bill at last minute, refusing to sign until SAVE America Act passes (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Summey Cove Falls: Back to the ‘schwack’ (Knox TN Today)
- Cast Out (Knox TN Today)
- United Way wraps ’25 + First Century in Farragut + Food City promotes 2 ++ (Knox TN Today)
- ArtBeat: Spotlight on the local arts events and entertainment (Knox TN Today)
- $50 million more in value financed last week (Knox TN Today)
- Local student receives East Tennessee REALTORS scholarship (Knox TN Today)
- Beat the burn and the bugs with this summer deal (Knox TN Today)
- New Business Spotlight: Lapels Cleaners (Knox TN Today)
- Everyday Genius: Hotel room tricks (Knox TN Today)
- Weekend Scene from Candace Parker to Kismet and more (Knox TN Today)
- 6/25 HEADLINES: News and events from Knox, World, USA, Tennessee & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- Celebrating 250: Fireworks, Freedom, and the Founders’ bookshelves (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Knoxville Weather: Seasonable Thursday and a little more humid (WATE)
- 'Can't buy these views' New greenway along Douglas Lake opens in Dandridge (WATE)
- Sevier County star quarterback details decision to commit to UConn (WATE)
- Contact advisory on Emory River lifted after train derailment in Morgan County (WATE)
- Clinton 911 dispatcher charged with rape of a child (WATE)
- East Tennessee leaders discuss how to address congestion along I-40/I-75 corridor (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Chattanooga 250: City rebuilds after Civil War as ‘Dynamo of Dixie’ - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Lawsuit alleging Tennessee student suspended from Christian school for being gay is settled - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ‘Lynch you’: Hamilton County mayoral candidate sent threatening texts to school board members - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Novonix must repay $3M state grant after job creation falls short - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Stock Market Today: Micron Earnings Spark Tech Rebound - WSJ (Business)
- We Found 301+ Amazon Prime Day Deals Worth Buying After Reviewing Thousands Of Sales - NBC News (Business)
- Brent Oil Erases Wartime Gains as Hormuz Reopening Boosts Supply - Bloomberg (Business)
- The Slate Truck Is More Expensive Than Expected - Motor1.com (Business)
- Police: Body found in Independence home believed to be suspect in Kansas City highway shootings - KMBC (US News)
- Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill Until Divisive ‘SAVE’ Voting Act Passes Congress - The New York Times (US News)
- Eric Adams confidant Frank Carone indicted in $120,000 bribery scheme - Politico (US News)
- Lawmakers demand answers as turmoil over Reflecting Pool repair continues - AP News (US News)
- Micron and Qualcomm forecasts ignite $400 billion AI chip stock rally - Reuters (Business)
- Meta forced thousands of engineers into AI training work. Now it's giving some a way out. - Business Insider (Business)
- Camp Mystic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, pausing flood lawsuits - Austin American-Statesman (US News)
- Anthropic accuses Alibaba of obtaining illicit access to Claude - Financial Times (Business)
- Trump Reportedly Calls Sen. Bill Cassidy A ‘Lunatic’ In Screaming Match At Tense GOP Meeting - Forbes (US News)
- Federal Reserve Board's annual bank stress test confirms that large banks are well positioned to weather a severe recession and able to continue to lend to households and businesses - Federal Reserve (.gov) (Business)
- The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed - The Conversation (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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