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- Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme (1 reply)
- Terrible things are happening outside. (5 replies)
- GOP dereliction of duty, SNAP must be funded (1 reply)
- Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (1 reply)
- Electricity prices are rising (2 replies)
- Does Silly Congress care about chaos in cattle market? (4 replies)
- East TN Health Depts. free flu shots today, Oct. 21, 2025 (1 reply)
- Building housing Knox County Democratic Party headquarters up for sale (3 replies)
- Watch how scam victims lose millions to a con with a modern twist (1 reply)
- Knoxville SOUP proposals Announced for Sept. 23, 2025 (1 reply)
- No Kings Rally - Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 (1 reply)
- Study finds Knoxville has the second worst drivers in the US (3 replies)
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- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- Report on Blount County, TN, No Kings event (BlountViews)
- 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)
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- Lee's Fried Chicken in Alcoa closed (BlountViews)
- Alcoa, Hall Rd. Corridor Study meeting, July 30, 2024 (BlountViews)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
- Chef steals food to serve at restaurant? (BlountViews)
TN Politics
- Shutdown double whammy: SNAP food benefits ending and federal workers go unpaid (TN Lookout)
- In increasingly Hispanic Memphis schools, immigration enforcement surge brings fear, absences (TN Lookout)
- US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: Tricks or treats? (TN Lookout)
- Department of Children’s Services faces sharp questions about kids continuing to sleep in offices (TN Lookout)
- Trump backs embattled Ogles in Tennessee race against Hatcher (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Smoky Mountain Tales: A conversation with Charles Maynard (Knox TN Today)
- The Book Whisperer has perfect Halloween read (Knox TN Today)
- Garner on Vol defense: Everybody must do better (Knox TN Today)
- Sylvia McLaurin + Abby Rase + TN Promise + In Memoriam ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Downtown Knoxville has Halloween covered (Knox TN Today)
- Gibbs cements post season play, eliminates Heritage (Knox TN Today)
- Chunk takes the crown: Fat Bear Week 2025 ends with a big winner (Knox TN Today)
- HEADLINES: World news to local Deputy Kirchner facing amputation (Knox TN Today)
- Young Reader’s Shelf: Harry Potter series (Knox TN Today)
- GCA offers PK-12 & Hybrid Program Open Houses (Knox TN Today)
- BarberMcMurray receives TBR Chancellor’s Award (Knox TN Today)
- It cost a war pension (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Suspects in vandalism of Farragut High School sought by sheriff's office (WATE)
- Detroit man arrested in Jefferson County after joint narcotics investigation (WATE)
- Player of the Week: Anderson County's Jayzon Thompson runs wild with 347 yards, 7 TDs (WATE)
- New Ripley's attraction opens in Pigeon Forge (WATE)
- Knoxville nonprofits continue serving people with disabilities despite government shutdown impacts (WATE)
- 'Leaders of tomorrow' Anderson County honors JROTC cadets (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- 33K in Hamilton County face 40% hikes in health insurance rates - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga churches, organization coordinate response to impending food aid lapse - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Mocs counting on O-line, ground game against Western Carolina - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- What’s going there? Two large subdivisions in Hixson, East Brainerd - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Trump asks Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons - Reuters (US News)
- Ukraine war briefing: Putin boasts of nuclear-driven torpedo that would swamp cities with radioactive tsunami - The Guardian (US News)
- Senate passes resolution that would repeal Trump's tariffs on Canada - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos (US News)
- Samsung’s third-quarter profit more than doubles, beating estimates on strong demand from AI chips - CNBC (Business)
- Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted in killing of Sonya Massey - The Washington Post (US News)
- Virginia Moves Closer to Redistricting Plan That Would Help Democrats - The New York Times (US News)
- Tech results live: Meta shares knocked by huge AI spending while Alphabet rallies on record revenue - Financial Times (Business)
- Asian Rally to Stall After Powell Rate Cut Caution: Markets Wrap - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- Microsoft says it’s recovering after Azure outage took down 365, Xbox, and Starbucks - The Verge (Business)
- Trump, South Korea Reach Terms on Trade Deal - The Wall Street Journal (US News)
- Chicago immigration operations: Appeals court puts pause on order requiring CBP Chief Greg Bovino to meet with judge every day - ABC7 Chicago (US News)
- Fed winding down balance sheet contraction amid tightening money markets - Reuters (Business)
- Shake-up at ICE will boost immigration numbers — just not the ones that matter most to Trump - Politico (US News)
- Laid-off Amazon employees are posting through it on social media - businessinsider.com (Business)
- Nvidia Becomes First $5 Trillion Company - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal (Business)
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Word has it that she's
Word has it that she's Dobson's choice.
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the distance between black & white is much further than i would like until now i never noticed that fascism has many disguises -d. boon, 1981
Squinting
The hard right will have to squint really hard to continue seeing Sarah Palin as their standard bearer, but squint they will.
She won't drop out, because doing so would make McCain's already horrid problem exponentially worse.
Heh.
~Russ
Jeralyn at TalkLeft is
Jeralyn at TalkLeft is wondering what day Sarah Palin will drop out.
No way McCain can afford to
No way McCain can afford to say he made a mistake with her, unless the troopergate thing gets a lot worse.
Yes, I'm afraid she will be
Yes, I'm afraid she will be the Repub VP candidate all the way until Nov. At this point she has to be - if she drops out or is pushed out McCain looses the religous right. The fact is he's stuck with her for good or for bad.
Take Care, Be Good and don't play in the street!
SteveMule
I think she probably will.
I think she probably will. An entrenched Republican family value is never admitting a mistake.
They will simply continue to accentuate the positives. Her daughter is keeping the baby and she's getting married - to a male.
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Exactly
Never been wrong, never made a mistake.
Look, a chicken!
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson
Most likely. Although having
Most likely. Although having a pregnant teenage daughter and a drunk for a husband (DUI) certainly wont help matters. I'm sure they both found Jesus so all is forgiven.