Tue
Jun 17 2025
08:52 am
By: Mark Harmon
Let me be the first to wish you a Happy Watergate Day! The plumbers' parade, rumored to be held in Washington, D.C., has been cancelled--that area is still recovering from Trump's vanity event.
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Discussing:
- Ex-CDC Directors are worried and say it well (4 replies)
- Jobs numbers worst since 2020 pandemic (1 reply)
- Tennessee training MAGAs of tomorrow (4 replies)
- Knoxville, "the underrated Tennessee destination" (1 reply)
- Country protectors assigned park maintenance tasks (1 reply)
- City of Knoxville election day, Aug. 26, 2025 (1 reply)
- Proposals sought for Fall 2025 Knoxville SOUP dinner (1 reply)
- Is the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum ugly? (1 reply)
- President says: no mail-in voting and no voting machines (2 replies)
- Will the sandwich thrower be pardoned? (3 replies)
- Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up next year (1 reply)
- The President of the United States: there is a crime emergency in D.C. (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- 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)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- 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
- Resolution honoring Charlie Kirk passed in US House in bipartisan vote (TN Lookout)
- Study: Cumberland River pipeline to Maury, Williamson counties could cost $2B (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Former Tennessee House Speaker faces uphill sentencing hearing (TN Lookout)
- Big batch of Trump nominees moves through US Senate after Republicans change rules (TN Lookout)
- Trump asks US Supreme Court to permit firing of the Fed’s Lisa Cook (TN Lookout)
- US rolls toward a ‘terrible’ government shutdown, no exit ramp in sight (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Volleyball and soccer win; Zee Spearman dons USA jersey (Knox TN Today)
- Knox County Council of Garden Clubs donates to Ijams (Knox TN Today)
- South Knox Rail Trail + Fall Heritage Days + TVA post-Helene ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Humane Society to host free teen camps (Knox TN Today)
- HEADLINES from the world, nation and state to local markets & events (Knox TN Today)
- Harrington finds beauty on four trails (Knox TN Today)
- Treasures & Tales: Discover a story from the past (Knox TN Today)
- Food City Grand Re-Opening Hardin Valley (Knox TN Today)
- Otters and clean water (Knox TN Today)
- Dining Duo loves Señor Cactus (Knox TN Today)
- Knox the Fox invites to free community pancake breakfast (Knox TN Today)
- ‘Here Comes The Sun’ (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- ‘Friday Frenzy Live’ Week 5: East TN high school football highlights (WATE)
- New pavilion and arboretum unveiled at Maryville's Bicentennial Park (WATE)
- 'Unlocking even more opportunities' Nation's first fusion power plant planned for East TN (WATE)
- KPD: Son accused of fatally stabbing mother in Knoxville (WATE)
- Tennessee football game days send Knoxville economy soaring (WATE)
- NightFlight Expedition: What we know about Dollywood's newest attraction (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Hamilton County makes grants to build parks. See where - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Boyd Buchanan 5-0 after shutting out Chattanooga Christian - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga start-up uses AI to help podcasters make more money - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga gets a taste of its newest bluegrass festival - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Cyberattack disrupts check-in systems at major European airports - AP News (Business)
- Kirk assassin’s alleged gun was powerful, vintage and hard to trace - NBC News (US News)
- How to watch the Charlie Kirk memorial service - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos (US News)
- Equipment Outage Disrupts More Than 1,000 Flights at Dallas Airports - The New York Times (Business)
- Big Tech and finance companies are telling H-1B employees to get to the US in under 24 hours - Business Insider (US News)
- U.S. Attorney Investigating Letitia James Resigns After Trump Seeks to Oust Him - The New York Times (US News)
- Congressional candidate thrown to ground, protesters tear gassed in clashes at Broadview ICE facility - Chicago Sun-Times (US News)
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants - Politico (US News)
- US military conducts third fatal strike on alleged drug smuggling vessel - Financial Times (US News)
- Ted Cruz criticizes Trump-appointed FCC chair for urging "action" on Jimmy Kimmel: "Right out of Goodfellas" - CBS News (US News)
- US FDA approves Merck's injectable version of blockbuster cancer therapy Keytruda - Reuters (Business)
- 'Betrayal': Progressives Pounce as Trump Official Says Raising Retirement Age 'Being Considered' - Common Dreams (Business)
- Nvidia (NVDA) to Gain from ‘Incremental Revenue Opportunities’ in Intel Deal, Says William Blair - TipRanks (Business)
- FTC accuses Live Nation and Ticketmaster of illegally reselling event tickets - CBS News (Business)
- Supreme Court Doesn’t Immediately Act on Trump Bid to Fire Cook - Bloomberg.com (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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