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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TN Progressive
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- 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)
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- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
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- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
TN Politics
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- John Cole’s Tennessee: Life support (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee Republican balks at nuclear campus, waste storage (TN Lookout)
- The potential budget challenges for Tennessee’s next governor (TN Lookout)
- Violent crime in US fell at record pace in 2025 (TN Lookout)
- Trump administration appeals dismissal of criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Roar into a story! (Knox TN Today)
- Beach book observations (Knox TN Today)
- Hero Asher Holmes + State grants for vets + S-D HS students to represent TN + Merit Scholarship winners ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | August 19 (Knox TN Today)
- Everything we learned at the 5Star Preps Jamboree (Knox TN Today)
- Mama said…”Katie, bar the door.” (Knox TN Today)
- Meet the Vols at Food City in Alcoa (Knox TN Today)
- Youth Scoop: Activities for all ages in Knox & area (and special news) (Knox TN Today)
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- Questions and answers (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Data center growth raises questions over East Tennessee power demand, who pays for expansion (WATE)
- Spark Innovation Center bringing the next generation of entrepreneurs to East Tennessee (WATE)
- How patients can request records after pediatric office in Powell evicted (WATE)
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- Drivers endure heavy traffic as progress continues on new I-75 interchange in Powell (WATE)
- Investigation underway after inmate dies at Morgan County Correctional Complex (WATE)
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Wire Reports
- Why Treasury Yields Are Rising, and What That Means for the Economy - The New York Times (Business)
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- Lindsay Clancy trial ends earlier than expected Wednesday due to "unforeseen circumstance" - CBS News (US News)
- US debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden - Reuters (Business)
- Stock Market Today: Dow Opens Higher, Bond Yields Dive After Treasury Steps Up Buybacks — Live Updates - WSJ (Business)
- Whistleblower Arturo Béjar leads testimony in landmark trial against Meta - npr.org (Business)
- Merck and Moderna say cancer vaccine shows promise in preventing recurrence of melanoma - NBC News (Business)
- Fed officials warned rate hikes may be needed if inflation stays high - Axios (Business)
- Who is Natalie Harp, Trump's right-hand woman? - BBC (US News)
- Salad, lettuce-linked outbreak is making greens shoppers see red - Yahoo (Business)
- Prosecutor Reduces Charges Against L.A.P.D. Whistle-Blower After Uproar - The New York Times (US News)
- US retail giant receives $1bn boost from tariff refunds - BBC (Business)
- Lindsey Graham’s sister and fill-in senator says she’s ‘not that informed on national security’ - The Guardian (US News)
- 8 takeaways and surprises from Florida, Wyoming and Alaska primaries - The Washington Post (US News)
- Too close to call? Democratic internal poll shows David Jolly one point ahead of Byron Donalds - Florida Politics (US News)
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To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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