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WILL VOLS HAVE TO DUMP THE POWER T FOR THE NEW HASLAM LOGO?

WILL VOLS HAVE TO DUMP THE POWER T FOR THE NEW HASLAM LOGO?

Surely not!?!?!?! But who would have expected them to dump the Lady Vols logo.

 
 

LEGISLATORS ABUZZ OVER $46,000 LOGO APPROVED BY HASLAM ADMINISTRATION.

LEGISLATORS ABUZZ OVER $46,000 LOGO APPROVED BY HASLAM ADMINISTRATION.

The trifecta of a PR disaster is unfolding. Wasted money? Check. Really ugly work product? Check. Defensive reaction to public outrage over the debacle? Check. CLICK HERE. Fortunately our crack investigative reporting team has dug through the trash at the ad agency that designed the logo and found what appear to […]

 
 

RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE CHANGING IN AMERICA.

RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE CHANGING IN AMERICA.

Perhaps if more preachers actually preached the Gospel and encouraged Christians to step up rather than live like non-Christians the numbers would reverse. CLICK HERE.

 
 

OBAMACARE EXPANSION GETTING NOWHERE IN FLORIDA THANKS TO GOVERNOR SCOTT.

OBAMACARE EXPANSION GETTING NOWHERE IN FLORIDA THANKS TO GOVERNOR SCOTT.

While Governor Haslam continues to seek a way to embrace Obamacare in Tennessee, other Governors are fighting AGAINST the boondoggle. Governors like Jindal, Walker, Scott, etc. CLICK HERE.

 
 

AFP: TENNESSEE’S CONSERVATIVE WARRIORS MAKE GAINS!

Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, has been involved in some of the biggest issues in the Tennessee legislature during the last several years. In almost every case AFP came out on the winning end of each issue in which it chose to engage. A controversial $200 million mass transit program […]

 
 

LEGISLATIVE SESSION WINNERS AND LOSERS, PART II

LOSERS 1. SCORE AND TENNESSEANS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. Nobody lost bigger than these two pro-Common Core groups that spent millions of dollars branding Common Core the past few years, then tried to rebrand, and then fought against (and lost) a repeal/rescind bill that passed in the House 97-0. Despite all […]

 
 

LEGISLATIVE SESSION WINNERS AND LOSERS, 2015 EDITION.

With the conclusion of this year’s legislative session it is time to dish out the Winners and Losers awards. WINNERS 1. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY - TENNESSEE. Continuing their winning run from the Special Session, AFP TN helped insure, no pun intended, that Insure Tennessee was dealt a second death blow in […]

 
 

HAVE TENNESSEE HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FORMED A SECRET CAUCUS?

HAVE TENNESSEE HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FORMED A SECRET CAUCUS?

The Tennessee News Leader has received numerous reports over the past two months that some of the most conservative House members were beginning to get organized is a semi-formal way. Now we have confirmed that a few dozen conservative members of the House GOP caucus apparently created their own internal organization/caucus […]

 
 

FED EX GETS $20 MILLION GIVEAWAY FROM HASLAM ADMINISTRATION.

The Haslam Administration wants to limit the fuel taxes paid by FedEx to just $10 million a year, versus the $30-40 million they usually pay. Niiiiiiiice. CLICK HERE. Interestingly, the mainstream Tennessee media missed the fact that the CEO of FedEx is on the board of Pilot/Flying J. You know, […]

 
 

WILL BIBLE BECOME OFFICIAL BOOK OF TENNESSEE?

WILL BIBLE BECOME OFFICIAL BOOK OF TENNESSEE?

But there is still some trouble for the bill in Legislative Plaza because some don’t want to rank God’s Word with state reptiles, songs and flowers. The political problem is that nobody wants to vote against the Bible. The direct mail attack pieces just write themselves for the next primary. […]