Tag Archives: Tennessee

TN Police Video Released Of DeSantis Motorcade Crash

Click Orlando reports: “If this ain’t a full-blown (expletive) disaster,” a Chattanooga police officer can be heard saying as he surveyed the wrecked vehicles in DeSantis’s motorcade. The video, which was provided to News 6 by the Chattanooga Police Department through a public record request, shows three of the four wrecked SUVs. The vehicle that was carrying DeSantis at the …

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Expelled Tennessee Democrats Win Special Elections

USA Today reports: Four months after an expulsion vote thrust the pair into the national spotlight, Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson formally won reelection Thursday to their seats in the Tennessee General Assembly. Republicans voted to oust Jones and Pearson from the legislature in April after they interrupted House proceedings with a gun-control protest. But the two …

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Teachers Sue Tennessee Over History Lesson Limits

ABC News reports: A teachers association in Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against the state education department’s restrictions on curriculum regarding race and gender in public schools. The Tennessee Education Association and five Tennessee public school educators behind the lawsuit believe the Tennessee policy that bans certain concepts from being included in curriculum, programs or supplemental materials complicates how …

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AP: Four Cars In DeSantis’ Motorcade Hit Each Other

New details via the Associated Press: The chain reaction crash happened before 8:15 a.m. when traffic slowed on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, causing four cars in the motorcade to hit one another, police said. All the vehicles involved in the crash were government vehicles taking DeSantis and his team to his scheduled event, police said. A female staff member who …

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Spox Says DeSantis Uninjured In Tennessee Car Crash

ABC News reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis was not injured after he was involved in a car crash in Tennessee on Tuesday morning, according to his press secretary. The governor was on the way to an event when the crash happened in Chattanooga. His team was also uninjured. Campaign press secretary Bryan Griffin released the following statement: “This morning, the governor …

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Christian Sports Ministry Leader Charged With Child Sex

Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: The former executive director of Full Count Ministries is facing child sex crime charges following an investigation by the Hendersonville Police, who said they began investigating 40-year-old Jacob R. Oldham on July 15. In a statement, Full Count Ministries’ Board of Directors said Oldham was terminated Saturday morning after an internal investigation by the board. Oldham …

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DeSantis: Biden “Finds Out He’s President” Every Day

“I’m excited because 2024 is our opportunity to send Biden to his basement in Delaware where he belongs. Now, we, my wife and I were in Iowa earlier today and so this is the second state on our agenda. Biden, I think has been in two states to today. Confusion and disorientation. But that’s just another day at the office …

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Appeals Court Reinstates Tennessee Anti-Trans Law

Reuters reports: A Tennessee law prohibiting doctors from providing medical care such as puberty-blockers and gender affirming surgery for transgender minors can go into effect immediately, a U.S. appeals court ruled Saturday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said advocacy groups that had challenged Tennessee’s law could not show they were likely to prevail on their claims …

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Tennessee Bishop Resigns Amid Abuse Coverup Claims

ABC News reports: The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, resigned under pressure Tuesday following allegations he mishandled sex abuse allegations and several of his priests complained about his leadership and behavior, sparking a Vatican investigation. Pope Francis accepted Bishop Richard Stika’s resignation, according to a one-line statement from the Vatican. At 65, Stika is still 10 years below the normal retirement …

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Man Indicted For Terror Threats Against Nashville Pride

From the Justice Department: A Kansas man has been indicted for making online threats to commit acts of violence at an upcoming Nashville Pride event, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. An indictment unsealed this morning charges Joshua Hensley, aka Josh Echo, 25, of Hoisington, Kansas, with two counts of transmitting an interstate threat related to the upcoming Nashville …

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Cops: TN Pastor Stole From Food Bank To Pay Hooker

From the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, and the Gallatin Police Department has resulted in the indictment of a Bethpage man accused of stealing thousands from the food bank where he worked. In May 2022, at the request of 18th Judicial District Attorney General Ray …

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Trump Judge: Tennessee Drag Ban Is Unconstitutional

Brody Levesque reports at the Los Angeles Blade: U. S. District Court Judge Thomas L. Parker of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee declared Tennessee’s anti-drag Adult Entertainment Act to be unconstitutional. Parker’s ruling comes after a two-day trial last month. A Shelby County-Memphis based LGBTQ theatre company, Friends of George’s, had sued the state …

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QAnon Nutjob To Oversee Tennessee Social Studies

Popular Information reports: Last week, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton [photo] announced that he had appointed Laurie Cardoza-Moore to serve on the Tennessee Standards Recommendation Committee to oversee “Social Studies materials being reviewed for use in classrooms statewide.” Cardoza-Moore, known for holding extremist views and promoting conspiracy theories, has called “U.S. history textbooks” currently used in classrooms the “greatest national …

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Appeals Court Rules For Cop In Traffic Stop Baptism

Courthouse News report: A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was not at fault for failing to intervene in a quid pro quo baptism performed on an arrested woman by another deputy, the Sixth Circuit ruled on Thursday. The bizarre case started in February 2019, when Daniel Wilkey, a deputy at the Hamilton County Sheriff’s office in eastern Tennesee, pulled over local resident …

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DOJ Sues Tennessee Over Trans Youth Healthcare Ban

The Tennessean reports: The Department of Justice on Wednesday intervened in a federal lawsuit against Tennessee over the state’s controversial ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, asking the court to halt the law’s implementation before it takes effect on July 1. In March, Gov. Bill Lee [photo] signed into law SB 1/HB 1, which bans gender-affirming care for minors. …

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Feds Unveil Charges In Nazi’s Anti-Drag Firebombing

The Associated Press reports: An eastern Ohio man told investigators that he tried to burn down an Ohio church because he wanted to prevent a drag show that was scheduled to take place there, federal prosecutors allege in newly unsealed charges. Aimenn Penny, a 20-year-old from Alliance who is a member of a “white lives matter” group that espouses racist …

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Lizzo Brings Out Drag Queens At TN Show [VIDEO]

The Los Angeles Times reports: It was bad b— o’clock Friday night in Tennessee when Lizzo protested the state’s anti-drag-show legislation by inviting more than a dozen drag queens to participate in her concert there. During her Knoxville show at Thompson-Boling Arena, the “Special” artist danced onstage with a number of drag queens dressed in colorful, glittery costumes. Among the …

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Tennessee GOP Leader Who Voted To Expel Dem Reps Resigns After Exposure For Sexually Harassing Interns

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: A member of GOP leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, likely two, by an ethics subcommittee acting in secret. About six hours after being confronted by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, Rep. Scotty Campbell gave up his seat in the Tennessee General Assembly. Campbell, who …

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TN GOP Moves To Shield Gunmakers From Lawsuits

The Associated Press reports: In the wake of a deadly school shooting last month, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee awarded final passage Tuesday to a proposal that would further protect gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits. The Senate’s 19-9 vote sends the bill to Republican Gov. Bill Lee, despite pushback from Democratic lawmakers saying their GOP counterparts are …

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Tennessee Pastor Arrested For Uploading Child Porn

Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports: A now former pastor of a Williamson County church has been arrested for using the church’s internet to upload child sex abuse material. 50-year-old Daryl Hayes was indicted on six charges of sexual exploitation of a minor by a Williamson County grand jury. The investigation began after a tip from the National Center for Missing and …

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