WILL YOU DO IT??

"We have have good reason to doubt the legitimacy of the election. It has been heartening that several House members have publicly affirmed a commitment to object to the Electoral College vote when it is received by Congress.

"What I am asking is this: Will YOU make a commitment to object to the Electoral College vote when it is presented to you, thereby supporting the vote of over 1.8 million Tennessee voters?"

They plan to object to President-elect Biden's win in six states

A growing number of incoming House GOP freshmen will back Rep. Mo Brooks' effort to object to the certification of the presidential election results on Jan. 6.
Newly elected Reps. Barry Moore of Alabama and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia were early supporters of Brooks' long-shot effort to challenge the Electoral College slates from a handful of states that President-elect Joe Biden won.

But now more incoming freshmen have joined them, Fox News has learned.

GOP Reps.-elect Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, Burgess Owens of Utah, Yvette Herrell of New Mexico, Dr. Ronny Jackson of Texas, Bob Good of Virginia, Jerry Carl of Alabama and Andrew Clyde of Georgia will be supporting Brooks' effort, for a total of at least 10 incoming reps, Fox News has confirmed. This does not include current members who have said they will also object, like Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga.

New members of Congress are sworn in on Jan. 3.

 

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show officers visited Anthony Warner's home in 2019 after his girlfriend told them he was building bombs in an RV trailer at his house

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, officers visited his home after his girlfriend told police that he was building bombs in an RV trailer at his residence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. But they were unable to make contact with him, or see inside his RV.

Officers were called to Pamela Perry's home in Nashville on Aug. 21, 2019, after getting a report from her attorney that she was making suicidal threats while sitting on her front porch with firearms, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Tuesday in an emailed statement. A police report said Raymond Throckmorton, the attorney, told officers that day that he also represented Warner.

When officers arrived at Perry's home, police said she had two unloaded pistols sitting next to her on the porch. She told them those guns belonged to "Tony Warner," police said, and she did not want them in the house any longer. Perry, then 62, was then transported for a psychological evaluation after speaking to mental health professionals on the phone.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Wants Special Legislative Session on Education

December 30, 2020 Chris Butler

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Tuesday called on the Tennessee General Assembly to convene for a special legislative session to address what he said were "urgent issues facing Tennessee students and schools."

This, according to a press release that Lee's staff published on the governor's website.

Lee wants to schedule the special session to start on January 19 of next year to discuss the 2021-22 school year, the press release said.

Lee said on his Facebook page Tuesday that the special session will address learning loss, funding, accountability, literacy, and teacher pay.

"We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense disruption for Tennessee's students, educators, and districts, and the challenges they face must be addressed urgently," Lee said in the press release.

"Even before the virus hit, and despite years of improvement, too many of our state's students were still unable to read on grade level. I'm calling on the legislature to join us in addressing these serious issues so we can equip our hardworking educators and districts with the resources and support they need to set our students on the path to success."

Preliminary data projects an estimated 50 percent decrease in proficiency rates in third-grade reading and a projected 65 percent decrease in proficiency in math, according to the press release

How a Vindictive Classmate and a Cowardly University Ruined a Girl's Life

By ISAAC SCHORR December 30, 2020 6:30 AM

And how the New York Times helped justify it.

A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning"
That's how the New York Times headlined its hit piece on a college freshman for something she had said as a high school freshman. Mimi Groves was still a child when she said, in a Snapchat recording, "I can drive" followed by the "n-word" - the racial slur.

Jimmy Galligan, a half-black student who graduated from Heritage High School in Virginia this past spring with Groves, obtained this video during their senior year. Per Galligan himself, he waited until Groves had been accepted to, and chose to enroll at, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville to release the video - which went viral
















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