It's bad enough to have Q-Anon adherents like Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene occupying a seat on the racist "America First" caucus in the hallowed House of Representatives. It seems inconceivable there are members of Congress...
Republicans don't need to wait until they hold a congressional majority again to wreak havoc on democracy. We needn't look further than state-level legislation tailored specifically to criminalize First Amendment-protected free speech, suppress voting, and stifle...
According to the National Rifle Association (NRA), "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Catchy slogan. Perhaps it will change now after an unarmed African American...
With each passing day, it becomes clearer that Donald Trump is only interested in being president for the power of the office and the opportunity to further enrich himself and his family. Appearing on MSNBC Sunday...
If perhaps you were worried that Republicans, having blown a $1.5 trillion hole in the national debt, would now be looking to cut social safety net programs -- Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps -- GOP...
Keaton Jones' Father Holding Confederate Flag
Over the weekend, a young boy named Keaton Jones became famous. A video of young Keaton circulated on social media. It showed an emotionally difficult scene of a young boy questioning the motives behind bullies....
Steve Bannon at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
In recent days, Senator Bob Corker has become one of the loudest critics of Donald Trump on the Republican side--possibly, the loudest. His suggestion that the Trump White House resembles an "adult day care center,"...
Just a day after trading insults via Twitter with President Trump, Tennessee GOP Senator Bob Corker has now given an interview with The New York Times which is almost certain to draw a response from...
Right-wing zealots in Nashville recently got together and crafted a statement saying that they don't want same-sex couples to marry. Shocking! Groundbreaking! This statement thing isn't new. There was the Manhattan Declaration back in 2010 that said...
Mark Green, a state senator from Tennessee, has withdrawn his name from the nomination as Secretary of the Army. He was President Donald Trump's second pick for the position, as Florida Panthers owner Vincent Viola...
public schools
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump claim they want to provide parents "more choice" regarding the schools their children attend. Choice. Sounds appealing, doesn't it? Who wouldn't want more choice? After all, aren't we theoretically...
During his 2016 run for the White House, Donald Trump once said he loved ignorant voters, commenting: "We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated." And the poorly educated love the so-called president, too, perhaps...
GOP Congressman John J. Duncan has served his district in Tennessee for nearly three decades, but is now refusing to hold a town hall meeting for his constituents--many of whom are worried about what Congressional...
Nina Donovan, author of "#Nasty Woman" (image courtesy Nina Donovan via New York Daily News)
In case you missed it, one of the moments at the Women's March on Washington that drew the biggest applause came when Ashley Judd read a poem slamming Donald Trump for his blatant misogyny. It...
fire investigators
Fire investigators suspect foul play in the deadly blaze that swept through Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Monday night and into Tuesday morning. Death Toll Continues To Rise The death toll rose to seven on Wednesday morning. The body of...
Three people are in critical condition at Tennessee's Vanderbilt University Medical Center, victims of the devastating fire that has destroyed much of the town of Gatlinburg. Details are scarce, but the hospital reports that two of...
The remains of the school bus that crashed in Chattanooga (image courtesy Doug Strickland, Chattanooga Times Free Press)
On Monday afternoon, a school bus taking kids home from Woodmore Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee lost control, rolled on its side, and wrapped around a tree. Depending on the source, five or six students were...
election day
Many have already voted -- more than 43 million, reportedly -- but tomorrow is still the official election day. And people like this guy are the reason we all have to vote. UPDATE: The racist man...
A racist fool decided to interrupt a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest on the campus of Eastern Tennessee University. On Wednesday afternoon, activists were holding a peaceful protest on campus when Tristan John Rettke, a freshman at...
Screenshot courtesy Reynolds' Twitter feed via Huffington Post
As a lifelong Charlottean, my heart sank when protests demanding answers about the mysterious shooting of Keith Scott, a reportedly unarmed black man, by a police officer descended into violence on Wednesday night in downtown Charlotte. Windows...