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On Saturday, April 19, protests were held around the country, many of them with titles like “No Kings” and “protest to protect democracy. The point was to protest the autocratic …
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Troy Smith
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4/28/25
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
How well I remember the first time I saw that line. It was early summer of 1977, and I was sitting in Oldham’s Theater. I was 9 years old. …
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Troy Smith
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4/21/25
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(April 15, 2025) - Since Inauguration Day, President Trump has been hard at work addressing one of the biggest threats our nation faces: our $36 trillion debt.
Unlike the last administration, …
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Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator (R)
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4/21/25
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As the only office holder elected by the entire nation, the President, alongside the Vice President, represents the will of We the People better than anyone else. And, in November, the American …
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In some ways, it has been a typical news week. Donald Trump flouted tradition by refusing to participate in the ceremonial receiving of the bodies of four U.S. servicemen killed in a training …
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Troy Smith
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4/14/25
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We are living in a very dramatic time. Now that the robber baron class is firmly in power, with almost no checks on what they can do, we are all seeing the results… and we’ll be …
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Troy Smith
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3/28/25
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(March 24, 2025) - Since Inauguration Day, President Trump and congressional Republicans have been hard at work eliminating waste, reining in bureaucracy, and making government accountable to …
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Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator (R)
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3/28/25
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(March 18, 2025) - Since Hamas’s barbaric attack on Israel on October 7th, many of our nation’s top universities have abandoned their Jewish students. Instead of providing a place …
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I don’t know about you, but my wife and I had a scary afternoon on Saturday. Watching the Nashville news, and even national broadcasts, as they namedropped streets and roads right near our …
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Troy Smith
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3/21/25
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It is only five weeks into the second Trump administration, and I am starting to see evidence that some of his voters are experiencing buyers’ remorse. Of course, there are plenty who are …
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Troy Smith
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3/10/25
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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives recently unveiled their draft for a budget (which was supposed to have been done in October but has kept getting pushed back due to politics). This …
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Troy Smith
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2/24/25
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(Feb. 18, 2025) - Today, after four years of reckless spending and decades-high inflation under the Biden-Harris administration, our national debt sits at $36.4 trillion.
In many ways, this …
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Marsha Blackburn U.S. Senator (R)
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2/24/25
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(Feb. 10, 2025) - In just his first weeks back in the Oval Office, President Trump has taken strong action to secure our border. Through executive actions alone, the President has restored the …
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For the last few weeks, I’ve been repeating a message about robber barons, on the national and state level. It has been a message aimed at the political middle and at the working-class voters …
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Troy Smith
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2/17/25
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As you probably know, last week the Tennessee General Assembly passed Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher plan. This passed - via a majority of the Republicans in the legislature - despite the …
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Troy Smith
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2/7/25
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(Feb. 5, 2025) - Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day—a holiday that celebrates women’s many accomplishments in athletics. Since Title IX’s enactment in 1972, which …
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Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator (R)
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2/7/25
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On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th President of the United States of America.
For so many in Tennessee and across our country, this is a moment to …
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Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee U.S. Senator (R)
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1/28/25
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I’ve been talking a lot the past month or so about robber barons, past and present, and the need to push back against them. In doing so, I must point out, I have very explicitly stated …
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Troy Smith
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1/28/25
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In my last couple of columns, I have discussed, in some detail, the Gilded Age and the “robber barons” associated with it. I briefly mentioned the Populist Movement and the Progressive …
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Troy Smith
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1/17/25
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(Jan. 13, 2025) - Earlier this month, I joined my Senate colleagues in a tradition that has marked the beginning of each new congressional term since our nation’s founding: reciting the oath of …
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