Day: September 27, 2024
Top Commentary: October September Surprises
U.S. Army Abandons Diversity Requirement for High-Level, Non-Commissioned Officers
The United States Army has formally eliminated the diversity requirement from the process of selecting candidates for the roles of top noncommissioned officers.
Read MoreTSNN Featured: Oversight Project Releases Video Purportedly Showing Non-Citizens Confirm Intention to Vote in Arizona
Commentary: October September Surprises
An October surprise is usually defined as the well-known (and more often left-wing) tactic of manufacturing or unloading a news story right before voting to surprise a rival without allowing them time sufficiently to respond or recover.
Think of the last-minute bombshell disclosure, five days before the 2000 election, that candidate George W. Bush had been cited for drunk driving over a quarter-century earlier. That surprise may have cost Bush the popular vote that year.
Read MoreBiden-Harris Admin on Track to Oversee Massive $1 Trillion in Improper Payments, Watchdog Group Finds
If current trends persist, the Biden-Harris administration will have made over $1 trillion in improper payments by the time President Joe Biden leaves office, according to a report released by the watchdog organization Open The Books on Thursday.
An improper payment is a disbursement “made by the government to the wrong person, in the wrong amount or for the wrong reason,” per federal guidelines. The Biden-Harris administration, between 2021 and 2023, oversaw $801.4 billion in such payments after adjusting for inflation, according to the report.
Read MoreMusic Spotlight: Sarah Hardwig
Sarah Hardwig is not unlike many of the females I interview. She moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University and study songwriting and music business.
And she sings at local venues when she can. Her voice is strong and clear, and she credits Patsy Cline and Carrie Underwood as singing inspirations. However, the difference is that Hardwig is blind, which has been the case for her entire life.
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