“Tennessee, United States” on The Daily Caller

Rep. Zach Wamp (R-03) suggested TN and other states may have to consider seceding from the union if the federal government does not change its ways regarding mandates. (more)

As you probably know, the Obama administration filed a legal challenge against the new Arizona immigration law.  The administration has been claiming for weeks that the law is unjust because it will lead to “racial profiling.” However, now that the administration has filed suit – their argument against this law has taken a turn.  The Obama Justice Department is not making an argument about profiling (according to the New York Times, the word “profiling” only appears once, in passing).  Instead, they are claiming that the law violates the Constitution’s supremacy clause, which states that the Constitution, federal laws and treaties supersede state laws. (more)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Tennessee tourism officials see gold in them there hills where moonshine stills once bubbled and bootleggers hauled illegal whiskey in fast cars. They are trying to lure free-spending visitors to retrace the mountain roads where “white lightning” helped give birth to NASCAR. (more)

Sandra Bullock does seem to be getting back to normal — her normal joking self, that is, though she rolled it into the shape of a “musical contribution” Tuesday night at “Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery.” (more)

Time does not heal all wounds. (more)

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – The “Queen City” may be Charlotte’s nickname, but the city now wears a new crown, America’s Manliest City. (more)

GIBSON COUNTY LAKE, Tenn. — The college freshmen Jake Lawrence and Jacob Hardy have two priorities: getting good grades and catching big fish. Standing on the deck of a 20-foot-long bass boat on a 560-acre lake in west Tennessee, they almost look like two tanned brothers. They wear the same uniform of flip-flops, wraparound polarized sunglasses, frayed Bethel University ball caps, and fishing shirts plastered with sponsor logos. (more)

Tony Podesta is in the news because he lobbies for BP, public enemy No. 1 in President Obama’s Washington after a BP-rented oil rig blew up and started gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico 63 days ago. (more)

“Character is what you do when nobody’s watching.” (more)

This Tennessee softball coach is crying foul. (more)

A lot has changed since that not-so-halcyon year 1934. (more)

Summer is a time for vacation, beaches, relaxation, and MUSIC! The Bonaroo Music and Arts Festival opens today in Manchester, Tennessee and will feature a wide array of artists over the course of four days. This year’s acts include Kings of Leon, Jay Z, Stevie Wonder, Weezer, The Flaming Lips, Regina Spektor, Tokyo Police Club, Kid Cudi, and Local Natives. See the full list here. (more)

Al and Tipper Gore had long seemed like a picture-perfect couple. So when they announced they were separating after 40 years of marriage, friends were shocked. (more)

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. – Miss Ellie, a small, bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog whose pimples and lolling tongue helped her win Animal Planet’s “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest in 2009, has died at age 17 after a career in resort show business in the Smoky Mountains. (more)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage. (more)

Today, many Americans will honor fallen brethren from all wars throughout our country’s history. (more)

LA VERGNE, Tenn. – A man hired to fix a leaky shower was arrested for illegally videotaping his client in the nude. Jim Brennan was charged with Photographing Without Consent, a Class A Misdemeanor. (more)

I have a home in Utah, come from the city boasting the Reagan Presidential Library – Simi Valley, Calif. – and have an office near Nashville, Tenn., which serves as a second home. I love the people in these areas; they are the salt of the earth. Could be that I’m comfortable around conservatives and people of faith, or maybe it’s just the water I drink. But one thing I know; after armchair monitoring of political events for forty years, I can read political tea leaves. (more)

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will cosponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) amendment to audit the Fed, he said on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon, though with modifications, the details of which are crucial to the weight of the audit. (more)

At first it might seem that Democratic Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.) and Republican Sen. Bob Bennett (Utah) don’t have much in common ideologically. (more)