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Huge Downtown Knoxville Rally Supports Those ‘Yearning to Breathe Free’

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas FraserFebruary 1, 2017leave a COMMENT

by Thomas Fraser and S. Heather Duncan The winter of citizen discontent continued Wednesday with a march and rally that drew at least 1,000 people to downtown Knoxville to protest …

No Immediate Travel-Ban Impact On Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In The Daily Dumpster Blog, Uncategorized by Thomas FraserJanuary 30, 2017leave a COMMENT

Oak Ridge National Laboratory officials say they anticipate no immediate effect on lab researchers and scientists in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven nations …

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Anti-DeVos Protesters Hope Lamar Alexander Sees Red

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas FraserJanuary 30, 2017leave a COMMENT

Activists on Monday kept up their pressure on U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander to withdraw his support for U.S. education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. The late-afternoon protest in downtown Knoxville came …

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UT Weighing Impact of Travel Ban On Faculty, Students

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas FraserJanuary 30, 2017leave a COMMENT

University of Tennessee Chancellor Jimmy Cheek says this morning the university is still gauging the effects of the executive order restricting travel to the United States by citizens of seven …

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A Facebook Army Lambastes Lamar Alexander Over Education Secretary Nominee

In The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas FraserJanuary 26, 2017leave a COMMENT

Detractors of Betsy DeVos, the Trump Administration pick to head the federal Department of Education, responded via social media en masse after U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander posted notably partisan support …

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