Charles Cook Podcast

Focusing on state and local issues in Tennessee.

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Today we`re talking about guns in Tennessee with the TFA`s Richard Archie.

Richard Archie from the Tennessee Firearms Association joined me today to discuss guns and gun laws in Tennessee.

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An update on the City of Morristown`s proposed tax increase.

At the last city council meeting, the council asked the city administrator to find a way to make the budget work without a tax increase.

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Another tax increase proposed for the Citizens of Morristown.

The Citizens of Morristown can`t seem to catch a break from the local governments taking more of their money.

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We have literally been lied to about everything

Matt Walsh “The Rosa Parks story you were taught in school was fake too. This was not just some woman on her way home from work. Civil rights leaders thought Parks would make a sympathetic face for their lawsuit and then told her, a longtime NAACP volunteer, to create a situation where she'd be arrested.

This gets sold to the public as totally organic when actually it's playacting to create ideal conditions for a court case or scandal.

The iconic photo of Parks on the bus was staged months after the incident as part of a press campaign. (The photo is shown in the clip)

The white man, sitting behind her in the bus photo was a journalist, which you probably didn't know.”

Let’s fact check this. It’s 100% true

What Actually Happened on December 1, 1955

Rosa Parks was a longtime NAACP volunteer and secretary of the Montgomery chapter. She had been deeply involved in civil rights activism for years (including work on cases like the Recy Taylor rape and voter registration efforts).

She was not just a random tired seamstress on her way home from work who spontaneously refused to move. Local civil rights leaders had been looking for a strong test case to challenge bus segregation.

They even had people cast for the role before Rosa Parks. Earlier attempts include 15 year old Claudette Colvin were passed over because leaders felt Rosa Parks, a mature, respected, married woman with a spotless reputation, would be a more sympathetic plaintiff in court and to the public

The Iconic Photo was 100% staged

The famous photo was taken on December 21, 1956, this is over a year after her arrest and on the first day the buses were integrated after the Supreme Court ruling

It was deliberately staged by journalists, Look Magazine and UPI, for a press campaign to dramatize the victory

The white man sitting behind her is Nicholas Chriss, a UPI reporter, not a random angry passenger or segregationist

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🚨 NOW: Black woman MIC DROPS a leftist who whined that Tennessee has gotten rid of their "black Congressional district" for the 2026 midterms

LIB: We see a black man in TN fight to keep the only black district, being erased!

WOMAN: "There's NO SUCH THING as a 'black' district! OR a white district. It's an AMERICAN district."

"We vote based on our values — NOT the color of our skin. At least, we SHOULDN'T."

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Why such low voter turnout in the elections?

Most people are complaining about the low voter turnout in the local elections. What reasons have they been give to turnout, why should they turnout?

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Have you heard about the Special Session?

Well, it messed up our schedule a little bit

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The political groupies in Hamblen County seem to know so much about so little.

Let`s set the record the straight in Hamblen County for taxes and the jail.

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What is the role of our local governments?

What does Tennessee State Law say our local governments must fund? Are our local governments spending money that they shouldn`t be spending?

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Every year millions of dollars flow to Nashville, flooding the halls of Tennessee’s state capitol as a small number of deep-pocketed groups attempt to influence lawmakers.
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Who is funding these local campaigns?

A lot of people ask who is funding these local campaigns. In this podcast I will show you where to find that information.

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My Primary Candidate Interview Wrap-Up.

I discuss the interview process with the candidates for the Republican Primary in Hamblen County. Why did I have interviews with some but not the others?

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My interview with Jefferson County Mayor Candidate Randy Bales.

Randy Bales is a Jefferson County Commissioner running for Jefferson County Mayor.

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My interview with Jefferson County Mayor Candidate Austin Brooks.

Austin Brooks is a Jefferson County Commissioner running for Jefferson County Mayor.

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Morristown Mayor Chesney is still lying and gaslighting the citizens.

Morristown Mayor Gary Chesney is lying to the citizens and try to gaslight them. He and most other council members want you to believe that by going to an all at-large elected city council you have a say in who  gets elected to all city council seats. What they are not telling you is you actually lose control of who gets elected to represent your local community.

You can hear the mayor say it himself with the link below.
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Matthew 7:8 KJV
[8] for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

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My interview with Hamblen County Commission District 7 Incumbent Candidate Kyle Walker.

Kyle Walker is the incumbent running in the Hamblen County Republican Primary for the county commission district 7 seat.

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My interview with Hamblen County Commission District 11 Candidate Jody Rhines.

Jody Rhines is running in the Hamblen County Republican Primary for the county commission district 11 seat.

https://t.co/GvlDcV4l8m

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My interview with Hamblen County Mayor Chris Cutshaw.

Chris Cutshaw is running in the Republican Primary for Hamblen County Mayor.

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My interview with Hamblen County Mayor Candidate Dr. Dan Parks.

Dr. Dan Parks is running in the Hamblen County Republican Primary for county mayor.