Kid Rock slammed &#8220;dumb liberals&#8221; who he said have moved to red states and brought their &#8220;effing politics&#8221; with them as he mounts an effort to prevent the former home of late-legendary country music star Hank Williams from being destroyed.
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kid-rock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">51-year-old</a> singer&#8217;s appearance on &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; on Tuesday, he discussed his effort to save the former Nashville home of country music legend Hank Williams from being demolished, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6316043586112?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-31226556&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported.
The home, known as Beechwood Hall, was built in the 1850s and is one of the few to survive the Civil War. The property was also once home to country music stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
In 2021, a fund manager from California <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vLbTCD_B3U" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> bought the property. Photos have shown the home in disrepair with neighbors <a href="https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2022/11/21/country-music-historical-site-former-hank-williams-property-beechwood-hall-is-in-jeopardy-of-demolition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> claiming it is slowly being dismantled and not being properly maintained.
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&#8220;We are sick of seeing history torn to the ground,&#8221; the singer, born <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-dont-give-a-f-kid-rock-says-he-cant-be-canceled-and-he-loves-it-when-people-try" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Ritchie,</a> said. &#8220;Whether it be in the form of monuments, statues, and now something so important here in Nashville, like the former home of Hank Williams, Beechwood Hall&#8230;Where does this end?&#8221;
&#8220;We kind of knew that from the beginning, once this fiasco started that it was never going to end,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And now we kind of feel like we&#8217;re under an invasion from the state of California, which we understand in a lot of ways. I have a lot of friends here that come from these spots — California and New York City.&#8221;
&#8220;A lot of people say it, and they say it under their breath, but they&#8217;re scared to say it out loud,&#8221; Ritchie continued. &#8220;So, once again, I&#8217;ll be the guy: They come here leaving these woke policies from those cities for better schools, lower taxes, lower crime. You have talked about it a million times. We kind of tell them to leave your effing politics at the state line from where you&#8217;re coming. And this is just one more example.&#8221;
He claimed the fund manager who purchased the property gave a handshake to the people in the community to preserve the home and said now it &#8220;seems like another avenue to tear it down.&#8221;
&#8220;And I don’t think there is anything more important in country music, if not American music, than Hank Williams — the greatest songwriter of all time,&#8221; the singer said.
He went on to predict that other high-profile people would join his drive, adding that there are &#8220;a lot more country music stars, musicians, just great people in the community that want to preserve this for the next generation to come.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/welcome-to-the-republican-party-kid-rock-to-maher-when-hbo-host-slams-woke-push-in-schools">&#8216;Welcome To The Republican Party,&#8217; Kid Rock To Maher When HBO Host Slams Woke Push In Schools</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> election officials said Wednesday that more than 200 voters cast ballots have been cast in the wrong races since early voting began in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nashville</a>.
Jeff Roberts, the administrator of the Davidson County Election office, told <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-legislature-tennessee-nashville-9553e4e8966cf8196287aa914f0d7b4a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a> that 190 voters cast ballots in the wrong congressional race, 16 cast votes in an incorrect state Senate race, and six cast votes in a wrong state House race.
The Associated Press notified Roberts&#8217; office on Tuesday that voters were receiving information contradicting which race they could vote in.
&#8220;The fix has been put in place,&#8221; Roberts said, adding that officials sent corrections to the secretary of state&#8217;s office on Wednesday and that early voters would receive the proper ballots until election day.
Republican lawmakers recently divided Davidson County precincts during Nashville&#8217;s redistricting process, which caused some voters to have been placed in incorrect groups in the wrong districts.
Roberts argued that the problem affected multiple voters across all Davidson County.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.newschannel5.com/news/some-voters-cast-wrong-ballots-in-split-nashville-district-officials-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local media</a> on Tuesday, Roberts said &#8220;nothing can be done&#8221; when asked how to correct the votes cast incorrectly.
&#8220;If you think about it, we voted 45,000+ people early voting. I don’t know which ballots they are,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They all go into that scanner, and there’s nothing that identifies who, where, or anything on that ballot.&#8221;
Roberts was also asked to share his thoughts about how it plays into the lack of trust with voters and the election system.
&#8220;I think if there was lack of trust, it would be mitigated to some degree when you see the staff at an election commission, immediately upon recognizing that there is an issue out there, that they are fixing it,&#8221; Roberts said. &#8220;This is not something they swept under the rug and hope it goes away, and they are not hiding what’s going on. They are sitting down and inviting the press to come over and tell you what we experienced and what we’ve done to fix it.&#8221;
The Tennessee Democratic Party blamed Republicans for causing the issue and said it removes voting power from communities of color.
&#8220;The Republican Secretary of State is actively participating in voter suppression,&#8221; the Tennessee Democratic Party tweeted Wednesday. &#8220;They know they&#8217;re giving people the incorrect ballots, and they don&#8217;t care.&#8221;
Odessa Kelly, the Democratic nominee in the 7th Congressional District, urged voters to &#8220;lean deep into the process&#8221; at a news conference.
&#8220;To every person that feels frustrated, disenfranchised, don&#8217;t disengage,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;If you can hear my voice, if you can see my face, this is your election.&#8221;
&#8220;This is your district,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This is your future.&#8221;
Kelly faces incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green, who said the balloting issue in Davidson County left him &#8220;shocked and disappointed.&#8221;
&#8220;No one should ever have to worry about whether or not their vote was cast properly,&#8221; Green said in a statement to The Associated Press. &#8220;The Davidson County Election Commission needs to fix this immediately.&#8221;
Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton called the idea &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; to blame the error on a congressional map, emphasizing each district has an equal population.
&#8220;They&#8217;re complaining about something they could&#8217;ve sued about, but they didn&#8217;t sue because they couldn&#8217;t win,&#8221; Sexton told the AP. &#8220;So, it&#8217;s kind of hypocritical.&#8221;
State Democrats had said earlier this year that they would file a lawsuit over the map, but never followed through.
Marie Campbell, a Nashville resident, told The Associated Press her voter registration card displayed the 6th District, where she voted during the primary election and had planned on voting in the general election. However, after hearing about the error, she realized she should have voted in the 7th District, which is where she ultimately voted.
&#8220;I just would have approached the campaign a lot differently if I had known my neighborhood was in (Kelly&#8217;s) district,&#8221; Campbell said. &#8220;I would have canvassed a lot.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tulsi Gabbard</a> is coming to Nashville to stand with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-praises-matt-walsh-for-what-is-a-woman-documentary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh</a>, and stand up for children confused about their gender.
 Gabbard said she’ll speak her mind at Walsh’s Friday “<a href="https://tickets.dailywire.com/rally">Rally to End Child Mutilation,</a>&#8221; an event aimed at ending the practice of performing irreversible medical procedures on minors. The U.S. Army Reserve officer, who did a 12-month tour in Iraq before serving four terms representing Hawaii in the House of Representatives, said radical gender theory has gone too far and now threatens children.
“Women fought for the right to compete on a level playing field in sports when they faced discrimination on the basis of sex,” Gabbard said. “Now, the progress women and girls have made is being eroded, and so-called woke gender ideology poses a unique threat to children who are not old enough to make such permanent, irreversible decisions.”
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The rally will take place at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> state capitol. Walsh, whose hit documentary “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman">What is a Woman?</a>” took aim at the radical gender theory that claims adults and even small children can change their biological sex, said Gabbard will join a host of compelling speakers.
“Our rally against gender ideology madness and child mutilation is on Friday. Speakers include Senator Marsha Blackburn, Colin Wright, Scott Newgent and Chloe Cole. I’m excited to announce [Tulsi Gabbard] will be speaking as well. The movement is growing,” Walsh announced Tuesday on Twitter.
The rally, which starts at 4 p.m. on October 21 at the War Memorial Plaza outside the state capitol building, follows Walsh’s exposé of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vanderbilt-university">Vanderbilt</a> Pediatric Gender Clinic’s transgender treatment on minors.
Gabbard, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-shreds-critics-of-her-bill-to-keep-biological-men-out-of-womens-sports-its-based-on-science">introduced a bill</a> in Congress in December 2020 that would have banned biological males from competing in women’s sports, recently left the Democratic Party, calling it an “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elite-cabal-of-warmongers-tulsi-gabbard-says-she-is-no-longer-a-democrat">elite cabal of warmongers</a>.”
Aside from Blackburn, other Tennessee state lawmakers, including Republican House Majority Leader William Lamberth and state Senator Jack Johnson.
Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-walsh-announces-rally-to-end-child-mutilation">told</a> The Daily Wire late last month that he was working with Lamberth and Johnson on legislation to stop irreversible chemical and surgical operations on gender dysphoric children, which can include breast amputation. Vanderbilt University Medical Center earlier this month placed a moratorium on such procedures.
“We should not allow permanent, life altering decisions that hurt children, like we saw on display at VUMC,” Casey Sellers, a spokeswoman for Lee, said in a statement to The Daily Wire. “The Governor is in communication with Leader Johnson and Leader Lamberth about legislative solutions, and we look forward to working with them and many other Tennesseans who are passionate about protecting children.”

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Former congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tulsi Gabbard</a> will be speaking at a Friday &#8220;<a href="https://tickets.dailywire.com/rally" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rally</a> to End Child Mutilation” led by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> state capitol.  
Gabbard, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-shreds-critics-of-her-bill-to-keep-biological-men-out-of-womens-sports-its-based-on-science" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced a bill</a> in Congress in December 2020 that would have banned biological males from competing in women’s sports, joins a host of other high profile speakers who are scheduled to attend the rally in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nashville</a>. 
“Our rally against gender ideology madness and child mutilation is on Friday. Speakers include Senator Marsha Blackburn, Colin Wright, Scott Newgent and Chloe Cole. I’m excited to announce [Tulsi Gabbard] will be speaking as well. The movement is growing,” Walsh announced Tuesday on Twitter.
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The rally, which which starts at 4 p.m. on October 21 at the War Memorial Plaza outside the state capitol building, follows Walsh’s exposé of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vanderbilt-university">Vanderbilt</a> Pediatric Gender Clinic’s transgender treatment on minors.  
Aside from Blackburn, other Tennessee state lawmakers, including Republican House Majority Leader William Lamberth and state Senator Jack Johnson. 
Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-walsh-announces-rally-to-end-child-mutilation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Wire late last month that he was working with Lamberth and Johnson on legislation in response to the expose. 
“We should not allow permanent, life altering decisions that hurt children, like we saw on display at VUMC. The Governor is in communication with Leader Johnson and Leader Lamberth about legislative solutions, and we look forward to working with them and many other Tennesseans who are passionate about protecting children,” Casey Sellers, a spokeswoman for Lee, said in a statement to The Daily Wire
Gabbard, who has opposed the participation of biological males in women’s sports, will now join Walsh and others at the rally which says it will send a “message” that transgender procedures on children are not “medical care” but “child mutilation.”
Earlier this year, Gabbard <a href="https://www.iwf.org/2022/06/23/tulsi-gabbard-congress-must-stop-biden-from-undermining-title-ix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> at another rally against transgender ideology when she appeared at the “Our Bodies, Our Sports,” event in Washington, D.C in June. 
&#8220;I think that there are probably more people who agree and who recognize the truth, that there are, in fact, biological and physiological differences between men and women, and that a man does not become a woman simply by declaring it to be so,” Gabbard said when asked about supporting the movement as a Democrat. “But there’s a lot of fear around it in this cancel culture and, you know, people feeling like they have to self-censor, or that they will be ostracized, as I have been, in many cases, simply for stating this biological truth.&#8221;
Gabbard has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elite-cabal-of-warmongers-tulsi-gabbard-says-she-is-no-longer-a-democrat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> her departure from the Democratic Party.

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Tulsi Gabbard To Speak At 'Rally To End Child Mutilation' In Nashville

Some employees at a top Tennessee hospital were relieved to learn last week it will freeze transgender surgeries on minors, but told The Daily Wire only a law can ensure the practice, which can include the removal of a minor girls’ breasts, ends for good. 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) suspended pediatric gender surgeries under pressure from state lawmakers. But three medical professionals who work or have worked at VUMC, all speaking on the condition of anonymity, were skeptical the pause would become permanent. 
“Vanderbilt is a liberal-led institution, and anytime anybody lets pressure off they’ll continue to push these types of procedures,” one source told The Daily Wire. 
“It won’t stop until it’s banned by law in this state,” a second source said. 
Last month, the footage shared by The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh of a VUMC doctor referring to irreversible transgender surgeries as “huge money makers” prompted the sources to come forward. Each source said they were extremely uncomfortable with transgender surgeries on minors being performed at the hospital, and that many of their colleagues were as well, but feared retaliation from the hospital if they were to speak up with their name. 
“Many of us…aren’t okay with what is happening,” a third source said. 
In a statement announcing the pause, VUMC said they’ve performed double mastectomy surgeries on girls “at least 16 years of age” on “an average of 5 per year” since their pediatric gender clinic’s inception in 2018. But a source told The Daily Wire that they have first-hand knowledge that at least 10 minors have received double-mastectomies this year — double what VUMC says is their average.
The Daily Wire has not been able to independently confirm these figures. 
VUMC also recently released a statement saying its policies do “allow employees to decline to participate in care they find morally objectionable” and do not allow for discrimination against them — a statement one of the sources took issue with. 
“I was never asked,” the medical professional said of the hospital’s response. “I was never offered an opt out.”
VUMC’s gender-affirmation model aligns with the “standard of care” deployed by pediatric gender clinics across the country. The standards <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discourage</a> medical professionals from questioning a minor’s self-reported transgender identity or exploring possible underlying factors that may be causing their dysphoria. 
VUMC’s pediatric gender clinic is one of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-removes-gender-clinic-map-citing-harassment-violation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hundreds</a> that have opened up in North America in recent years to meet the growing demand of teens seeking gender-related procedures. A recent Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> found that between 2019-2021, at least 776 mastectomies were performed in the U.S. on patients ages 13 to 17 who identified as transgender, likely a “significant undercount” since the review only examined insurance claims. 
“We’re creating a bigger problem by ‘affirming’ instead of treating the root of the problem: why someone feels gender dysphoric to begin with,” a source said. “I dont know of any other diagnosis where we affirm instead of treat. We don’t affirm dementia patients of their belief that it’s really the 1940s and we don’t affirm schizophrenic patients of their belief that they’re being spied on.” 
When it comes to genital surgeries, such as vaginoplasty, which can be performed on 18-year-olds, the source expressed the opinion, “complications seem to be the rule, not the exception.”
Walsh also shared video of Vanderbilt health law expert Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton saying objections to gender surgery for religious or other reasons should have “consequences.”
“I just want you to take home that saying that you’re not going to do something because of your religious beliefs is not without consequences and it should not be without consequences,” Wright Clayton said at a 2019 lecture, titled, “Gender Confirmation Surgery: Anesthesia, Surgical and Ethical Considerations.”
“If you don’t want to do this kind of work, don’t work at Vanderbilt,” Wright Clayton added.
A source who attended the lecture told The Daily Wire they felt threatened when Wright Clayton said there should be consequences. Another source recalled, “I just remember thinking, ‘how dare you.’ I’ve done everything I should do and there’s this woman up here telling me that if I disagree with this, that I should go somewhere else or get fired.”
“It was shocking that nobody in the administration or in the department challenged that.”
The source said a lot of people complained about what happened. “But they complained anonymously because they’re afraid of blowback,” the source said. “There’s a lot of people uncomfortable with it. But if it makes a lot of money, they’re going to go for it,” the source opined. “I applaud Matt Walsh and the team there. I hope they don’t let this go.”

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Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/candace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Candace Owens</a> launched her new documentary — &#8220;<a href="https://get.dailywire.com/the-greatest-lie/subscribe-v2?utm_campaign=greatestlie&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=email&amp;utm_content=publicity&amp;cid=greatestlie&amp;mid=e&amp;xid=0&amp;_gl=1*2cvpb1*_ga*NTk5OTMwNDMyLjE2NjM1OTAyNjM.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY2NTYzMjMxMC43Mi4xLjE2NjU2MzI2MTUuNjAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Greatest Lie Ever Sold</a>&#8221; — at a star-studded event in downtown Nashville Wednesday.
The BLM exposé takes a deep-dive into the multi-million dollar “grift” of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation and its former Executive Director Patrisse Cullors, and offers “the true story” behind the life and death of George Floyd with never-before-seen interviews from insiders and experts.
Attendees at the packed-house event were advised to wear all black for the funeral of the BLM movement, exposed and laid to rest once and for all by Owens&#8217; documentary.
On hand to celebrate the premiere were celebrities such as Ye West, Kid Rock, Ray J., and more. Other party-goers included conservatives from around the movement.
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So this happened. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatestLie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreatestLie</a> <a href="https://t.co/8lIVodhniv">pic.twitter.com/8lIVodhniv</a>
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Brandon Tatum, who co-founded Blexit, introduced Owens. In turn, Owens thanked all who made the film possible and received thunderous applause before the documentary even started.
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Prior to entering the venue, Owens also appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to discuss why she created the documentary in the first place.
&#8220;They use black pain to create confusion and to take millions upon millions, tens of millions of dollars from people,&#8221; she said of BLM leaders and related non-profits. &#8220;And where did the money go, Tucker? That&#8217;s what the documentary explores, the people are going to be shocked.&#8221;
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Attendees also included King Randall I., founder of <a href="https://thexforboys.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Life Preparatory School for Boys</a>, a non-profit &#8220;with a mission to teach boys the true meaning of manhood &amp; to be protectors and providers for their communities,&#8221; who told The Daily Wire that he discovered Owens during the Blexit movement she founded.
&#8220;Candace Owens is an amazing woman,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to see what happens with &#8216;The Greatest Lie Ever Sold&#8217; because &#8230; we&#8217;ve been saying for a while that Black Lives Matter is a scam and people have called us all kinds of names, especially in the black community.&#8221;
&#8220;But I&#8217;m glad somebody, especially a black woman, is able to go and show us what&#8217;s happening behind the scenes and expose these things, that people told us, black men, we were lying about. But Candace Owens is an amazing woman, and people need to get out and see &#8216;The Greatest Lie Ever Sold.’”
The documentary, roughly 78 minutes in length, received applause throughout, several moments of laughter, and utter disbelief at what was exposed.
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We packed the house checking out <a href="https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Blklivesmatter</a>’s receipts! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatestLie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreatestLie</a> <a href="https://t.co/SAwMP5c6dr">pic.twitter.com/SAwMP5c6dr</a>
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Once completed, Owens and her team received a standing ovation that lasted several minutes.
A trailer for the film can be seen here:
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Ironically, you suffer from a life of tremendous white privilege. You say “black lives matter” not because you mean it but because you hope it provides you legitimacy within a community you never knew. The fraudulent BLM will be exposed on 10/12. You’re invited to my premiere. <a href="https://t.co/c9klg323p7">https://t.co/c9klg323p7</a> <a href="https://t.co/JHaTv76Df3">pic.twitter.com/JHaTv76Df3</a>
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Daily Wire host and documentarian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-matt-walsh-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Walsh</a> isn’t just talking about major issues. He’s taking action.
Following his exposé on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vanderbilt-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanderbilt</a> University Medical Center’s (VUMC) transgender treatment on minors, Walsh announced Friday that he will be holding a rally at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> state capitol in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nashville</a> to push for the end of &#8220;child mutilation&#8221; in the state.
“Join us on October 21 at the state capitol as we rally to end child mutilation across the state,” Walsh tweeted. “We are going to put a stop to gender ideology’s assault on our children. Come and be a part of the movement.”
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Join us on October 21 at the state capitol as we rally to end child mutilation across the state. We are going to put a stop to gender ideology’s assault on our children. Come and be a part of the movement. 
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&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1575961542063185921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Walsh will speak at the event, which starts at 4 p.m. on October 21, and more speakers will be announced soon. The bestselling author also encouraged his followers to <a href="https://tickets.dailywire.com/rally" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reserve a free ticket</a> to the rally to “send a message to the entire nation that radical experimentation is not ‘medical care’ as the left has claimed—it is child mutilation, and Americans will not allow it to continue.”
Last week, a groundswell of lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tn-house-gop-formally-requests-vanderbilt-medical-halt-gender-surgeries-on-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded an investigation</a> into the Nashville pediatric gender clinic after shocking videos showed a Vanderbilt doctor calling certain transgender surgeries “huge money makers.” A health law expert also called conscientious objections to transgender surgeries “problematic.”
Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee&#8217;s office also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-looking-at-child-gender-transition-legislation-after-vanderbilt-transgender-videos-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he is in contact with state lawmakers about legislation regarding transgender care for minors.
“We should not allow permanent, life altering decisions that hurt children, like we saw on display at VUMC. The Governor is in communication with Leader Johnson and Leader Lamberth about legislative solutions, and we look forward to working with them and many other Tennesseans who are passionate about protecting children,” Casey Sellers, a spokeswoman for the governor, said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
The clinic performs “gender-affirming” double mastectomies on minor girls and offers puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors as well, according to Walsh.
In one video uncovered by Walsh, a Vanderbilt doctor affiliated with the adult transgender clinic, but not the pediatric one, can be seen emphasizing the dollar signs around gender surgery.
“It’s a lot of money. These surgeries make a lot of money,” VUMC Clinic for Transgender Health’s Dr. Shayne Sebold Taylor said.
Taylor said that “gender-affirming” double mastectomies could bring in $40,000, and a female-to-male phalloplasty could bring in upwards of $100,000.
Another doctor said that objecting to gender surgery for religious or other reasons should have “consequences.”
“I just want you to take home that saying that you’re not going to do something because of your religious beliefs is not without consequences and it should not be without consequences,” said Vanderbilt health law expert and pediatrician Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton.
“If you don’t want to do this kind of work, don’t work at Vanderbilt,” Clayton added.
Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.

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&#8220;Elvis&#8221; actress and musical artist Shonka Dukureh&#8217;s cause of death has been revealed following the discovery of her body last month in her Nashville home.
The Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office noted following an autopsy that the official cause of death was hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-30/elvis-actor-shonka-dukureh-cause-of-death-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Wednesday.
The Metro Nashville Police Department <a href="https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1550214892719783936" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last month that there was no suspicion of foul play when officers found Dukureh&#8217;s body in the apartment she shared with her two young children.
Dukureh was found unresponsive by one of her children on July 21. She told a neighbor who called 911 to report the information.
The actress recently became well-known for her role as Big Mama Thornton in Warner Brothers&#8217; &#8220;Elvis.&#8221; Her voice of the classic song &#8220;Hound Dog&#8221; hit theaters just one month before her death.
The actress and musician held a degree in theater from Fisk University and a degree in education from Trevecca Nazarene. Well-known in the Nashville area, Dukureh sang in many churches across the city from when she was young.
As a musical artist, Dukureh worked with a variety of top talent, including Nick Cave, Mike Farris, Pete Rock, and Smoke Dza, according to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/shonka-dukureh-obituary-1386713/">Rolling Stone</a>. The singer had also performed with Doja Cat at Coachella.
Dukureh was also an advocate for education. She worked as a second-grade teacher and served as an after-school program leader.
Her July death was mourned among many leaders, fans, and friends at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elvis-actress-found-dead-in-nashville-apartment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“My deepest condolences to the family of Shonka Dukureh. Shonka graduated from @Fisk1866 and called Nashville home for many years,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper (D) tweeted. “Her powerful voice and artistry will live on through her music, and we honor her memory on this sad day.”
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My deepest condolences to the family of Shonka Dukureh. Shonka graduated from <a href="https://twitter.com/Fisk1866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Fisk1866</a> and called Nashville home for many years. Her powerful voice and artistry will live on through her music, and we honor her memory on this sad day. <a href="https://t.co/0rjZ0lLWCg">https://t.co/0rjZ0lLWCg</a>
&mdash; Mayor John Cooper (@JohnCooper4Nash) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCooper4Nash/status/1550225355960623106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“A special light went out today and all of the Elvis movie family are heartbroken by the loss of Shonka Dukureh,” &#8220;Elvis&#8221; director Baz Luhrmann wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgTPWs2vy4c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Instagram</a>.
“From the moment she came into our world, Shonka brought joy, spirit and of course her voice and her music. Whenever she was on set, on stage or even just in the room, everyone always felt uplifted. Shonka was just starting to find a larger audience for her tremendous talent, and I got to see her uplift whole crowds of people at Coachella and beyond.”
“A favorite word of Shonka’s, in daily use, was ‘blessings,’ and I, along with the entire Elvis cast, crew and musical collaborators, feel truly blessed to have had time with her,” he added.
Grammy Award-winning artist Doja Cat also shared a tribute upon hearing of Dukureh&#8217;s death.
&#8220;Rest in Peace Shonka—an incredible talent taken from us too soon,&#8221; Doja Cat, whose song for the film &#8220;Vegas&#8221; featured Dukureh, <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1339052/baz-luhrmann-doja-cat-and-more-stars-pay-tribute-after-elvis-actress-shonka-dukurehs-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> on Instagram Stories. &#8220;Was a true honor getting to know her and I am so grateful to her for lending her incredible vocals to &#8216;Vegas.&#8217; Her amazing performance in Elvis amongst her other artistry will live on. Sending my deepest condolences to her loved ones.&#8221;

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An elite all-girls school in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> has announced that it is pausing a policy that would allow students who identify as a girls to enroll, meaning that boys who said that they were girls could have joined the school.
Harpeth Hall, a storied all-girls school in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville">Nashville</a>, announced that it would be pausing a policy allowing boys identifying as girls to enroll in the school after backlash from parents and others in the community.
“We recognize that this philosophy elicited strong reactions of support and opposition beyond our expectations. We care deeply about your feedback, and we have heard you. Based on the response from our school community, the Harpeth Hall Board of Trustees is choosing to pause the adoption of the philosophy in order to engage a wider audience in continued discussion,” said a <a href="https://www.wsmv.com/2022/08/19/harpeth-hall-reverses-policy-that-allowed-individuals-who-identified-female-apply/">letter</a> from the school to parents.
The school, for grades 5-12, was founded in 1865, and has educated prominent figures like Reese Witherspoon, Amy Grant, and Minnie Pearl. Earlier this month, it announced that it would be introducing new guidelines for admission to the school.
“As the world evolves, so do our students,” the school <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elite-nashville-girls-school-founded-in-1865-announces-transgender-girls-are-welcome">wrote</a> to parents. “The concept of gender has expanded and deepened over time. The members of our school community have asked good and important questions about gender inclusion and have looked for greater clarity on the school’s practices.”
The “pause” of the policy also follows a letter on Monday from members of the Harpeth Hall community for a meeting with the school’s administration. They told the school that its reputation had been “damaged” and that they were hoping to fix the situation.
The school’s message on Thursday, however, claimed that the school did not want to change its admissions policies.
“We would like to take this opportunity to clarify that Harpeth Hall did not and does not wish to make any changes to the school’s longstanding admission practices. Harpeth Hall was founded to serve girls and young women, and that is a key differentiator in selecting this school over coed options,” it said.
Parents and alumnae are still <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/parents-call-resignation-officials-all-girls-school-policy-allowing-biological-males-apply">requesting</a> that high-level staff at the school face consequences for introducing the policy in the first place, and sent the school a letter expressing their anger.
&#8220;We call today for the resignation of members of the administration board who have been proponents or enablers of political activism and division,&#8221; the letter read. &#8220;We will withhold all financial contributions to the school until this action takes place.”

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An elite school for girls in grades 5-12 in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1865, has revealed it will accept biological males as part of its “expanded” approach to the &#8220;concept of gender.&#8221;
Harpeth Hall, whose alumnae <a href="https://www.outkick.com/elite-nashville-all-girls-school-will-now-admit-biological-males-who-identify-as-female/">include</a> actresses Reese Witherspoon, Minnie Pearl, and singer Amy Grant,  <a href="https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylimits/harpeth-hall-confronts-gender-diversity/article_a05b20c4-17fa-11ed-afa4-2704a476985d.html">eliminated</a> the school’s yearly George Washington Day in 2020. Its latest efforts into political correctness featured a <a href="https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1659986590/harpeth/gdt2uyagjhqpoce9eaaf/SchoolUpdate.pdf">message</a> to parents outlining the new guidelines.
“As the world evolves, so do our students,” the school wrote. “The concept of gender has expanded and deepened over time. The members of our school community have asked good and important questions about gender inclusion and have looked for greater clarity on the school’s practices.”
The school was apparently referencing a<a href="https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylimits/harpeth-hall-confronts-gender-diversity/article_a05b20c4-17fa-11ed-afa4-2704a476985d.html"> student newspaper op-ed</a> in March 2021 that complained, &#8220;While the school claims to support trans students, this support needs to be formalized. Additionally, practices must be implemented to ensure the inclusion of trans students because the assumption that all students at Harpeth Hall are cisgender and female does not accurately depict the student body and ostracizes trans students.&#8221;
“With this objective in mind, we have adopted the following guidelines that outline how Harpeth Hall approaches gender diversity within the context of our girls school mission,” the school’s message to the parents continued.
Then it stated:
<blockquote>Any student who identifies as a girl may apply to our school&#8230;. Harpeth Hall acknowledges the developmental journey of each student and recognizes that adolescence includes natural searching and questioning about many topics. For some students, this may include the question of gender identity and the desire to identify as nonbinary or use they/them pronouns. 
Harpeth Hall approaches gender identity with understanding and open communication, rather than with shame or othering, and will provide a safe environment to partner with each student and family to consider the needs and requests of the student on an individual basis.</blockquote>
In an ironic twist, the school then wrote, “If a student communicates a desire to be identified as male or adopt he/him pronouns, we recognize that our school, being a girls school, may no longer be a place that serves that student well.”
Jessica Bliss, director of marketing and communications for the school, responded to the reaction to the school’s message.
“We are and always have been an all-girls independent school,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2022/08/10/harpeth-hall-allow-anyone-identifying-female-apply/10289169002/">said</a>. &#8220;There has been no change to Harpeth Hall&#8217;s admission application process which is open to any female student.&#8221;
She added, “Each girl is unique in her own way.”

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Amy Grant&#8217;s team updated fans after the singer had to be hospitalized following a bike accident in Nashville on Wednesday.
In a post shared Thursday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgkinQdPfhP/">Instagram</a>, the 61-year-old singer’s representatives shared a message about how the &#8220;Baby, Baby&#8221; hitmaker was doing after she was taken to the hospital after she fell off her bike.
&#8220;Thank you to all those offering prayers and well wishes for Amy after her bike crash yesterday,&#8221; the message from Team Amy read. &#8220;She is in the hospital receiving treatment but in stable condition.&#8221;
&#8220;She is expected to go home later this week where she will continue to heal,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;Your kind thoughts and heartfelt prayers are felt and received.&#8221;
&#8220;Amy was wearing her helmet and we would remind you all to do the same,&#8221; the message concluded.
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The singer/songwriter was out riding her bike with a friend in the city when she fell and had to be treated for abrasions and cuts, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/amy-grant-hospitalized-stable-condition-bike-accident-nashville?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-28591353&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio">Fox News</a> noted in an earlier report.
The crash comes two years after the Christian singer-turned-pop star was diagnosed with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, or a PAPVR, and had to undergo open-heart surgery to deal with the condition she&#8217;s had since birth, the outlet noted. The singer confirmed the surgery in June 2020.
&#8220;My birth defect was an encroaching killer &#8212; and I had no idea,&#8221; Grant shared during her appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/amy-grant-health-update-open-heart-surgery-rare-75779972">Good Morning America</a>&#8221; in February 2021.
&#8220;So my advice would be take care of yourself,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The world needs you. Even if you feel like everything is fine, you don&#8217;t really know what&#8217;s going on the inside. I think women tend to put their health on the back burner.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s more like, &#8216;Oh, my children, my grandchildren, my work, my spouse.&#8217; All of those things and we need the gift of each other,&#8221; the singer continued. “So even if you go, &#8216;Oh, I got nothing on the radar,&#8217; just get somebody else to check it out.&#8221;
Amy has been married to country singer Vince Gill, 65, for more than 20 years.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/demi-lovato-needed-facial-stitches-after-freak-accident">Demi Lovato Needed Facial Stitches After Freak Accident</a>

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/criminal-justice">prison reform</a> advocate and Left-wing activist was convicted this week for vandalism after he snuck weapons, including guns, into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> prison during construction. 
A jury <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-hid-guns-unfinished-jail-convicted-vandalism-87210848">found</a> Alex Friedmann guilty of over a quarter of a million dollars in vandalism to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville">Nashville</a> jail after he was found to have placed guns, handcuff keys, and hacksaw blades in walls under construction. Friedmann had disguised himself as a construction worker. 
There is speculation about what the purpose for the weapons were and what the prison reform activist planned to do with them. During their investigation, law enforcement officers looked at thousands of hours of surveillance videos. 
“We don’t know: Who were those bullets intended for? Who was going to be stuck with that knife?” Deputy District Attorney Amy Hunter said in closing arguments. “Who was going to try to get something from the other side of the visitation booth, and what were they going to do with it? And why?”
Friedmann <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/alex-friedman/">was</a> a consultant for the Bernie Sanders campaign in 2016 and was active in organizations promoting prison reform. He had previously served a stint in jail for an attempted armed robbery and later became involved with groups like Prison Legal News, the Human Rights Defense Center, and the Restorative Justice Coalition of Middle Tennessee.
The activist also presented testimony before the Tennessee legislature and Congress involving prison bills. 
Friedmann’s attorney said that the state wanted more money in damages than actually done and said he was liable for less damage. Prosecutors, however, said that it cost $291,000 to change all the locks at the facility because Friedmann had stolen keys from the new Downtown Detention Center. 
According to Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall, the jail was only “two weeks away from a massive loss of life,” and the stage had been set for a violent jailbreak. Hall had been in talks with Friedmann about at least one other jail in Nashville, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/prisons-vandalism-tennessee-nashville-b47f09ef2f697b4f068e3dff4a8894cc">reported</a>. 
“Understand, this plan went far beyond vandalism. Ultimately, it included planting various tools, weapons and security equipment throughout this facility — all designed to assist in a massive escape plan,” Hall <a href="https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/the-shocking-charges-against-alex-friedmann/article_f8d0fa1e-4c89-5d8c-a265-30d4bb615aeb.html">said</a> around the time of the initial arrest, saying that some of the guns hidden in the jail were loaded. 
Friedmann was arrested in January 2020 after officers found him entering the prison using keys he had stolen. While he was being detained, he ate jail plans he had been carrying with him. 
The activist also faces federal gun charges.

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