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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House

@bradbatt.bsky.social
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Running for TN State House (D6) to end the grocery tax, raise wages, fund our public schools, and take down these Flock cameras!!

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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Over a decade of the most vile and disgusting things coming out of his mouth, but taunting a foreign country to “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego and saying “This is a very small price to pay.” is truly reprehensible The Republican Party is dying. They are on their death bed.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
TN-9 candidate Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “Gas is too high. Groceries are too high. Wages are too low… and blaming immigrants is part of the problem. The reality is people are struggling because the billionaire class is greedy.”
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“After Aug. 20, I noticed, ‘Hey, we’re still getting outside agencies outside the State of Tennessee that are searching our network’” — Deputy PC Mike Adams, to WJHL, Sept. 18, 2026 But emails prove he was repeatedly notified of out-of-state access: takedownthesecameras.com/he-was-told/
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He Was Told. Every Month. — Take Down These Cameras
Johnson City's deputy police chief says he only noticed out-of-state agencies searching our Flock cameras after Aug. 20. FOIA'd emails show Flock told him every month, in bold, that 1,800+ out-of-stat...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the most literal sense
Screenshot of the Wikipedia article "Reich Ministry for Church Affairs." The intro says the ministry existed in Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945 under Hanns Kerrl and Hermann Muhs, aiming to unify the churches and align them with National Socialism. An infobox shows the Nazi eagle-and-swastika emblem, with formation on 16 July 1935 and dissolution on 8 May 1945. The Background section explains the regime's failed effort to merge 28 Protestant churches into one Reich Church under Ludwig Müller, resistance from Martin Niemöller's Confessing Church, and Hitler's decision to have the government take over.
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What the actual fucking fuckery is going on???
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UncleMark🦅🇺🇸 @unclemark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Big time
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey, real quick. This is Nazi shit.
Screenshot of a post on X from Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW), a verified account. The post reads: "Today, at Secretary Hegseth's direction, the Department of War is announcing the Office of Religious Affairs. Starting today, the Office of Religious Affairs will report directly to the Secretary of War. No staff filters. No bureaucratic dilution. A direct line to the Secretary. This won't be a policy shop pushing paper. It will have real teeth. It will protect budgets, demand infrastructure, and strengthen religious support across the force."

Below the text is an image of a navy blue graphic with a gold border. In the upper half, a white eagle with wings spread, holding a shield, olive branch, and a crook-shaped staff, appears above the words "Office of Religious Affairs." A gold horizontal line divides the graphic, and in the lower half is the motto "Standing Firm, Preaching Truth, and Ministering to the Force," with a small gold eagle emblem at the bottom.
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AmyP-no-bs @amyp-nobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE is a dishonest, criminal organization of thugs and haters. Abolish it.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A quick graphic to explain what's happening
nfographic titled "DARVO Manipulation Strategy" on a light blue banner. Five circles down the left spell D-A-R-V-O, each with an arrow pointing right. D (pink) points to "Deny: Perpetrator denies whatever wrongdoing they are being accused of doing." A (orange) points to "Attack: Perpetrator attacks the other person by questioning their mental health, honesty, or actions." R, V, and O (mint green) share one box labeled "Reverse Victim & Offender: The perpetrator attempts to switch roles with the victim. Instead of accepting responsibility for their actions, they try to make the original victim into the perpetrator."
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Flock data + Axon body cam footage + facial recognition, "in one searchable platform." That's the pitch VIDIZMO emailed to Johnson City PD's deputy chief. Its tech also claims behavior prediction and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds. www.404media.co/surveillance...
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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The reason I protested in the 1st place was the anti-democratic behavior of Speaker Sexton." Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Claims of oversight fall flat when the deputy chief can't be bothered to read his own emails.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This data wasn't buried in some spreadsheet. It was front and center, in huge bold font, in an email sent straight to the deputy chief. Every single month.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Emails from June 1, July 1, and Aug. 1 show Johnson City was sharing your personal and private data and travel patterns with over 1,800 agencies across the country.
Email from Flock Safety to Michael Adams, sent Monday, June 1, 2026, subject "May Sharing Snapshot for Johnson City TN PD." The email describes itself as a monthly snapshot of active sharing relationships. Under "Organizations I'm Sharing With," it lists 1,935 total organizations as of May 31, 2026, shown in large bold numbers: 152 in state, 1,783 out of state, and 6 federal. Below, it shows the Tennessee Statewide Network and the Nationwide Network both marked "Enabled."Email from Flock Safety to Michael Adams, sent Wednesday, July 1, 2026, subject "June Sharing Snapshot for Johnson City TN PD." The email describes itself as a monthly snapshot of active sharing relationships. Under "Organizations I'm Sharing With," it lists 1,959 total organizations as of June 30, 2026, shown in large bold numbers: 152 in state, 1,807 out of state, and 6 federal. Below, it shows the Tennessee Statewide Network and the Nationwide Network both marked "Enabled."Email from Flock Safety to Michael Adams, sent Saturday, August 1, 2026, subject "July Sharing Snapshot for Johnson City TN PD." The email describes itself as a monthly snapshot of active sharing relationships. Under "Organizations I'm Sharing With," it lists 1,968 total organizations as of July 31, 2026, shown in large bold numbers: 151 in state, 1,817 out of state, and 7 federal. Below, it shows the Tennessee Statewide Network and the Nationwide Network both marked "Enabled."
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But FOIA requests reveal that Flock sent Adams monthly updates on exactly how many agencies had access to his AI-powered, 24/7 government surveillance network.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"After Aug. 20, I noticed, 'Hey, we're still getting outside agencies outside the State of Tennessee that are searching our network to include all the other networks in the United States.'" That's Deputy Chief Mike Adams, speaking to reporters earlier this month.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Johnson City's Deputy Police Chief says he only noticed after Aug. 20 that out-of-state agencies were searching our Flock camera network. FOIA'd emails show Flock told him every month, in bold, that 1,800+ agencies had access. 🧵
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Or are we going to build something better that includes all people?
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
July 26, 2016 – I had a lot of hope in this moment for a better future Are we going to continue to accept this fascist administration? A gerrymandered Tennessee that doesn't represent the people? A government that caters to billionaires and corporations?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social responds to David Hatley offering to donate $1 Million to charity if @marshablackburn stops hiding from debates👇🏽
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DOOR DASH: “WE MESSED UP” 🤔 ZOHRAN: “If they keep trying to rip off New Yorkers, we’ll be happy to make history again.” The problem anti-DSA fearmongerers have is @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social exists — as they attack NYC’s Mayor for being a “SoCiALiSt”, he delivers for NYC workers.
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Machiel @matxil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There's an episode of Black Mirror about this.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
11/ Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” former executive Eric Schiff said.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
4/ To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sends an initial $150K to the pro-Collins super PAC (1820 PAC) using a shell company. Reed knows Kao is behind the donation. “Very smart,” he says in an email viewed by ProPublica.
Emails Between Martin Kao and Scott Reed, Discussing Contributions to the Susan Collins Super PAC, 1820 PAC

“Hi Scott: Had a chance to discuss 1820 with my CFO and attorney last night. They are suggesting setting up a separate new LLC to make the donations. Name of new LLC: Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers.

In my personal real estate investments, we often use LLCs that can be set up to "facilitate" transactions. They are super vague and very difficult to get any background info on. Totally legal and typically used in real estate transactions to conceal the identity of buyer/seller. Wanted to get your thoughts/concerns.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019

“Very smart and glad your counsel understands. Thanks for doing this.”
— email from Scott Reed to Martin Kao, Nov. 22, 2019

“Great! We will proceed on getting this set up ASAP. Have a nice weekend.”
— email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
2/ Our story starts in 2019. Collins is at risk of losing her seat. A year earlier, she helped Navatek land a multimillion-dollar Navy contract in Maine. Scott Reed, head of the pro-Collins super PAC, meets with Navatek execs in a D.C. cafe and asks for a $500K donation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Absolutely the fuck not. Are you even kidding me with this fascist Terminator robot dogs hunting you dystopian nightmare?!? Vote every single fascist Republican out
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The same Republicans who have yelled for decades about not being sheep, installed a 24/7 AI-powered government surveillance system called FLOCK
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you have $20M to spend on an ego run for Governor, you don't pay your workers enough
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Very on point that American fascism is by far the stupidest fascism We don't need artificial intelligence, we need collective human intelligence
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
…agencies outside the State of Tennessee that are searching our network to include all the other networks in the United States,'" Adams said. "And so what has happened and all that was was the simple click of a button to turn that off. That was turned off on Monday of this week."
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 UPDATE: JCPD Deputy Chief Mike Adams says BIG OOPSIE!!! NOTE: Conveniently after FOIA requests from the local Deflock group exposed their incompetence and lack of internal controls "After Aug. 20, I noticed, 'Hey, we're still getting outside agencies outside the State of Tennessee…
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 29/07/2026
🎥 How to survive a heatwave - make your home a cool zone (without air conditioning) More detailed #video ▶️ youtu.be/mSSQmkH2XdM What other tips do you have!? PL RP🩷💚💙 Thank you! #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klima #ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction #heatwave #heat
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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Washington County didn't vote to be surveilled by their government 24/7. These cameras log people going to work, school, church, the doctor—everywhere they go. It's a huge invasion of privacy and a breach of our 4th Amendment. All done without warrants, guardrails, or oversight.
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John Tomlinson @johntomlinson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'Police are routinely searching the Flock database without providing any legitimate justification, making a mockery of our civil liberties by logging reasons like "LOL" (short for “laugh out loud”), "LMAO" (short for "laughing my ass off"), "sexy," and "idk"...' www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke
With no warrant requirements, limited guardrails, and deficient audit processes, ALPR databases have fostered a culture of unrestricted access to everyone’s location information. This culture of abuse...
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Already extremely unimpressed with the ego campaign by David Hatley, but saw a clip this morning where he’s telling an audience “We’ve got *this guy*” on our side while pointing to the heavens We don’t need anyone in office with religious delusions that God is “on their side” in politics
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
photo of a cute baby looking upward, overlaid with a screenshot of a Threads post.
The Threads post reads:
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"American isn't under-babied, we're over-billionaired"
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When Republicans tell you it’ll trickle down
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tonight the Orange Clown 🤡 made his followers pledge allegiance not to America, but to him. Including saying—and I quote—“I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell” I will not abide by fascism and if you’re for this I'm against you
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Marsha loves grifters and Dave Ramsey sucks
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Charlie Kirk and Rush Limbaugh both had the same historical impact on America—making people dumber, meaner, and more racist
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Addressing privacy concerns, Adams said it was a ‘reasonable expectation’ that people in public would be caught on some kind of camera somewhere.” “Some kind of camera somewhere” is not the same as 24/7 AI-powered government surveillance, Chief. tennesseelookout.com/2026/09/08/f...
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Flock cameras divide Tennessee governments, residents over privacy as some end their contracts • Tennessee Lookout
In East Tennessee, several counties swear by Flock license plating-reading technology, while others vote to end contracts.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “We’re seeing the largest attack on Black political representation since the end of Reconstruction— this election is about which direction we head as a country: towards this New Confederacy… or a multiracial democracy.”
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Weird how those who want to "protect women" never seem to protect women from the things they say they need protection from 🤔
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Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Weird how they have no interest in protecting the women in the WNBA from this MAN who shows up to harass them at their games and to create a media spectacle, which is all part of a bigger culture-war grift
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