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Jody Barnwell Smith

@jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social
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A tennessee_mom 🟧 Williamson County, TN| #PalliativeCare I TNDP Executive Committeewoman, District 27 I Coffee shop lover

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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gov. Bill Lee hired Frank Strada to run Tennessee's Department of Correction after Strada oversaw three problematic executions in Arizona. Saturday morning, after the botched execution of Christa Pike on Wednesday -- the second such execution since May -- Lee announced Strada is out.
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After botched execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee Corrections chief steps down • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada will step down, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday — three days after a botched execution attempt left Christa Pike on a ventilator in criti...
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Kristina Gray Counts @kristinacal19.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Support candidates in the South. What happens here will happen nationwide. Dr Andresen is running for House District 63 in Tennessee. We have a super majority GOP. Our hospitals are closing. Women are denied healthcare. We need her in our legislature.
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Dr. Kristin Lyerly @drkristin4wi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tennessee needs a doctor in the House. Meet Dr. Laura Andreson — OB/GYN and plaintiff in Blackmon v. Tennessee, fighting the state's dangerously narrow abortion ban exception. Catch our whole conversation here:
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LIVE with Dr. Laura Andreson for TN House!
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Katrina Green, MD FAAEM, FAMWA (she/her) @kgreenmd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yard sign deliveries this afternoon! We are officially running low on signs! If you live in a high visibility area, request your signs here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Dr. Laura Andreson, DO, FACOG (she/her) @lauraandreson4tn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My district, TN 63, is on the eastern side of Williamson County. It includes Brentwood, east Franklin, Nolensville, Arrington and College Grove. Check your districts here: web.go-vote-tn.elections.tn.gov
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Dr. Laura Andreson, DO, FACOG (she/her) @lauraandreson4tn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I support freezing the gas tax (Indiana has already done this!) as well as repealing our grocery tax (proposed by @aftynbehn.bsky.social and Sen Charlane Oliver). Tennesseans are hurting and we need to deliver for them! #LauraDelivers
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Jerri Green @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We cannot allow generations of Tennessee farming families to become casualties of Washington’s trade wars. Our farmers deserve better than uncertainty. Read my latest Substack article on how I plan to be a Governor who fights for our farmers: jerrigreen4tn.substack.com.
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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Seems bad!
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
electorate wants common sense and affordability. AND don’t much care for BIG BROTHER invading their communities. They’re mad enough to vote for anyone including Dems who will stand up for them. Hope, hard work, and gumption will get us over the finish line come November. #tennessee #tnleg
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Word to candidates running toward November - racing toward the middle by not taking a stand on anything doesn’t sit well with voters. My 🔥🥵take is that the idea of a moderate Democrat only plays well in the imaginations of people who aren’t on the ground and at the doors. Majority of the 2/
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is a reflection of the shift we’ve been seeing in Tennessee. The most progressive candidate in the 2025 Special Election won the primary and went on to shift each district multiple points to the left. In the next election (local) 2+ counties flipped multiple seats blue. 1/
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Well done 🙌
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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Becca Ripley is running to unseat this jerk (Gino Bulso) & could really use your financial support in her run in Tennessee State House District 61. The thing about Bulso is that even his voters don't like him. This seat in this cycle is 100% flippable.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/04/2026
I'm really sorry for all the SA survivors having to put up with the onslaught of INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW bullshit going around the internet today. I see you, and I know it's traumatizing.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/04/2026
“The Secretary of Defense is not connected to reality.”
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“Concepts of a plan” forever.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare. I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/11/2025
The weathiest country in the world doesn't mean a thing if it won’t feed its own people.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Sure Americans are in bread lines and layoffs are ripping across the country and prices are up and health care costs are skyrocketing… but least Ghislaine is happier now, that’s what counts! #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Responding to Comments III
"If 10% of your population is on food support, then your min wage is too low. SNAP is in fact subsidizing the rich owners of big businesses so they can have overly cheap labor."
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
* aftynforcongress.com
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Make a plan to vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social now on Nov 12-26 or Dec 2, and DONATE and volunteer at afynforcongress.com #tennessee #dnc
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How One Seat Could Break Washington’s Silence
The math behind the stalled Epstein petition, and why all eyes should be on Tennessee’s 7th District.
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Trump’s approval rating is underwater in 39 states, including 20 states that voted for him last year.
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
TN-07 congressional special election primary early voting starts September 17th. GoVoteTN.gov for complete dates.
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GoVoteTN - Information for Voters | Tennessee Secretary of State
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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
💥 Iowa under Trump: Democrats 2, Republicans 0 Catelin Drey (37) from Sioux City won District 1 election by 55% to Christopher Prosch’s 44% in deep red #Iowa where Trump won by 13%. The second state seat to be flipped this year & which has now broken the Republican senate supermajority (33-17). 💥
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Iowa Democrats celebrate as Drey wins special election, breaks GOP supermajority • Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Democratic candidate's victory in Iowa Senate District 1 means Republicans no longer hold a supermajority in the Iowa Senate.
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
YES!!!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Looks just like our beloved cat who died almost a year of kidney failure. We miss him and wish all the best for your sweet kitty 🥹
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NPR @npr.org · 27/07/2025
Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities. Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Take a few days off, all kinds of stuff breaks loose. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social with @tennesseelookout.com .
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In defeat for Trump administration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from custody within 30 days • Tennessee Lookout
A federal judge in Nashville ruled Wednesday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be released from criminal custody in Tennessee pending trial on human smuggling charges. The order came shortly after a Mary...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/07/2025
It’s amazing how fast they can build a concentration camp: “Alligator Alcatraz”— but they can’t manage to fix a levee, fund a hospital, or get clean water to poor communities.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/06/2025
He was always going to vote yes. If you don't recognize this guy when he's standing still and not running at top speed, this is Senator Josh Hawley.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Orwell was right.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/06/2025
Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Hey, skeeters, or whatever we call folks on this site. Some of you know I am a big fan of hometown papers, like the LaFollette Press. Where's LaFollette, you ask? It's a lovely town north of Knoxville, between K-town and Kingston. Give 'em a follow.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
@tennesseelookout.com is all over this important story:
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 22/06/2025
ICYMI: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, one of the largest academic research and hospital care systems in the southeast, expects to lay off 650 employees as a result of grant and other funding cuts made by the Trump Administration, it said in a statement.
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center to lay off up to 650 after Trump administration grant cuts • Tennessee Lookout
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, expects to lay off 650 employees as a result of grant and funding cuts by the Trump Administration,
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/06/2025
"Because we see our democracy's in real trouble. We see a president who has made himself a king and dictator." "We're disgusted and we're scared, and we know the only way to fight this now is for the people to come together." - @markruffalo.bsky.social on why he's at the #NoKings event in NYC
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Jody Barnwell Smith @jbarnwellsmith.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Exactly. Bill Lee is in a state with a Republican Supermajority…what kind of fire is he even experiencing 🙄🙄🙄
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/05/2025
Text on a dark background expressing solidarity with the families of Yaron Lichinsky and Sarah Milgrim, condemning political violence and antisemitism, and advocating for a peaceful, democratic future for all communities, signed by Indivisible.
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Matthew Hansen @matthewhansen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
John Ewing was badly outspent and hit with attack ads while challenging 3-term incumbent Jean Stothert, who had absolutely wiped the floor with her most recent opponent. Tonight he’s the mayor of Omaha, and he’s winning by a whole bunch of votes. www.ketv.com/article/omah...
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John Ewing Jr. makes history by winning Omaha’s mayoral election
At her Election Night event, Stothert said she called Ewing and conceded in the race.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/04/2025
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We are like 20 hours away from Stephen Miller claiming Hegseth is MS-13.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Come for the news, stay for the tea. Sam Stockard reports that Gary, humble, founder of Tennessee Stands, will challenge Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson in 2026. Humble it came within a hair of knocking off Johnson in 2022.
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Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee immigrant student bill losing momentum • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee’s bill restricting education for undocumented immigrant students could be dead for the year, foiling a challenge to Plyler v. Doe.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"Federal funds make up 93.4% of Human Services funding, 78.4% of the Department of Military, 61% of the TennCare Bureau, 51.5% of the Transportation Department and 57.8% of the Health Department."
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is one hell of a story, readers.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy. Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities. All with an average donation of $21. THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
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