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JM Cole

@jonathantn.bsky.social
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am convinced that economic pain as a tool is the next step at our disposal to get the attention of the federal government. Targeted boycotts and strikes come to mind, but I am not sure which sectors of the economy will make the most impact. I am ready for ideas.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Physical presence and peaceful protest are important but have not led to effective outcomes because decision makers have no conscience.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
🎙️🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽 📢 Ahem. If using your smart phone in a public space to play a game, watch a movie, take a long phone call, etc. with your speakers “on,” you’re expected to isolate from others out of earshot or use your headphones.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The need for charity points to the failures of government.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Today is the 13th anniversary of the passage of the LGBT-inclusive Employment Nondiscrimination Ordinance by the Memphis City Council. Please join me in celebrating local advocates who worked to advance this legislation and the elected officials who recognized the need for it.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Woke up early to walk Vanjie this morning for 2 miles. I felt a cool drizzle on my face on the way back home. What’s helping you stay grounded these days? How are you overcoming barriers to that effort?
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I made this Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken for dinner with @smartass63.bsky.social
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I made a zucchini and ricotta galette for dinner tonight.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Last week at the Cooper Young Festival 4-Miler.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Paul and I booked a trip to Uruguay in January 2025 to celebrate our 25th anniversary.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This links make it easy to contact your lawmakers to protect national public radio,l and the public broadcasting system. Please act to protect federal funding for these resources. protectmypublicmedia.org
protectmypublicmedia.org
Protect My Public Media
Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.
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Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This “big, ugly bill” is dangerous and will destroy rural health care. In Kentucky alone, 35 hospitals are under the threat of closing, stripping care from families, cutting jobs and crippling local economies. 1/2
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
KAINE: “You didn’t call any of the families. They learned about it from the press.” @sentimkaine calls out @petehegseth for not having the courtesy to call the families of the 🇺🇸 soldiers whose names he’s stripping from military bases to put the names of Confederate generals back.
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CNN @cnn.com · 18/06/2025
Jinkx Monsoon, best known for her winning runs on both “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Drag Race All Stars,” announced that she is set to take over the lead role in the wild, Tony-winning historical spoof “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway this summer. cnn.it/405u1Dq
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I am beginning to feel like having a presence on any social media platform is a form of surrender. Is unplugging the ultimate form of rebellion against control by the government and the corporations that control them?
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
RIP United States of America (July 4, 1776 - January 25, 2025)
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It’s time to press legal claims based on the equal protections guaranteed in the 14th Amendment against Federal Government overreach justified over the last century under the 4th Amendment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com
We the People: Search and Seizure
Podcast Episode · Throughline · 05/29/2025 · 48m
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
You should be dancing with PRIDE on June 6 with @tnequality.bsky.social
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Chris Davis of the Uptown Davises @thepeskyfly.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Can we stop saying anti-woke and just say bigot?
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I made @hilltop.recipes Spanakorizo with onion, scallions, leeks, garlic, spinach, Arborio rice, feta, lemon and fresh dill with jammy egg for dinner with the @paullinxwiler tonight.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
In this day and age of aviation, I now view checked baggage as a personal character flaw.
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LGBTQ Shrink @drronholt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is a welcoming account. 🏳️‍⚧️
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I’m grateful for the thoughtful reflection of @koshersoul.bsky.social on this story. #nottaway www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Nottoway dishonored my enslaved ancestors. Why I still hated to see it destroyed.
Material history, including at places such as Nottoway, has messages for people studying Black history.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
But isn’t Ginger Minj term limited? #RuPaulsDragRace #allstars10
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a drag queen is wearing a hat and a colorful dress
ALT: a drag queen is wearing a hat and a colorful dress
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Chicken thighs seared in a skillet on both sides and finished in a 400F oven with homemade salsa verde served with dark red kidney beans partially smashed with bacon, garlic, and oregano and grits creamed with cottage cheese and chicken schmaltz.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I’m grateful to TEP for organizing campaigns to contact Tennessee lawmakers about legislation harmful to the LGBTQ+ community in one place. Join me in using this resource today to make your voice heard. See link in first comment.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Click this link and leave a voicemail now for your Congressman 5calls.org/issue/budget...
5calls.org
Oppose Safety Net Cuts to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks - Vote TODAY 2/25 ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (02/21/25): Early on Feb 21st, Senate Republicans passed their own slimmed down budget resolution. The Senate plan does not yet extend the 2017 …
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
My cousin had a hot tip for warding off despair and engaging Congress to hold the Executive branch accountable. I just downloaded the 5 Calls app which provides proscripted pro-democracy messages on a number issues with phone numbers for my US Congressman and Senators. 5 calls makes it easy!!!
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The USA is fully returning to its genocidal roots.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The people who trust Musk are like the people who think the stripper really likes them.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Please support the LGBTQI+ community by attending the Tennessee Equality Project Gumbo Contest this Sunday, Feb. 16. Tickets may be purchased in advance online at m.bpt.me/event/6494142.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Last November, voters decided to empower the wealthiest 1% of people while crushing the less than 1% of people who are transgender. That made losers of 99% of us. #math
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
😡Sick of this white cispremacist!🤬
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤 As for me, I’m here to celebrate the countless contributions of African Americans during Black History Month. 🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤🤎
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Republicans always complain the federal government can’t do anything right. Then they get elected and prove themselves right.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Homemade chicken meatballs spiced with Ancho chili powder and cumin with Monterrey Jack and cottage cheese grits and salsa verde garnished with cilantro made a delicious macro-friendly dinner (C 57g F 24g P 36g 586 cal).
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
DEI = Meritocracy The ultimate goal of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusions (DEI) programs is a meritocracy in which the most qualified candidates are hired to fill positions regardless of background or demographic. We all need to say this repeatedly and at high volume.
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Chris Davis of the Uptown Davises @thepeskyfly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I’m not a meme communicator, and so probably not a good judge of their effectiveness. But this one feels like it merits a cameo in any post with more than 10 comments.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
POTUS has declared war on breakfast! Hear me out:
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мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The new Guilded Age ≠ the dawning of a new Golden Age. This latest volley launches a new war on working people.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
So during the coldest days so far this year, the #TVA asked #MLGW customers to voluntarily conserve electricity immediately. We are asked to turn thermostats down to 68°, unplug electric vehicles & space heaters, & postpone the use of large appliances. Has #elonmusk turned off his #maneframe?
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I’ve lost an archive of hundreds of recipes from TikTok thanks to the US Goverment.
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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Flatbread pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella, Romano, turkey pepperoni, mild Italian sausage, bell and Fresno pepper, red onion, and oil-packed black olives.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
TENNESSEAN: Test scores for students using vouchers “continue to lag behind their peers statewide, according to data released by the state…” So not only do they hurt public schools - they don’t even do what @GovBillLee claims. #LeesVoucherScam www.tennessean.com/story/news/e...
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