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Begrudgingly covering the Tennessee General Assembly + TN politics.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
WATCH: “If I were the governor I’d be a little concerned.” @votebo.bsky.social (D) says the trial of disgraced ex speaker Glen Casada (R) and his then chief of staff Cade Cothren, starting this week, may touch on @GovBillLee’s voucher scam. Current speaker Sexton (R) is set to testify.
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Erik Schelzig @schelzig.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Immigrant tuition bill appears dead for year after sponsor asks feds for guidance.
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Sponsor asking feds for guidance on cost of immigrant tuition bill, passage unlikely
A bill seeking to allow school districts to charge tuition to noncitizen students appears to be dead for the year after its House sponsor decided to seek guidance from the federal government about its...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
WATCH: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social reacts after Lamberth called him “racist” for speaking out against White Nationalism and pointing out what the media won’t — that the TN GOP supermajority’s policies & rhetoric invite hate to our state. Post: www.instagram.com/p/DIuLqwDyFP...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
WATCH: Tennessee Republican congresswoman @RepHarshbarger refers to 77 year-old Black Democrat @RepAlGreen as “boy”, and says his cane is fake and implies it may be a gun. Fitting a whole lot of ugly into 25 seconds, Diana! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Will she apologize? (Spoiler: we doubt it)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
WATCH: “WE’RE NOT THERE YET.” Rep. Sam McKenzie (D-Knoxville) says Tennessee Republicans Aron Maberry, William Lamberth, Johnny Garrett are pushing anti-DEI bills, etc… as though centuries of racism in 🇺🇸 has been completely overcome — when actual data shows otherwise.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
WATCH: @tnblackcaucus chair @jesse.chism.71 says the right thing for house Republicans Reeves, Maberry, Garrett etc to do is apologize for the whip pictures. (Spoiler: they won’t)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
MEMPHIS Sunday School Teacher to Rep. Gillespie: “Every child should have an education no matter where they were born. VOTE NO on HB 793.” Clergy across TN oppose Lamberth’s cruel bill to bully undocumented kids out of schools in 🇺🇸 (h/t @southernchristians.bsky.social )
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
WATCH: The Holler’s Kanew tells @davidnir.com & @atrupar.com how Tennessee Republicans attack local control (especially in MEMPHIS & NASHVILLE) and limit dissent Full: www.the-downballot.com/p/justin-kan...
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tnleg 🏛️ @tnleg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Tennessee Equality Project @tnequality.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
#Tennessee legislative campaigns for the week ahead. www.tnep.org/legislative_... .
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Legislative Campaigns Week of April 21
Legislation important to the LGBTQ community in Tennessee
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tnleg 🏛️ @tnleg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
WATCH: Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social (D) says a new bill from William Lamberth would’ve criminalized the woman who RECORDED the George Floyd video — she offers an amendment to strip out “The Halo provision” about standing close to an arrest. Republicans kill it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social opposes a bill expanding police powers, limiting protest— calls out William Lamberth & the GOP for rhetoric attracting White Nationalists to TN. (In response Lamberth runs cover for “White Nationalism” as a concept) Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIt6nQa...
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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My statement on today’s passage of the “PEACE Act”, which would erode our civil liberties.
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"Pete Hegseth is definitely the guy who replies all on an email chain." - Elizabeth Warren
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Are you in the Signal group chat as well?
President Trump talks to the Easter Bunny at the White House
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 21/04/2025
National security ain’t supposed to be a family affair, but apparently Pete Hegseth missed that memo. Leaking classified military plans—TWICE—the second time on a personal Signal chat to friends and family? That man has no business being Defense Secretary. He’s a threat, not a leader.
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tnleg 🏛️ @tnleg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The kids’ facial expressions says it all. 🤡
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Resistbot An open letter to the U.S. Congress Remove Pete Hegseth Immediately resist.bot/petitions/PP...
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Remove Pete Hegseth Immediately
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Here’s the op-ed @timmiller.bsky.social is referring to: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Ex chief Pentagon spokesman under Trump on Hegseth: “It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon. From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president...” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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tnleg 🏛️ @tnleg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
LAUGHING STOCK 🇺🇸🤡
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Read the highlighted part. A judge calling the immigration mess Trump has created “Kafkaesque” — unable to even tell current students if they’re here legally now. What a damn circus🎪 More: theintercept.com/2025/04/17/i...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
As former Trump Pentagon senior officials describe “total chaos” on his watch, Hegseth hilariously blames the media (again)
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tnleg 🏛️ @tnleg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
ROLLING STONE — “A new STUDY shows Tens of millions will die, millions of them children…. The second Trump administration began by driving a stake through the heart of America’s foreign aid programs…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
WATCH: “Senator Watson, drop this legislation and we’ll meet with you.” Bo says he wants a compromise on his cruel bill kicking undocumented kids out of schools, so @tnimmigrant.bsky.social & others say drop the bill and they’ll be happy to talk.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
REP. @vincentdixiefortn.bsky.social : “Pope Francis championed for migrants, the poor, the marginalized — we do a lot of things in this arena in the name of Christianity, it’s time for us to step up and do what’s right, and do God’s Will.” #RIP
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tnleg 🏛️ @tnleg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
WATCH: “Fascism is here. We cannot act like this is normal. Shame on you who are silent in this time.” Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social just spoke out about the Trump regime “kidnapping” #KilmarAbregoGarcia and refusing to return him.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 15/04/2025
UPDATED: Tennessee lawmakers have cut $179 million from Gov. Bill Lee's proposed budget, including $60 million for a starter home fund, $35 million for a Duck River water project, $20 million for the Nashville Zoo, and smaller amounts for human trafficking and foster children programs, among others.
tennesseelookout.com
UPDATED: Tennessee lawmakers slice and dice governor's budget • Tennessee Lookout
As the Tennessee legislature attempts to pass a budget, lawmakers are hampered by federal cuts that eat into the spending plan
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
UPDATE: Lamberth’s cruel bill to bully undocumented kids out of schools was just put “behind the budget” — which apparently means they have to see if there is money to fund it first. The general reaction here is confusion. Our advice: don’t relax.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Re: Lamberth’s bill to bully undocumented kids out of schools getting put “behind the budget” in house finance sub just now — here’s what a former legislator had to say… TLDR: don’t relax!
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Researchers across Middle Tennessee continue to have grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities terminated. Many received no formal notification. All wrestle with the implications of those cuts. Story: @steveharuch.bsky.social
nashvillebanner.com
NEH funding termination's impact on Middle Tennessee - Nashville Banner
NEH funding termination sends shockwaves through Nashville's literary community, affecting grants for numerous projects.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
WATCH: Rep. Aron Maberry R-Clarksville) takes his anti-DEI crusade to finance sub, where Rep. Jesse Chism (D-Memphis) tells him it’s a step in the wrong direction. It passed on racial lines. Every Black legislator opposes it— yet Maberry insists it fights discrimination against Black folks🤔
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
WATCH: Tennessee House Ag Committee chair @RepChrisTodd has nothing to say as Trump’s trade war with China hurts Tennessee farmers again — and likely will necessitate another farmer bailout Soybeans are Tennessee’s #1 cash crop
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TN House Democrats @tndemocrats.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Rep. Yusuf Hakeem fires back against Rep. Maberry’s attempt to pass yet another bill attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion in our state.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 14/04/2025
“I love that,” President Donald Trump said of sending U.S. citizens to Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo in El Salvador, a facility that exposes prisoners to torture, according to human rights experts.
tennesseelookout.com
U.S. human rights law likely violated in $6M payment for El Salvador prison, experts say • Tennessee Lookout
The U.S. State Department is paying El Salvador $6 million to house immigrants but law bars financial support of foreign security forces.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
A couple of days ago, I said "we are Germany 1937," amd someone scoffed. Friends--the U.S. president sending citizens out of the country to be tortured is Hitlerian behavior, whatever you choose to call it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Here’s one for the terrible optics file — To mark being appointed Deputy Whips for the (99% white) @tnhousegop caucus, @aronmaberry (who is on an anti-DEI crusade) johnnycgarrett45 (who is killing the human rights commission) and leereevestn decided to pose with… actual whips 🤷🏻
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Rachel Wegner @rachelannwegner.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Hundreds marched to the Tennessee Capitol today to protest a bill that would allow public schools to deny a free education to undocumented children. The bill’s future remains uncertain in the stage legislature. More from me and @itsmelissabrown.bsky.social. ⬇️
tennessean.com
Hundreds protest at Tennessee Capitol as undocumented students bill remains in limbo
Advocates and families marched to the Tennessee Capitol to protest a bill that would ultimately allow public schools to reject undocumented children.
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Chattanooga Times Free Press @timesfreepress.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Fourth-generation Middle Tennessee cattle farmer Cole Liggett lined up with scientists and environmental advocates in March to urge Tennessee lawmakers not to gut the state's historically strong protections for wetlands.
timesfreepress.com
Wetlands protections built an industry for mitigation banking. Rollbacks could erode it. | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Fourth-generation Middle Tennessee cattle farmer Cole Liggett lined up with scientists and environmental advocates in March to urge Tennessee lawmakers not to gut the state's historically strong protections for wetlands.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🔥 @aoc.bsky.social makes the case for #MedicareForAll in Idaho
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
As WILLIAMSON COUNTY folks have been trying to get the confederate flag removed from their county seal, sons of confederate veterans have been stalling the process for years Now Rep. Dave Wright & Bowling have a bill that may be trying to make it harder 🤔
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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 09/04/2025
Fetal personhood laws that give embryos equal rights as a person are dangerous for women. They can be used to arrest someone for having an abortion, a stillbirth, or a miscarriage – like what happened to Selena in Georgia. We can't let fetal personhood become federal law.
nbcnews.com
Woman's arrest after miscarriage in Georgia draws fear and anger
Experts say the arrest is part of a pattern of criminalizing pregnancy that has accelerated since the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats @democrats-edworkforce.house.gov · 08/04/2025
If schools are going to treat student athletes like employees, they should have the same rights as employees—starting with the right to form a union. Watch Committee Democrats defend students' right to organize and collectively bargain 📺👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_CQ...
youtube.com
“Game Changer: the NLRB, Student-Athletes, and the Future of College Sports”
YouTube video by Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🔥WATCH: “We must be better than this as a state.” Rep. @jrclemmons.bsky.social (D) unloads on a vicious, ugly Lamberth (R) bill that seeks to remove undocumented kids from schools all across 🇺🇸
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Wow — hundreds of faith leaders signed a letter against the cruel Tennessee Republican bill to block undocumented kids from schools… including a pastor from Senator Bo Watson’s own church. 😬 www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ap...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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