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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

💸 The Trump-Blackburn budget law cut food assistance to pay for tax breaks that mostly benefit the rich AND increased costs on Tennessee taxpayers. Families are getting crushed by high grocery prices and Republican Party policies are the anvil. www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

DEM LEADER: “This should never happen again.” Sen. Raumesh Akbari is calling for the legislature to exercise its oversight power after death row inmate Christa Pike survived two supposedly lethal doses of pentobarbital. Read her full statement: tnsenatedems.substack.com/p/leader-akb...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Workers who punch a clock already know this. Research by Sycamore Institute

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

These insurance premium increases are unsustainable for small businesses and workers. But Tennessee Republicans won’t even acknowledge health insurance costs are a real problem. www.newschannel5.com/politics/eco...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Join Sen. Charlane Oliver on Monday for a special announcement! She is proposing legislation to get big money out of state politics and end corporate corruption in TN. It’s time our state government started working for the people.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Trump’s pointless trade wars always hit Tennessee especially hard 🇨🇦

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

DEMOCRATS KNOW that investing in public schools is investing in our economy and our future. But under GOP control, public schools get less state funding per student than private schools in Gov. Bill Lee’s voucher scheme. More: tnsenatedems.substack.com/p/gov-lees-v...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

💔 Leader Raumesh Akbari: “Dolly showed the world something special about Tennessee: that you can come from humble beginnings, dream bigger than anyone thinks possible, never forget where you came from and bring other people along with you.” #Tennessee #DollyParton

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The TNGOP’s highway funding formula is BROKEN and our infrastructure backlog is out of control. Sen. Heidi Campbell & Rep. Aftyn Behn are offering a bipartisan solution that grows the economy and invests in highways & transit: #PotForPotholes tnsenatedems.substack.com/p/new-tax-da...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

PUBLIC 💰 BELONGS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Under GOP control, TN ranks dead last in 🇺🇸 for student funding. But instead of fixing their funding shortfall, Republicans are subsidizing private school tuition for thousands of wealthy families. Private school vouchers are a scam. www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sen. HEIDI CAMPBELL says she will file the “Power to the People Act” to make sure that local elected officials have the final say over new data center construction. @axiosnashville: www.axios.com/local/nashvi...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

After 15 years of complete Republican Party control in Tennessee, costs like groceries, healthcare and housing are higher than ever. Senator Minority Leader Raumesh Akbari says Democratic cost-cutting reforms for working families will define this election. MORE: open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

ANGELA WYNN is a mother, wife and community leader who is running for Senate in Rutherford County to boost our economic wellbeing by focusing on families, not big business; bolster public school students; and to make healthcare affordable & accessible. Follow @awynnforsenate.bsky.social

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

TIM ROBERTS is running for Senate to cut costs for working families by ending the grocery tax, making school meals free for all families and healthcare reform. He stands for the people—not corporations, big tech or party bosses. www.VoteTimRoberts.com

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

DAVID HARDY is a native Tennessean with deep ties to the community. He's running for Senate in Williamson County to bring down the cost of healthcare, strengthen our roads & bridges, and invest in our economy through small businesses and education. David will get it done! www.davidhardy4tn.com

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

BRYAN LANGAN wants to get money out of politics and put money back in your pocket by ending Tennessee's grocery tax. He also supports healthcare reform and putting people to work fixing our roads and infrastructure. www.langan4tn.com

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

DAVID MILLER is a retired teacher and labor leader, who supports better funding for public schools (not voucher scams) and ending Tennessee's sky-high grocery tax. He'll put people over big corporate profits. Send a teacher to Nashville! www.davidmillerfortennessee.com

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🚨 Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee is a finalist to store the nation’s nuclear waste—but he’s not saying where he wants to put the radioactive material. Sen. Heidi Campbell is demanding answers: 📍 Which towns did the governor volunteer for nuclear waste storage? open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Unchecked Republican control in Tennessee has resulted in worse health outcomes, fewer hospitals, higher insurance premiums & more medical debt. Democrats are fighting back on rising costs and working to end the GOP’s self-made healthcare crisis. www.tennessean.com/story/news/h...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Republican Party policies are great for the wealthy. Everyone else gets inflation and stagnation. If you want to drive the economy forward, put the car in D! www.tennessean.com/story/money/...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Donald Trump & Republican politicians cut food assistance for low-income families to pay for tax breaks that mostly benefit the Epstein class. Now they’re shifting costs of the federal program onto all Tennessee taxpayers. Heckuva job, GOP www.wkrn.com/news/nationa... www.wkrn.com/news/nationa...

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Tennessee among 41 states at risk of losing federal SNAP funds, new data shows: What to know

Dozens of states are going to have to start forking over more money to fund SNAP (or end up cutting food assistance) if they don’t get their error rates in check.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

😵‍💫 Under Gov. Bill Lee & the Republican Party, Tennessee is dead last in the U.S. for student funding per pupil. It would take $1B investment to catch Mississippi. But that won’t stop Bill from patting himself on the back.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

State Republicans just gave a company — that in 2023 had no experience managing voucher programs — a big contract boost. Sen. Heidi Campbell raised red flags.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🪨 Sen. Heidi Campbell has thoughts about the new rock Republicans put on the Capitol lawn

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

DEATH ROW SECRECY: A bipartisan coalition—including Leader Raumesh Akbari & Rep. Gabby Salinas—backed reform to increase accountability and transparency on Tennessee’s death row. Then the Correction Dept. botched an execution. MLK50: mlk50.com/2026/06/02/a...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The cost of housing in Tennessee is at an all-time high. Groceries, healthcare & energy, too. Families are getting crushed by price gouging and soaring inflation. Without lifting a finger to bring down costs & strengthen families, Republicans invented a fake holiday to celebrate “strong families.”

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

📉 ECONOMIC NEWS: Tennessee employers have shed 40,000 workers over the last five months. Trump mass deportations are making the labor shortage worse. Trump inflation is crushing businesses. Hiring is stalling and wages aren't keeping up. The Republican Party has no answers.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Sen. Heidi Campbell writes about the dichotomy of the Tennessee Senate: One week honoring a soldier who bravely opposed fascism in Europe and then later rigging the state’s congressional elections in an attempt to amass more political power. open.substack.com/pub/theheidi...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The unprecedented GOP power grab was met with unprecedented resistance. Read the full statement on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

$30 million of OUR tax dollars for a global corporation worth $121 billion. To working families & small business owners getting crushed under Trump’s high-inflation economy, this looks like state Republicans rigging the game for the billionaire class.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

FACT: Republican Party lawmakers are the only thing standing between Tennesseans and a pro-family cost-cutting agenda Prices are skyrocketing while Republican politicians block our agenda. The GOP’s only focus is power, culture wars and handouts for the wealthy.

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“Affordability has to be keeping Republican consultants up at night” — John Geer, Vanderbilt Poll co-director, noting a drop in Trump approval and almost ubiquitous concerns about affordability among Tennessee voters will likely impact this year’s midterm elections. ✍️ @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social

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Donald Trump's approval rating in Tennessee dips - Nashville Banner

The latest Vanderbilt Poll shows Donald Trump's approval rating in Tennessee declining, with independents and non-MAGA Republicans becoming less satisfied.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Trump’s reckless policies, tariff taxes and foreign wars are taking a toll on workers and one of Tennessee’s most important industries. @wkrntv www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sen. Heidi Campbell on the Tennessee Republican Party abandoning conservatism for control and power: “There’s nothing conservative about using government power to eliminate dissent, nor redrawing maps to silence communities of color.” open.substack.com/pub/theheidi...

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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This week Sam speaks to members of the Tennessee state legislature about the state’s immediate redistricting designed to disempower Black communities in response to the SCOTUS overturning of the VRA. Feat Senator Charlane Oliver and @votegloriaj.bsky.social

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White Power Grab: Tennessee’s Assault on Black Voting Rights with Sen. Oliver & Rep. Johnson

Podcast Episode 292: Sam speaks to members of the Tennessee state legislature about the state's immediate redistricting designed to disempower Black communities in response to the SCOTUS overturning o...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Sen. Raumesh Akbari called Rep. Steve Cohen one of Memphis's "fiercest champions" after the longtime public servant said he would not run for reelection. His decision came after state Republicans held an unprecedented special session to rig districts lines. tnsenatedems.substack.com/p/leader-rau...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

How it started How it’s going Knox County Schools whitewashing history banned books edition 📚 🤔. Shameful.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Only in Tennessee — Ummm… maybe someone should tell Knox County Schools ‘ROOTS’, the novel about Black history they just banned… is a STATE BOOK 📕 🤦🏻‍♂️

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

“It’s time to get up and fight.” Sen. London Lamar tells Feminist’s Sydney Verde that rigged congressional maps are part of a pattern from Tennessee Republicans, who are targeting Black political power at every level. Lamar says it’s a #JimCrow tactics and time to organize at the polls.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

TENNESSEE LAYOFFS HIT SIX-YEAR HIGH State data shows nearly 3,400 Tenn. workers were laid off in the first four months of 2026 — the largest layoff total for that period in six years. While TN’s one-party government focuses on power grabs, our economy is unraveling under their noses.

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"They are lynching us with the ballot and with congressional maps." TN State Senator Charlane Oliver tells @DeanObeidallah that we are in a civil war with the Jim Crow states as they go after black congressional and state districts.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

WATCH: Tenn. Senate Democratic Leader Raumesh Akbari explains the consequences of Republican map rigging, calling out the GOP for silencing Black voters in Memphis and across the South. #gerrymandering #jimcrow #tennessee #tndemocrats #tnpolitics

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

STACEY ABRAMS, democracy champion and founder of Fair Fight, calls out the TNGOP racial gerrymander that splits Memphis across three congressional districts. She warned this map returns Tennessee to a “vicious past” that silenced voters. #handsoffmemphis #jimcrow #Tennessee

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

SHOW SOME COURAGE: Caucus Chairwoman Sen. London Lamar tells Republican senators, who know it’s immoral to steal a congressional seat from Black voters in Memphis, to “show some courage.” #HandsOffMemphis #Democrats #tennessee #jimcrow

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Senate Democratic Leader Raumesh Akbari opens the special session to rig Tennessee’s congressional map with a history lesson and fiery warning to Republicans. #HandsOffMemphis #jimcrow

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Tennessee Republicans are literally breaking the laws they swore to uphold to silence Memphis voters. Tennessean: www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

United against an immoral power grab, Senate Democrats wrote an open letter to Tennesseans expressing their opposition to Republican efforts to erase Black voting power on our congressional map. Read the full letter on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Easy to say money doesn’t matter when you’re not the one going without it. We’ve got teachers paying for student supplies, too few support services, portable trailers serving as classrooms and kids trying to learn in buildings without proper AC. There are real consequences for GOP neglect.

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TN Senate Dems @tnsenatedems.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Raumesh Akbari released a statement today after a 6-3 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Read the full statement on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...

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