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Posting in former SpaceX interns’ message boards full of low 20-something tech bros to recruit for DOGE seems like a thoughtful way to run a fed govt dept. When your tax return, SS check or veterans benefit is late or never shows or your paycheck gets blindly axed, you’ll know who to thank.

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This is fiscal irresponsibility 101 and evidences a total lack of concern for children by Bill Lee. We’re leaving $75m in fed funds on the table that helps nearly 700k TN kids and spending $3m in state funds to serve far less kids in only 15 counties. #TeamJRC www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

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🚨Vance told German leaders at Munich Security Conf to allow the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to enter their federal govt, arguably violating a commitment to never again allow Germany to be led by fascists who could repeat the Holocaust. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

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👇🏽WATCH: TN Dems Sen. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social & Rep. @jrclemmons.bsky.social explain why Trump’s attack on the Dept of Ed will harm students with disabilities Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGI9pL0...

submitted 7 days ago • 19 comments

CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

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Comprehensive list of impacts on farmers and U.S. ag economy resulting from DOGE efforts, tariff wars and the USAID shutdown. Whether you’re red or blue, it’s important to understand what’s happening to the heart of our state - our farmers. #TeamJRC farmergeorgiewrites.substack.com/p/the-devast...

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Live look at a scam artist using private school kids as props for a voucher scam bill signing. Symbolic that front row seats are reserved for lobbyists, not parents. #LeesVoucherScam

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

The office of Gov Bill Lee calling Nashville-area private schools to try and recruit their students to attend his voucher scam bill signing ceremony today is so ‘on brand’ for Lee and tells you all you need to know about their true aims (and again demonstrates his incompetence).

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Now there won't be anyone to detail the damage to our public schools from @tngop.bsky.social's voucher scheme. @votegloriaj.bsky.social @jrclemmons.bsky.social @chattywendy423.bsky.social @hcdp-tn-423.bsky.social

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For Gov Bill Lee to invoke Einstein’s theory of relativity and quote Gretzky about ‘skating to where the puck will be’ as “innovative” metaphors and cast his tired, failed policies (toll lanes, vouchers, block grants) in the same light was truly amusing. Yes, he actually did that.

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Tonight our Republican governor will give the annual State of the State address in Tennessee. But first, the Democratic prebuttal… #TeamJRC #TNDemocrats youtu.be/4VYI-YQl8Yk

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

It's reprehensible to pick on and discriminate against children. It's unethical for an attorney to introduce legislation s/he knows to be unconstitutional. #TeamJRC #TN55 tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/06/t...

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Someone’s unlimited access to massive amounts of otherwise publicly inaccessible data is a big time 🚩. When that someone built Colossus to feed Grok, it’s a 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 sitch. This isn’t going to end well.

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The Lee admin official tasked with brokering a solution between concerned West TN residents and sludge spreader Denali Water Solutions was personally investigated for pumping 100s of thousands of gallons of hog waste into a stream. You can't make this stuff up. tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/04/w...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Moments after President Trump’s 10% tariff on all Chinese products took effect on Tuesday, Beijing struck back with tariffs on U.S. coal, gas and other goods, restrictions on exports of some minerals and an antimonopoly investigation into Google. Follow live updates.

submitted 19 days ago • 43 comments

47’s Tariffs: 🇲🇽 : 25% 🇨🇦 : 25% 🇨🇳 : 10% 🤔 Wait…but I thought….Oh well, I guess Marsha needs to break a few more plates. 🙄

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

After a rough week in the state leg, it’s great to spend a Sat morning with thoughtful neighborhood leaders doing the work to improve our neighborhoods for Nashville families. Enjoyed discussing my work at Capitol and touting Paragon Mills Elem. Thanks for invite, Paragon Mills NA. #TeamJRC #TN55

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This was Bill Lee’s goal with voucher scam all along. Had zero to do with “freedom,” “choice” or improving educational outcomes. It was (& always has been) about Bill’s willingness to dance for billionaires & pathetic desire to get a little attention from his daddy. www.dailywire.com/news/exclusi...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Final vote on Gov. Bill Lee’s voucher scam. Proud NO vote. Proud of @tndemocrats.bsky.social for fighting together against this fiscally irresponsible, destructive scam. #TeamJRC #PublicSchoolProud #TN55

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Business group’s head says ⁦‪Gov. Bill Lee‬⁩’s voucher bill is “neither necessary nor fiscally conservative.”

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!

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“The original cost of universal vouchers were supposed to be $65 million a year. That was in 2022,” AZ state Rep. Gutierrez said. “Cut to this year? In our budget for next year, vouchers are over $900 million a year.” #LeesVoucherScam clarksvillenow.com/local/rep-ro...

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Gov. Bill Lee’s special session for his voucher scam begins today at 4pm. When we should be singularly focused on providing overdue flood relief/aid for NE TN families/communities, #ScammerBill is tying his voucher scam to the aid. Call your TN legislator today and say “NO!” to vouchers.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

FINALLY we are seeing some pushback from SOMEBODY! Lawyer up, Donnie

submitted 28 days ago • 972 comments

FLASHBACK: Jeremy Faison said he regretted the voucher vote more than any vote he has ever taken. Calfee said “bribes and threats” were used to pass it. What changed, @RepFaison? 🤷🏻

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Williamson County school board member 👇🏽👀

submitted 29 days ago • 19 comments

Firing 12 inspectors general without proper notice to Congress (that 47 controls) seems like a pretty big deal considering IGs’ role in rooting out government waste, fraud, abuse and preventing misconduct.

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

When your state government doesn’t want you watching what it is doing TO you and your local public schools, it convenes at 8pm on a school night. #LeesVoucherScam #TeamJRC

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

Perhaps we should also make it a felony to steal taxpayer money from public schools. Bill Lee’s voucher scam is essentially grand theft.

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Amen! 👇🏻 #WilsonCoProud

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Hot off the presses! Bill Lee’s voucher scam - special session edition. #TeamJRC

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Antioch High School families can call 615-401-1712 for reunification information with their children.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Our @tndemocrats.bsky.social statement on today’s school shooting.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

⚠️Public education is under attack in Tennessee. Republican or Democrat - you cannot sit idly by while @GovBillLee dismantles your local public school with his voucher scam - a fiscally reckless attack on local economies and opportunity for growth and prosperity for our children.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

submitted 34 days ago • 766 comments

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Tennessee!

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

WATCH: “Opponents of the new voucher plan held rallies across Tennessee… a $2000 bonus if we say yes to vouchers is horribly insulting. Teachers aren’t gonna fall for that.” #LeesVoucherScam Full: www.wbir.com/video/news/l...

submitted 35 days ago • 25 comments

100% True. 👇

submitted 36 days ago • 389 comments

Trump literally leaving his supporters out in the cold while he and his billionaire buddies stay warm and cozy inside is the most Trumpian thing in the history of Trump. MAGA will never learn will they?

submitted 36 days ago • 1239 comments

GovBillLee lying about the so-called “hold harmless” provision in his voucher scam to flip votes tells you all you need to know. Think about it. Our state won’t have the funds to support two education systems. We don’t even fully fund one as it is! #BillLeesVoucherScam #TeamJRC

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Unlike TN under Gov. Lee, NC acted quickly to provide 3 rounds of relief for families impacted by Hurricane Helene totaling $1.1B. Lee loaned $100M from TennCare, waited 4 mos to pass aid for TN families so he could lobby votes for a voucher scam. Now combining in one special session. Despicable.

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

www.propublica.org/article/scho... @thetnholler.bsky.social @jrclemmons.bsky.social @votegloriaj.bsky.social @campbell4tn.bsky.social Check this out

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ARKANSAS — Gov Sarah Sanders came to TN to push @GovBillLee’s failed vouchers scam… Ex Little Rock superintendent Baker Kurrus says they should stop their wildly expensive program, which is mainly helping kids who were NOT in public school 👇🏽 🤔 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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🔥 WATCH: “TEACHERS ARE NOT IGNORANT. THEY ARE OFFENDED.” A Knox Schools board member rips @GovBillLee for trying to bribe teachers with $2,000 each to get his private school voucher scam passed — even when the state’s own data shows they don’t work. Pretty gross, Guv.

submitted 43 days ago • 67 comments

End of the stream summary with Krissy Hurley, NWS-Nashville Meteorologist in Charge ❄️ It's gonna snow ❄️ It's happening ❄️ Wake up and see only a few AM flakes? You may think it's not coming ❄️ It's coming ❄️ 6" to 8" is the most likely range, some data is higher, some lower

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"Firearms continued to be the leading cause of death among Tennessee children, responsible for one in every five fatalities among children aged 1 to 17 in 2022, according to new data from the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth." tennesseelookout.com/briefs/repor...

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'No jurisdiction': Watergate prosecutor says Judge Cannon cannot block Jack Smith's report www.rawstory.com/jill-wine-ba...

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