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😬 what a gentleman

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social repping Tennessee at the massive #FightOligarchy rally with @aoc.bsky.social & @sanders.senate.gov in LA today. 36,000+ in attendance. www.instagram.com/p/DIXnIxIv9s...

Reminder: Trump’s crypto coin is an obvious avenue for bribery, and everyone should be horrified — Good explanation 👇🏽 (And everyone who wanted Biden charged for bribery is silent 🤐 as Trump moves to free the informant who lied to the FBI about it)

“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

INBOX: Yikes — Senator @PaulBaileyforTN (R) called out for ducking pastors before voting to block undocumented kids from schools, and Senator Tom Hatcher (R) allegedly lied to pastors and said he’d oppose it, then voted for it. 😕 🤥

Make it make sense

“Tennessee Republican Party Urges all Republicans to vote against” The @tngop just voted to oppose an @LeeReevesTN (R) & Jack Johnson (R) bill that would force county parties to have primaries instead of caucuses/conventions — perhaps for selfish reasons.

Musk sharing Maher’s video about his dinner with Trump is all you really need to know

WATCH: “We can’t feed ourselves. We don’t have enough food. We can’t just stop trade.” mtsu asst prof Dr. Tarpey tells NC5 we can’t cut ourselves off from the world— reminds us last time a depression shortly followed. #TrumpTradeWar Full: www.newschannel5.com/plus/inside-...

CLIP: Here’s where Rep. Rudder listens to @RepChrisTodd talk and is like: “see why we need to protect IVF & contraceptives from this guy?” Then @TimothyHillTN3 does himself no favors, and Susan Lynn sells Rudder out by backing the men — and is a huge hypocrite as she does.

CLIP: “Plan B is legal—it prevents her from ovulating so she does NOT get pregnant.” As Rep. Jody Barrett (R) opposed Rep. Iris Rudder’s IVF/contraceptives bill he proved he is NOT a doctor, getting a female reproduction lesson from Rep. Terry (R) who IS. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIXW7LK...

CLIP: “My middle daughter wouldn’t have been born.” As “Bully” Bulso claimed Rudder’s bill to protect IVF/contraceptives undercuts their argument that life begins at conception, Johnny Garrett spoke from personal experience & helped block it. Full debate: www.instagram.com/reel/DIXW7LK...

🚨 HOW THEY VOTED 👇🏽Here’s who voted AGAINST the Rep. Iris Rudder (R) bill to codify the right to IVF & contraceptives in Tennessee All 45 non-yes votes were Republicans Video: www.instagram.com/reel/DIXW7LK...

WATCH: After suffering through misguided pushback from her mostly male Republican colleagues — who have no medical degrees — Rep. Rudder (R) passed her bill to protect IVF & contraceptives in Tennessee through the House with bipartisan support.

With the tariff exemptions, it looks like the US has already given up bringing back manufacturing of iPhones and Macs. At least there’s still the hope we can bring home the manufacturing of MAGA hats and fast fashion hauls from SHEIN.

An Apprentice producer weighs in on Maher getting used by Trump: “I assure you Trump is laughing and telling everyone around him how easy it was to manipulate Bill… Trump’s superpower is telling whoever he’s with what they want to hear…”

🔥 FARMER: “This I-told-you-so, it’s I-wish-you-would’ve-listened… China is more prepared this time… they just canceled the 3 largest soybean contracts… Trump isn’t playing chess or checkers with China - they’re sitting in a corner playing with themselves.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIW56aF...

If Rusty Grills John Stevens and tnfarmbureau really cared about farmers you’d speak out against Trump’s trade war with China, which will destroy them, rather than protect giant Chinese corporations from sick farmer lawsuits. www.axios.com/2025/04/09/c...

The real impact.

Sure does! 😕

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This part

WATCH: “I wept today.” On Thursday, @SenatorLamar reacted after Tennessee Republicans passed @SenBoWatson’s cruel bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools through the senate 19-13. 7 Republicans opposed it with Dems. @ToddGardenhire (R) also wept.

Lutnick: “We’ll make phones in 🇺🇸” Days later: *Trump exempts phones*

Any questions? www.rawstory.com/book-censors...

Maher got Played like a fiddle 🎻

ICYMI — Least surprising news of the week: Trump wants to free the informant who lied to the FBI about Biden. apnews.com/article/fbi-...

“Here, maybe you should have this.” Maher gives Bannon a pocket constitution after reading him the part that says a president can only serve 2 terms

WATCH: Bannon ties himself in knots trying not to say Trump is ever wrong about anything

👀 🔥 Megyn Kelly shreds Kristi Noem

Since ARKANSAS Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is who came to help push Gov. Lee’s voucher scam — let’s see how things are going with their program… 🤔 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

According to Franklin PD, Angie Solomon has been arrested for an alleged murder-for-hire plot against her ex-husband — who her daughter accused of abuse, and who was the only witness to the death of their son. www.wsmv.com/2025/04/12/w...

🔥 the hilarious @robhuebel.bsky.social looking sharp in a holler hat! 🧢 Grab yours here to chip in a few bucks monthly and support what we do: tnholler.com/holler-hats/

🔥 the hilarious @robhuebel.bsky.social looking sharp in a holler hat! 🧢 Grab yours here to chip in a few bucks monthly and support what we do: tnholler.com/holler-hats/

🔔 the TN Growers Coalition is encouraging folks to contact these 👇🏽senators to block a bill that threatens the future of hemp in Tennessee — the bill just passed the house Thursday. More: www.instagram.com/p/DIUmP53pzl...

WATCH: “Bo, you made your own caucus members cry. Proud of yourself?” Kanew asks @SenBoWatson about his ugly bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools. (+ @VoteDawn @janicebowlingtn @SenJohnson) As @ltgovmcnally bans us from a presser again & a sergeant-at-arms gets handsy

WATCH: @tnsenatedems.bsky.social cite scripture and appeal to Republicans’ Christian morality as Bo Watson’s bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools passes the senate 19-13 (He had shockingly few answers about what it means for kids who are homeless, trafficked, etc.)

MARYVILLE, TN: “Family and loved ones of Josh Sullivan, a Maryville pastor who kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa, are asking the community for prayers… gunmen stormed the Fellowship Baptist church in Motherwell Township, taking Sullivan hostage.” www.wvlt.tv/2025/04/11/i...

TODAY'S HOLLER: Watson's Cruel "Child-Punishing" Bill Passes Senate 😳 Maberry's Anti-DEI Crusade 🤨 Grills' Monsanto Protection Bill Dies For the Year 🥳 & more Check out today's links & videos: mailchi.mp/f956b790d41c... CHIP IN and grab a Holler hat: tnholler.com/holler-hats/

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

🔥WATCH: “Stop acting like you don’t know what this is all about.” Rep. Hakeem unleashes on @AronMaberry for 1 of 2 his anti-DEI bills (he claims are actually fighting discrimination🤔) McKenzie, Glynn, @votegloriaj.bsky.social also made some Maberry juice. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIP_cUj...

⚡️UPDATE: TN House Dems voted to close their caucus meetings to the public (+ press) who were occasionally attending. Chair @jrclemmons.bsky.social says the vote was unanimous. Leader Karen Camper tells us she wasn’t there. Others also not there say no notice was given in advance.

This is UNREAL!!!! Once again, I found myself fact-checking something because it seemed too ludicrous to be true. Sadly, it is. And to think that these are the people my fellow Christians think should be in power. 💔 bsky.app/profile/thet...

ICYMI — Trump says he plans to exempt farm & construction labor from his (due process-less) deportation raids Can’t let the fearmongering take cheap labor away from his rich buddies (and himself). More: www.thebulwark.com/p/farmers-tr...

INBOX: @tnsenatedems.bsky.social point out Trump’s trade war will hurt Tennessee businesses and farmers, especially hammering trade with China — our largest trade partner by a lot. Last time Trump did this Tennessee was hardest hit. (Another farmer bailout is likely going to be needed)

Y’all…

🗣️ MCMINN COUNTY: “I’m asking you — Please think about the awesome students on our community who only want an education.” Locals asked the school board to pass a resolution against the cruel Lamberth & Watson bill blocking undocumented kids from schools. (Other districts have)

WATCH: REPUBLICAN senators oppose a cruel Senator Bo Watson bill to remove undocumented kids from 🇺🇸 schools Gardenhire, Haile, Walley were among 7 Republicans who joined Dems in opposition. It passed 19-13. (Up in House finance sub Monday)

As Trump defies the Supreme Court and refuses to bring innocent father Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador — it’s worth remembering his Czar of Hate Stephen Miller has always been viciously anti-immigrant, even in high school 👇🏽