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Follerers, do you think the Memphis City Council will honor Mayor Paul Young’s request to keep Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis or will they listen to the everyday Memphians who want her gone?
CJ will be reappointed
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the citizens will prevail
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vote will be pushed back
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follow the money
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A scene to show how many White Station High School students skipped lunch and showed up to the walkout today.
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Bro you live in Nashville. Stay there. Let Memphis handle Memphis. This is not due to soft on crime policies. You’d be better fit to aim your arrows at
@GovBillLee
and the
@TNGop
who implemented severely lax gun laws and allowed Permitless carry.
Memphis is a great city filled with many fabulous people. But like far too many cities in America today it has fallen completely apart thanks to soft on crime policies and the demonization of the police. Stay as safe as you can and call police if you see this man.
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So the question is where do
@MayorMemphis
and
@FedEx
stand when it comes to the reappointment of Rep.
@Justinjpearson
? Memphis wants to know. Just how much is money influencing and dictating who our elected leaders are?
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Prayers, love, and light to those impacted by today’s shooting at the Kroger in Collierville.
To
@GovBillLee
and the
@TNGOP
this is exactly why Permitless Carry should have never been signed into law.
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Oh you mean like this?
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It’s giving “take your anti-CRT and shove it.” Love to see it.
“Rhodes College is using $800,000 in grant money to create a new program that will focus on education and activism involving racial equity, discrimination and justice in Memphis.”
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This isn’t chaos. It’s called standing on business. Chaos is being an underaged white male getting your mama to drive you across state lines with a rifle to take the law into your own hands and murder people.
CHAOS: Screaming University of Memphis students walk out a minute into Kyle Rittenhouse’s speech.
@Mighty990KWAM
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Rep
@wkevinv
says he won’t do anything on gun violence because “Jesus” will cure “man’s sinful heart”
a total betrayal of our kids and the memories of those who died
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Every missing person (despite their socioeconomic status) deserves to be found, alive, and returned safely to their families.
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WATCH: JUSTINS RESTORED
Rep.
@Justinjpearson
re-enters the house chamber after being sworn in, fist raised, and hugs
@brotherjones_
&
@VoteGloriaJ
.
#TennesseeThree
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Our Capitol has not always looked like this — If you’re in the media and you’re not calling Kremlin Cameron Sexton’s police state out you’re helping it normalize
HAPPENING NOW: The Tennessee state capitol is once again roped off and filled with troopers to keep folks away from legislators under
#KremlinCameron
@CSexton25
’s watch as session begins. 🇺🇸
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Do
@MayorMemphis
and
@FedEx
really want to play these reindeer games about withholding support for the
@FedExForum
if
@Justinjpearson
goes back to Nashville? What if
@JaMorant
@DBane0625
and the rest of the
@memgrizz
opted not to play as a sign of support for the Representative?
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🚨 Reps.
@brotherjones_
&
@Justinjpearson
both re-elected to their seats after being expelled by Tennessee Republicans for standing up for gun safety reform.
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Vote every single member of the
@TNGOP
out next year. It’s way overdue and has now become mandatory.
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“It is unconscionable that the Tennessee General Assembly is on the brink of passing a bill that would bring more guns into schools — against the will of parents, law enforcement and teachers.”
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.
@GovBillLee
says President
@JoeBiden
has no authority to mandate vaccines. Well let’s talk about some of the things Gov. Lee has the ability to decide but refuses to: Statewide Mask Mandate. Expand Medicaid. Fund Public Education.
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🚨MORE MEMPHIS ELECTION SHENANIGANS: Shelby County GOP election administrator Linda Phillips has DEEP undisclosed conflicts of interest with the voter reg software company they gave a contract to... including her sons working for them. (H/t
@jennycohn1
)
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“Wife is better looking. More accomplished. I don’t know. What is it?”
@donlemon
flamed the heck out of Donald J. last night. This clip will likely go down as 1 of the greatest political responses in history.
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Hey
@MayorMemphis
, members of the
@MEM_Council
, and members of the Shelby Co. Commission that we haven’t heard from, pastors, orgs, etc. etc. where are the letters supporting
@Justinjpearson
?
INBOX — LOCAL NASHVILLE CONGREGATION TO
@MetroNashville
COUNCIL: “Without Rep.
@brotherjones_
we are diminished in this state… We urge you to immediately reappoint him and support his voice in advocating for those desperately in need of it.”
#TennesseeThree
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Today is May Day and many are striking to negotiate for better working conditions, wages, and safe working environments. On this day, supportive folks are asked NOT to patronize these businesses. Will you? Are you
#WorkerStrong
or
#ShoppingWrong
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Didn’t see any stories about every Tennessee House Republican voting to force raped kids to give birth last week— but y’all all over it when some headphones go missing
The headphones were allegedly taken by a United Airlines contractor who loaded food onto the plane.
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TYRE’S MOM: “I hear the video is horrific… but I want each and every one of you to protest in peace. I don’t want us burning our city, tearing up our streets.”
#JusticeForTyre
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🚨BREAKING:
@Justinjpearson
UNANIMOUSLY reappointed by the Shelby County commission, will join
@brotherjones_
back in the legislature
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A+ reaction time and tackling form by this security guard as another protestor protests T Wolves owner Glen Taylor for killing millions of chickens.
#GrindCity
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When someone shows you how they vote, believe them. Both
@SenatorHagerty
and
@MarshaBlackburn
continue to show us they mean us no good. Marsha can be replaced in 2024. It’s so far from now, yet so soon. We must begin the work to select a Senator who looks out for all Tennesseans.
🏳️🌈 AGAIN:
@SenatorHagerty
&
@MarshaBlackburn
just voted NO on a landmark bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage that PASSED the senate with 12 Republicans in support.
A damn shame. We hope local media will let Tennessee know about their disgraceful votes.
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Where's the ridiculous amount of Troopers and trashing of food/water and threats of arrests now
@GovBillLee
Still astonishing to see the high level of hypocrisy with some of our elected officials
HAPPENING NOW at the Capitol.... Trumpers protesting without a Trooper in sight, on the VERY SAME plaza
@GovBillLee
spent over a million dollars to keep the
@plaza_tn
protestors off of... 🤔
Gross hypocrisy, and yes systemic white supremacy.
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Is this what we’re doing now Carolyn Jackson (Chief of Safety & Security) and
@MSCSK12
, banning a parent and education advocate for no good reason? Is this the work of Board Chair Althea Greene or someone else? The public is waiting for answers.
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Then why have you never done a town hall here? And why haven't you done an in-person town hall anywhere since February 2017?
#MissingMarsha
With all its art, music, and culture, Memphis, Tennessee is the place to be!
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Tomorrow
@VoteGloriaJ
is making her rounds across Tennessee’s 3 grand divisions; Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville. Anyone wanna guess what her announcement will be?
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Straight from a teacher’s mouth...
“I’m not signing a waiver. This is not a theme park. This is not an adventure ride.”
#14DaysNoNewCases
#RedForEd
#RefuseToReturn
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In TN and across the country, there continues to be a double standard on who and when gun control should apply. If white male and female gun enthusiasts are highlighted for carrying a firearm, what’s the difference when
@JaMorant
does it? Spot the differences
#KeepThatSameEnergy
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As much as the
@tngop
talks about freedom, they sure do like to pre-empt local control, decide what women can/can’t do with their own bodies, and ban things a lot.
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WATCH: “Support in statehouses is next to nothing — and 🇺🇸 democracy is being decided in statehouses across the country.”
@Justinjpearson
spent an hour with the
@breakfastclubam
folks and encouraged us not to just focus on federal politics🎯
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This is just all kinds of cool.
In case you didn’t know, I’m April Ryan and I’m a
#WhiteHouse
reporter my work address is now: 1600
#BlackLivesMatter
Plaza, NW - Washington, DC!
And oh by the way, President
@realDonaldTrump
now resides at: 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza, NW - Washington, DC!
🇺🇸
#ThisIsAmerica
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Tennessee, how do we feel about this?
Democrats need to stop letting rural republicans have uncontested races.
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MEMPHIS, 1968…
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Dr. Michelle Taylor, Director of
@ShelbyTNHealth
, has just requested a minimum 30-day universal mask mandate to give Shelby County a fighting chance to prevent the collapse of our healthcare system.
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Sadly the rumors are true. This is not the way Memphis wanted to start off 2023. Our condolences to her family, friends, and all who loved her.
“Lola Mitchell, 43, otherwise known as “Gangsta Boo” was found dead at approximately 4 p.m.”
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🐢🐢 what a hypocrite
MCCONNELL: “One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and said ‘Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court seat vacancy.”
But keep telling us how Dems are breaking the *rules*
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Families in Tennessee are fed up with
@GovBillLee
. A Collierville family has been added to the latest lawsuit against the Governor.
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It’s just plain stupid. We should be decriminalizing marijuana and finding more ways to be proactive about legalizing it in our state. Doesn’t the
@tngop
know that Cannabis is a Billion Dollar industry? The taxes alone would help fund some much-need improvements in TN.
By a 7-2 party line vote, Republicans approved a bill that will increase the number of people who go to court for simple possession of marijuana. They did it by taking power away from local prosecutors.
Is that "limited government" or an abuse of state's power?
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A tale of two cities. A tale of two counties. A tale of two parties. A tale of two systems. Two governments. Two genders. Two ethnicities:
I’d like to know why Senator Brian Kelsey was able to illegally transfer nearly $100K & remain in position, while Senator Katrina Robinson only misfiled less than $3500 & was just expelled. What’s the difference? I have a sneaky suspicion…
#Tennessee
#TennesseSenate
#ColdGame
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🗣️
@SenatorLamar
: “Teachers don’t even want this. This bill is dangerous... look at that gallery. Those mothers are asking you not to do this.”
With a baby in her arms. Powerful. But every Senate Republican voted yes anyway, as troopers dragged out the moms above.
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Senator Kelsey is currently championing Right to Work legislation attacking unions. MLK was murdered while supporting striking sanitation workers right here in Memphis. 👇🏽
#MLKDay
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If
@BillHagertyTN
election results are valid (whether we like it or not) then
@JoeBiden
election results are valid (whether they like it or not).
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“Collierville Schools announced Monday afternoon that it will send children home who do not mask.”
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Yes, there were basically more cops outside than Rittenhouse supporters inside
WATCH: “What racist things has Charlie Kirk said?”
Tonight at the TP USA event on the U OF MEMPHIS campus Kyle Rittenhouse said “I don’t know anything about that… I’m not gonna comment…” 🤔after a student rattled off a few of Kirk’s racist quotes. (From
@NoApologies901
)
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👀 ooh! Damn so there are all the excuses in the world why Tennessee can't have it but an Elected Official literally on tax payers' dollars drove to another state for marijuana?!? Somebody's got some explaining to do.
A friend went to a dispensary in Anna, IL, and saw this license plate right in front of the door.
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Is this what we’re doing today
@MEM_PoliceDept
?
@1cjdcop
? Is this what you call improving community and police relations? Isn’t Chief Davis on record saying she supports a person’s right to protest?
Man detained at YMCA opening in Whitehaven for yelling “Drag is not a crime” when
@GovBillLee
began speaking.
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Reports of an active shooter at the IRS building are being reported. Everyone please be on alert and stay safe. Check on your folks.
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Now imagine if they were Black?!?
How many times in Memphis have we seen the skewed treatment of protesters? It’s literally night and day. The difference in treatment of protesters ranges from not arrested to being tackled with permanent injuries.
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When you think you've heard
@MarshaBlackburn
say it all, she says this "Don’t bother with the truth.We’re going to make up a version of the truth.That’s what they are saying.” No Marsha,that's what you and your good friend Donald do. Good thing WE're here to Holler the real truth
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This is huge!
More
#BlackExcellence
!
@iamtorreyharris
is now a member of the TN house, and he is representing well! On election night, he wore a jacket with the names of Black people who were killed by police. Torrey reminded us WHY we fight and WHO we fight FOR!! Congratulations Torrey!!
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The Democratic nominee for US Senate
@Bradshaw2020
is headed to vote at Glenview Community Center
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This is who the
@uofmemphis
is allowing to speak on campus. What would happen if the University lost funding over this? What if enrollment dropped? What if
@Iam1Cent
spoke out and the men’s basketball team refused to play?
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Let’s keep pushing Memphis. This is one step in the process of massive changes we need to see within MPD.
#JusticeForTyre
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This is sad. Medical professionals have dedicated their lives to save ours. Dealing with COVID patients is mentally and physically taxing. If our healthcare providers are breaking down, who is holding them up?
INBOX: “TN NURSES ARE BREAKING”
“All 32 ICU beds are unvaccinated on vents, large % will die…we call it “getting Valentined”—every nurse wants to quit…they ignore medical science, then want it to save them…
@GovBillLee
is USELESS…ever intubate a 5yo?…I cried in my car”😳
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@youngallison63
@TheTNHoller
@ShelbyTNSheriff
I sadly can not imagine what would have happened if that other Sheriff’s officer wasn’t there. The amount of times the agitated officer was provoking the young man is out of line.
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Good Morning
@StJude
! Are you aware of and do you intend to respond regarding your Chief of Dentistry, Chris Rowland. His anti-vaxx/anti-mask event last night sent ripples through the entire city. Is that a person who can be trusted with the safety & well-being of children?
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Hey
@MarshaBlackburn
&
@SenatorHagerty
— if you really care so much about crime here, why not come have a town hall here in Memphis instead of grandstanding with a presser in DC?
You scared?
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But he's ok with anyone being able to walk into Walmart and buy a gun? Got it.
On the House attempt to amend the Tennessee constitution to ban recreational weed,
@LtGovMcNally
says he supports it. Doesn’t want anyone to be able to “walk into Walmart and buy a pack of marijuana.”
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Every minute we don't expand Medicaid in Tennessee someone has to make a decision between healthcare and housing. There fixed it for ya
@BillHagertyTN
Every minute we don’t enforce strong immigration policies, we are risking our national security.
#BuildTheWall
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Shooting. Shooting. Hit and Run. Shooting. Shooting. Purse snatch. Shooting. Shooting. Hit and Run. Shooting. Political Event. Shooting. Shooting. Community Event. Shooting. Shooting. Shooting. This is 80% of our news cycle. What’s being done to change it?
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Talk about being blindsided
“Michael Oher, whose supposed adoption out of grinding poverty by a wealthy, white family was immortalized in the 2009 movie "The Blind Side," petitioned a TN court Monday” He alleged a key element of the story was false
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Is it full time employment or temporary? Are there insurance benefits available? What are the working conditions like? What are the hours? What's the pay? What about childcare for youth who aren't school aged? Doesn't truck driving require a CDL? what say you
@JeremyFaison4TN
?
There are signs all over TN asking for employment. I spoke with one of the owners of Big G trucking and he has 100 trucks just sitting. There are job postings all over TN. The stimulus and unemployment checks aren’t encouraging Tennesseans to self sustain.
#gettowork
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You’ve opposed everything that lowers costs for families and have no solutions.
Also, inflation has been lower here than other countries.
Higher prices come from corporate greed, which you not only support you are supported by.
Americans are now paying an additional $11,434 a year due to President Biden’s misguided
#Bidenomics
.
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To every Republican faking the funk of supporting Martin Luther King, Jr. today while ignoring what he stood for the other 364 days of the year, this one’s for you:
Extra emphasis on
@TNGOP
@briankelsey
@gillespievote
@repmarkwhitetn
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Our state has already become well known for banning books, not expanding Medicaid, having had the highest COVID-19 positivity count per capita, permitless carry, being anti-LGBTQ+ sports, racial gerrymandering, and so much more. Next we’ll be known as Triggerhappy Tennessee.
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TN is 1 of 10 states that has no working-class members in its legislature.
“The dearth of working-class legislators raises concerns that economic challenges such as wage stagnation and the rising cost of living will get short shrift in state capitols.”
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Would you like to clarify who the “we” is? For starters, it’s not women.
I am thankful today and every day for the unique freedoms we have here in this great nation. Happy 4th! 🇺🇸
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Your school gets a mask mandate (SCS). Your school gets a mask mandate (Germantown Municipal Schools). Your school gets a mask mandate (Private Schools).
ALL schools within Shelby County have to
#MaskUp
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This is a must if you want to win in Tennessee. With less than 90 days until November 3rd,
@Bradshaw2020
will have to visit multiple counties in a day to achieve this goal.
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CRT isn’t in our schools. Nobody asked you to do this, Brian. Your lies are endless. We all know you don’t need to be asked to do all this racist stuff.
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🫤 welcome to Cameron Sexton’s Tennessee
When Speaker Cameron Sexton says you have one minute, he means one minute. Watch as Rep. Antonio Parkinson has his mic cut off in the middle of comments honoring a 93 year old woman killed in Memphis.
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🗣 Look at our main thang
@TheTNHoller
doing the good work for the people of Tennessee. Calling it like we see it. Always yelling the truth!
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.
@GovBillLee
public school voucher venture,targeted for us in Shelby as well as Davidson counties, has been declared unconstitutional because it violates the “home rule” that lets them make their own damn rules.
Take that 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Breaking: Judge declares Tennessee voucher law unconstitutional, enjoins State from implementing program
@pfpsorg
@splcenter
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🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
👇🏽🔥MUST-WATCH: “Notice how whenever a Dem gets in office the GOP says ‘we want a balanced budget!’”
🎯
@QasimRashid
lists stuff Republicans refuse to touch (tax cuts for the rich, military spending) as they go after services for poor people holding the debt ceiling hostage.
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TIPTON COUNTY: “Their homes and schools were catastrophically damaged after an EF-3 tornado two weeks ago and today Crestview families received more bad news:
@GovBillLee
won’t grant them an exception for next week’s TCAP testing.” 🤔
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Is this the same
@FedEx
who rejected a 30% pay hike for their pilots less than a month ago?
#AskingForAFriend
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Open your mind, not your mouth.
There fixed it for ya.
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"Tennessee giving up a billion dollars a year not expanding Medicaid is a crime."
@RepCohen
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Imagine that! The same schools that refused to implement mask mandates and have had several outbreaks since the pandemic begin, now have to transition to remote learning.
Beginning tomorrow, January 11th through January 14th,
@CHSDragons
will be moving to remote instruction.
Collierville Schools has applied for and received a waiver to allow remote instruction at CHS only due to the impact of COVID-19 quarantining on school operations.
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Trust women to make their own decisions is the name of the game. Hundreds of supporters rallied for Roe today.
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This is Twitter gold
Q: Marsha Blackburn, Bill Lee, and Cameron Sexton are stranded on a desert island, who survives?
A: Tennessee
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Same
@GovBillLee
that banned Critical Race Theory. Same Governor that finessed school vouchers. Same Governor who posed for staged photos with Black kids in school. Same Governor who wants to be re-elected in 2022...but shouldn't be.
Juneteenth provides us with an opportunity to recount and remember that freedom has not always extended to every life in America. Today represents the promise of a free and just society that is guaranteed for every Tennessean.
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The
@TNGOP
knew exactly what they were doing when passing the abortion ban in our state. They knew there were no exceptions for rape or incest. They didn’t care. All they wanted to do was exercise control and that over a body that was not their own.
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This is negligence beyond words
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Ummm… Did Lee even read his own order?
LEE: “…we’ve tried to recognize the ability of school districts to make decisions…”
-
@GovBillLee
reacts to a Memphis judge BLOCKING his mask mandate ban by claiming he tried to do EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of what his order actually did. 😷 🧐
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Marsha Marsha
@MarshaBlackburn
if you have a problem with the empowerment of Black people,just say that.If you support police brutality and amplifying bigotry,say that.Then hush
“Taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund a woke social justice agenda."
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“If we continue to let unmasked children go to school, the outcome is predictable.”
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Not now. Not ever.
@MemphisHoller
@MarshaBlackburn
Taxpayers dollars should not be used to send kids to private schools
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Well it's about time.
Everybody put your mask on. Everybody. Everybody put your mask on.
Shelby Co. Health Dept: Masks now mandatory throughout Shelby County, not just Memphis.
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Tennessee: Where COVID numbers are high, Medicaid hasn’t been expanded, and we can’t teach the truth about history in school.
SPOTTED at the state line.. seems the signs have been changed to reflect
@GovBillLee
’s regime… 😷
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This is not a hoax.
This is not a drill.
This is real.
This is the current status of hospitals in Shelby County and surrounding areas.
@MayorMemphis
and
@MayorLeeHarris
what is the plan now?
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“The Memphis City Council could take the extraordinary step of contradicting Tennessee state gun laws and passing ordinances that could ban assault weapons and permitless carry, a member of the City Council said Tuesday.”
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