Tennessee Senate Democrats
@TNSenateDems
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Fighting for affordable healthcare, public schools and justice in the Tennessee General Assembly.
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Joined June 2009
Worth noting—the judge was appointed by a Republican governor
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Tennessee court enjoins the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. It’s not about law and order when they’re not following the law.
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A judge has blocked current deployment of the Tennessee National Guard to Memphis. The force is in Memphis as part of President Donald Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force.
dailymemphian.com
A judge has blocked the current deployment of the Tennessee National Guard to Memphis as part of President Donald Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force.
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Tennessee has three electric vehicle makers and is invested by $1 billion in a fourth. Donald Trump’s budget law repealed incentives for EV manufacturers and is killing good-paying, Tennessee jobs. Great work, @TNGOP.
SOUTHERN BIZ & DEVELOPMENT: “Economic project activity in the 🇺🇸 South lowest since 1994… shockingly low job/investment generating projects… employers do not know rules of this economy, seem to change daily…” (cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn) https://t.co/ucKQtONurX
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In Tennessee politics corruption is the norm
🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection. The grifting is endless. https://t.co/ghhlW7yaiB
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For those few remotely shocked by Marsha’s blatant corruption and self-dealing, this was published way back in 2010. You were warned - multiple times. Next she wants to have executive control over state contracts and a $60 billion+ state budget. THIS.CANNOT. HAPPEN.
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🧑🌾 “The projected loss in 2025 on corn, cotton, soy, & wheat is $430,000,000 in Tennessee alone.” @TNAgriculture Commish @AndyHolt4TN tells @GovBillLee what TN farmers told @60Minutes — Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers. (cc: @rustygrills @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn)
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In Tennessee, 1 out of 10 people do not have health coverage. Nationally, Republicans refuse to renew tax credits that make coverage affordable for 100s of thousands of our families. By Jan. 1, more than a million Tennesseans could be without health coverage. Does the GOP care?
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“Do you think you can make it another year?” “I don’t know.” Farmers tearfully say they’re getting crushed under Trump’s trade war, and a bailout won’t be enough. (cc: @rustygrills @GovBillLee @RepFaison @RepChrisTodd @CSexton25 @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles)
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Americans’ household debt levels – including mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans – are now at a new record high, data shows. Read more: https://t.co/Q6BSCa5qbr
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Shameful. There should be consequences when public officials defraud taxpayers. But Donald Trump & the Republican Party believe they are above the law.
⚡️ THERE IT IS — Trump pardons disgraced former speaker Casada and his chief of staff Cade Cothren after their federal corruption charge convictions. (More proof the law no longer applies to Republicans) https://t.co/ClK6CEQJzq
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Americans’ household debt levels – including mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans – are now at a new record high, according to data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. https://t.co/qVnJnRAhzO
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A president who revels in the sadness of the people he represents- pathetic! Also, that's a lot of open road- here's what it looks like if you're just tracking voters.
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When we say the Republican Party has rigged Tennessee's economy against workers, this is what we mean: Low-income & middle class families pay a higher effective tax rate than billionaires & big corporations. Other than the rich, who supports this?! https://t.co/qzKaGmPx04
tennesseelookout.com
Under Tennessee's sales-tax heavy system, low-income families pay a higer proportion of their income than businesses and wealthier families.
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Earlier this week, Trump announced that households can expect 1/2 of usual SNAP benefits for Nov.; leaving families to rely on food drives & pantries until the shutdown ends. 🎧: https://t.co/5EupJHSZQY | More ways to help at https://t.co/L1VblA3yCv - Pierce Gentry, WUOT News
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😵 Donald Trump's trade war chaos & mass deportation agenda is killing jobs and investment in Tennessee, says @GovBillLee who supports Trump's mass deportation agenda and farm-killing tariffs.
tennessean.com
South Korean businesses want clarity about trade policy and visa eligibility requirements before doing business in Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee said.
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Turns out Americans voting for change in 2024 really did want lower prices and a stronger economy. They didn’t sign up for a radical overhaul of American government.
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Courts in Tennessee and West Virginia were hearing arguments Monday challenging the deployment of their states’ National Guard troops to patrol the streets of Memphis and Washington, D.C., respectively.
pbs.org
In Tennessee, a hearing will focus on National Guard deployment to Memphis. Gun-carrying Guard members have been patrolling neighborhoods and commercial areas of Memphis since early October.
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