#tn politics

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

I cannot believe that the same man I protested alongside for BLM during the summer of 2020 got elected to be a state representative.... just for other lawmakers to put in a formal request for him and 2 others to be removed this year. Why do they want him removed, you ask? BECAUSE HE PROTESTED WITH 10,000+ STUDENTS YESTERDAY FOR BETTER GUN LEGISLATION, THEIR RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL, AND MORE!!

Representative Justin Jones, also known as Brother Jones to many of us here in TN, does not deserve this. He's a fantastic organizer and now state legislator who has repeatedly put his body, mental health, and life on the line for countless people. And the other two Reps., Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson, don't deserve it either. Especially not for joining people they're meant to represent in a fight for their safety and rights.

If you wanna help them, please call Speaker Cameron Sexton's office at +1-615-741-2343 and leave a voicemail demanding they not unlawfully remove Reps. Jones, Johnson, and Pearson from their rightfully-elected positions. You can leave a name, real or not, and number if you want, but you don't have to. You can also email Speaker Sexton at speaker.cameron.sexton@capitol.tn.gov.

PLEASE REBLOG THIS IF YOU SEE IT, AND PLEASE HELP IF YOU'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO!

[wormsdyke]

god sorry for bringing this up again but its such a batshit time to be in tennessee. our state gov is so, incredibly, embarrassingly terrible right now and there's a lot of talk about how bad this will make our state look. i hope it does. i hope people talk about how poor a job the tn state gov is doing and ridicule it and i hope it shocks some sense into them. i hope Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson get all the support they deserve. I hope Rep. Gloria Johnson continues her duty to use her privilege and amplify their voices first. I hope nashville receives some comfort that someone is standing up for them after they lost kids to gun violence. i hope this is a catalyst for some devastatingly necessary change.

[joannestorm]

I don't know why I didn't think about posting about this before. Probably because it's such a local issue...

My county has always been Republican. In the last few years, it has been taken over by ultra conservative Republicans. They call themselves the Sumner County Constitutional Republicans (SCCR). They took over the Library Board and wrote a new collections policy that is as salacious as the things they want to protect children from. They tried to take over the school board and the county had record turnouts in the Primaries to vote for the other Republicans. (There were very few Dems running for school board. People chose to vote in the Republican Primary to keep the SCCR out. Not a single one was elected.)

I've looked at their FB page and it is full of Trump is Our Savior and the Dems Weaponized Weather BS.

This is the shit that is going down because of them. You just have to read the news article because it is too wild to explain.

Millersville, TN.

Seriously, VOTE!!! I keep saying this,but even if you don't think you can influence the national outcome, you can totally influence local politics. Don't let your county be taken over by conspiracy theorists.

[gaasubap]

With 19 candidates on the Memphis mayoral ballot, this is a nightmare.

Van Turner is a bigger name who's helped with taking down the confederate statues and works with the NAACP.

But Brandy is the furthest left leaning candidate.

They are the only two I'm considering voting for atm.

Vote October 5th

[jamsofdeath0]

Watching Joe hills live streams is like a weird serialist horror stream.

There's no music, you can vaguely see his eyes over whatever he's building and everyone pretends there is nothing unsettling at all going on.

[shipperwolf1]

JUSTIN PEARSON REINSTATED

JUSTIN JONES REINSTATED!

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

‼️‼️ UPDATE ON THE SITUATION GOING ON IN TENNESSEE ‼️‼️

They have successfully expelled Representative Justin Jones (AKA Brother Jones) of the Tennessee Three from his seat in the TN House of Representatives with a 72-25 majority vote. It was not a fair process. This entire situation isn't fair and was never meant to be.

A motion to adjourn until Monday was made by another Rep. who supports the Tennessee Three immediately after the expulsion vote. That was shot down with another majority vote. They have now moved on to the expulsion of Rep. Gloria Johnson.

The TN House GOP is truly about to fuck around and find out. This will not end well for them.

The people are sick of the excuses.

The people are tired of their children and members of their community dying.

The people are fed up with Tennessee legislators ignoring their pleas and doing nothing to help them.

As Brother Jones stated during his testimony, the people are sick and tired of being sick and tired.

[nohkalikai]

i should never answer any questions mainlanders have about NE politics

[muffin-n-waffle]

Please continue to share all you can about this! I think some bigger news outlets are finally covering it, but not nearly as much as they should. Us Tennesseans are trying to do all we can to fight this, among other things, but the more voices on this, the better.

Use this email prompt, and send them to the listed TN Reps if you have a quick second! The voting for this is supposed to take place tomorrow on April 6th around 9 AM Nashville time, I believe.

[wormsdyke]

i have a feeling the circle of people i interact with here already know and agree with this, but i’m just so tired of thoughts and prayers. i live relatively close the the school shooting in nashville that killed 6 people a few days ago, and the majority of the state���s reaction has been prayer services. these aren’t bad, they’re reverent and very healing to many people. but they cannot be our only response. I have been actively protesting for more gun control since middle school and we continue to regress as the shootings continue. politicians speak at these vigils and say that of course we need to do something, but we shouldn’t talk about that now, and instead just pray. we cannot put this off. people will keep dying, children will keep dying. i am so, so tired of this.

[joannestorm]

Dammit. There was a school shooting in nashville this morning. The shooter was a trans woman. I just know that the talking points tomorrow are not going to be gun control or mental health services. This is TN. This will be touted as another example of trans people being out to get our kids.

[deadman-is-a-moron]

Okay my pity party is OVER. I will get my Education degree and I will outlive trump because he may be a hateful evil piece of human waste but im a bigger hater than him on any given day.

May this year be filled with death threats for politicians and may the supreme court burn in hell. I want none of them to feel safe and I want them to fear for their lives.

[petrichorium]

Hi idk if I’m back from hiatus yet but Vic worked me up on discord so friendly reminder that feminism is not about a woman’s choice but is a radical political movement fighting for the equal rights of half the world’s population. There is no widespread systemic effort to stop women from being feminine or relying on a man or having children, it’s literally the exact fucking opposite of that. Those have ALWAYS been the default for women and you’re fucking blind if u think that has changed at all in modern media depictions.

I’m tired of coddling women who believe the “choice” to do any of those things can be made in a vacuum. There is no such thing as choice when we live in a patriarchal society. Everything we do or enjoy is impacted by the societal pressures placed on us from the moment we are born. That doesn’t mean joy can’t be found in such things, or that even if it were a truly equal world some women wouldn’t make those choices, but we AREN’T in a world without those expectations. We simply aren’t.

It will never be a feminist choice to adhere to societal expectations. If you truly “enjoyed” those things as you claim you do, why are you so defensive? It’s impossible for every decision one makes to be a step in the march for societal change. Just fucking accept that having kids or wearing makeup will not be one.

[personal-blog243]

Why aren’t the other democratic candidates on my primary ballot??

(For the record this a screenshot of a SAMPLE ballot that is available to see on the GoVoteTN app, not an actual pic of a ballot). But seriously I know for a fact that there are 2 other democratic candidates who are still in the presidential race as of today. Why is ONLY Joe Biden on these online sample ballots for the democratic primary in my state???

The 2 other candidates are named Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson, and I’m sure they are far from perfect but are at least younger than Joe Biden and probably much better and they deserve attention!!! These primaries are Bullshit!

My state primary is on March 5th and it looks like I might have to write in Marianne Williamson or something? I hope this gets fixed. Do people in other states have accurate sample ballots???

[mandy-malady]

TN election information!