Got my Tennessee Firearms Association Legislative Candidate Survey in the mail. Instead of sending it back to the TFA, I thought I’d submit it to the public. After all, I work for the people of Tennessee!

(Don’t worry, I’ll submit it. I’m proud of my answers.)

Donald Trump cancelled a Saturday evening rally in NC due to weather. He called into the rally near Wilmington airport less than an hour before he was scheduled to take the stage and apologized to a few thousand who had gathered throughout the afternoon. apnews.com/article/trump-…

A resolution against Gov. Bill Lee's voucher program was adopted Thursday evening by the Jackson-Madison County School Board with a 6-3 vote.
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast, where he theorized that UFOs and their pilots might not be 'extra-terrestrials' from a distant planet, but by “Spiritual Entities.”
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) accuses the federal government of covering up evidence of extraterrestrial visits to Earth. But the head of a research organization that investigates UFO reports says there is no known evidence of alien technology. ca.news.yahoo.com/head-seti-inst…

Majority of Republican House members — reflecting stiff resistance within the GOP to continuing to aid Ukraine against Putin of Russia’s invasion — these 6 TN reps voted “no”: Burchett, DesJarlais, Green, Harshbarger, Ogles & Rose. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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The House approved a set of long-awaited foreign aid bills on Saturday that would send funds to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region after months of it being stalled by Republican infighting. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

I have read a lot about Diane Nash, but I have never seen her in person. Whether it was having the privilege of asking her a question during a morning press conference at First Baptist Capitol Hill or hearing her remarks at Public Square - the same place she challenged Mayor Ben

🔥🗣️UAW PREZ: “Talking heads said you can’t win in the south — but you all moved the mountain, by standing together in solidarity.” #UAW #UnionStrong 💪🏽 Shawn Fain Chattanooga Holler (H/T More Perfect Union)

Vouchers began as a way to resist complying with Brown v. Board of Education; and tax citizens to support a religion that is not their own is deeply un-American.

Vouchers are just awful all around.

ICYMI: A mother spurred to action by Nashville's Covenant School shooting was hauled out of the gallery of the Tennessee House Thursday, placed into custody and eventually loaded into a Tennessee Highway Patrol squad car and driven away.

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp does not welcome UAW’s win at Volkswagen-Chattanooga. “VW has thrived here without them.” local3news.com/local-news/upd… via @WRCB

President Joe Biden congratulated the United Auto Workers for its victory at Volkswagen Chattanooga on Friday as he criticized six Republican governors, including Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, for comments prior to the election. timesfreepress.com/news/2024/apr/…

The landslide UAW win at Volkswagen-Chattanooga is the first auto plant in the South to unionize via election since the 1940s and the first foreign-owned auto plant in the South to do so. Six Southern state governors, including TN’s, discouraged the vote. reuters.com/business/autos…

Sometimes you just need to return to some bedrock principles. That happened this week for attendees of the Summit for Religious Freedom, who were treated to a powerful address courtesy of U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). au.org/the-latest/art…

Here is a look at the 2024 Summit for Religious Freedom hosted by Americans United for Separation of Church and State: goodfaithmedia.org/americans-unit…

Republican state lawmakers are one vote away from passing a bill that would arm Tennessee teachers. Gun promoter say it will make schools safer. Most parents don’t seem to believe it. wkrn.com/news/tennessee…

Parents in a Pennsylvania school district are petitioning to overturn a unanimous vote by the school board to cancel a talk from children’s book author and “30 Rock” actor Maulik Pancholy, because he is gay.
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Bill Barr, Donald Trump’s hand-picked attorney general-turned-vocal critic, appears to have had a major change of heart as he has now announced that he will vote for Trump. He sees Trump doing less harm to the country than Biden. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

We’re about six months out from the general election and polls in one of the hottest races in the country show a newfound lead for NC Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein. shelbystar.com/story/news/pol…