MUMPOWER WON’T TALK ABOUT GETTING SUED BY MASON
WATCH: “Hey Jason, what do you think about Mason filing suit?” We asked Comptroller @JasonMumpower about majority Black MASON, TN suing them for trying to take over their finances (and […]
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Baum Eliminates Local Control of Charter School Recruitment (After Lying About His Bill)
💥WATCH: “You’re eliminating the school boards’ power.” @RepMikeStewart calls out Rep. Charlie Baum (R-Murfreesboro) for his bill ENDING LOCAL CONTROL of charter schools recruiting across county lines… which Baum previously […]
TN Republicans (Cepicky, Ragan) Go To Bat For Hitting Kids 😳
WATCH: TN Republicans (@CepickyTn64 @RepRagan) Go To Bat For Hitting Kids 😳 They blocked @HakeemForHouse’s corporal punishment ban, claiming “local control” — but TN Republicans violate that premise daily. It’s […]
INTERVIEW: TN Ed Commish Penny Schwinn on the Charter Schools Flood & Funding Formula
After a press conference to introduce the new plan to overhaul how public education is funded in Tennessee, Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn sat down with us for 5 minutes to […]
SINGER JOHN RICH COMPARES TEACHERS & LIBRARIANS TO PEDOPHILES (and owes them an apology)
On Thursday, singer John Rich showed up at the Tennessee state legislature to testify on behalf of Rep. Scott Cepicky’s HB 1944, a bill to crack down on library books […]
EXPLAINED: GOV. LEE’S “STUDENT-BASED FUNDING FORMULA” MONEY GRAB
LEE’S NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL MONEY GRAB COMES INTO VIEW For months Governor Lee has been touting his new “STUDENT BASED FUNDING FORMULA” which he says will revolutionize how Tennessee funds our […]
VIDEO: “THE PEOPLE’S STATE OF THE STATE”
VIDEO of the protestors who showed up to make their disapproval of Governor Lee known at the capitol this week. WATCH: THE PEOPLE’S STATE OF THE STATE “@GovBillLee has […]
MCMINN COUNTY BANS “MAUS”, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING HOLOCAUST BOOK
Continuing the recent spate of conservative book-banning initiatives, The Mcminn County School board just voted to ban the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “MAUS” by Art Spiegelman from all of its […]
OPINION: EMPLOYERS BROKE THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
EMPLOYERS BROKE THE SOCIAL CONTRACT By Jacob Padgett Along with our trust, most employers are going to need to give those who participated in the great resignation something to hold […]
GUEST COLUMN: BURCHETT POSTCARD IS A FLOP
BURCHETT POSTCARD IS A FLOP by Mark Harmon Congressman Tim Burchett this month sent an oversized postcard to the hundreds of thousands of people in our district; he was touting […]