VIDEO: Cherisse Scott Fires Back At Senator Kerry Roberts
“Absolutely it was racist… you want folks to stay ignorant so they won’t hold you accountable. It was not a joke.” Cherisse Scott of SisterReach fires back at Sen. Kerry […]
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FLASHBACK: Senator Pody Also Wondered If We Should Do Away With State-Backed Higher Ed
In the aftermath of his opposition to higher education becoming national news, Senator Kerry Roberts called his heated, triggered rant a “joke” and “hyperbole”… but here’s his pal Senator Mark […]
VIDEO: “HATE WILL NEVER WIN” – TIRRC Votes Day of Action On Immigration
Watch a group of immigrants in Nashville turn out to vote for immigrants running for office in Nashville. Election Day is September 12th!
VIDEO: Senator Kerry Roberts Wants to “Get Rid” of Higher Education in America
In response to passionate abortion ban hearing testimony from Cherisse Scott of Sister Reach – a pro-reproductive freedom witness who called Republican legislators to account for failing to expand medicaid, […]
MOTION DENIED: Lawsuit Against Sec. Tre Hargett’s Voter Registration Criminalization “SCHEME” Allowed to Proceed
A federal judge today said a lawsuit from the League of Women Voters, the American Muslim Advisory Council, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Rock the Vote, Memphis Central Labor Council, […]
VIDEO: Tequila Johnson of The Equity Alliance Testifies Before Congress About TN Voter Suppression
Yesterday Tequila Johnson, co-founder of the Equity Alliance and statewide director of the Tennessee Black Voter Project, testified before the House Judiciary committee about voter suppression, calling Tennessee “Ground Zero” […]
REP. FLEISCHMANN: “I Think There Are Enough Laws On The Books Dealing With Guns”
In an interview this week, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann made it clear he won’t back any common sense gun safety regulations as he spouted NRA talking points. Fleischmann has an A-rating […]
Rep. Mark Green Denies Less-Than-Honorable Army Discharge, Calls Constituent a “Liar”
Last night Freshman Republican Congressman Mark Green (TN-7) responded to Facebook commenters on a Holler post, denying that his discharge from the army was a “General Discharge” as opposed to […]
New TN GOP Caucus Chair Faison Downplays Gun Deaths, Misstates *Fact* About Guns (Again)
In a week in which America was yet again rocked by gun violence, newly minted Tennessee House Republican Party caucus chair Rep. Jeremy Faison has taken to Twitter to minimize […]
VIDEO: REP. CEPICKY & SEN. HENSLEY SCHOOLED ON MEDICAID EXPANSION
At a town hall in Maury County yesterday a local man named Greg Heller, who asked Rep. Scott Cepicky and Senator Joey Hensley why the TN GOP continues to block […]