VIDEO: PROTECTING PREGNANT WORKERS

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1 of 9 TN babies are born pre-term. Our Infant mortality is that of a 3rd world country. Most pregnant/new moms work. Tamara Currin of March of Dimes and Elizebeth Gedmark told the TN SENATE this week we need A PREGNANT WORKERS ACT – as 27 states have – to help moms in the workplace.

 

VIDEO: GOVERNOR LEE’S EXTREME ABORTION BILL

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Watch Lee & announce his “comprehensive pro-life legislation” – despite bumbling on details.

TN Dems call it “extreme & divisive”, “unconstitutional”, say it does nothing to help TN’s health care crisis.

It will lead to costly lawsuits. TN’s maternal mortality rate is 3rd world, yet Lee refuses $1 BILLION/year in Medicaid expansion funds. That isn’t pro-life.

VIDEO: “OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS BROKEN”

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WATCH a health care pricing expert tell the TN House Insurance Committee health care costs – particularly hospital costs – far outpace inflation, PRICE VARIANCE is a huge problem… but NOT with Medicare & Medicaid. #M4A #ExpandMedicaid

It’s almost like downward pressure on costs is a good thing.

Of course, the legislators only see it as those programs offer lower reimbursement rates – but at least everyone is covered, and as we learn from this expert’s testimony often the hospital prices are skyrocketing to make up for uncompensated care — which means Tennessee not expanding medicaid and rejecting $1 Billion each year IS COMING OUT OF OUR POCKETS ANYWAY.

From the TN HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE yesterday… Hospital service costs are increasing at 5x inflation:

Hospital price variance is wild, depending where you go (less competition = higher cost – hello Ballad Health!) the “equivalent of paying $14 PER GALLON for a tank of gas”

 

INTERVIEW with WOMEN’S MARCH TN organizers – march this Saturday in Murfreesboro! ??‍♀️

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WOMEN’S MARCH TN Organizers Francie Hunt, Darlene Leong, and Brandon Thomas join Holler co-founder Justin Kanew to talk about the Women’s March THIS SATURDAY IN MURFREESBORO. 
“We can’t win without Rutherford County… we need to shake things up.”
March details are HERE. 
Listen to our PODCAST ON  ITUNES.

FULL INTERVIEW (CLIP BELOW):

“LEGISLATIVE COVER-UP” – Sen. Kerry Roberts & TN GOP Ignore Scathing Prison Audit

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Despite a SHOCKING AUDIT & WITNESS TESTIMONY revealing TN’S PRISONS/CORE CIVIC misreport deaths/abuse, mistreat inmates – Core Civic donation recipient Sen. Kerry Roberts & the TN GOP vote to do nothing, extend the Dept 4 years.

Watch the HIGHLIGHTS:

HIGHLIGHTS: THE TN GOP’s ANTI-LGBT ADOPTION BILL

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WATCH Senator Paul Rose’s bill to permit taxpayer-funded discrimination pass the Senate, making TN a less welcoming place that doesn’t put the best interests of kids first.

Governor Lee will sign it despite having an LGBT sibling. ?️‍?

Governor Lee To Sign Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill That Targets His Own Sister

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You’ve probably heard that yesterday the TN Senate started off the legislative session by passing a bill which targets LGBT people and allows state-supported adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBT people.

The bill will now head to Governor Lee’s desk, and Lee has said he will sign it.

What you may not know is Governor Lee’s own sister is married to a woman, and therefore is a part of the LGBT community targeted by his party’s bill.

Here’s @ScoopNashville’s tweet about Cynthia Lee’s wedding:

And here’s Cynthia Lee with Bill’s wife Maria outside his campaign headquarters in Franklin:

Tennessee is #1 in medical bankruptcies, #2 in rural hospital closures, gets an “F” in education funding, and has the maternal mortality rate of a third world country… yet this is what the TN GOP and Bill Lee are focused on?

Here’s how they voted — GREEN means they voted for the bill. Red against.

Cynthia and her wife deserve to be treated just like everyone else in America, and should not be targeted and made to feel less than by our laws.

This adoption bill is especially ugly because it would have the effect of robbing loving homes from children who might otherwise not be able to find one.

If you agree Governor Lee should VETO THIS BILL, Holler at him HERE.

 

INTERVIEW: KEEL HUNT – Tennessean Columnist & Former Special Asst. to Lamar Alexander

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Holler co-founder Justin Kanew interviews KEEL HUNT, Tennessean columnist and former Special Assistant to Lamar Alexander who recently spoke out about the need to speak up in the time of Trump in this poignant column: “I’m Done Being Quiet”.
PODCAST on iTunes. (13 mins)
CLIP:  “I think it’s fear that leads to silence.”
Full FACEBOOK LIVE interview.

INTERVIEW: Former White House Middle East Policy Advisor DANIEL BENAIM

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Holler co-founder Justin Kanew talks to‬ ‪White House Middle East advisor during the Iran Deal Daniel Benaim about how Trump made the Iran situation more dangerous, and put Americans in harm’s way unnecessarily. ‬

PODCAST ON ITUNES

FULL FACEBOOK LIVE INTERVIEW

CLIP: “I get what’s in it for him… what’s in it for us?”

VIDEO: Rep. Gloria Johnson Says Extend Paid Leave to ALL Working Tennesseans

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Democratic legislators Rep. Gloria Johnson & State Senator Sara Kyle had a bill last session to bring paid family leave to all Tennesseans, but were LAUGHED OUT OF COMMITTEE by Republican reps Rep. John Holsclaw Jr. & Rep. Clark Boyd.

Now Governor Lee has announced he’ll be extending it to all state employees, although he did NOT have paid leave for employees at his own company.

WATCH Gloria Johnson say all employees should enjoy paid leave, which is required by almost every other country in the world.