VIDEO: Mayor Pete Comes to Nashville
Recently Mayor Pete Buttigieg brought his hopeful message here to Tennessee, and told us “there’s no such thing as a permanently red state”.
Here’s some VIDEO. We encourage ALL candidates to come pay us a visit!
VIDEO: The Justin Jones & Jeneisha Harris Hearing
Video from the hearing of Justin Jones & Jeneisha Harris last week, presided over by openly bigoted D.A. Northcott, who says Muslims are “evil” and refuses to recognize the supreme court’s marriage equality ruling and treat LGBT people equally under the law (both stories broken by the Holler).
He also refuses to bring in the TBI to investigate Speaker Casada possibly framing Jones, even though they have offered (see below).300 Tennessee attorneys just filed a motion to have Northcott’s law license taken away.
The next hearing is August 15th at 9AM in Courtroom 4D.
Here @TBInvestigation says they’ve offered to investigate the emails @GlenCasada’s office used to almost get @brotherjones_ locked up, but openly bigoted DA Northcott has not taken them up on it.
Outrageous. An independent investigation is necessary.https://t.co/gIId68r9RF pic.twitter.com/XBdQjk33yh
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 29, 2019
VIDEO: HUMAN CHAIN IN HERMITAGE
Watch neighbors form a Human Chain in Hermitage yesterday to protect a father and son from ICE and allow them to get from the van they were trapped in for hours into their house.
The family then gathered their belongings into plastic bags and fled.
Read the Newsweek story.
(Video from Occupy Democrats & Nashville Noticias)
VIDEO: MEET ZULFAT SUARA – Candidate for Nashville Metro Council At-Large
There are 15 candidates running for 5 at-large seats on the Metro Council in the August election. Zulfat Suara is the first Muslim woman to have ever run for any position in the state of Tennessee- she ran in 2014 in Bolivar, Tenn., for school board – and if elected, she will be the first Muslim, male or female, ever elected in Tennessee.
She has been the target of hate online, but she has persevered, and was just recently one of the candidates endorsed by the Tennessean.
We spoke with Zulfat in Nashville at a candidates picnic at Vanderbilt, where one of her daughters is enrolled in Medical school. Please watch and SHARE the video.
MEET ZULFAT:
VIDEO: LIGHTS FOR LIBERTY ACROSS TENNESSEE
Tennesseans across the state gather to protest the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of refugees and immigrants at the border, especially children.
Rep. Weaver Won’t Call For Rep. Byrd To Resign
Despite Rep. David Byrd apologizing ON TAPE to 1 of 3 women who say he sexually abused them in high school, Weaver tells (rumored primary challenger) Luke Tinsley she won’t ask Byrd to resign, defends disgraced Rep. Jeremy Durham who was accused of inappropriate sexual conduct – including sexual harassment – by 22 women.
Rep. Weaver was previously seen defending her decision not to call for the removal of the bust of the KKK’s first Grand Wizard from the capitol by saying “some of my best friends are black”.
PSA: ALL TENNESSEE REPS should be asked if they’ll call for Byrd’s resignation, and if they’ll call for the removal of the first KKK Grand Wizard’s bust from the capitol.
These things are about basic human decency, not partisanship.
CHAINING PREGNANT WOMEN TO CHAIRS
Below is Channel 5’s new report on Clay County jail shackling pregnant women to chairs for days at a time.
Not mentioned in the report: State Senator Raumesh Akbari and Rep. Karen Camper had a bill to rein in this heinous practice, but it was VOTED DOWN by Republicans Rep. Andrew Farmer, Justin Lafferty for State Representative 89th District, and Rep Chris Todd.
While Gov. Bill Lee & the GOP supermajority tell us how great things are in Tennessee, Clay County just lost their hospital and their jail is so poor they’re shackling pregnant women for extending periods. #RealStateOfTheState
Here’s Channel 5’s Full Report.
VIDEO: BETO COMES TO NASHVILLE
Video from Beto O’Rourke’s rally here in Tennessee this week. Beto was impressive, and the energy was great. We appreciate his optimistic message about immigration, and we also appreciate that he came to see us and spent time in the community.
We hope all the other presidential candidates will do the same.
VIDEO: Lee Says Byrd Will Be Gone “Soon” (But Didn’t Actually Mean It)
Here’s Governor Lee yesterday telling Anna Grabowski Rep. David Byrd will be gone “soon”.
He has since said he didn’t mean soon, he meant he asked him not to run again – meaning he believes Byrd to be guilty of the child sex abuse he’s accused of, yet is willing to let him serve out his term anyway. Wonderful!
Meanwhile Byrd told a reporter Lee did NOT ask him not to run again… before then trying to walk that back.
So. Much. Moonwalking.
So. Little. Leadership.