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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 2d

John Cole’s Tennessee: Tailored to fit. A state senator alleges Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti retroactively altered a predecessor’s legal opinion on deployment of National Guard troops.

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 2d

“The best defense against this weapon is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic and rebuild institutions and social connections to make democracy more robust.”

TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 2d

You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 9d

We believe healthcare is a right for every American.

But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.

Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 7d

Did you know that TNGOP brags about being a low tax state? Low taxes for corporations, that is😜
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victoria2121.bsky.social @victoria2121.bsky.social · 7d

Vote for Behn!!!
She’s tough and a winner ! 💪💙💪

Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 7d

NOT BACKED BY THE POWERBROKERS, BACKED BY THE PEOPLE

I've always been the underdog, the one they said couldn’t win. But we outworked them then, and we’ll do it again now. This campaign is for everyone who’s ever been underestimated.

Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn...

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Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 8d

New York Times editors take issue with the suggestion that a presidential declaration of “war” on Americans is big news.

Bell Boy @bellboy905.bsky.social · 10d

You’d never know from a single afternoon headline at @nytimes.com or @washingtonpost.com, but this morning, President Trump declared millions of his fellow Americans “domestic enemies” and ordered the U.S. military to take them on the way it “takes on” foreign adversaries.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

Some former U.S. military officers took issue with the policy changes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined in a speech to hundreds of generals and admirals this week, saying that some of them seemed redundant and others threatened to undermine his goals.

Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has identified real problems, veteran officers say, but by looking back 35 years for policy cues, he risks hurting, not helping, military readiness.

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 9d

“This is where Democratic efforts to ‘win back voters’ seem almost comical. We’re running focus groups, etc,while the other side has already built a multi-platform, highly disciplined media empire that dwarfs ours. It’s not a fair fight. It’s not even the same sport.”

Senator Heidi Campbell @campbell4tn.bsky.social · 9d

It's not about messaging- it's about who controls the media! theheidicampbell.substack.com/p/its-the-me...

It's the medionomy, stupid!

Why, why, why is this happening?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 9d

“The government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. was the sixth such closure in the past three decades,” Russell Berman reports. “It was easily the most foreseeable”:

How Democrats Backed Themselves Into a Shutdown

Democrats surrendered a spending fight in March—and it all but foretold the October shutdown.

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 10d

Abundance, in this vision, means making sure people have the tools and flexibility to respond to housing stress in their own place. It’s about equipping neighbors to be active participants in solving housing problems, not passive subjects of markets or policies designed elsewhere.

Strong Towns @strongtowns.org · 13d

There’s a different way of thinking about abundance and infrastructure. It is, as Charles Marohn says, “an abundance rooted in feedback loops, in neighbors noticing what works and adjusting what doesn’t.”

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Rendering of the Baxter Buttonhook. Text reads “It’s not about experts handing down blueprints from above…”

Photograph by Lorelei Bailey of a mini roundabout in Artesia, California. Text reads “…but about communities co-creating prosperity from below.”

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 10d

A number of leading A.I. companies are already working on technologies meant to accelerate scientific discovery. Two researchers at Google DeepMind recently won a Nobel Prize for their work on a project called AlphaFold, which can help accelerate drug discovery in small but important ways.

TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 10d

Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/t...

Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13d

A fake emergency. A fictional war-ravaged Portland. A pretend organization called Antifa. A lying White House occupant who’s not a real president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 12d

I’m glad ICE released Steve Held, who they grabbed last night in Broadview.

Now, the government must stop trying to deport journalist Mario Guevara, the Atlanta journalist who ICE targeted in retaliation for his immigration coverage.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 12d

The streets outside the Portland ICE facility remained largely empty in the hours after Trump made his announcement... A handful of passersby took photographs, and talked about how their experiences felt nothing like the “war-ravaged” city described. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump calls for troops in Portland, escalating use of military inside U.S.

President Donald Trump authorized the use of troops in Portland, Oregon, in a campaign to use the U.S. military against Americans that has little modern precedent.

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 13d

Must not have much faith in their platform if they have to cheat:
In 2016, Woodhouse reportedly emailed GOP county election board & asked them to “make party line changes to early voting,” which included reducing hours, nixing Sunday voting, &excluding college campuses as polling sites.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13d

A North Carolina GOP operative who tried to limit the state’s crucial early voting period has been named to a key post helping to run the state’s elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

GOP Operative Who Pushed to Cut Early Voting Will Help Oversee North Carolina Elections

Read more here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14d

Soybeans are (were) Tennessee’s #1 cash crop 🧑‍🌾 😕

Trump is crushing our farmers. Why don’t @GovBillLee @RepChrisTodd @rustygrills @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepOgles @RepTimBurchett Sexton etc. care?

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · 20d

Check this out, TN voters⬇️

Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 21d

From Senior Reporter Sam Stockard's end of week column: a federal judge says former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada will face a stiffer sentence for his conviction on federal corruption charges than his former aide, as Casada was an elected official holding the public trust.

Stockard on the Stump: Former Tennessee House Speaker faces uphill sentencing hearing • Tennessee Lookout

A Nashville federal judge said former House Speaker Glen Casada could get an elevated sentence for federal corruption due to his position.

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · Sep 9

Same😩

Jon Kimball @jonkimball.bsky.social · Sep 7

Goodyear ad will be in my nightmares

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Mulroy, a Democrat, said the Shelby County Republican lawmaker filed “groundless accusations” against him about the way he resolved two different cases, both alleging improper “ex parte” communications — without opposing attorneys present — with two different judges.”

TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · Sep 8

“Health care decisions should be up to individuals — not the federal government and certainly not RFK Jr. My Administration will continue to protect health care access for all Pennsylvanians,” Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said.

Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · Sep 7

Several states, including Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York and Pennsylvania, announced this week that they would be breaking with restrictive eligibility policies unveiled last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for the fall season.

States break with FDA restrictions on COVID vaccines, ensuring broader access • Tennessee Lookout

Several states announced they will break with restrictive eligibility policies unveiled last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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TP Tuley @tptuley.bsky.social · Sep 6

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McMahon's Invent The Wheel Tour

Linda McMahon, current Secretary of Education, has headed out on a fifty state tour to help invent the wheel, proclaim the value of oxygen, and promote plans to have the sun rise in the East.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 6

Humans are wired to worry about what others think, but sometimes letting go of that pressure can unlock a more honest life. In the Wonder Reader, Rafaela Jinich explores stories about societal expectations:

The Power of Not Caring

Indifference can be its own small act of defiance.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Sep 6

"Welcome to this tiny fifth-floor Airbnb, your home for the next four days in a major European city. Can you escape without incurring additional fees for cleaning or damage? Let the games begin."

Escape Room Challenge: Your European Airbnb

Welcome to this tiny fifth-floor Airbnb, your home for the next four days in a major European city. Can you escape without incurring additional fee...

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