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REVEALED: 'We all feel our voices are being silenced.' GOP keeps firm grip on debate in Tennessee House #TennesseeThree #TennesseePolitics #Supermajority #Gerrymandering (Please like and RT!)
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More from @NC5PhilWilliams

May 5
⬇️ THREAD ⬇️
Evidence of serious corruption on the U.S. Supreme Court is building! (Gifting this latest disclosure from the @washingtonpost.) wapo.st/3VxzWxA
Clarence Thomas Raised Him. Harlan Crow Paid His Tuition. propublica.org/article/claren…
For more than two decades, Thomas has accepted luxury trips virtually every year from the Dallas businessman without disclosing them, documents and interviews show. propublica.org/article/claren…
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May 4
This criticism is so incredibly uninformed as to be irresponsible. Rather than imagining that the TBI must be tipping me off, it might help to start by actually reading the story. Image
Just because he says it doesn't mean it's true, but believe what you want to believe.
The number of public records requests is actually about three dozen.
My knowledge of "personnel matters" stems from knowing the players. I don't just wait for handouts.
Read 10 tweets
Apr 19
Tennessee’s big-city mayors send a gun violence agenda to @GovBillLee, @ltgovmcnally and House Speaker @CSexton25.
At least check-in, the @tnhousegop, which likes to talk about big-city crime, was considering NONE of these! ImageImageImageImage
This is the bill that @tnhousegop has talked about using for their gun/non-ERPO legislation, but no seeing any amendments filed. Looks like this will be a surprise move w/o transparency in advance. Image
This may be another vehicle; again, no amendments posted. Image
Read 5 tweets
Apr 10
Hearing much buzz about this story re: Tennessee House Speaker @CSexton25. Calling balls and strikes as I try to do with BOTH sides, it's more complicated than this thread/story acknowledges. 1/
This post accurately posts just one part of the residency statute, but there is more to the story... 2/
Tennessee's residency statute also states that "a person does not lose residence if, with the definite intention of returning, the person leaves home ... for temporary purposes, even if of one or more years duration." 3/
Read 9 tweets
Apr 4
Temperatures rising on Tennessee House floor
This is the scene of the melee on the Tennessee House floor that followed that incident. (Video provided to me by a source, permission not granted for other media to use.) 2/
Outside Tennessee House chamber, chants of “fascists, fascists, fascists.” (Video provided to me by a source, permission not granted for other media to use.) 3/
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Feb 28
Tennessee Congressman @AndyOgles may have thought that putting out a preemptive news release before my report on his college transcript was good PR, but our reporting is still getting lots of national attention. THREAD FOLLOWS --> 1/ newschannel5.com/news/newschann…
From Washington Post: 2/ washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
From New Republic: 3/ newrepublic.com/post/170802/go…
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