Tinkerer. Maker. Parent. Spouse. Javascript fanboi. Occasional Politics. @phiggins on post, @figgins42 where that taken.
Greene County, Tennessee
Joined April 2008
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Withholding 144 m in funds from
public schools for the voucher program that could not get passed last legislative session and now offering loans to hurricane survivors while corporations received 1.9 billion?
Not cool. Not Tennessee values.
SCROOGE-LEE: Gov. Bill Lee is taking heat for announcing a $100 million LOAN program for East Tenn. counties wrecked by flooding. If a county participates, they’ll have to pay 100% of the money back.
Earlier this year, Lee gifted $1.9B to big corporations—most went out of state!
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As we continue our unprecedented response to Hurricane Helene, the nation is beginning to understand that impacted areas have been the target of a relentless vortex of disinformation, dialed up by bad actors and platforms like X. 🧵
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.@RepTimBurchett (and others) voting not to fund the government and shut it down then turning around 2 days later and acting impatient about federal aid is really next-level cognitive dissonance
ICYMI — @timburchett voted not to fund the government and shut it down… then 2 days later joined Gov. Lee in requesting federal aid (later than other states) and acted like the White House was the holdup.
Tim probably hopes nobody connects those dots. But they connect.
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👇🏽🎯 @Vivian_E_Jones is an @Tennessean reporter — she is absolutely right.
OUTRAGEOUS for @MarshaBlackburn to say this as she ducks a debate with @VoteGloriaJ, avoids local media and hasn’t done a public town hall in 7.5 years.
Shamelessness is her superpower🦸🏼♀️
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"If Harris wins I'm moving to another country"
Oh so you think people should be able to cross international borders to leave a political situation they don't want to be in? 🤔
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Christianity should sound like, “my beliefs cause me to see profound value in every single person,” not “each person’s value is measured by how closely they align with my personal beliefs.”
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BREAKING: Florida man, 4 of whose 5 children were born of immigrant mothers, says immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
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⚡️KENTUCKY: A judge just declared it “UNCONSTITUTIONAL” to fund (privately run) charter schools with public taxpayer dollars.
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TN state government currently funds on average around $5,500 of each child’s education — local governments make up the difference.
The proposed voucher is $7,075.
If you’re paying attention at home, that is MORE State money for each voucher than for each public school student.
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If FEMA won't helicopter me out of Burning Man, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.
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Keep speaking @VoteGloriaJ @brotherjones_ @Justinjpearson
We are here for it. 🔥
#WeAreTN #TNSpecialSession #TN3 – at Tennessee, USA
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Tennessee’s new “House rules” for the special session clarify that small paper signs are no longer allowed in committee rooms, but guns are.
This is INSANE!
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Proud boys vs. People praying for action. Time to pick a team Tennessee.
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Trump literally appointed Weiss and you literally supported his appointment as Special Counsel. You are a caricature of a government official that embarrasses this nation and has no business being anywhere near the United States Senate.
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🚨🏳️🌈NEW: A Trump appointed judge just ruled the Tennessee drag ban unconstitutional. @SenJohnson @GovBillLee
“Passed for the impermissible purpose of chilling free speech… Unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad…”
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Hating women’s bodily autonomy so much you destroy their ability to have more children in the name of being “pro-life”
These stories are not going to stop. It is a form of state-sanctioned torture to make women endure this.
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