• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    54 minutes ago

    A single Republican, Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, joined Democrats in voting against the measure, calling it a “dangerous precedent” to charge local officials for casting a vote.

    Todd is going to get death threats. I’m calling it now.

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    5 hours ago

    The GOP supermajority in the General Assembly this week gave swift passage to the immigration enforcement law despite warnings from staff attorneys that the bill is “constitutionally suspect” in its unprecedented effort to curtail elected officials’ voting decisions.

    The constitution? Are we still pretending that old thing matters anymore? lol good joke.

  • Alteon@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    That’s fucked. That whole thing is fucked. Tennessee should be on fire over this shit.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Pretty sure the 5 million is probably better spent on all sorts of things Tennesseans actually need.

    Inbred fuckwits.