SB 0591/HB 0764 will override the vote of 139,000 voters in Nashville, destroys years of governance, removes oversight in Memphis despite the Tyre Nichols' killing, and layoff a dozen civil service employees. The bill closes all use-of-force investigations by Sept. 2023. 2/x
Reps. Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson entered the TN House chamber to chants of "Tennessee three." The trio faces expulsion from the House later today.
ITS NOT A BAN ON TIKTOK! ITS CALLED THE RESTRICT ACT BECAUSE ITS GOING TO DO JUST THAT! THEY CAN ACCESS ANYTHING WITHIN YOUR HOME THAT IS CONNECTED TO INTERNET WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. THEY CAN FINE AND CHARGE YOU FOR USING VPNS. THEY ARE TARGETING YOU!! NOT BIG TECH!
One of the most surreal videos of the entire resistance to anti-trans laws this year.
Members of the gallery get arrested while shouting "trans lives matter" as Rep. Stevenson delivers a scathing rebuke on the House Floor.
"Somebody will have to atone!"
Human Rights Watch joins civil liberties groups in demanding prosecutors drop all Domestic Terrorism charges. These are unjust prosecutions, motivated by police's political interests to quash 1st amendment freedoms.
#StopCopCity
https://t.co/QOFLl2MT9m
As ATL police try to destroy the Weelaunee Forest, the state of Georgia prepares to devastate the massive, ecologically-critical Okefenokee Swamp by selling it to a mining project.
Climate conflict is here, as the American South is exploited as an internal colony.
‼️ MUTUAL AID REQUEST ‼️
Two Madison community members were unjustly arrested during a protest against the construction of the military grade police training academy in ATL (also known as Cop City).
Help us support them while they’re incarcerated!
Rep. @ross_wilburn is sharing the story of his trans son, James.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen did a story on James a few years ago
https://t.co/iaLJj6qWix
Good morning!
Folks really should be able to walk into a treatment facility and get help for their addictions just like one would walk into an ER and get help when injured. Instead there is a severe lack of options, and unless you have real money and can get private care — 👇🏾
See the First Amendment being destroyed in real time as Dekalb County magistrate denies bond to #StopCopCity festival goers, accepting illegitimate "domestic terrorism" charges: https://t.co/6y3nbzehZY
Report: After police rounded up 44 festival-goers, they separated those with local residencies with those with out-of-state, released the locals at Gresham Park, and charged the others with terrorism.
It is not illegal to protest. It is not illegal to go to a music festival.
@keiajahk I also recommend drinking lemon water. If your body is fighting candida overgrowth then it will help your body fight it off. Candida can cause food cravings.
New BT Farms agri-community project on Madison’s East Side will support local agriculture and healthy communities https://t.co/4wQ7FFlLqZ via @madison_365