Kelly Baker

Adventurer. Humanitarian. Dream daredevil. Lifelong wanderer. | Tennessean living in Hawaii | Williamson County Voter | she/her

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

Kudos to Michigan and Governor Whitmer for championing voting laws that empower citizens and strengthen democracy! A crucial step towards ensuring every voice is heard. 🗳️👏 #Democracy

[Gretchen Whitmer @gretchenwhitmer]

Today we delivered on our promise to expand voting rights, protect election workers, and safeguard the integrity of elections here in Michigan. These actions will help make sure every vote can be cast and counted.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@nkornutick It would be interesting to see the changes if there was better transit. BNA serves a larger area than metro so they’d still have significant revenue from parking.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

Now that the state of TN will fund my private school, is anyone on board to help build Woke Academy? WA will have a science-based & decolonized history-focused curriculum. Drag queens will run the cafeteria with drag brunch on the schedule daily. Pronoun buttons for everyone!

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

If the evangelicals can create non-sense schools out of thin air, I gotta think there's a way to do this. And I know many people who are looking for freedom to educate their children on this type of curriculum. Let's have Bill Lee pay for it!

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@NancyGarrettD12 @ArkansasEd As a Tennessean who spent my entire childhood in Arkansas, this is super cringe and triggers my evangelical trauma.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

It’s really hard to convince my husband we should return to Tennessee when he retires from the military with the state government defunding public education and folks freely walking around rifles.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@nkornutick It makes it so much easier to know when to start dinner. If you have trust in the relationship, everyone approaches it in a healthy way.

When I was single, @sonicjanitor was my GPS friend. I frequently hiked alone & needed someone to know where to find my body if I disappeared

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@jhollymc I know BK through Rotary, and he subscribes to the motto of Service Above Self. I have no doubt that he’ll continue to find ways to serve.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

Even though my vote was just one in thousands that voted against Hanson, it may be my favorite vote in my democratic journey so far.

That includes the time I voted for myself.

There’s a lot of work to do, but we’re moving forward.

[Tennessee Lookout || tnlookout.bsky.social @TNLookout]

Franklin Mayor Ken Moore defeated alderman Gabrielle Hanson in a suburban Middle Tennessee mayor’s race that drew unusually high attention after Hanson refused to denounce support from a group of neo-Nazis. From @friedmanadam5. https://t.co/bV1WbCYZFc

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

This is exactly as I anticipated. I know my town, and while it’s not progressive, it doesn’t belong to the white supremacists.

[Emily R. West @emwest22]

BREAKING: Mayor Ken Moore leads Gabrielle Hanson. By a lot.

Moore: 8,364
Hanson: 1,788

#FranklinTNElection

[Phil Williams @PhilNvestigates]

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[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@jhollymc @NashvilleScene That’s some good company too! Congrats on being so damn good that they can’t ignore you.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@EODHappyCaptain When my spouse was on deployment, he mentioned to his mom that the watch floor was cold. She rallied her knitting friends, and they sent boxes full of fingerless gloves for everyone. Years later, he still talks about it. It's the little things...

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@Grantmarsh1963 @eapatton_tn @HansonforMayor Yup. My ballots in the mail, and allllll my friends are voting.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

Okay, technically tomorrow is the last day, but I have zero faith they can get anything done in a single day.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

Today's the day to see if Congress will pass legislation that allows the military to receive pay during the shutdown. If not, we have 3 days to stock up at the commissary before it shuts down so we can get groceries at an affordable rate.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

Recruitment numbers have been consistently low for a few years. I sure hope my Congressman @RepMarkGreen remembers that while he chats with his colleagues and votes. Grandstanding and shutdowns hurt now AND they have long-term impacts on National Defense.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

This wouldn't have hurt so much if they hadn't adjusted our Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) down for Hawaii "because the continent has inflation too". (That's some real whataboutism, but I digress.) We're okay, but it's time to beef up donations that support younger troops.

[Kelly Baker @BakerKellyTN]

@AGTennessee Lord almighty. What a waste of taxpayer’s money.