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13/01/2025

So ties hurricane relief aid to his voucher scam— and miraculously 7 Northeast TN county mayors endorse it. 🤔

A more cynical version of us might think this was a form of extortion! 😬
https://www.elizabethton.com/2025/01/13/northeast-tennessee-mayors-endorse-gov-lees-education-freedom-scholarship-act/

13/01/2025

TODAY'S HOLLER: Lee's Voucher Scam Returns 🚧 Hagerty's Cruel Fire Aid Hypocrisy 🤨🔥A New Session Starts Tomorrow 🤕 & More

Check out today's links & videos: https://mailchi.mp/0f84f5976f39/actual-indoctrination-16058581

CHIP IN and grab a Holler Hat: https://tnholler.com/2024/10/holler-hats-3/

13/01/2025

🔥 WATCH: Director Linda Cash gives a powerful defense of public schools (against ’s vouchers) and challenges the perception of public schools and how tests are used to undermine them.

Sadly, wethinks the undermining is intentional. Right Guv?

13/01/2025

WATCH: A father of a special needs student says ’s voucher scam leaves the most vulnerable kids behind by taking resources from public schools that serve ALL kids👇🏽

(Reminder — this Lee post implying otherwise was truly shameless: https://x.com/thetnholler/status/1867578391186084142?s=46)

13/01/2025

WATCH: “Rising opposition to school vouchers among conservatives - they know something really smells.”

The town hall noted Kentucky and right-wing groups (TN Fi****ms, TN stands, etc) oppose & his out-of-state billionaire-backed voucher scam.

13/01/2025

PRO PUBLICA: “Hamilton County police were arresting, handcuffing & detaining kids, even though school officials labeled incidents “low level” with “no evidence of motive.” The students arrested were disproportionately Black and had disabilities.”https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits

13/01/2025

Quick check-in on how all that swamp-draining is going… https://popular.info/p/the-corporate-lobbyist-who-will-run

13/01/2025

UPDATE: TN Capitol Hill press corps again unanimously voted to keep the Holler out this session — which is how Sexton & McNally justify keeping us out of their pressers. (Chair Kim Kruesi of the AP won’t share the list of voting members)

We will of course be up there anyway.

13/01/2025

The purge has begun: “Trump officials questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for, political contributions, social media posts that could be considered incriminating by Trump…” https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-nsc-loyalty-waltz-21913da0464f472cb9fef314fed488e5

13/01/2025

The 19th: “A growing body of evidence shows school vouchers have the potential to wreak deep monetary and academic havoc on the children those programs claim to serve.” https://19thnews.org/2024/08/universal-school-vouchers-conservative-support/

13/01/2025

🔥 MUST-WATCH: “Vouchers are NOT popular in Tennessee, despite skewed polls… Out-of-state billionaires are seeking to dismantle public education.”

Liv Cook of SOCM dismantles GovBillLee’s private school vouchers scam in 3 minutes👇🏽

13/01/2025

We’re told these are 2 of the Republican house reps on the fence about selling out our public schools and backing ’s voucher scam… in case you feel like reaching out and saying hello…

Clay Doggett: 615-741-7476
Kip Capley: 615-741-2190

13/01/2025

Welp, looks like Speaker Sexton is giving Tennessee Conservative News the Holler treatment — guess he doesn’t like being criticized from the right or the left.🤔

Even lets us into his pressers, while Sexton now holds his behind closed doors.

13/01/2025

CANADIAN: “We have health care.”
FOX REPORTER: “But we have guns.”
CANADIAN: “We don’t need guns.”

This Jesse Watters segment sums up how dumb the whole thing is nicely.

13/01/2025

👇🏽FACT-CHECK: claims Biden is handing them a “dumpster fire” economy. False. Jobs up, growth up, wages up, etc. (🧵 https://x.com/david_charts/status/1875951824576168299?s=46)

We do have inequality issues Trump’s policies will only exacerbate.

And notice JD now says Trump will “stabilize” prices- not bring them down🤔

13/01/2025

👇🏽WATCH Elon repeatedly try to get this firefighter to back up his political attacks and blame a water shortage, but the firefighter reiterates the amount of water they needed was unrealistic for the system

13/01/2025

🇲🇽 “increase in the president’s popularity —> good job managing the economy, combating corruption, addressing security problems, providing support for citizens (and standing up to Trump)”

TLDR: When you show government works for the people, they like it.
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sheinbaum-presidency-approval-rating-higher-than-ever/

13/01/2025

60 MINUTES: “13 officials, including from the State Department, White House and Army, have publicly resigned in protest. Many believe 🇺🇸 policy on Gaza runs counter to American values and threatens national security.” https://t.co/Q3izMEwnlF

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🔥 WATCH: @BradleySchools Director Linda Cash gives a powerful defense of public schools (against @GovBillLee’s vouchers) and challenges the perception of public schools and how tests are used to undermine them. Sadly, wethinks the undermining is intentional. Right Guv? @TN4ALL

WATCH: A father of a special needs student says @GovBillLee’s voucher scam leaves the most vulnerable kids behind by taking resources from public schools that serve ALL kids👇🏽 (Reminder — this Lee post implying otherwise was truly shameless: https://x.com/thetnholler/status/1867578391186084142?s=46)

WATCH: “Rising opposition to school vouchers among conservatives - they know something really smells.” The @tn4all town hall noted Kentucky and right-wing groups (TN Firearms, TN stands, etc) oppose @govbilllee & his out-of-state billionaire-backed voucher scam.

🔥 MUST-WATCH: “Vouchers are NOT popular in Tennessee, despite skewed polls… Out-of-state billionaires are seeking to dismantle public education.” @tn4all Liv Cook of SOCM dismantles GovBillLee’s private school vouchers scam in 3 minutes👇🏽

CANADIAN: “We have health care.” FOX REPORTER: “But we have guns.” CANADIAN: “We don’t need guns.” This Jesse Watters segment sums up how dumb the whole thing is nicely.

👇🏽FACT-CHECK: @JDVance claims Biden is handing them a “dumpster fire” economy. False. Jobs up, growth up, wages up, etc. (🧵 https://x.com/david_charts/status/1875951824576168299?s=46) We do have inequality issues Trump’s policies will only exacerbate. And notice JD now says Trump will “stabilize” prices- not bring them down🤔

WATCH: @BernieSanders tells @DeanObeidallah why the H-1B Visa program needs “major major reform”

Here’s JD Vance trying to condition us to ignore the term “family separation” when we inevitably hear it in the coming years, because it’s obviously their plan again and the cruelty is the point.