
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee took to Twitter to trash a decision by Nashville Metro Council to allocate $500,000 in funds to Planned Parenthood for sex education and birth control. Call us naive, but these seem like important topics on which to focus if one wants to prevent unplanned pregnancies in a state whose legislature has made abortions illegal.
"As cities across the country face surging crime, politicians in Nashville have chosen to defund local police to fuel an extreme political agenda. This is an affront to Tennessee families & taxpayers," Lee tweeted.
A few hours later, T.J. Ducklo, salty press secretary to Nashville Mayor John Cooper and Biden communications shop alumnus, administered a bit of subtle shade in a tweet of his own. Ducklo pointed out Cooper has increased Metro's cop shop budget by 20%, added 98 new positions and increased pay.
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Eco warriors and politics
- U.S. Senate confirms a military nominee, the first since Tuberville blockade began (TN Lookout)
- State revenue falls amid tax holidays, business break (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee leads nation in arresting and punishing pregnant women (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: Autopsy report (TN Lookout)
- Keep arbitration an option for older Americans (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee State University’s Glover urges state to pony up $2.1 billion (TN Lookout)
- States urged by Biden administration to rectify underfunding of land-grant HBCUs (TN Lookout)
- Election map: 2023 Nashville mayor race looks like 2020 Presidential election (TN Lookout)
- Lee launches $20M family grant program (TN Journal)
- Feds indict five former Memphis police officers in Tyre Nichols killing (TN Journal)
- Tarwater sworn into Tennessee Supreme Court (TN Journal)
- New TNJ edition alert: A special session post-mortem, another RNC snub, and Gloria hopes to take on Marsha (TN Journal)
- Gloria Johnson announces U.S. Senate campaign (TN Journal)
- New TNJ edition alert: Another House fracas, Kelsey wants bail, and a Sundquist obit (TN Journal)
- House turmoil focus of special session coverage (TN Journal)
- Special session in the headlines (TN Journal)
Science and stuff
- How brain implants are treating depression (Science News Daily)
- Today’s depression treatments don’t help everyone (Science News Daily)
- The science behind deep brain stimulation for depression (Science News Daily)
- What’s it like to live with deep brain stimulation for depression? (Science News Daily)
- There’s a stigma around brain implants and other depression treatments (Science News Daily)
- What’s the future of deep brain stimulation for depression? (Science News Daily)
- How drones are helping scientists find meteorites (Science News Daily)
- Interlocking logs may be evidence of the oldest known wooden structure (Science News Daily)
- Why sewage may hold the key to tracking diseases far beyond COVID-19 (Science News Daily)
- 50 years ago, the quest for superheavy elements was just getting started (Science News Daily)
Discussing
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- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
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- Former GOP Speaker of the House Arrested Facing 20 years (1 reply)
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