Tue
Aug 29 2023
09:30 am
By: WhitesCreek
Tennessee Republicans have no heart, shame, conscience, or apparently brains:
“What our schools need are mental health professionals. We need funding for mental health, for counselors. We need to pay our teachers better. We don’t need more police in our schools.”
The statement that Rep. Justin Jones made for which Cameron Sexton declared him "out of order" and triggered the House vote to silence him.
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Eco warriors and politics
- State, national Democrats urge gun policy reform after Nashville shooting (TN Lookout)
- U.S. Senate race likely to wrap without a debate (TN Lookout)
- As AI takes the helm of decision making, signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge (TN Lookout)
- Nashville shooting sparks renewed pleas for an end to gun violence (TN Lookout)
- In one year, Palestinian-American Tennesseans have lost hundreds of family members (TN Lookout)
- Harris pursues undecided Latino voters in wide-ranging Univision town hall (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: You can’t watch Big Orange football without shopping and dining (TN Lookout)
- Federal appeals court weighs fate of DACA program (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- Your brain can perceive subtle odor changes in a single sniff (Science News Daily)
- Navigation research often excludes the environment. That’s starting to change (Science News Daily)
- Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered (Science News Daily)
- DNA from old hair helps confirm the macabre diet of two 19th century lions (Science News Daily)
- Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice (Science News Daily)
- Hair pulling prompts one of the fastest known pain signals (Science News Daily)
- A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes (Science News Daily)
- There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind: ventography (Science News Daily)
- What leads rivers to suddenly change course? (Science News Daily)
- The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- The Constitution Won, Trump Lost in Colorado...Now What? (1 reply)
- Our Very Own George Santos, TN GOP Congressman Ogles is Pretty Much Insane (1 reply)
- Destroying Jim Jordan, All Without Mentioning Jordan's Support For Sexual Abusing Athletes (1 reply)
- Want to See Who Owns Your State Senators and Reps? (1 reply)
- 9-11 Strangest Uninvestigated Fact (2 replies)
- It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
- Does Rep Fritts Want School Shooters to Have Access to AR 15s? (2 replies)
- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
- The Most Important Thing You Will Read Today! (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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