@jenniferowen.bsky.social
Public Schools Advocate
Recovering Politician
Recovering Politician
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When we say we hold the powerful accountable, this is what we mean: the state will make a database of nearly 60,000 businesses getting tac rebates secret on June 30. So we compiled the data to keep it publicly available.
Lawmakers are attempting to hide who’s receiving $1.5B in tax refunds. We won’t let them • Tennessee Lookout
On June 30, the names of businesses that received over $1.5 billion in tax refunds -- like FedEx -- will disappear from Tennessee's website.
tennesseelookout.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
When we say we hold the powerful accountable, this is what we mean: the state will make a database of nearly 60,000 businesses getting tac rebates secret on June 30. So we compiled the data to keep it publicly available.
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No town halls for @MarshaBlackburn since 2017
No town halls for @SenatorHagerty… ever
No town halls for @SenatorHagerty… ever
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
No town halls for @MarshaBlackburn since 2017
No town halls for @SenatorHagerty… ever
No town halls for @SenatorHagerty… ever
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Without input from parents or students, the Education Department ordered several civil rights investigations on its own — targeting schools with trans athletes, gender-neutral bathrooms and initiatives it sees as discriminatory to white students.
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing…
www.propublica.org
June 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Without input from parents or students, the Education Department ordered several civil rights investigations on its own — targeting schools with trans athletes, gender-neutral bathrooms and initiatives it sees as discriminatory to white students.
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For older adults who express more confidence in vaccine safety than younger groups, the past few months have brought welcome research. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right. - KFF Health News
Newer formulations are even more effective at preventing illnesses that commonly afflict seniors — perhaps even dementia.
kffhealthnews.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For older adults who express more confidence in vaccine safety than younger groups, the past few months have brought welcome research. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
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We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
June 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
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You’d think that destroying one nation would be enough for him, until you remember that he is one of the most corrupt, amoral cowards on the planet, an empty husk of a man who lacks a single noble impulse and whose only instinct is to inflict harm.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-decl...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-decl...
Donald Trump is at War With the World
Trump Declares War on Iran. That's Now Four Nations, and Counting
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
You’d think that destroying one nation would be enough for him, until you remember that he is one of the most corrupt, amoral cowards on the planet, an empty husk of a man who lacks a single noble impulse and whose only instinct is to inflict harm.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-decl...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-decl...
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Big Education Ape: TRUMP'S WORLD WIDE WAR ON KIDS WITH BRUCE LESLEY AND NICHOLAS KRISTOF bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2025/06/trum...
June 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Big Education Ape: TRUMP'S WORLD WIDE WAR ON KIDS WITH BRUCE LESLEY AND NICHOLAS KRISTOF bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2025/06/trum...
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Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
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April #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal logged over 30 charter scandals - some highlights
➡️ High numbers of charter school closures send families scrambling to find a new school for Fall.
➡️ Dohn contractors emerge as focus of state investigation
networkforpubliceduc...
➡️ High numbers of charter school closures send families scrambling to find a new school for Fall.
➡️ Dohn contractors emerge as focus of state investigation
networkforpubliceduc...
Charter Scandals - Network For Public Education
#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal is now an interactive research tool. Scandals can be sorted by category/state and searched with keywords.
networkforpubliceducation.org
May 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
April #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal logged over 30 charter scandals - some highlights
➡️ High numbers of charter school closures send families scrambling to find a new school for Fall.
➡️ Dohn contractors emerge as focus of state investigation
networkforpubliceduc...
➡️ High numbers of charter school closures send families scrambling to find a new school for Fall.
➡️ Dohn contractors emerge as focus of state investigation
networkforpubliceduc...
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The front page for the conservative New York Post after President Trump admits his tariff war may result in empty shelves and higher prices for Christmas!
May 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The front page for the conservative New York Post after President Trump admits his tariff war may result in empty shelves and higher prices for Christmas!
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Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
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Turns out just because you have a shit ton of money doesn’t mean people like you—or want to vote for your candidate.
Elon Musk tried to buy Wisconsin's Supreme Court. He lost.
Susan Crawford's victory means liberals will preserve their majority on the court.
www.motherjones.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Turns out just because you have a shit ton of money doesn’t mean people like you—or want to vote for your candidate.
Call your legislators TODAY and make it clear that you expect them to vote "NO" on HB793/SB836.
Upset about HB793 and want to help? Use this link to call and/or email the reps on the TN House Education committee, the next place where the bill will heard, likely next Tuesday. Please help us kill this bill. Because ALL kids deserve an education. Period. #BlueTennessee 🦝🦝
Take Action — Education For All TN
www.educationforalltn.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Call your legislators TODAY and make it clear that you expect them to vote "NO" on HB793/SB836.
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Today Tennessee HB793 passed in the house 5-3.
The bill will block undocumented children from attending public schools. During the vote, the halls of the Tennessee legislation were packed shoulder to shoulder with protestors. 📸 by @odessakellytn
#Protest #ProtestHate #ProtestRacialDescrimination
The bill will block undocumented children from attending public schools. During the vote, the halls of the Tennessee legislation were packed shoulder to shoulder with protestors. 📸 by @odessakellytn
#Protest #ProtestHate #ProtestRacialDescrimination
March 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today Tennessee HB793 passed in the house 5-3.
The bill will block undocumented children from attending public schools. During the vote, the halls of the Tennessee legislation were packed shoulder to shoulder with protestors. 📸 by @odessakellytn
#Protest #ProtestHate #ProtestRacialDescrimination
The bill will block undocumented children from attending public schools. During the vote, the halls of the Tennessee legislation were packed shoulder to shoulder with protestors. 📸 by @odessakellytn
#Protest #ProtestHate #ProtestRacialDescrimination
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WATCH: House Republicans kill REPUBLICAN Rep. Charlie Baum’s “Conservative Medicaid Expansion”
As @tnrepparkinson.bsky.social wonders why Tennessee has lost $30 BILLION+ refusing to accept our own federal tax dollars back to insure 300,000+
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG1zqGR...
As @tnrepparkinson.bsky.social wonders why Tennessee has lost $30 BILLION+ refusing to accept our own federal tax dollars back to insure 300,000+
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG1zqGR...
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
WATCH: House Republicans kill REPUBLICAN Rep. Charlie Baum’s “Conservative Medicaid Expansion”
As @tnrepparkinson.bsky.social wonders why Tennessee has lost $30 BILLION+ refusing to accept our own federal tax dollars back to insure 300,000+
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG1zqGR...
As @tnrepparkinson.bsky.social wonders why Tennessee has lost $30 BILLION+ refusing to accept our own federal tax dollars back to insure 300,000+
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG1zqGR...
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UPDATE: More from @propublica on the “Group House/Influence Project for right-wing lawmakers” run by Tennessee money man Lee Beaman and ex Gov. Lee pastor Steve Berger.
Speaker Johnson lives there. Andy Ogles frequents it. Nobody is talking about it.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
Speaker Johnson lives there. Andy Ogles frequents it. Nobody is talking about it.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
March 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
UPDATE: More from @propublica on the “Group House/Influence Project for right-wing lawmakers” run by Tennessee money man Lee Beaman and ex Gov. Lee pastor Steve Berger.
Speaker Johnson lives there. Andy Ogles frequents it. Nobody is talking about it.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
Speaker Johnson lives there. Andy Ogles frequents it. Nobody is talking about it.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
Call your legislators TODAY and make it clear that you expect them to vote "NO" on HB793/SB836.
🚨 WATCH: “I WANT THE SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON THIS ISSUE AGAIN.”
Rep. Lamberth makes it clear Tennessee Republicans want SCOTUS to let public schools keep out undocumented kids.
🔔 in house k-12 subcommittee 9AM TUESDAY
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
Rep. Lamberth makes it clear Tennessee Republicans want SCOTUS to let public schools keep out undocumented kids.
🔔 in house k-12 subcommittee 9AM TUESDAY
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
March 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Call your legislators TODAY and make it clear that you expect them to vote "NO" on HB793/SB836.
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Bill allowing Tennessee schools to exclude undocumented kids clears another hurdle with 5-3 vote in a House subcommittee. One Republican joined Dems in voting ‘no.’ @tennesseelookout.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Bill allowing Tennessee schools to exclude undocumented kids clears another hurdle with 5-3 vote in a House subcommittee. One Republican joined Dems in voting ‘no.’ @tennesseelookout.com
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WATCH: “Do you feel like a strong man bullying children, Senator Watson? No child should be denied an education.”
Sponsor of the bill to block undocumented kids from going to schools Senator Bo Watson confronted by Tennessee voters at the legislature.
It passed house sub 5-3 today
Sponsor of the bill to block undocumented kids from going to schools Senator Bo Watson confronted by Tennessee voters at the legislature.
It passed house sub 5-3 today
March 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WATCH: “Do you feel like a strong man bullying children, Senator Watson? No child should be denied an education.”
Sponsor of the bill to block undocumented kids from going to schools Senator Bo Watson confronted by Tennessee voters at the legislature.
It passed house sub 5-3 today
Sponsor of the bill to block undocumented kids from going to schools Senator Bo Watson confronted by Tennessee voters at the legislature.
It passed house sub 5-3 today
I am begging people in Tennessee to step away from the swirling mess at the federal level right now and take a hard look at our state legislature. You have the ability to call these legislators and significantly change the trajectory of our state. We need you to do that right now. It is urgent.
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am begging people in Tennessee to step away from the swirling mess at the federal level right now and take a hard look at our state legislature. You have the ability to call these legislators and significantly change the trajectory of our state. We need you to do that right now. It is urgent.