Retired educator. ISSUES: preservation of public education & separation of church and state. INTERESTS: gardening, photography, genealogy & travel.
Nashville, TN
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Diane Ravitch takes a closer look at Corey DeAngelis, who hates public schools. For a time he worked for American Federation for Children, the pro-voucher group founded by Betsy DeVos. In that position he actively promoted Gov. Lee’s voucher scheme in TN. dianeravitch.net/2026/09/01/…
Gene Bryant retweeted
NEW: We just filed a preliminary injunction to immediately block Trump from giving paying customers early access to his Truth Social posts for $100,000 per month.
Trump should not be allowed to violate the First and Fifth Amendments for the sake of his personal profit.
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal. nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/po…
The Hamilton County Board of Education will meet Tuesday (today) for a special meeting to recognize the contributions of the late Dolly Parton. timesfreepress.com/news/2026…
More than 50 Memphis businesses have signed onto a public pledge to deny service to members of the Memphis Safe Task Force, citing a pattern of widespread intimidation by its agents that have kept workers and customers away. tennesseelookout.com/2026/09…
TN cattle producers are preparing to sell their spring-born calves in a beef market roiled by President Donald Trump’s Aug. 21 announcement of a plan to import about 660 million pounds of beef tariff-free in an effort to ease high prices for consumers. tennesseelookout.com/2026/09…
New Democratic polling shows Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder narrowly trailing Republican Charlie Hatcher in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/elec…
Republican senators say Ken Paxton, Republican candidate for US Senate from Texas, needs campaign money from Trump’s MAGA PAC. independent.co.uk/news/world…
Betsy Phillips/NASHVILLE SCENE: “…we’re going to hear all about how Dolly was apolitical.… But you can’t openly love gay people, support trans people and … drag queens … where politicians sling lies and slander … and not have it be political. nashvillescene.com/news/pith…
Gene Bryant retweeted
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Department of “War” Pete Hegseth has directed a new history curriculum for schools operated for military families that places emphasis on Christianity. apnews.com/article/defense-d…
Gene Bryant retweeted
We made a list of 5 ways Trump's corruption harms everyday Americans...and we could have kept going. And going. citizensforethics.org/report…
Gene Bryant retweeted
Fact check: While it’s against the law for government employees to leak sensitive or classified government details, the Supreme Court ruled in 1971 that the press’s ability to publicize that information is protected under the First Amendment. trib.al/zzzRRri
The claim that Islam is a political ideology bent on “total world domination,” not a religion, originated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In 2010, opponents of the Islamic Center there argued it wasn’t entitled to First Amendment protection. theconversation.com/in-texas…
Snopes lists a number of Trump posts on Truth Social that may sound too ridiculous to be authentic but actually are real.
snopes.com/collections/trump…
JFK Jr., Trump’s health secretary, claims male circumcision can cause autism. New research does not support that claim.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Former assistant professor Tamar Shirinian says her $1.9 million settlement with the University of Tennessee System was "not actual justice" for being fired from the flagship Knoxville campus over her online comments about Charlie Kirk. knoxnews.com/story/news/educ…
