Dear Democrats, The following message from Bernie Sanders was re-Tweeted by Hillary Clinton this afternoon. In case some of you just did a double take, I’ll repeat: Hillary Clinton today re-Tweeted a message from Bernie Sanders. Understand: this is larger than your primary preference. Whomever you support, we must all rally around our nominee to […]
From Vox.com The Republican presidential campaign has wound down to just three candidates who seem to have a shot at the nomination: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz. Each of these candidates has proposed a huge tax cut plan. Trump’s would cost $11.2 trillion including interest on the debt it’d create; Rubio’s would cost […]
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From the TNDP.org Nashville, Tenn. (February 25, 2016) – Today, Tennessee Democratic Party chair Mary Mancini released a statement explaining why Governor Haslam endorsed Sen. Rubio. “With his record of failure, Governor Haslam’s decision to endorse another politician with a record of failure makes perfect sense. When it comes to the things that matter most […]
Tennessee has crushed the state’s presidential primary early voting record set eight years ago, with Republican primary voters this year far outpacing Democratic voters by a 2-to-1 margin. It has state election officials bracing for a massive election day turnout on Super Tuesday next week — one that could approach numbers typically seen during November […]
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Linden TN – Americans are deeply divided about the role government should play in their lives – but events can sometimes force people to think beyond their traditional political beliefs. Take Linden, a small town in rural Tennessee. It’s a staunchly conservative place that at the height of the Great Recession took part in a […]
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The New York Times took a dive into whether Donald Trump’s supporters are unusually racist — or, in the newspaper’s delicate phrasing, “responsive to religious, social and racial intolerance.” And they came up with a stunning statistic: Nearly one in five Trump supporters didn’t approve of freeing slaves in the Confederacy. A YouGov/Economist poll in […]
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From the Tennessean- The Tennessee state Senate on Monday voted in favor of a measure to nullify a local-hire initiative previously approved by Nashville voters. With a 27-5 vote, the chamber advanced an effort to nullify a controversial local-hire rule, which would require that at least 40 percent of work hours on city construction projects […]
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From Salon – As Republicans and Democrats gird for a showdown over when and with whom to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the political question is which party will benefit from the battle. If a new survey is any indication, Republicans could end up sacrificing seats in the Senate if they refuse […]
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From Moveon.org – It is the president’s constitutional authority to nominate justices to the Supreme Court. And it is the Senate’s constitutional role to “advise and consent.” Nowhere in the Constitution is the Senate asked to play partisan games of endless, senseless obstructionism. Outrageously, just hours after the news of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, Republican […]