Tuesday march 20th at 7:00pm est. Morgan County Democratic Party will host a meeting and RALLY. Speakers will be Danielle Mitchell, John Mark Windell, Campaign manager for Karl Dean “Courtney Wheeler”, Bredesen will have someone speaking as well. Food and drink will be furnished. Bring your members and come join us in a Take Back […]
The Roane County Democratic Party is sad to announce the sudden death of Steve Kelley, county commissioner, loyal member of the RCDP, husband of Renee and brother of Jean West, our party’s treasurer. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 27 at Kyker’s Funeral Home in Kingston from 6-8 pm. A memorial service will […]
Jordan Buie, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee A controversial bill that would allow handgun carry permit holders to take their weapons almost anywhere in Tennessee won’t advance in this year’s legislative session. A subcommittee rejected the proposal Wednesday, a day when a half-dozen gun-related bills came before lawmakers, and scores of protesters gathered in the […]
“I wrote about yesterday’s intelligence hearing for Salon this morning: Tuesday’s televised annual Global Threat Hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee seemed like a rare and special event. What used to be considered routine and ordinary in American political life — open hearings with government officials testifying about the issues of the day — felt […]
Read More… from No, he never asked us to stop future election interference- by digby
By Chris KrommFebruary 2, 2018 Despite losing two high-profile organizing campaigns in 2017 — at Boeing’s factory in South Carolina and a Nissan plant in Mississippi — labor unions gained 130,000 members from the Southern workforce last year. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in January shows that the share of workers belonging […]
from the Tennessean […The organization makes several recommendations, including limiting dispensing instead of prescribing. It suggests limiting initial filling of prescriptions at pharmacies to seven days. Another recommendation the group makes is requiring insurance companies to pay for non-opioid pain management treatments. Similar recommendations have been made in others states, including Arizona. Haslam’s plan does […]
Read More… from Doctors raise concerns over Gov. Bill Haslam’s opioid proposal
by John R. Schindler John Schindler is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer. Read his full bio here. In a recent column I noted how President Donald Trump seemingly can bend time in a near-supernatural fashion. Our commander-in-chief’s “fine-honed ability to make days seem like weeks and weeks seem like […]
Tennessee (January 30, 2018) – Mary Mancini, Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party released the following statement prior to the State of the Union: “Democrats believe that every American – no matter who they are, what they look like, or where they live – should have the opportunity for a better life for themselves and […]
Read More… from TNDP Chair Statement on Donald Trump’s State of the Union
NEWSWEEK-BY RYAN SIT ON 1/29/18 AT 9:34 AM Most millennials disapprove of Congress and President Donald Trump’s job performance and think the country is heading in the wrong direction, a new poll found. Sixty-three percent of millennials, aged 18 to 34, said they disapprove of Trump, with 46 percent of respondents saying they strongly disapprove, […]