Join local Democrats to FIGHT for the GOOD of Roane County, Tennessee!
Let’s do Something about Gun Violence
Target Your Legislators to Do Something About Gun Violence Following the school shooting in Nashville last March, parents organized for action to reduce gun violence, the number one killer of children. The Tennessee General Assembly is expected to enter a special session to focus on firearm safety laws beginning on August 21, 2023. If you believe our children deserve a safer Tennessee, then contact your district Senator and Representative to pass solutions to reduce firearm deaths, including:...
Pause Button on Guns, Your Voice Matters!
On March 27, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at the Covenant Elementary School in Nashville. The shooter, who was being treated for an emotional disorder, obtained 7 weapons legally from 5 retailers. Although the parents of the shooter were concerned about the weapons, they had no legal way to intervene. Tennessee needs a law that would allow family members to intervene by petitioning for a court order to temporarily remove guns from people who pose a risk to themselves or others. Your voice...
Federal judge overturns Tennessee’s ban on drag shows
Late Friday, a federal judge overturned a new Tennessee law prohibiting drag performances in public spaces, ruling it unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker ruled the Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) violates the separation-of-powers principle and chills speech protected through the First Amendment. In March, Friends of George’s, a Memphis theater company that raises funds for LGBTQ groups through performances that include drag, challenged the law, which was originally set to take...
Tennessee abortion ban turns into nightmare for one woman
by Laura Clawson A Tennessee woman is the latest example of how, as long as states are allowed to ban abortion, we have to expect horror stories about the results of those bans. Her state’s ban forced Mayron Hollis into carrying a dangerous pregnancy until it turned into such an immediate threat to her health that doctors performed a simultaneous cesarean delivery and emergency hysterectomy. While Hollis’ story is an extreme, it’s revealing about how bans like Tennessee’s affect the delivery...
Standing in solidarity with the Tennessee Three
Last Thursday was a shameful day in the Volunteer State. Just days after six people — three of them only nine years old — were murdered in an elementary school, three Democratic lawmakers joined a group of protesters demanding their legislature act. Rather than listen and engage, the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee House of Representatives voted according to party lines to expel two of their colleagues from the chamber. It is not lost on me that, of the three legislators whose...
How Republicans Abuse Power in the TN House
WATCH: To better understand Democratic frustrations surrounding how business is conducted in Tennessee's GOP supermajority House, watch this segment from our award-winning Revealed investigation - long before #TheTennesseeThree made national news. (Please like and share.) 1/2 pic.twitter.com/DOw3LVOznT— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) April 8, 2023
ROANE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY MONTHLY MEETING
WHEN:
7-8 PM, the 2nd Thursday of each month
(Our monthly potluck is before the meeting, from 6-7 PM.)
WHERE:
The Greenwood School
726 Greenwood St.
Kingston, TN 3776
WHO:
All Roane County Democrats are encouraged to attend!
Disgustingly — Republicans are DENYING over 800,000 people representation in congress until they swear her in.
Mike Johnson — quit making cowardly excuses. Do the right thing — CALL A PRO FORMA SESSION to swear in the duly elected representative of Arizona's 7th congressional district. Do it NOW, as all who value democracy have every right to expect you to do.
She should have been sworn in WEEKS ago.
The Democrats want transparency for the GOOD of the American people — why don't the Republicans?
Legislators — get to D.C. and GET TO WORK!
