Most TN House Democrats stripped of their committee assignments
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State Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) have been stripped of all their committee assignments in the Tennessee House, according to a letter posted by Jones on social media Tuesday.
  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
    64·
    11 days ago

    If I recall correctly Tennessee already expelled both these guys back from office in 2023 when they led a protest and then won special elections back into office. So this isn’t a new development for TN.

    • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      15·
      11 days ago

      Gatdamn lol! Had no idea. Looked up Jones super briefly, found some similarly encouraging things, e.g. taking a charge for throwing a traffic cone into an open truck window that slurs were pouring out of, lmao.

      Seems like a nice fella, I’m into it.

    • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      6·
      10 days ago

      One side has already started shooting. The only reason they don’t call it war is because the other side hadn’t fired back. The frequent ‘lone wolf’ mass shooters who all consume the same media and believe the same lies and follow the same political oarty end up attacking the same kind of communities over and over and they spin these as isolated incidents instead of violent advancements of the attackers personal politics.

      There’s a reason so many states are rushing gun control right now, and its that new gun ownership rates are currenrly highest among POC and LGBT folk. The fash already have their weapons, and their heirloom weapons from their dumb fash parents. What do you have?

      • zebidiah@lemmy.ca
        5·
        10 days ago

        We have chuck schumer looking over his stupid little reading glasses at the end of his stupid little nose threatening to send a sternly worded letter of dissatisfaction

        • Prove_your_argument@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          10 days ago

          Chucky has to be bought and paid for. Can’t wait for the guy to age out and be replaced by another bought and paid for politician.

          The folks controlling the GOP are playing 3d chess. They’ve gained control of the judicial branch, they have just enough of a majority in congress, and the executive branch has been gutted of anyone who has any power to do anything to stop the plans that have literally been published. There is no similar design anywhere from any other party.

          The problem with giving a shit about people and wanting to do the right thing is that you inherently sabotage yourself from being able to compete with folks who will organize behind massive funding to blatantly violate the constitution and dismantle all checks and balances. I don’t think there’s any coming back. I think there will be a gotcha moment where even if they lose seats, something else will be dropped to avoid a peaceful transfer of power. Then they’ll have crackdowns where they round up anybody trying to mount an organized peaceful movement to protect the constitution and rule of law and throw folks in political prisons and make them disappear forever.

          Bottom line, the billionaires literally don’t give a shit. They are getting their payday by robbing our futures with crippling debt never seen before in this country. So many of them have cashed out of the market. Housing seems poised to plummet and there goes what little wealth most families have kept, and we’re all going to be spending our equity to stay alive while the billionaires continue to profit on the scraps we buy that they source because they control the whole supply chain, what we see and hear, the laws we must obey (that they do not), and soon even the roofs over our heads.

          I think the 21st century great depression is coming globally, and we’re going to be fucked. I hope to christ i’m wrong.

    • nosuchanon@lemmy.world
      41·
      9 days ago

      Sadly, there is no revolution coming. The general population has failed every test, People are in survival mode and still trust that government organizations are looking for their interests.

      There will be no revolution, No uprising, No protests that are me to anything of real value or change.

      And even if there was, The government got better weapons, They’re better funded, They have more ammunition, Their guns are better, And they have multiple systems and organizations who have trained to work together. I think the National Guard doesn’t train with police and army forces? You think a bunch of fucking redneck and hillbillies with shotguns are gonna win against the government with riot gear and fully automatic and weapons armored vehicles?

      • Prove_your_argument@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        It hasn’t gotten that bad yet. People are generally still comfortable. The majority is still worried or just tightening their budgets or doing what they need to do to get by - we aren’t quite starving from food banks shutting down either.

        People tend to be much more motivated when they struggle to find food, because survival compels you to do things. It’s simply not life and death today. It’s death by a thousand cuts.