How the Tennessee General Assembly Sold Out Parents and Betrayed Conservatives: The Truth Behind the Voucher Bill’s Passage
Tennessee conservatives were betrayed. There’s no other way to put it. The passage of the school voucher bill wasn’t about helping families or giving parents more educational options—it was about political gamesmanship, special interest money, and backroom deals that reek of corruption. For those who still believe the Tennessee General Assembly operates with integrity, the […]
An Open Letter to the Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Concerning the Upcoming Extraordinary Session
Honorable Members of the House of Representatives, As our state faces a manufactured crisis in the form of an extraordinary session called by Governor Lee, I write to you with grave concern about both the substance and procedure of what lies ahead. The timing and nature of this special session represent not just questionable governance […]
Update on the Governor’s Special Session for Public Safety (Red Flag Laws).
Tennesseans across the state have advocated loudly that voters do not want this special session. Primarily, we do not want restrictions on our 2nd Amendment rights and we do not want to debate complex topics like mental health in the abbreviated course of 3 days. Fortunately, it seems that our advocacy has taken hold and […]
We are playing with fire putting more federal money into mental health in the name of public safety.
As part of the Governor’s call for a special session on red flag laws, Bill Lee is asking the legislature to consider the following… “Directs TennCare to seek a waiver from the federal government to allow federal matching funds for Medicaid to cover services for mental illness and substance use disorders at institutions of mental […]
Corporate welfare always begets more corporate welfare, ultimately at the expense of your liberty.
You might remember that in October 2021, Governor Bill Lee called for a special session of the General Assembly to make way for Tennessee’s largest-ever tax incentive program which amounted to almost $1 BILLION carved out for the Ford Motor Company. The promise, of course, was job creation. In Tennessee, we take your tax dollars […]
Courts are beginning to affirm actions that our legislature neglected to take to defend your rights.
It is nice to be able to say that I told you so. But in contrast, it is also painful to realize that so many individuals were coerced into making medical decisions that have proven to be harmful, and our legislators stood by and watched it happen. Article X, Section 2 of the Constitution of […]
What should we be striving for in the special session hopefully beginning on October 27th?
I. Vaccine mandates by employers must come to an end. Places of public accommodation must not require a status of vaccination for entry or to receive goods and services. We are asking legislators to defend individual liberty and protect what we consider a basic human right, the right to make our own medical decisions. One […]
Oppression by inaction: an absent legislature.
I have been struggling now for some time in figuring out how to put this sentiment into words, knowing full well that what is happening is wrong. But how do we effectively communicate it? Thousands upon thousands of Tennesseans are facing a type of oppression here in our state that is hard to describe because […]