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WE make our communities and our democracy strong, together!
https://www.citizensrevival.com/
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"If you want to know what's good about the United States, listen to our music... Because people from all nationalities, all countries, all languages, all religions... have all gotten together and listened to each other and created harmony. That's the promise of the United States." - T Bone Burnett
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NC Newsline
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Lee County residents are demanding county commissioners take action against a proposed data center, citing concerns about noise levels and transparency with the project’s approval.
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Lee County residents demand pause on NC data center, claiming deception • NC Newsline
Lee County residents demand a pause on a proposed data center over concerns about noise pollution, environmental impacts, and lack of transparency from the developers.
https://ncnewsline.com/2026/07/15/lee-county-residents-demand-pause-on-data-center-claiming-deception/
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MIT Press
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“Women are tired of confronting a medical system that was never designed to serve them. They want basic answers about their bodies ... Matrescence is such a beautiful time, and for scientists to be able to approach it with awe and curiosity is just such a special thing.”
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How Pregnancy and Motherhood Reshape the Human Brain
Neuroimaging and animal research reveal how pregnancy hormones remodel neural circuits and leave a long-lasting mark on women’s bodies and health.
https://www.the-scientist.com/how-pregnancy-and-motherhood-reshape-the-human-brain-74735
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Thanks to ALL of our poll officials who consistently manage our elections so smoothly!
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Political polls
10 days ago
New - Generic Ballot poll (Age 18-29) 🔵 Democrats 55% (+34) 🔴 Republicans 21% Focaldata
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Political polls
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New - Party identification - Q2 2026 🔵 Democrats 49% 🔴 Republicans 39% Highest lead for any party in 6 Years Gallup
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Rae Radford
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Amen.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
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Thomas Massie: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we’re yelling ‘election fraud’? We won all the damn elections.”
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Davidson County Election Commission
6 days ago
Look for this door to the Scarritt Bennett Laskey Welcome Center, where Early Voting will begin at 8am a week from today on Friday, July 17. Do you live or work near Scarritt Bennett? If yes, we hope you’ll visit this convenient new site and
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The Ballot Brief
5 days ago
Registration handled, next step is knowing the names. Tennesseans can put an address into
theballotbrief.com
and it should surface each Aug 6 race with candidate backgrounds. Appreciate the ground game you all do, and flag us if a TN race isn't showing.
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The Ballot Brief | 2026 U.S. Election Guide, Candidates, Key Races & Voting Resources
The Ballot Brief is a nonpartisan 2026 U.S. election guide with candidate lookup, Senate and House race coverage, governor races, voting resources, and key election dates.
https://theballotbrief.com
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With the 2026 election cycle underway, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission is frozen — this time not because commissioners resigned or terms expired, but because the president removed all of them at once, disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration.
@votebeat.org
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Trump fires all commissioners of federal election agency
Months before the midterms, the only federal agency dedicated solely to election administration is now unable to do anything.
https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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At what point does a politician's lack of interest in clarifying their views disqualify them from being a serious candidate for a serious job?
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The Tennessee Holler
7 days ago
THINK TN: “After a decade+ of flat or declining electricity consumption, Tennessee’s experiencing its 1st sustained surge in energy demand, driven in part by a rapid influx of data centers whose consumption in Tennessee Valley region grew 7x from 2020-25.”
www.thinktennessee.org/press/press-...
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Davidson County Election Commission
7 days ago
Sample Ballots for the August 6 election were mailed in early July – has yours arrived? If you need an extra, here’s a link:
bit.ly/3QLeerW
Early Voting begins Friday, July 17.
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The “new Nine” is an L-shaped gerrymandered seat stretching across rural Middle & West Tennessee, pinned between two of the state’s wealthiest suburbs outside Nashville & Memphis. “What do we in Pulaski have in common with Nashville and Memphis?” Good question. The
@tennesseelookout.com
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'What do we have in common’: Traveling the 250 miles through Tennessee’s House District 9 • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee's Republican legislature drew the Memphis-based 9th Congressional District, which spans 250 miles and voters with little in common.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/08/what-do-we-have-in-common-traveling-the-250-miles-through-tennessees-house-district-9/
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OldLadyInAZ 🌵
8 days ago
The realities of a day in Ukraine. 💔🇺🇦
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Tennesseans have until 11:59 p.m. TODAY and TONIGHT, July 7, to register to vote in order to cast a ballot in the Aug. 6 elections. Register to Vote. It's your Civic Duty!
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Davidson County Election Commission
9 days ago
Today – Tuesday, July 7 – is the voter registration deadline for the August 6 election. Registering will only take minutes at
ovr.govote.tn.gov
or use our new voter registration kiosk in the Howard Office Building beside the Davidson County Clerk’s Office.
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This Is It, Tennessee! TODAY, July 7th, is the last day to Register to Vote and be eligible to cast your ballot in the August 6th Primary and General Election. To register or check your status, go here ➡️
ovr.govote.tn.gov
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Tennessee, there's one more day to Register to Vote!! 🗳️🗽
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Are you ready to vote? Tennessee's online registration deadline for the August 6th Primary and General Election is tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7. To register to vote or check your status, go here:
ovr.govote.tn.gov
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On our country's 250th birthday, the easy story to tell about young Americans is the sour one — that they've checked out. That's not what they said. The most surprising thing they said wasn't that they've lost faith. It's that so many of them, quietly and stubbornly, haven't
@dellavolpe.bsky.social
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America, Still Worth Fixing
New interviews with young Americans reveal a generation that sees the problems clearly — and still believes the country belongs to them.
https://dellavolpe.substack.com/p/america-still-worth-fixing
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Hey, Tennessee! Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7, is the last day to register to vote in Tennessee’s Aug. 6 midterm primary and general elections. Remember, if you've previously registered but have moved to a new county, you must register again. ---
@thetennesean.bsky.social
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TN voter registration deadline is July 7. How to check, update yours
Tennessee voters have until Tuesday to register for the Aug. 6 primary and general elections. Learn how to sign up or update your registration.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/07/06/tennessee-voter-registration-deadline-july-7-check-update-address-name/90760308007/
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On our country's 250th birthday, the easy story to tell about young Americans is the sour one — that they've checked out. That's not what they said. The most surprising thing they said wasn't that they've lost faith. It's that so many of them, quietly and stubbornly, haven't
@dellavolpe.bsky.social
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America, Still Worth Fixing
New interviews with young Americans reveal a generation that sees the problems clearly — and still believes the country belongs to them.
https://dellavolpe.substack.com/p/america-still-worth-fixing
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PBS News
11 days ago
Americans' Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That's months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025.
https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0
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Your Social Security benefits could be cut by a quarter in 2032. Here’s what to know
Americans’ Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That’s months ...
https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0
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Feel Good Action
15 days ago
Happy July! Arizona is the only state holding a statewide primary election this month. 📅 Election Day: July 21st, 2026 Now's the time to check your registration, make a plan, and learn what's on your ballot. Find trusted voting resources at
feelgoodaction.org
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#Voting
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America turns 250 today. This anniversary isn't just about history. It's about the future. The next chapter of American democracy will be shaped by voting rights, representation, civic participation, and the people who choose to engage.
feelgoodaction.substack.com
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Retro Report
14 days ago
1/ Documentary filmmaker
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reflects on Franklin Roosevelt’s leadership during historical challenges like the Great Depression and WWII in this short by Retro Report, based on
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“On America’s 250th birthday, our study gives a clear reality check, the climate the country has today is fundamentally different to the one it had when the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence.” - Theodore Keeping, a climate scientist at Imperial College London ---
@nytimes.com
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Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/climate/heat-wave-us-canada-climate-change.html
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Senator Andy Kim
14 days ago
Bringing you all into the room where it happened... 250 years ago!
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There's a lot of passivity in how we digest information. We have to return to a more muscular sense of citizenship. -
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Nashville Post
14 days ago
State Republicans make their appointees to new body as Metro sues over legislation seizing control of airport authority
https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/locally-appointed-bna-board-will-continue-business-as-state-takeover-takes-effect/article_91dbc695-96a7-4325-9cd1-2698618fda11.html
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Locally appointed BNA board will continue operating amid state takeover
State Republicans make their appointees to new body as Metro sues over legislation seizing control of airport authority
https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/locally-appointed-bna-board-will-continue-business-as-state-takeover-takes-effect/article_91dbc695-96a7-4325-9cd1-2698618fda11.html
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“It’s dumb to shutdown the House to pressure the Senate. Low IQ strategists.” - Republican Rep. Don Bacon Republican rebels are fuming over a voter ID bill that has little chance of becoming law and a broken promise from leadership to vote on border legislation by Independence Day. --
@thehill.com
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Frustration mounts as GOP infighting derails House
Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated with the infighting that has brought work in the House to a halt and caused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to send lawmakers home early for the second …
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5950560-republican-infighting-frustration/
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Dean Obeidallah
14 days ago
Democratic leaders apparently never heard of generational change. That is what is happening in the party with the wins by the younger candidates. Some people want to hold on to power forever. Voters are saying no. This is how democracy works.
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Tennessee's online registration deadline for the August 6th Primary and General Election is Tuesday, July 7. To register to vote or check your status, go here:
ovr.govote.tn.gov
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Positively Present
15 days ago
Some ideas to get through July!
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Tennessee's online registration deadline for the August 6th Primary and General Election is Tuesday, July 7. To register to vote or check your status, go here:
ovr.govote.tn.gov
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The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the country’s long understanding of automatic citizenship by birth on American soil, regardless of the immigration status of a newborn’s parents. ---
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
@tennesseelookout.com
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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump order • Tennessee Lookout
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/30/repub/us-supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-rejecting-trump-order/
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Ken Burns
17 days ago
I read the Declaration of Independence aloud to my family every Fourth of July. Its words were written by imperfect men, but they remain central to understanding who we are and who we hope to become.
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PBS News
17 days ago
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.
https://to.pbs.org/443uQOJ
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Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge
The decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states and the District of Columbia that permit mailed ballots to arrive and be counted some number of days after the election, provided they are postmarked by Election Day.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-rules-states-can-count-late-arriving-mailed-ballots-rejecting-trump-led-challenge
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"This is an experiment. It is a fragile experiment and it only exists if the American people take command of this country." A bipartisan duo of U.S. senators make the case for working across the political aisle and having the courage to do what's best for the country. --- Quinn Scanlan, ABC News
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Bipartisan Senate duo makes case for working across aisle as divided nation marks 250th anniversary
Jonathan Karl interviews Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Republican Sen. Todd Young and Rye Barcott, author of the new book "Courage Can Save US" on "This Week."
https://abcnews.com/Politics/bipartisan-senate-duo-makes-case-working-aisle-divided/story?id=134286612
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Music Box Theatre
18 days ago
Happy 100TH BIRTHDAY to the king Mel Brooks, who wore a fake extra finger to his handprint ceremony🥳🎂🥳
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VoteRiders
20 days ago
GOOD NEWS! 🥳 Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s decision to veto this legislation not only prevents the addition of barriers to voting for many Ohioans, it emphasizes just how fair and reliable Ohio’s elections already are.
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Republican Sen. Rick Scott says that there are not enough votes in the Senate to either abolish the filibuster or pass the SAVE America Act. Furthermore, GOP Senators say the SAVE Act wouldn't muster even a simple-majority vote in the upper chamber, regardless of presidential pressure.
@thehill.com
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Senate GOP scrambling for a strategy to please Trump on SAVE America Act
Senate Republicans are scrambling for a strategy to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, a sweeping election reform bill, along with $67 billion to $350 billion in defe…
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5941573-save-america-act-gop-strategy/
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“Don’t you point your finger at me.” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin lashed out in a congressional hearing Thursday, while being grilled about family separations under the Trump administration. ---
@msnowreports.bsky.social
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Mullin clashes with Rep. DeLauro over child separation in ICE custody
Mullin called the Connecticut Democrat a “hypocrite” after she asked about children who were separated from their families during Trump’s first term.
https://www.ms.now/news/mullin-delauro-child-separation-ice-custody
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Tea Pain
21 days ago
Yet minimum wage remains unchanged since 2009.
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Jules⚖️📨
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#Pinks
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Candice
21 days ago
My neighbor has a band. They were practicing late into the night, so I sent the following text. "Tell your bass player he needs a click track; he's consistently a 32nd note late on the attack." The music stopped entirely shortly thereafter.
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"There’s other issues — cost of living, stuff like that.” - Senator Rick Scott A bill signing intended to project the image of a unified Republican Party working to address Americans’ concerns over high costs was abruptly canceled, even as the stage for the ceremony was being erected.
@nytimes.com
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Trump Stokes Chaos in Congress as He Huddles With the G.O.P.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/politics/trump-senate-republicans-meeting.html
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