Ignore the dead naming, but this came out I think it was March 25th 2016 on #EasterSunday in the #Clarksville #LeafChronicle... I was given a half page story in the #Focus section, and it ran a day later in the #Tennessean, directly opposite of the #politics page.

#Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransDayofVisiblity

“A #Tennessean who had enlisted in the Union army in September 1863 understood the war as “sacred to God and to man” in a letter to the Recorder.”

WTF am I supposed to think about, do about, the display of blatant #racism in the expulsion of the two #Tennessean representatives? I'm a 50ish progressively-minded white guy from rural #Nebraska, surrounded by those who would be almost certainly in support of that obscenity, who has no real power or influence to speak of.

I do believe society is tilting away from this evil in the long run, but what can I do to put my seemingly insignificant thumb on the scales to tilt it faster?

Somehow as a #tennessean this doesn't surprise me. We need to do better. Also, when the hell did we get a FBI agency in #knoxville?! #voteblue #fuckmaga #jan6th
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/politics/edward-kelley-january-6-fbi-agents/index.html

The #Tennessean reports on the DCS crisis:

"The Tennessee Department of Children's Services failed to adequately investigate dozens of reports of sexual abuse and sexual harassment allegations in its state residential facilities in 2021, according to a scathing state Comptroller report released Tuesday.

The state audit also found DCS ignored dozens of additional reports of alleged consensual sexual activity between residents[.]"

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/13/tennessee-department-of-childrens-services-failed-to-probe-sex-abuse-reports/69725145007/

#TNDCS #Tennessee

Audit: Tennessee Department of Children's Services failed to investigate sexual abuse reports

Though the department's staffing woes have been widely documents, the audit also highlighted other breakdowns at the department.

The Tennessean
The front of the #Nashville #Tennessean is incredibly frustrating today. The op-ed by Butch Eley (deputy governor and commissioner of transportation) highlights the very real problem of traffic congestion, but speaks 100% in the language of more cars, more lanes, more road funding. He says #Tennessee needs solutions for traffic congestion, but offers none. Not one mention of #PublicTransit, active transit, transit lanes, housing density, or any of the proven tools that other states are using.