Indivisibles, I just got off the phone with Tim Burchett’s Knoxville office and told them that it’s only right with all the anxiety caused by this budget that he meet with his constituents to ease their minds about the future. I got a genuine, hearty laugh from the...
In fiscal year 2022, 733,866 people in 369,890 households received SNAP benefits in Tennessee. Burchett won his last election by just under 140,000 votes. Yeah. Chew on that math for a minute… then check out the attached chart to see just how much fire...
Tim Burchett said yesterday that it‘s time the American people ‘get off the gravy train’. Now his blonde buddy says that federal workers do not deserve their jobs nor their paychecks. We think they’re on to something there… because we see two members of the House of...
This isn’t done… they’ve only voted to ‘adopt’ this as their official budget in the House. The Senate has their own budget. Now this ‘adopted’ House version goes to the Senate and they try to reach reconciliation. In the morning we SET THEIR PHONES ON FIRE! Reducing...
UPDATES FROM NATIONAL INDIVISIBLE & WEEKLY TO-DOS Indivisibles, History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. Look at these headlines: Anger erupts at Republican town halls At town halls, doses of fury and a bottle of Tums The massive wave of town hall protests ruining...
Burchett’s staff allowed us to slide a clipboard with our talking points under the door at the office, but they refused to let any of us in. The Blount County Courthouse security tried to get us to leave the property, assuming we didn’t know our rights and local law....
Burchett’s office refused to even open the door, but they knew we were there! Shout out to Sparky Rucker for leading the group to ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’ in the Blount County courthouse halls. What a moving experience today was. Indivisible Knoxville at the Blount...
**Good News** Last night an appeals court once again said Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and will remain blocked. There was a mayoral election last week in Norman, Oklahoma, and the Democrats flipped and won the race by 26...
We usually try to avoid being alarmist in this group and instead provide actions and solutions to the alarm we are all surrounded by … but there are lines. Many of us are limiting our news intake right now so that we have the bandwidth to keep doing what has to be...
Indivisibles, Congressional recess isn’t a vacation -- it's an accountability tour. From Friday, February 14, through Sunday, February 23, your House Representative will be back home, trying to dodge tough questions, meet with donors, and sneak back to DC without...