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61. Representation is required by LAW and Constitution

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2023, 06:00 PM

Apr 2023

Taxation without Representation!

That was the Colonial battle cry!

The state has removed a district from having a voice.

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Wow! Fuck Tennessee! [View all] In It to Win It Apr 2023 OP

Like I've been saying for years, "Fuck Tennessee" world wide wally Apr 2023 #1

fuck Mammoth Cave and fuck Nashville music scene GenXer47 Apr 2023 #4

Who moved Mammoth Cave to Tennessee? Sneederbunk Apr 2023 #11

Please don't bring up facts during a Brenda Apr 2023 #27

Good people? Absolutely, but.... paleotn Apr 2023 #52

I lived in Tennessee for a number of years dianaredwing Apr 2023 #82

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" n/t TygrBright Apr 2023 #71

Fuck Tennessee whiskey, aside from Uncle Nearest Coventina Apr 2023 #22

Nashville is a blue city videohead5 Apr 2023 #30

I didn't say fuck Nashville. I know what it's like to live in a blue city Coventina Apr 2023 #47

I don't like country music either videohead5 Apr 2023 #72

Nashville. You can almost see Tennessee from there. Seinan Sensei Apr 2023 #86

A Blue city that the TN legislature's now gerrymandered its Blue (nonstop since 1874) US House seat Celerity Apr 2023 #92

And take that fucking Florida and Texas with you! 634-5789 Apr 2023 #78

I felt sick when I just heard about it. And Marjory Two Names disrupted applegrove Apr 2023 #2

She was stripped of her committee seats. forthemiddle Apr 2023 #23

This was in 2022 and no, cilla4progress Apr 2023 #37

Thanks. Yes. I was trying to remember why she got stripped of applegrove Apr 2023 #56

K&R!! "This is the literal definition of fascism. Never forget. We should all be alarmed & outraged" RKP5637 Apr 2023 #3

THIS!!☝️ onetexan Apr 2023 #65

we knew the fascist r's would do it Marthe48 Apr 2023 #5

So now his constituents have no representation? Fullduplexxx Apr 2023 #6

The literal definition of fascism. Exactly. Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #7

+1 demigoddess Apr 2023 #111

Tennessee has decided angrychair Apr 2023 #8

exactly! BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #64

Putin must be so proud of his US puppets today. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #9

Peel back the layer of Republican and you will find christian dominionist are driving this shit. Hotler Apr 2023 #10

%500 PlutosHeart Apr 2023 #81

Truly sickening democrank Apr 2023 #12

Yet another state you couldn't pay me to step foot in. GoCubsGo Apr 2023 #13

Republicans are a fascist party. They don't want ANY other parties in the US. flying_wahini Apr 2023 #14

link to the ongoing session race bannon Apr 2023 #15

Fascist fuckers. onecaliberal Apr 2023 #16

I hope they all live to call him Mr.Bill Apr 2023 #17

I hope I live long enough! Deuxcents Apr 2023 #20

This will put Hillsborough on the map! Codifer Apr 2023 #18

Supermajorities Traildogbob Apr 2023 #19

Hey, Wisconsin voters just voted in a liberal Supreme Court justice! ShazzieB Apr 2023 #70

You did well. Traildogbob Apr 2023 #74

I can't take any credit. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #97

Don't blame an entire state Cyrano Apr 2023 #21

People should note and understand what you state. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2023 #29

Republican jerrymandering is to blame. Emile Apr 2023 #39

Yep. GOP gerrymandering, and their immense propaganda machine, are Cyrano Apr 2023 #57

The mean hearted are actually a step behind, but they used to be several... AnrothElf Apr 2023 #77

By no means am I blaming a whole state. Traildogbob Apr 2023 #79

Gerrymandering is the root of it all dwayneb Apr 2023 #91

Don't want to hear what the Nazis did orangecrush Apr 2023 #24

And did you notice: AverageOldGuy Apr 2023 #25

But of course! cilla4progress Apr 2023 #38

She has a disability. aocommunalpunch Apr 2023 #42

THIS!!☝️ truly a powergrab. Shameful & horrendous! onetexan Apr 2023 #67

ah, yes NJCher Apr 2023 #83

They didn't expel the white woman wryter2000 Apr 2023 #108

I'm listening tohim speak now Danmel Apr 2023 #26

In spite of what happened today he has a very bright future Tanuki Apr 2023 #32

If he decides to run again, I'm sending a donation Danmel Apr 2023 #36

If he decides to run again, I'm sending a donation Danmel Apr 2023 #46

Well maybe Michigan or another Blue state could Beachnutt Apr 2023 #28

We barely have a majority in Michigan DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 2023 #40

Again, people need to be reminded: TNNurse Apr 2023 #31

💙 we can do it Apr 2023 #41

don't let it get to you. barbtries Apr 2023 #43

Maybe you are IN NC, but I'm guessing you're not FROM NC. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #49

you are correct. barbtries Apr 2023 #66

☝️ all of this! Docreed2003 Apr 2023 #45

We love and respect you. icymist Apr 2023 #51

I make exceptions for the good people of Tennessee In It to Win It Apr 2023 #55

I almost left this site over: TNNurse Apr 2023 #73

You spoke for me too.. JanLip Apr 2023 #75

Can he cilla4progress Apr 2023 #33

earlier NJCher Apr 2023 #84

Repubs will be bragging to each other: We sure showed that uppity ______ who is in charge! keithbvadu2 Apr 2023 #34

What a surprise - cilla4progress Apr 2023 #35

The TN assembly GOP has no shame or conscience SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #44

Surprised? I'm not. They're f'ing nazis. paleotn Apr 2023 #48

This is home-fried fascism at its finest. Docreed2003 Apr 2023 #50

Indeed-- fucking insanity LymphocyteLover Apr 2023 #53

Somebody please tell me how that there is a legal remedy for this. Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2023 #54

There is not one. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2023 #103

Sorry i have not been following this. What exactly does this mean? honest.abe Apr 2023 #58

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2023 #59

Same Jim Crow Politicub Apr 2023 #60

Representation is required by LAW and Constitution Smackdown2019 Apr 2023 #61

in a land that time forgot onethatcares Apr 2023 #62

I freaking hate these people! Grumpy Old Guy Apr 2023 #63

Vote fails on Gloria Johnson. True Blue American Apr 2023 #68

Kick. n/t Upthevibe Apr 2023 #69

Republicans hate democracy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2023 #76

Maybe but more importantly, they love power dwayneb Apr 2023 #90

Tennessee AverageOldGuy Apr 2023 #80

What a racist shit hole state. The young and the 3 inspire me that we can Rise Up for Good Trouble. Evolve Dammit Apr 2023 #85

Now is NOT the time to be silent. calimary Apr 2023 #87

This what republicans think of your children. republianmushroom Apr 2023 #88

Never been more ashamed... NightHawk63 Apr 2023 #89

Hope karma nails these inbred pigfuckers HillbillyDaoist Apr 2023 #93

Mark My Words jimlup Apr 2023 #94

Earlier I was angry that Jim Jordan doesn't like that his twice impeached vapor2 Apr 2023 #95

$125 million to TN - Smith & Wesson HQ's relocating Duppers Apr 2023 #96

Yes. Fuck Tennessee Voters Who Put These Assholes in Office AverageJoe Apr 2023 #98

biblical grafitti in bathrooms. dif planet. pansypoo53219 Apr 2023 #99

Tennessee -- where guns are more important than children Blue Owl Apr 2023 #100

We were planning a trip to TN this fall. WERE. AllyCat Apr 2023 #101

Lincoln should have let them go. The more I live, the more I see crap like this, AZLD4Candidate Apr 2023 #102

Wrong. Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2023 #104

Knowing history like I do, the CSA members hated each other. AZLD4Candidate Apr 2023 #106

Interesting wryter2000 Apr 2023 #109

And they'd have to raise their taxes right away in order to keep the same level of service Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2023 #110

FU TN The Jungle 1 Apr 2023 #105

To all of you who take it personally when you think we are attacking your state, world wide wally Apr 2023 #107

And I love Texas, but most of the people here are idiots. Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2023 #112