Voting Rights; Inside Beltway Updates; Public Education Threats; Tennessee Redistricting Battles
On the Radio Show This Week
- We delve into the power of voting, discussing resources to help navigate voting rights.
- Following that, we explore the latest happenings in Washington DC, offering insights into the political landscape and how you can make an impact.
- Next, we tackle threats to public education, emphasizing the importance of local elections and leadership in shaping educational policy and access.
- Finally, we close the show with an analysis of the redistricting battles in Tennessee, examining the punitive measures against state legislators and their broader implications for democracy across the nation.
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Special Guests
Celina Stewart, League of Women Voters, @LWV , @lwvus.bsky.social @thecelinafactor, @leagueofwomenvoters; Valeria Carranza, MomsRising, @MomsRising @MamasConPoder; Jessica Acee, States at the Core; Senator Charlane Oliver, Tennessee State Senate, @charlane.oliver
Key Highlights and Expert Quotes From This Episode
“This is our country. I just paid $5 for gas. Who the hell decided that? We have to make sure that we are making voting decisions that actually help ourselves and our neighbors. This election is a huge opportunity for us to change the course of our country and make sure that healthcare is affordable, gas is affordable, that we have jobs, that women have access to child care, all of those things really, really matter and all of those things are on the ballot in November now and in November.”
— Celina Stewart, CEO, League of Women Voters
“We are in a heightened moment of this tug-of-war between democracy and authoritarianism. Authoritarians see schools as a place to leverage their power to build profit, to then tell their story on a bigger scale. We're not talking about isolated individual candidates for school board for school board who just happen to be in Omaha or Chino Valley or Detroit. We're talking about a movement that is sharing a lot of strategy, talking points, and tactics, and are working in concert to threaten our students and our public schools.”
— Jessica Acee, Senior Organizer, States at the Core
“Getting out of this hell hole that Donald Trump has put us in is going to require us to not just vote, but vote and do something. Vote and go canvas for a candidate. Vote and donate to your favorite fighters on the front lines. Vote and make phone calls. Vote and join groups like Mom's Rising, find a place to plug in. That is what people can do so they can find a community because Donald Trump's chaos is meant to make us feel isolated.”
— Sen. Charlane Oliver, Tennessee Senator, 19th District in Nashville
“What's giving me hope is the moms who are showing up to Capitol Hill, raising their voices and saying, ‘I need more funding for child care. I need to be able to put food on the table and have a roof over my family's head.’ That to me is what gives me hope. Moms are rising up across the country and demanding that their members of Congress do the right thing and set their priorities straight.”
— Valeria Carranza, Senior Director, Government Relations, MomsRising
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