AmandaForTN
@amandafortn.bsky.social
she/her • school psych • former #tnleg house candidate • current vol for KnoxDems, Moms Demand Action, Indivisible Knoxville, Planned Parenthood, SOCM, KCEC • woke
✴ Knoxville, Tennessee. Joined Nov 2024.
✴ Knoxville, Tennessee. Joined Nov 2024.
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AmandaForTN
@amandafortn.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Hi, I'm Amanda, retired school psychologist and twice-failed candidate for Tennessee state house. Married to my husband since 2003 with 3 kids + 5 cats. Advocating for repro rights, gun sense, mental health, LGBTQ+ people, public schools, & democracy. Hobbies include crochet, SEC football, & naps.
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Also worth noting that from the time literally George Washington was president to 2021, Nashville was one Congressional District.
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Also worth noting that from the time literally George Washington was president to 2021, Nashville was one Congressional District.
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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Really proud of my progressive pals in Nashville. Unless you live in a state dominated by Republicans, you don't really understand the obstacles faced. A +13 swing in a gerrymandered district is impressive af!
December 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Really proud of my progressive pals in Nashville. Unless you live in a state dominated by Republicans, you don't really understand the obstacles faced. A +13 swing in a gerrymandered district is impressive af!
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From today thru Cyber Monday, WE AIN‘T BUYING IT!
weaintbuyingit.com
Want local and ethical alternatives for your holiday shopping? Here’s a growing list:
indivisibleknoxville.org/local-ethica...
weaintbuyingit.com
Want local and ethical alternatives for your holiday shopping? Here’s a growing list:
indivisibleknoxville.org/local-ethica...
Local/Ethical Shopping Alternatives For We Ain’t Buying It Boycott (Work In Progress) - Indivisible Knoxville
Shopping alternatives for ‘We Ain’t Buying It’ Boycott – November 28th thru December 1st You asked, so we put out the call. These are the answers OUR COMMUNITY contributed. (Most of these stores are...
indivisibleknoxville.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
From today thru Cyber Monday, WE AIN‘T BUYING IT!
weaintbuyingit.com
Want local and ethical alternatives for your holiday shopping? Here’s a growing list:
indivisibleknoxville.org/local-ethica...
weaintbuyingit.com
Want local and ethical alternatives for your holiday shopping? Here’s a growing list:
indivisibleknoxville.org/local-ethica...
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Show of hands. Who refrained from spending money at Amazon, Home Depot, and Target yesterday and today?
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Hold tight till after Cyber Monday … this is how WE WIN the long game!
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Hold tight till after Cyber Monday … this is how WE WIN the long game!
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Show of hands. Who refrained from spending money at Amazon, Home Depot, and Target yesterday and today?
🤚🏻 🤚🏻 🤚🏻
Hold tight till after Cyber Monday … this is how WE WIN the long game!
🤚🏻 🤚🏻 🤚🏻
Hold tight till after Cyber Monday … this is how WE WIN the long game!
Knoxville's WATE-TV 6 "On Your Side" is Nexstar's ABC affiliate.
Time to start calling companies who advertise on any of your local #Sinclair or #Nextstar stations and let them know what you think of them sponsoring suppression of free #speech. And impact on buying decisions. #Kimmel #1A
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ABC bringing Kimmel back to air, but some station owners are boycotting him
Nexstar and Sinclair say they will continue to preempt the late-night show, a move that affects dozens of markets, including D.C., Seattle and Nashville.
wapo.st
September 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Knoxville's WATE-TV 6 "On Your Side" is Nexstar's ABC affiliate.
The House Republican "big beautiful bill" will add $5+ TRILLION to US deficits.
This is NOT "good for the economy".
SOURCE: thehill.com/business/bud...
As @kellyscaletta.bsky.social said over on Twitter...
This is NOT "good for the economy".
SOURCE: thehill.com/business/bud...
As @kellyscaletta.bsky.social said over on Twitter...
June 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The House Republican "big beautiful bill" will add $5+ TRILLION to US deficits.
This is NOT "good for the economy".
SOURCE: thehill.com/business/bud...
As @kellyscaletta.bsky.social said over on Twitter...
This is NOT "good for the economy".
SOURCE: thehill.com/business/bud...
As @kellyscaletta.bsky.social said over on Twitter...
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What a great turn out in Knoxville, TN. This is just a small part of the protest. It went on for MILES! The estimate is 4,000 people. (Of course the local news says hundreds and no photos.) @maddow.msnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What a great turn out in Knoxville, TN. This is just a small part of the protest. It went on for MILES! The estimate is 4,000 people. (Of course the local news says hundreds and no photos.) @maddow.msnbc.com
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Grocery lists are getting a lot shorter for consumers as food prices continue to soar. Inflation over the past couple of years has made trips to the grocery store a lot harder for many Americans — and a lot of folks expect prices will keep going up.
Grocery spending pullback tempers food company expectations - Marketplace
General Mills, Campbell's and Kraft Heinz have lowered sales outlooks as shoppers continue to be pinched by rising grocery prices.
www.marketplace.org
March 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Grocery lists are getting a lot shorter for consumers as food prices continue to soar. Inflation over the past couple of years has made trips to the grocery store a lot harder for many Americans — and a lot of folks expect prices will keep going up.
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As this piece says, we don't put our FOIA reporting behind a paywall. We've done this since launch. FOIA reporting can be expensive (just today talking about a request that will cost thousands) but you can't charge for FOIA reporting freedom.press/issues/wired...
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
As this piece says, we don't put our FOIA reporting behind a paywall. We've done this since launch. FOIA reporting can be expensive (just today talking about a request that will cost thousands) but you can't charge for FOIA reporting freedom.press/issues/wired...
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A judge recently found that DOGE is “likely covered” by FOIA and may have to make its documents publicly available by request.
To break down the ruling, @laurenleharper.bsky.social engaged with Reddit's r/IAmA community members in a Q&A session earlier this week.
To break down the ruling, @laurenleharper.bsky.social engaged with Reddit's r/IAmA community members in a Q&A session earlier this week.
Reddit asks, we answer: Questions on DOGE, Musk, and government secrecy
Despite a judge ruling DOGE is “likely covered” by FOIA, it’s not a guarantee its records will soon see the light of day
freedom.press
March 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A judge recently found that DOGE is “likely covered” by FOIA and may have to make its documents publicly available by request.
To break down the ruling, @laurenleharper.bsky.social engaged with Reddit's r/IAmA community members in a Q&A session earlier this week.
To break down the ruling, @laurenleharper.bsky.social engaged with Reddit's r/IAmA community members in a Q&A session earlier this week.
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From @djrothkopf.bsky.social for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: "Trump is doing so much damage that even the Americans disconnected from politics on whom his entire candidacy depended are now feeling the pain. And that suffering, discomfort and anger is only going to get worse."
March 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
From @djrothkopf.bsky.social for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: "Trump is doing so much damage that even the Americans disconnected from politics on whom his entire candidacy depended are now feeling the pain. And that suffering, discomfort and anger is only going to get worse."
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Oligarchs own most of our major media! ‘Stripped For Parts’ exposes a hedge fund plundering America’s newspapers and the journalists fighting back. Join us for a Zoom screening and discussion w/ director Rick Goldsmith on Saturday, March 29th. Sign up below! www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...
SCREENING: "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink" + Director Rick Goldsmith · The Media and Democracy Project
Worried about the media diets of your fellow Americans, the loss of local journalism jobs - and the impact of this on our democracy?
Join our Zoom screening of "Stripped for Parts: American Journalis...
www.mobilize.us
March 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Oligarchs own most of our major media! ‘Stripped For Parts’ exposes a hedge fund plundering America’s newspapers and the journalists fighting back. Join us for a Zoom screening and discussion w/ director Rick Goldsmith on Saturday, March 29th. Sign up below! www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...
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“…never in the history of the world has a Nation lost its democracy by a successful struggle to defend its democracy. We must not be defeated by the fear of the very danger which we are preparing to resist…The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
-FDR, 1941
-FDR, 1941
March 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“…never in the history of the world has a Nation lost its democracy by a successful struggle to defend its democracy. We must not be defeated by the fear of the very danger which we are preparing to resist…The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
-FDR, 1941
-FDR, 1941
From @djrothkopf.bsky.social for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: "Trump is doing so much damage that even the Americans disconnected from politics on whom his entire candidacy depended are now feeling the pain. And that suffering, discomfort and anger is only going to get worse."
March 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
From @djrothkopf.bsky.social for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: "Trump is doing so much damage that even the Americans disconnected from politics on whom his entire candidacy depended are now feeling the pain. And that suffering, discomfort and anger is only going to get worse."
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March 21, 2025
March 21, 2025
These days, I keep coming back to the quotation recorded by journalist Ron Suskind in a New York Times Magazine article in 2004.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
March 21, 2025
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Don't doomscroll for hours. Sign up for our newsletter and get action items and bite-sized explainers delivered to your inbox to help you stay ahead of all Trump's chaos: act.indivisible.org/signup/get-u...
March 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Don't doomscroll for hours. Sign up for our newsletter and get action items and bite-sized explainers delivered to your inbox to help you stay ahead of all Trump's chaos: act.indivisible.org/signup/get-u...
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No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."
March 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
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McConnell abused the filibuster to make America worse. Schumer is refusing to use the filibuster to... accomplish what, exactly?
March 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Tell your Democratic senators not to join Schumer’s surrender: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
March 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Tell your Democratic senators not to join Schumer’s surrender: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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The Indivisible Congressional Recess Town Hall will also be a listening event, so please bring stories of how the drastic choices of DOGE and this administration are affecting the very real lives of very real people.
Indivisible’s Congressional Recess Town Hall - Indivisible Knoxville
Congress isn’t listening, and it’s time to make them feel the pressure. We’re showing up to demand they: Vote NO on any budget that hands power to Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Fight back against the Tr...
indivisibleknoxville.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Indivisible Congressional Recess Town Hall will also be a listening event, so please bring stories of how the drastic choices of DOGE and this administration are affecting the very real lives of very real people.
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All children should be able to learn, grow & reach their full potential. Some #tnleg politicians want to deny kids an education just because of where they're from. Tell your legislator: EVERY child should have an opportunity to learn! www.educationforalltn.org/call
Contact Your Legislator - Call — Education For All TN
www.educationforalltn.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
All children should be able to learn, grow & reach their full potential. Some #tnleg politicians want to deny kids an education just because of where they're from. Tell your legislator: EVERY child should have an opportunity to learn! www.educationforalltn.org/call