In an effort to hurry up and end the legislative session (and alleviate the pressure) the TN GOP supermajority has scheduled senate sessions for every single day this week. Once it’s over, they all go back to their counties until January. Their hope is everyone will forget.

To be clear: They are not spiking the arming teachers bill. They are simply delaying it because they hope there won’t be as big of a crowd Wednesday. Don’t stop paying attention.

Nashville-based artists Sheryl Crow and Amy Grant led a delegation Tuesday, lobbying Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and state lawmakers to enact serious reforms following the deadly Covenant School shooting. This by @NC5PhilWilliams is now @PhilNvestigates. newschannel5.com/news/newschann…

Folks are linking arms now, as the chain is really starting to take shape. Voices for a Safer Tennessee told me yesterday they had roughly 6,200 people registered. That grew to over 9,000 today. WKRN News 2 #TNLeg23

In the wake of a deadly school shooting last month, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee awarded final passage Tuesday to a proposal that would further protect gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits. newschannel5.com/news/tennessee…

While Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and lawmakers wrestle with a response to the Covenant School shooting, Tennessee faces another crisis that gets far less attention: the theft of guns from cars. This by @NC5PhilWilliams is now @PhilNvestigates. newschannel5.com/news/newschann…

A new poll from Vanderbilt University shows support for certain gun control measures could be growing in Tennessee, following the deadly Covenant School shooting. newschannel5.com/news/tennessee…

WATCH: “…it wasn't mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle. I'm a gun lover. I have guns. I'm a former police officer. I’m a former Army officer ... prayers won't bring these people back. We need action in our legislatures.”

WTF: A woman in court testifying to overturn a Texas law that forced her to give birth to a fetus with no chance of living got so upset she just THREW UP. THANK YOU Samantha Casiano, for sharing your pain, to help so many others. But what the Texas AG said in court was insane:

Right-wing extremists here in North Carolina want to keep rolling back abortion rights. My opponent, Mark Robinson, wants a total abortion ban—even in cases of rape or incest. As your next Governor, I'll fight these attacks against women’s reproductive freedoms.

Shared with @bentnews on WCNC Charlotte’s Flashpoint how important Governor Josh Stein’s budget is to the health of rural communities. Let’s decouple authority so we can quickly seize the value of Medicaid Expansion and let’s get a budget that invests rural NC. Watch: wcnc.com/video/news/pol…

Following the horrific, racially motivated murders in Jacksonville, a look-back at my recent investigation of attitudes toward race and racism in the Tennessee legislature.

Writes Betsy Phillips: Pissed-off conservatives who have been done wrong by their representatives need to unseat a few of them. nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthe…

Covenant families nonprofits breaking out some new shirts today. House session slated for 2:00p today. Senate (which will go very fast) at 4:00p. WKRN News 2 #TNLeg23

The Armed Forces of Ukraine raised the Ukrainian flag on the left bank of the Kherson region!

Siobhan Harrison kept pushing for answers because she hoped for reassurance the lump was harmless. She felt stunned it was triple negative breast cancer. today.com/today/amp/rcna…

Our photographer Devin Crawford had a bird's eye view of the "shove" that happened on the House floor as House Speaker Speaker Cameron Sexton was trying to leave the chamber. The aforementioned incident was between Sexton and Rep. Justin J. Pearson. #TNLeg #tnleg23

WATCH: “I want to speak particularly to the Covenant parents…” After a chaotic #TNSpecialSession ended in tears and physical altercations with nothing accomplished Gov. Bill Lee tried to sell it as a success, but grieving parents he invoked struck a much different tone.

MILLINGTON, Tenn. — “The 2-year-old shot himself in the face with an unsecured handgun… He was taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in critical condition.” The TNGOP coddles a reckless and dangerous gun culture. #GunSickState actionnews5.com/app/2023/10/28…