Brandon Puttbrese (Part 2): WTF B...
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Brandon Puttbrese (Part 2): WTF Bills Were Passed Last Session?
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Standing Tall with Gloria Johnson by Gloria Johnson

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CONTENT NOTE: This episode discusses Tennessee's abortion ban in specific terms, including the state's lack of exceptions for rape, incest, or minors, and references a proposed bill involving capital punishment for abortion.

NOTE: This is Part 2 of the multi-part conversation with Brandon Puttbrese (Part 1 covered vouchers, school funding, and the K12 charter school story).

Gloria and Brandon pick back up for a second, wide-ranging conversation covering Tennessee's abortion restrictions and a personal-privilege bill Gloria brought to add narrow exceptions, a wave of "Charlie Kirk" bills restricting campus speech and inserting religion into schools, a series of pro-corporate deregulation bills (including one custom-built for Elon Musk's Nashville tunnel project), state takeovers of local school boards ... 

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TennesseePoliticsGloria JohnsonTennessee Legislaturepolitical corruptionschool voucherssouthern politicshealthcareReproductive RightsReproductive Justice
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