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02/14/2025

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be spotlighting Tennesseans who rely on long-term services and supports—a crucial part of that many don’t know about.

These federal and state-funded services provide essential healthcare, therapies, and support staff that private insurance doesn’t cover, helping people with disabilities live at home with their families instead of in institutions. Starting with Kabir’s story today, follow along and share to spread awareness about these incredibly important TennCare programs.

02/12/2025

Today, Congress released budget plans that will slash a minimum of $880 billion from Medicaid and at least a 20% reduction in funding for SNAP. Congressional leaders intend to use special debate procedures that will enable them to ram through the changes in a matter of weeks with limited debate.

Michele Johnson, Executive Director and Co-Founder of TJC, responded to the announcement by stating: "Taxpayers pay for the health coverage of Congressional leaders and their families. It seems those same leaders are indifferent to the health, nutrition, and financial security of their fellow Americans. Programs like Medicaid and SNAP save lives and effectively launch young people into success as adults. Destroying these programs will destroy a generation of children who need grown ups to take care of them. Congressional leaders are badly out of touch, and polls show that 71% of Americans want essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP to be preserved."

We hear from families from Memphis to Mountain City— families like the Kremer's, who navigate Huntington's disease and are forced to choose between financial security or 24/7 care. Or families like Candace Pegues, where she is the primary caretaker of six children while battling chronic kidney failure and forced to choose between paying rent or feeding her family. Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP don't just reduce numbers on a budget — they devastate real families who are already making unimaginable sacrifices.

Learn more and help TJC fight back: 🔗 http://www.tnjustice.org/joinus

11/16/2024

11/01/2024

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06/15/2024

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04/14/2024

Do me favor friends. Keep sharing my page for me. Trying to rebuild the follow base since my other page was violated and removed. I appreciate it!! -Clay

10/21/2023

Ya'll know that tomorrow is that there Renaissance Feast round here. That's where they decorate that coliseum (not like that Roman one over in Italy mind ya, this one's a right smaller). But they turn that place into what you might call a medieval hangout. That's where you buy a ticket and you can come dressed like Robin Hood.

Mom 'n 'Nem gonna be Robin and Marion, since them two were star crossed lovers, and Mom 'n 'Nem are cross eyed so it works. Clutch is gonna be friar tuck, 'cause he loves to drink that sacramental wine. Now we don't have anything sacramental, but he does have a batch of shine that Cletus cooked up awhile back. It's been sittin' in the cellar fermentin' since that first Covid lockdown. Clutch is gonna be Alan A Dale, cause that fella played a mean old time guitar and sang. Clutch has his daddy's guitar and knows every Bocephus song by heart! I reckon they got the entertainment already figured out, but if there's a lull, he can stand up and get a sing a long goin'!

I've been thinkin' about what I wanna do 'fer a character. I thought about bein' a "merry man" of Robin Hood, but I gotta tell ya straight, I don't do tights. So... I reckon I'm goin' as the Evil Sheriff of some town called Nottingham. If I had that sort of a name as my home town, I guess I'd be evil and angry too. No offence to any English folks readin' this. But Nottingham ain't got nothin' on Cloverdale.

I got my high school football jersey as my chain mail shirt. I figure the number on the back 'll be how many fellah's I done in with my sword. Evil folk would want to be proud of that, know whut I mean? Spray painted the jersey silver and I'm good to go. And speakin' of a sword, Claude has an old VHS antenna that blew down durin' some big wind awhile back. I just took one of them long pieces, and added a shorter piece crossways on the end and now I got me one. It's more like one of them 3 mousketeers swords... rappers or something like that, but it'll do. Mom 'n 'Nem had a giant Folgers coffee can they'd just finished, so I ripped the label off and cut out eye holes - instant helmet. It fits a little snug, and doesn't cover the whole face, but I reckon the important parts 'll be safe. Pants were the hard part, but I took my huntin' camo and spray painted them silver. Now my pants look like amor, and the dark blotches look like I done got dent up in a lotta battles. 'Fer shoes, the best I could do was some old work boots. Just give 'em a coat of silver spray paint and now I'm ready to fight! Well, as it ain't real armor, I reckon I'm ready to feast!

Mom 'n 'Nem said them tickets are goin' good and there may not be any left 'fer tomorrow night. But that don't mean you can't still have some fun. We got that there Renaissance Faire happenin' next Saturday and Sunday and it's 100% free! Just show up, hang out, and get your history on. Maybe I'll see some of you.

10/19/2023

Makes me wants some fuyuns