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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>The official Bluesky account of the Blount County, Tennessee Democratic Party.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org</link><title>@blountdems.org - Blount County TN Democratic Party</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3muvc7nzt7s2e</link><description>Want to get back to 3 working branches of government with checks and balances and then patch the holes in the system to make sure it can&#39;t be usurped again? We don&#39;t care what party you&#39;ve been calling home. We all need to work together to get the wolves out of the henhouse. #VOTEBLUENOMATTERWHO</description><pubDate>07 Sep 2026 00:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvc7nzt7s2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3muuu2wohhk2c</link><description>Whew, busy week personally, so going to get caught up on posting, so starting with a serious message delivered with a light touch of humor from two awesome tough guys, Clint Eastwood and Jaime Raskin.</description><pubDate>06 Sep 2026 20:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuu2wohhk2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3muiqpnjda222</link><description>It&#39;s really not that complicated. Vote for the government you want or get stuck with the lousy one you have now. REGISTER. SHOW UP. VOTE BLUE. #ElectDemocrats</description><pubDate>02 Sep 2026 01:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiqpnjda222</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mugbqx6dl22j</link><description>The government is supposed to stand in the gap and protect the people from the TAKERS at the top of the food chain.  It&#39;s time give the GOP the boot for selling America out, for failing to stand up to the lunatic grifter at the top.  VOTE for the DEMOCRATS up and down the ballot.  #VOTEBLUE #NOV3</description><pubDate>01 Sep 2026 01:35 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugbqx6dl22j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mufk3l7oi22b</link><description>Come to the good side where we believe in good sense, good intentions, good actions and good legislation that actually solves people&#39;s problems. Let&#39;s get to work and get all of these strong women elected.&#xA;Find links to their websites here: www.blountdems.org/2026candidates&#xA;#ElectDemocrats #ENDMAGA</description><pubDate>31 Aug 2026 18:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufk3l7oi22b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mtn3heqrfc26</link><description>It&#39;s past time for the good people of Tennessee to  kick out the bums who have been picking their pockets and using their tax money for everything but helping them. Tennessee deserves good government.  Vote for it NOV 3. Vote for the Dems. #ElectDemocrats  #Register #ShowUp #VoteBlue</description><pubDate>22 Aug 2026 01:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn3heqrfc26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mtzguotbmc2f</link><description>How did Palpatine get to be emperor, anyway, and what does that have to do with us? The Coffee Ladies know.</description><pubDate>26 Aug 2026 23:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzguotbmc2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mudeflhoos2c</link><description>Women are treated as second class citizens by the Republican Party. Use your power to take theirs away and give it to strong women who honor and respect all of us, men and women. We have a full slate of Democratic women running. VOTE FOR THEM ALL. #takebackyourpower</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 21:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudeflhoos2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3muctbl7xec2n</link><description>Come to the good side where we believe in good sense, good intentions, good actions and good legislation that actually solves people&#39;s problems. Let&#39;s get to work and get these five amazing women elected.&#xA;Links to all their websites: www.blountdems.org/2026candidates&#xA;#ElectDemocrats #ENDMAGA</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 16:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muctbl7xec2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3muakhg7j5c2j</link><description>What is motivating you to vote BLUE?</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 18:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muakhg7j5c2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3muajgrqouk23</link><description>The colonists of 1776 rebelled against the same kind of forces we are fighting today, the king figure, the giant corporations that set policy and grab land to use for their own profits, and the wealthy men who run them. Voting matters. That YOU vote matters. And who you vote for matters. #VOTEBLUE</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 18:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muajgrqouk23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mu5jdfmzyc2a</link><description>Who you vote for matters. That you vote matters. Do you think Marsha Blackburn will protect our forests or put limits on AI Data centers? Do you think sending the same Republicans to Nashville is going to protect us? If you love Tennessee, send the Democrats instead.&#xA;#ElectDemocrats #YourVoteMatters</description><pubDate>28 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5jdfmzyc2a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mtzguotbmc2f</link><description>How did Palpatine get to be emperor, anyway, and what does that have to do with us? The Coffee Ladies know.</description><pubDate>26 Aug 2026 23:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzguotbmc2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mtwijkmffs2j</link><description>Watch it to the end...then share it withyour friends and tell them to VOTE and not sit this one out.&#xA;#onebigbeautifulbill #voteblue</description><pubDate>25 Aug 2026 18:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwijkmffs2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mtqqnnhyws2m</link><description>We are collecting dog food (specifically 5 lb bags) which the Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless will distribute to our unhoused neighbors in the area. Drop them off at our HQ at 523 W. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville TN. We are open weekdays 10-2 and Saturdays from 11-4. Thanks, everyone!</description><pubDate>23 Aug 2026 12:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqqnnhyws2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mtn3heqrfc26</link><description>It&#39;s past time for the good people of Tennessee to  kick out the bums who have been picking their pockets and using their tax money for everything but helping them. Tennessee deserves good government.  Vote for it NOV 3. Vote for the Dems. #ElectDemocrats  #Register #ShowUp #VoteBlue</description><pubDate>22 Aug 2026 01:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn3heqrfc26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mtkex752722b</link><description>Everything Trump does is for personal profit. Immigrants? For profit prisons. Cut funding to public schools? Vouchers for private schools. War? Profit. Cuts in social programs? Tax cuts for corporations. VOTE for the WE crowd NOV 3 and make government work for the people again</description><pubDate>20 Aug 2026 23:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkex752722b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mthnjz43os2c</link><description>The TN Republican Party&#39;s  had one job: to take care of their constituents, and they decided to take care of private corporations and the MAGA elite instead. Share this graphic. Email it. Show it to your neighbor. We need WE THE PEOPLE,  ALL THE PEOPLE to register and vote for good government.</description><pubDate>19 Aug 2026 21:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthnjz43os2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mt32hxrvzc2c</link><description>He fired ALL the competent generals. He fired all our missiles (more or less). Like everyone Trump hires, he&#39;s an idiot, but  also a danger to everyone under his command and to our national security. &#xA;How about NOT VOTING FOR IDIOTS like Trump&#39;s useless sidekicks Blackburn, Burchett, and Hagerty.</description><pubDate>14 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt32hxrvzc2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mt2ut7meu22x</link><description>Thank you @Bluesky for sharing our posts. We are grateful for every like and share. However, I keep looking at that 800+ number of followers and wonder when it will ever get over 1000. Not an ego thing. Want to increase the reach of our message to VOTE and to ELECT DEMOCRATS. Let&#39;s help each other!</description><pubDate>14 Aug 2026 19:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2ut7meu22x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3msxjqbqzls2r</link><description>Our new tee shirts and tote came in today and are on sale at the HQ for cash only. Or you can pay online at our ACT BLUE shop and then pick them up at HQ. Our address is on the graphic. We are open from 11-2 M-F and SAT 10 -4. Closed on Sundays. ACT BLUE SHOP: secure.actblue.com/donat…</description><pubDate>13 Aug 2026 11:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxjqbqzls2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mswif2ecds2x</link><description>Peter Navarro told Steve Bannon on &#39;The War Room&#39; that he&#39;s got evidence that&#39;ll prove the 2020 election was rigged. 🤣 We know he&#39;s lying because (write this down) LIARS LIE. It&#39;s what they do. So, the media may follow it up, but we don&#39;t have to, because we already know he&#39;s lying. #liarslie</description><pubDate>13 Aug 2026 01:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswif2ecds2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mswbyuq4ts2m</link><description>They hope you&#39;ll forget Tennessee is DEAD LAST in per pupil spending, which means less money will be coming to Tennessee public schools. STOP VOTING FOR THE PARTY THAT PUTS EDUCATION LAST. Vote for the Democrats who think every child should have a quality education free of political interference.</description><pubDate>12 Aug 2026 23:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswbyuq4ts2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3msqgnok5q22w</link><description>Tennessee voters are waking up and taking notice that their elected representatives are not representing them, but there are many more who still need to be contacted. The campaign starts NOW. Let&#39;s make history. Make a story you can tell your grandchildren. Join the coalition to elect Democrats</description><pubDate>10 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqgnok5q22w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3msqfhlkudc2w</link><description>Blount County Democratic candidates for the TN House, Karen Gertz (District 20) &amp; Hilary Trudell (District 8) are running to represent all of Blount County: families, workers, farmers, teachers, health care professionals, businesspeople, retirees, women, men, children, and the land itself. NOV 3.</description><pubDate>10 Aug 2026 15:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqfhlkudc2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mshjiyoxbs2q</link><description>Thanks to the Blount County Election Commission for their commitment to free &amp; fair elections, the candidates &amp; their volunteers; the poll workers; and all the citizens who believed in the importance of democracy enough to show up and vote.&#xA;Let&#39;s keep building democracy together.&#xA;#NOV3 #vote</description><pubDate>07 Aug 2026 02:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshjiyoxbs2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mseyyarwnk2z</link><description>They should all be replaced. It&#39;s embarrassing. Like the good little Republicans they are these elected officials did what they were told to do by Nashville and D.C. The County Commission also needs Democrats at the table. They will represent everyone&#39;s interests, not special interest groups.</description><pubDate>06 Aug 2026 02:35 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseyyarwnk2z</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3mse5bc73622l</link><description>Don&#39;t you want to be voting FOR GOOD THINGS?  Is this your idea of GOOD THINGS? Tennessee deserves better. But, Tennesseans will have to vote to get better. Get up, show up, and vote.&#xA;Find your voting location: web.go-vote-tn.elections.tn.gov&#xA;#ElectDemocrats #YOURVOTEMATTERS</description><pubDate>05 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse5bc73622l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3msdw2dnp5k2v</link><description>Voting is the one power citizens have to protect themselves from an abusive government. Voting for something is also voting against something else. Citizens who don&#39;t vote are like soldiers who desert and hand the other side an easy victory. &#xA;THURSDAY AUG 6, SHOW UP AND VOTE.</description><pubDate>05 Aug 2026 16:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdw2dnp5k2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/blountdems.org/post/3msdv3x2xg22d</link><description>Some results of one-party rule here in Blount County are unchecked growth, increased traffic, sky-high home values, and The 10 Commandments posted in our schools. GIVE DEMOCRATS A SEAT AT THE TABLE. They will work for the benefit of the residents and the land and vote NO to nonsense like this.</description><pubDate>05 Aug 2026 15:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6j5bprkiflaevlvgrdv2ukcx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdv3x2xg22d</guid></item></channel></rss>