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What You Can Do

Accountability requires an audience. This page gives you practical tools to bring documented facts to local media, elected officials, and your neighbors — in your county, in your own voice.

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Write a Letter for Your Local Paper

Select your county and your issue. The AI will write a 150-word letter in your county's voice — factual, economic, not partisan — that you can copy and submit directly to your local paper. Submission emails are pre-loaded.

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Ask About Blackburn's Record

Type a question about Blackburn's votes, donor relationships, or impact on Tennessee. The assistant draws on documented public record from this site and returns sourced answers.

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Admin use only. Paste raw research notes — vote records, donor figures, news excerpts, USDA data — and this tool generates a formatted, sourced content block ready to add to any page. Matches the site's prosecutorial-but-factual tone.

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Call Scripts: Contact Local Media

These scripts are for calling or emailing local TV stations, radio shows, and newspaper editors in your region. Adapt them to your specific experience and county.

Script: Broadband (for rural residents)
"Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm calling from [COUNTY] County. I want to report a story about rural internet access. Our county has some of the worst broadband coverage in Tennessee, and Senator Blackburn has voted against every major effort to fix that — from net neutrality to competitive ISP programs to municipal broadband. Meanwhile, she's taken over $130,000 from AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast. I think Tennessee voters should know about this connection before her governor's race. Is this something your station is covering?"
Script: Medicaid / SNAP Cuts (for families and rural social workers)
"Hi, my name is [NAME] from [COUNTY] County. I'm calling about the Medicaid and SNAP cuts Senator Blackburn just voted for. Tennessee has 1.8 million people on TennCare and over 800,000 on food assistance — a lot of them in rural counties, a lot of them elderly. She voted yes on these cuts right after getting Trump's endorsement for governor. I think there's a real story here about who she's actually representing. Would your newsroom be interested in covering the local impact?"
Script: Farm Tariff Damage (for farmers and ag communities)
"Hi, I'm a farmer from [COUNTY] County. When Trump put tariffs on China in 2018, China hit us back with tariffs on soybeans and corn. My [income / neighbors / co-op members] took a real hit. Senator Blackburn cheered those tariffs publicly and did nothing to protect Tennessee farmers in the trade negotiations. Now she's running for governor. I think Tennessee farmers deserve to know her record before they vote. Is your outlet planning to cover farm issues in the governor's race?"
Script: January 6 / Accountability (general)
"Hi, my name is [NAME] from [COUNTY] County. I'm calling about Marsha Blackburn's record. She voted against certifying the 2020 election after January 6 — which wasn't her original public position — and she's been running for governor on Trump's endorsement ever since. I think there's a documented pattern of her changing positions to follow Trump's lead, and I'd like to see your outlet cover it factually. The vote record is public. Would you be interested in reporting on it?"

Submit Tips to Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee Lookout is the state's primary independent investigative journalism outlet covering state politics and accountability. If you have first-hand information about the impact of these policies on your family, farm, or community — or if you have knowledge of unreported connections between political decisions and donor activity — submit a tip directly to their newsroom.

Tips can be submitted online at tennesseelookout.com/submit-a-tip/ or by emailing their reporting team. You can submit anonymously.

File FCC Comments on Broadband Policy

The FCC accepts public comments on open proceedings, including those related to broadband access, net neutrality, and ISP regulation. Rural residents in underserved counties have standing to comment on proceedings that affect their service — and those comments become part of the official record.

To file a comment, go to fcc.gov and use the ECFS (Electronic Comment Filing System) for open dockets. Search for current proceedings on broadband access, ISP regulation, or rural connectivity. Include your county, your actual service situation, and be specific about what you do or don't have access to.

FCC comments have been cited in court challenges to ISP regulation decisions. Your experience matters in the administrative record.

Newspaper Submission Contacts

Publication Region Submission Email Word Limit
The Tennessean Nashville / Middle TN letters@tennessean.com 200 words
Murfreesboro Post Rutherford County editor@murfreesboropost.com 250 words
Chattanooga Times Free Press Southeast TN / Hamilton County letters@timesfreepress.com 200 words
Kingsport Times-News Northeast TN / Sullivan County letters@timesnews.net 300 words
Nashville Scene Nashville metro editor@nashvillescene.com 200 words
Jackson Sun West TN / Madison County jssun@jacksonsun.com 250 words

Verify current submission addresses directly with each publication before submitting — contact information may change. Include your name, city, phone number for verification (not for publication), and keep letters factual and specific to documented public record.