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Doesn’t get the national attention but Nashville did this last year with a major surprise for their mayor - Freddie O’Connell - and he’s currently being attacked by our federal legislative delegation for defending our neighbors, no matter their nationality. Mayors are on the frontline for democracy.

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The ELVIS Act was a bipartisan bill that Gov Bill Lee and TN GOP love to tout, but now they’re all good with its immediate repeal. Once again, choosing fealty and prioritizing their political party over the people. www.newschannel5.com/news/provisi...

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On June 14, when a gunman murdered Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, I watched as political leaders from other states denounced violence and held moments of silence for Hortman. In Tennessee? Not so much. My column for @tennesseelookout.com.

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Funny, that.

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When we say we hold the powerful accountable, this is what we mean: the state will make a database of nearly 60,000 businesses getting tac rebates secret on June 30. So we compiled the data to keep it publicly available.

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@nashseverewx.com #tspotter drove through on Carters Creek north to Franklin from Columbia and massive flash flooding near Barker Road was developing with Little Carter’s Creek rising fast.

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Just an elder millennial, married to an Iraq War veteran, reliving visceral grief tonight. Praying for the countless civilians who are caught in the middle of decisions not of their making and for our troops and their families. Kyrie Eleison.

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Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.

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NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country who are upset about the VA cutting a program that was helping vets avoid foreclosure. Veterans now have worse options than most Americans.

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Happy Juneteenth, the greatest day in Texas history. The day when the words of emancipation reached the shores of Galveston, and Texas finally became a part of the Land of the Free.

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I volunteer w/a safe space organization for queer teenagers. It has been an extremely hard day for our trans students. If you could spare a thought, prayer, or good vibe for them tonight, they really need it. The cruelty of this decision is a lot to process. Their supportive families need care, too.

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“Over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas.” www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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For those outside NYC, Brad Lander isn’t just a mayor candidate, he’s also the NYC Comptroller—the chief financial officer and auditor of the biggest city in the country.

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This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.

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Horrified to learn that the #MN shooter went to the homes of 4 officials and planned to target others nearby. Public servants must be able to serve their constituents without fear of being shot or orphaning their children. We desperately need leaders who will now unite us as a nation.

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The Senate Majority leader is lying

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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

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One person was shot at the protest in Salt Lake City and is currently in critical condition. One individual is in custody. Please keep the victim in your prayers.

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It’s intolerable that Minnesota Democrats not only has to endure the brutal murder of political leaders, but the far-right faction that did it insists that we somehow did it to ourselves. Our society cannot operate inside the ocean of lies that Musk and his neo-Nazi cronies have created

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#WINCHESTER #TENNESSEE got HUNDREDS for #NoKings!!!!!!!!! 😘😘😘 This is a BIG DEAL Y’ALL. it’s one thing for us to protest in blue Nashville and Memphis but this is red country.

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Winchester TN showed up www.facebook.com/share/v/1ZfH...

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"We're here today for the flag that 250 years ago fought against tyranny, took on and took down slavery, for the flag that liberated Europe from Nazis ... that for generations, has been used to demand that we live up to our highest ideals and not our basest, lowest instinct." Sen. Jeff Yarbro

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In Donald Trump's America, if you say "I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the Secretary," you get thrown to the floor and handcuffed.

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What happened to Senator Padilla is not homeland security. This is homeland fascism. This is homeland authoritarianism.

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This is... not how any of this is supposed to work. The military needs to be non-political. Checking soldiers for their loyalty to the President is offensive.

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This is why, in a democratic society, law enforcement officers identify themselves. Accountability to the public matters. And it matters because people should not be forced to wonder if a random person is abducting them or if an agent of the state is giving them a lawful command.

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING for Garcia protest (Friday) & #NOKINGS DAY Know your rights during protests and law enforcement encounters Get prepared to take action safely, powerfully and together ✔️ Tuesday, June 10th at 6 PM CDT ✔️ On Zoom - RSVP for the link! act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...

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Trump has federalized at least 2,000 National Guard forces and reportedly plans to deploy troops to Los Angeles over Governor Newsom’s objections. If that happens, it will be the first time since 1965 that a president has sent troops into a state without a state request. 1/19

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This is really good, and frankly should be the centrist position at this juncture if it isn’t already. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

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🔥“This is about retribution. It’s about provocation. And it’s about distraction.” — Rep. Jimmy Panetta Trump is deploying the military without requests from governors, using them as props in a political game. This isn’t leadership. It’s abuse.

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I just gonna go ahead and say that putting active duty United States Marines on the streets of an American city is, in fact, heavy handed.

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Our Founding Fathers would have had a word for calling up a battalion of Marines for regular domestic law enforcement: tyranny.

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Ryan Crosswell is a former Department of Justice lawyer who prosecuted public corruption and resigned when President Trump demanded the DOJ drop the bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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Punchbowl is reporting Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), is telling colleagues he will resign soon and has another job lined up. Not retiring, resigning, so he would leave immediately when he does it (timeline currently unclear). Green is currently the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee

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‼️ PROTEST AT FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN #NASHVILLE ‼️ FRIDAY JUNE 13, 9 AM CST More info from @uvotn.bsky.social: uvotn.org/hq/jun13/ This is being coordinated by multiple local orgs. Also follow @50501nashtn.bsky.social @tirrcvotes.bsky.social & @indivisibletn.bsky.social. #DueProcess #KilmarGarcia

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Tonight’s one of those perfect June evenings. My kids are running through the yard catching fireflies, there is low humidity, and the nostalgic crack of the baseball bat and cheers from the ball fields close by are echoing in the air. Momentarily, time seems to stands still: sweet, sweet summertime.

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A Trump regime trooper pulls out a weapon and aims it at unarmed US civilians as ICE kidnaps a victim in Memphis

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Arraignment is apparently scheduled for Kilmar Abrego Garcia for 10 am Friday, June 13 at the Fred Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville. Language barrier prevented it from happening tonight. Stay tuned to @tennesseelookout.com.

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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is apparently on his way back to the U.S. — because the administration indicted him in Tennessee and sought his return for that purpose. abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl... Indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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If you haven’t already, please consider a donation to the @tennesseelookout.com. They are incredible independent journalism and we are so lucky to have them here in Tennessee.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is apparently at the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville for arraignment; the @tennesseelookout.com has a reporter and photographer on the scene. Stand by for updates.

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So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

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I wish the Democrats were capable of capitalizing on this degueulasse moment.

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Crypto is crashing. $TSLA is plummeting. Elmo pointing at the Epstein files. DJT threatening to cancel Elmo's subsidies and contracts. Kanye's calling for peace between bros. Catturd2 is begging everyone to calm down and be reasonable. Manospehere Twitter is assuring us this is all Alpha behavior.

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And this is why having American aviation communications rely on Starlink was always a terrifying idea

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