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Reporter @nashvillebanner | Formerly of Nashville Post, Nashville Scene and Telluride Daily Planet | selliott @nashvillepublicmedia .com | stephen.81 on Signal
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Tennessee candidates/flacks: If you're gonna be out and about this summer at polling places, chambers of commerce, community picnics, etc, please let us know.
selliott
@nashvillepublicmedia
.com
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Joanne Sowell, a Nashville attorney, is running for U.S. Senate next year as a Democrat, hoping to take on Marsha Blackburn.
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Dolly Parton on naming things in ways that celebrate the Confederacy: "Don't be a dumbass."
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Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn on a call with local reporters says she opposes Democratic COVID relief bills because Tennesseans don't want their tax dollars going to bail out places like Chicago and San Francisco. A reminder:
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Lt. Gov. Randy McNally is on a hot mic, asked to rank this year in terms of craziness. Says income tax protest and TennCare removal protests were more intense.
Then Sen. Adam Lowe quips that they got "all the attractive moms in Nashville" to come protest against guns.
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Laura Rutledge: [dramatic] how far has this family come?
Brian Thomas’ mom: from Baton Rouge
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The Tennessee House, at the behest of Q-curious Rep. Susan Lynn, just held a moment of silence for Donald Trump (who is still alive)
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If you’ve been following the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust situation, you’ll know that Tennessee Republicans love to keep honoring people long after they’re declared losers
Despite no evidence of fraud, Lee, top Tennessee GOP officials decline to recognize Biden as president-elect
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The mayors of Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville and Shelby County (not Memphis) sent gun policy recommendations to Gov. Lee and the legislature today:
-background checks
-red flag
-21 minimum to buy certain guns
-safe storage
-no high capacity mags
-and more
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That's right: The Tennessee politicians yelling the loudest about supporting the Israeli army passed a law in 2020 that allows state-sponsored adoption agencies to turn away Jewish couples who want to adopt kids.
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Everyone is mad at each other. Republicans got grief from the right for even showing up. They also got widely distributed photos of burly highway patrollers manhandling weeping mothers. Bill Lee nowhere to be found. Time (and money) well spent.
Lawmakers to drag out special session into second week with little yet to show for it beyond a free speech lawsuit and possibly Tennessee Highway Patrol overtime pay
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Gonna go to Hundred Oaks Mall and stand in all three districts like people do at the Four Corners
Here's a crispier version of the proposed congressional split of Nashville
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Tennessee House Speaker
@CSexton25
told a radio host this AM that the Adams family that owns the
@Titans
are "liquidating everything they have" to come up with $700M as part of the financing for a proposed retractable roof stadium in Nashville.
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Unless that home has Jewish (or gay) parents.
Every child deserves a safe, loving, permanent home.
This Adoption Month, we celebrate the Tennesseans who open their hearts & homes to children in need, while continuing our state’s strong support for foster & adoptive families.
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Fisk University, a historically Black college in Nashville and Rep. Justin Jones' alma mater, just sent a statement opposing the proposed expulsion of Jones and Reps. Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson.
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U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) will face a primary challenge again in 2022, this time from nonprofit leader and longtime community center director Odessa Kelly.
@justicedems
, the group behind "The Squad," picked Kelly as their first '22 candidate.
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Lone man in Trump hat outside the Tennessee Capitol does not want to talk because media “can’t be trusted”
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Also,
@VoteGloriaJ
, one of the so-called Tennessee Three, told me she is "definitely considering a run" for U.S. Senate.
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Flashback to one of the greatest local news clips ever
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Nashville is home to the largest Kurdish population in the United States. The Kurds I spoke with are upset but not surprised by Trump decision to withdraw troops from Syria. "How can you do this to anybody? They fought your war, now you just betray them.”
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Tennessee AG says the state will not appeal the preliminary injunction in the Metro Council 40-member vs. 20-member case.
Earliest the reduction could take place is now 2027.
More:
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As the Tennessee General Assembly bucks CDC guidance on mass gatherings, here's some of the business on the docket today:
House debates whether to declare Tennessee a "Second Amendment sanctuary state"
Senate debates whether to "honor and congratulate" Rush Limbaugh
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It's my last week at
@NashvillePost
and
@NashvilleScene
after ~7.5 (🤯) great years.
I'm joining the crew at
@nashvillebanner
to continue covering the city.
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Sometimes I feel like an OG fan of an indie band when national people make fun of the I-65 Forrest statue. That’s OURS to make fun of
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Some Metro councilmembers (
@freddieoconnell
,
@DaveRosenbergTN
) already saying they will simply appoint
@brotherjones_
to this vacancy.
Tennessee House Republicans just voted 72-25 to expel Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) from the legislature after he led an anti-gun protest on the House floor last week.
Votes on Reps. Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson coming up.
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In a press conference just now, Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey says the state has already seen more COVID hospitalizations in just the first half of August than in any other full month in the pandemic.
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Leftist bastion ... ... Brentwood TN
Brentwood, Tennesee took down its
#American
flags yesterday and replaced them with Brentwood flags. It an affluent town located in Williamson County. Folks, this is not okay. This happens when leftists invade communities.
#MemorialDay2021
#CRT
#criticalracetheory
#Tennessee
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Of Tennessee's 95 counties, 72 met the state's 95% kindergarten immunization threshold in 2020-21.
In 2021-22, that had dropped to 43 counties.
In 2022-23, it was just 26 counties.
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The guy who put this up left his estate to his border collie Lulu. Good on Lulu for this decision.
The city's biggest eyesore — the Nathan Bedford Forrest statute on I-65 in Crieve Hall — is being removed right now.
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No one should have to work on Leap Day. Should be a federal/global holiday. We signed up for 365 days.
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Someone accidentally put their cabbage in my cart at Kroger and it was the most sensual thing that’s happened to me in months
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Remember when Kid Rock called Joy Behar a bitch so they said he couldn’t lead the Christmas parade and then Steve Smith, who now says he won’t close his bars for coronavirus, threatened to withhold hundreds of thousands of dollars from a childrens hospital
ANOTHER TWIST: Tootsie's owner Steve Smith, who funds the parade says Kid Rock is still IN unless the city refunds him the $250,000 he donated. Vanderbilt Children's Hospital is the beneficiary of the parade.
@wkrn
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Nashville police are urging people who work downtown to WFH during the special session next week.
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From what I can tell, the main job of elected officials in Tennessee is attending ribbon cuttings at Bucees
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Entire staff of an East Tennessee gas station gathered around the register to tell me I look like the Rich Men North of Richmond guy. Second worst celebrity doppelgänger I’ve gotten (Ed Sheeran).
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RE: CDC mask update, Metro Nashville says, "With less than half of Davidson County residents vaccinated, and Tennessee lagging the national average among people that are fully vaccinated, dropping of mask requirements at this time in high-risk settings is not feasible."
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Jim Cooper challenger Odessa Kelly announces she raised more than $300K in Q2, her first as a candidate. That's about twice what Cooper's main '20 challenger raised during the whole cycle. Kelly also added endorsements from Metro Councilmembers Toombs, Sledge, Welsch and Benedict
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As Trump was tweeting this, his ally
@MarshaBlackburn
was telling Tennessee reporters "we’re going to keep working, trying to find bipartisan agreement."
...request, and looking to the future of our Country. I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business. I have asked...
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Nashville schools extending free lunch for all students for two more school years
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Andy Ogles, the rep for Green Hills, is trying to argue that there is “a movement by radical leftists” to turn the shooter into a martyr. Where? Who?
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@WillConwayEsq
I'm sure it's recorded somewhere but I was just watching. They cut the mic shortly after.
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Metro is holding a drive-thru mass vaccination event on March 20 at Nissan Stadium. 10K single-dose Johnson and Johnson slots available for people in 1A, 1B, 1C or 65+. People can book starting tomorrow at 10 a.m. Titans cheerleaders will be there.
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Lamar Alexander is a lame duck senator. Here’s what he said in March 2016: “I believe it is reasonable to give the American people a voice by allowing the next president to fill this lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.”
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Tenn. Secretary of State Tre Hargett is testifying before U.S. Senate Rules Committee on voting during pandemic. He confirmed that the state doesn't consider "fear of contracting coronavirus" valid excuse for absentee voting, to which Maine Sen. Angus King said, "That's pitiful."
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In sum:
Freddie O'Connell vs. Alice Rolli for mayor
Angie Henderson unseats Jim Shulman
Aftyn Behn beats hand-picked Anthony Davis
Zulfat Suara only at-large candidate to win outright
Smith & Lentz pizza good
More to come tomorrow
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I watched the AOC documentary and watching her tromp around the Bronx dressed to the nines while her boyfriend is wearing cargo shorts and a hoodie gave me Beyoncé/Ed Sheeran vibes
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.
@NashvilleScene
photographer Eric England captured firefighters untangling and folding the American flag at the damaged Holly Street station in East Nashville
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Judge Rules That I Do In Fact Live In Tennessee Despite What State's Second Most Powerful Lawyer Argued In Open Court
(and other, more important stuff)
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a time-honored tradition in Nashville: bachelorettes confused by protests
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Tennessee elections were mostly called within minutes on Tuesday but here you go:
If you witness voter fraud of any kind, report it immediately by calling 888-630-1776!!!!
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This is what it feels like to be a judge in Tennessee whenever the legislature meets
Judges for now block Tennessee law banning Tennessee Education Association from deducting member dues from paychecks; ruling makes "no determination as to the merits” and a July 13 hearing is scheduled.
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Always a good day when you get to deny one of your colleagues peed on another colleague’s chair on the international news
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Big deal, been available under one roof at my house for months
Alcohol and Taco Bell are now available under one roof in downtown Nashville
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Faison’s county is among the 10 percent most economically distressed counties in the U.S.
The Speaker of the House,
@SpeakerPelosi
has a wonderful place to represent. She is obviously a true representation.
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Maybe they weren’t being honest when they told us there was widespread election fraud.
NEWS: Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty will not be objecting (as previously planned), & will vote to certify the electoral results, per a source with knowledge.
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I have a picture of the seating chart at said wedding and I count 54 names. One of Bill Lee’s kids is in the wedding party.
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Gideon’s Army is coordinating hundreds of volunteers and supply distribution in North Nashville this week.
@iamstevenhale
wrote about them last year
Donate here:
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"In Spite of Ourselves" is the best love song ever written.
John Prine has died at age 73: The songwriter known for "Angel From Montgomery" and much more tested positive for COVID-19 last month.
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The girls at the Airbnb townhouse on my block just gave all their leftover seltzers to the construction guys digging a hole in the road before heading to the airport 🥹🫶
#TheNashvilleWay
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"This would eliminate me and one other member of this committee from being mentioned in our textbooks," says one of first gay TN House members of GOP bill that bans educational materials that "address lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgender issues or lifestyles." Passes 8-7.
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Today in the Tennessee legislature:
Senate debates whether to honor President Trump for his impeachment acquittal
House debates whether to make the Holy Bible the official state book, and whether to end Nathan Bedford Forrest Day
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Thoughts and prayers to the Tennessee political establishment
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.
@schelzig
/
@tnjournal
has an interesting nugget from this: Blackburn got 29% of her money from Tennesseans, while Johnson got 75% of her money from Tennessee.
The 2024 U.S. Senate race is picking up some steam as incumbent Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic hopeful Gloria Johnson reported fundraising totals earlier this week.
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The
@NashvilleScene
should sell access to its internal Slack discussions about the Fashion House
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Is this “NO TWRKN” or “NOT WRKN” there is a BIG difference
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this East Nashville house needs to be spiritually cleansed before someone moves in
(spotted by
@parkermcannally
)
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In wake of surprising loss in TN Senate Dem primary, DSCC-backed James Mackler refunded $280K in contributions and started writing $2K checks to candidates around the country, including
@Bradshaw2020
(who beat him), Jaime Harrison, Warnock, McBath, more:
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Please stop disparaging Nashville's spring. It was appropriately long, we had some nice days, and now it's time to sweat cheers
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With the state legislature on the cusp of passing a bill that would enhance penalties for “rioting” and damaging state property, there’s been some talk about whether the income tax protest would fall under the definition. Could Blackburn have been charged if the law was in place?
#TBT
2001-The Tennessee Tax Revolt kept an income tax out of the state and I am glad to have helped lead the charge!
http://t.co/WJc6j63Hnr
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The House just passed this with zero debate and zero no votes
State Senate passes bipartisan use-of-force legislation: If passed by House, bill would limit chokeholds, ban no-knock warrants.
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Seen a lot of poorly managed meetings in my career.
This one is up there!
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-81% of Tennesseans approve of requiring most businesses to close for the next 30 days
-9% of Tennesseans think the state government is overreacting to coronavirus
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The state already has my driver’s license on file so now I’m thinking of ways to prove I’m a Tennessee *citizen*
-almost broke my ankle on a Lime scooter recently
-have an opinion on new TN license plates
-hate driving I-40 to Memphis
-know the differences bt the Davids Fox
If you are a journalist and file suit against the state of TN in pursuit of open records, the DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL will tell the court, with a straight face, that you are not a citizen in spite of living here for years.
Apparently
@ElliottStephenB
is just some nomad.
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Nashville is one of the cities bidding to be the new home of the Sundance Film Festival:
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Apparently anyone can just tell someone else to shut up (including the sponsor of a bill) and we all vote on the board to determine whether or not they have to shut up.
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Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate
@James_Mackler
now has joint fundraising committees with Alabama's
@DougJones
and
@harrisonjaime
in South Carolina
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As the 660th (tie) most powerful person in Nashville, it would be irresponsible for me NOT to consider it
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Does any other country alter their flag to cater to the Left? The answer is no.
Every single color, stars, & stripes are flown with great intention and virtue…
Leave our flag alone. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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The line at Pancake Pantry rn is unlike anything I’ve ever seen
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Another record day for Nashville as Mayor John Cooper announces nearly 800 new COVID-19 cases. He says it's clear we can't move past the current phase of restrictions.
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Between this and months as a pop-up COVID testing site, otherwise empty Titans parking lots really pulling their weight this year
AT&T setting up about 40 portable cell sites in a Nissan Stadium parking lot to set up a temporary network. Expected to be completed by the end of the day, per the Titans. Will stay as long as needed. More details about service issues here:
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Some personal news: Finishing up my first week doing comms at Vanderbilt! Let me know what you think!
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Bill Lee's main thing lately is just whatever Ron DeSantis did a few weeks ago
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“[From a] purely academic standpoint, we probably wouldn’t classify Tennessee as a full democracy at this point.”
"Democracy itself has become, to some extent, a partisan issue." Scholar Nathan Kelly on democracy in Tennessee.
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