kelly…kitty?
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But the WeGo board chair said SNAP benefits were flowing:
www.newschannel5.com/news/state/t...
www.newschannel5.com/news/state/t...
Some Tennessee families still haven’t received SNAP benefits after shutdown
Healing Minds and Souls, a North Nashville nonprofit, continues to see a surge in people seeking help. The organization is open to the community Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and volunteers deliver too.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
But the WeGo board chair said SNAP benefits were flowing:
www.newschannel5.com/news/state/t...
www.newschannel5.com/news/state/t...
Show us your emails folks!!!
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Show us your emails folks!!!
They think they can sneak this shit in around the holidays because we aren’t paying attention. WRONG. This meeting is 1 day after the 1 year anniversary of Fusus failing. Some council members may be checked out but we are ALWAYS on the clock when it come to fighting mass surveillance in our city.
Why do they always try to do the stuff around the holidays?
To the #MetroCouncilNash: our concerns about oversight of surveillance programs actually are not allayed by putting it into the hands of a third party. Please do not let this happen.
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To the #MetroCouncilNash: our concerns about oversight of surveillance programs actually are not allayed by putting it into the hands of a third party. Please do not let this happen.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
They think they can sneak this shit in around the holidays because we aren’t paying attention. WRONG. This meeting is 1 day after the 1 year anniversary of Fusus failing. Some council members may be checked out but we are ALWAYS on the clock when it come to fighting mass surveillance in our city.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Hello friends. My name is Todd and I am a dear friend to Ola from North Nuseirat near the sea in the Netzarim area. She is dispaced there after leaving Rafah with seven other members of her family. Th...
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I just had a chance to watch this portion of the meeting and if WeGo thinks this is the last conversation on this topic it won't be.
At yesterday’s WeGo Board meeting, Chair Gail Carr-Williams said WeGo responded “instantly, and in an outstanding fashion” to the federal shutdown.
This was right after @quinevanssegall.bsky.social asked the board to partner with council on a plan for emergency fare suspension in the future.
This was right after @quinevanssegall.bsky.social asked the board to partner with council on a plan for emergency fare suspension in the future.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I just had a chance to watch this portion of the meeting and if WeGo thinks this is the last conversation on this topic it won't be.
Another story about Felipe and some other local families some of us know & have supported. The “choices” they’ve faced are unfathomable. Every single family in this story was a part of the Nashville community. They are loved and they are missed. They will not be forgotten ❤️
Stranded after ICE operations, some immigrant families in Nashville are ‘self-deporting’ back to distressed and dangerous countries they once fled.
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Nashville aide says struggle awaits self-deporting families - Nashville Banner
Nashville activists share stories about of immigrant families forced to self-deport as a result of ICE operations, advocacy efforts and community support.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Another story about Felipe and some other local families some of us know & have supported. The “choices” they’ve faced are unfathomable. Every single family in this story was a part of the Nashville community. They are loved and they are missed. They will not be forgotten ❤️
It’s hard to adequately describe the loss, trauma & fear Felipe & his sons have experienced the past couple years in Nashville. In spite of it, they are such a beautiful & loving family. I hope they have more safety & peace in Guatemala than they had here. No one should ever have to go through this.
Months after Felipe Mendez and his family came to Tennessee from Guatemala to find opportunity, a tornado killed his wife and toddler. After being caught in a May immigration sting while leaving work, he was told he could leave voluntarily or lose his kids. Story from @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.
A tornado and an immigration sting. The start and end of a life in Nashville. • Tennessee Lookout
Caught in an immigration sting, Felipe Mendez was ordered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave the U.S. or lose his children.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It’s hard to adequately describe the loss, trauma & fear Felipe & his sons have experienced the past couple years in Nashville. In spite of it, they are such a beautiful & loving family. I hope they have more safety & peace in Guatemala than they had here. No one should ever have to go through this.
There is no way to overstate the next level of crisis of homelessness that is coming. We already have over 3,000 people experiencing homelessness in Nashville. The devastating changes to HUD funding, the new SNAP work requirements, re-application for SNAP… the number will skyrocket.
This is happening everywhere, including here.
At least 4,900 Minnesotans are at risk of being pushed to the streets because of Trump’s cuts to housing - children, seniors, veterans.
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
In Minnesota, we’ll do everything we can to stand up for our neighbors in need, but this decision will be devastating.
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/a...
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
There is no way to overstate the next level of crisis of homelessness that is coming. We already have over 3,000 people experiencing homelessness in Nashville. The devastating changes to HUD funding, the new SNAP work requirements, re-application for SNAP… the number will skyrocket.
Back & forth between tears and rage reading this. The way our mayor backstops the disgusting treatment of our neighbors experiencing homelessness is truly sickening. The way some CMs want to give him (& ANY SUBSEQUENT MAYOR) outsized power is… plz wake the fuck up.
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{Null_Results}: She says she talked to the Mayor about OHS' lack of follow through on her housing. The Mayor's Office says it wasn't him.
One mother's fight for housing reveals what Nashville stands to lose as Metro Council prepares to hand every department to the Mayor
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November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Back & forth between tears and rage reading this. The way our mayor backstops the disgusting treatment of our neighbors experiencing homelessness is truly sickening. The way some CMs want to give him (& ANY SUBSEQUENT MAYOR) outsized power is… plz wake the fuck up.
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Kamala Harris & Justin Jones choosing not to even use Aftyn’s name… really something. And also utterly unsurprising. This is why so many of us hate the Dems, fyi. No such thing as solidarity, only self-interest & status quo.
Former VP Kamala Harris rallied voters in Nashville, but didn't endorse Aftyn Behn. The D7 candidate left the rally early.
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Kamala Harris appears in Nashville after Aftyn Behn's exit - Nashville Banner
Former Vice President Kamala Harris visited Nashville to encourage voting in special election, avoided any direct reference to nominee Aftyn Behn.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Kamala Harris & Justin Jones choosing not to even use Aftyn’s name… really something. And also utterly unsurprising. This is why so many of us hate the Dems, fyi. No such thing as solidarity, only self-interest & status quo.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Please give if you can. Winter has arrived in Palestine and heavy rains have flooded the streets. What Israel has done is much more than bombing and starvation. People have no way to survive the rain & cold. Please give if you’re able ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Please give if you can. Winter has arrived in Palestine and heavy rains have flooded the streets. What Israel has done is much more than bombing and starvation. People have no way to survive the rain & cold. Please give if you’re able ❤️
Join us!! Things are really, really heavy lately. Come build or paint a bench for your neighbors! It’s a small thing we can do to take care of each other. (And also a way to do what the city seems to be unable to do).
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Join us!! Things are really, really heavy lately. Come build or paint a bench for your neighbors! It’s a small thing we can do to take care of each other. (And also a way to do what the city seems to be unable to do).
Yet another tax on people for being poor.
Coming to your neighborhood soon?? No where else in the city is NDOT ticketing for expired tags in neighborhoods. I live in Napier area. Two of my neighbors were ticketed last week. We have NO DRIVEWAYS!Plus the BnB’s on our street. This doesn’t feel good. It needs to stop!
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Yet another tax on people for being poor.
We brought the ask for a fare freeze to the Mayor’s Office, CHYM leadership & the WeGo Board & leadership on 10/29 - TWO WEEKS AGO. The fact that none have appropriately responded to the growing crisis our neighbors face is incredibly telling. Thank you to CMs, orgs & individuals continuing to push.
Emails continue to come in & council members continue to issue public statements urging WeGo to call a Board meeting.
I thought it would be helpful to share my conversations with my colleagues, so I’ve started a thread on what my experience has been. publicsquare.nashville.gov/2023-2027-te... /1
I thought it would be helpful to share my conversations with my colleagues, so I’ve started a thread on what my experience has been. publicsquare.nashville.gov/2023-2027-te... /1
Traffic & Parking Updates
This discussion topic was requested by Council Member Quin Evans Segall. From CM Evans Segall:We have a few policy updates coming out of T&P that I’m getting questions about. I’ll be posting those...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We brought the ask for a fare freeze to the Mayor’s Office, CHYM leadership & the WeGo Board & leadership on 10/29 - TWO WEEKS AGO. The fact that none have appropriately responded to the growing crisis our neighbors face is incredibly telling. Thank you to CMs, orgs & individuals continuing to push.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
😍😍😍 cannot wait for this book from everyone’s favorite sports economist. (Okay, maybe not a favorite of team owners & their lobbyists but certainly mine 😂)
Cover just dropped. Coming in 2026 from Oxford University Press.
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
😍😍😍 cannot wait for this book from everyone’s favorite sports economist. (Okay, maybe not a favorite of team owners & their lobbyists but certainly mine 😂)
Fuck this. Stay tuned on how to join the fight against this.
A government contracting document details plans to open a national call center in the greater Nashville area to coordinate efforts to track unaccompanied immigrant children and deport them.
ICE Plans Nashville Call Center to Track Migrant Children
Facility would use state and local police information to locate and potentially deport unaccompanied minors
www.nashvillescene.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Fuck this. Stay tuned on how to join the fight against this.
On Tuesday, Council passed a resolution supporting the Mayor’s Office & partners in their SNAP response. An amendment requested Mayor’s Office work with WeGo to suspend fares. Amendment adopted & resolution passed unanimously with 33-0-0 vote. The Mayor returned the unanimous resolution unsigned.
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
On Tuesday, Council passed a resolution supporting the Mayor’s Office & partners in their SNAP response. An amendment requested Mayor’s Office work with WeGo to suspend fares. Amendment adopted & resolution passed unanimously with 33-0-0 vote. The Mayor returned the unanimous resolution unsigned.
ALL OF THIS.
And also, as I’ve mentioned before, verbal & physical assaults on bus operators dropped FORTY PERCENT with fare free implementation in NYC & Kansas City. There is NO LEGITIMATE REASON to delay freezing fares.
All we’re missing is the political will from @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
And also, as I’ve mentioned before, verbal & physical assaults on bus operators dropped FORTY PERCENT with fare free implementation in NYC & Kansas City. There is NO LEGITIMATE REASON to delay freezing fares.
All we’re missing is the political will from @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ALL OF THIS.
And also, as I’ve mentioned before, verbal & physical assaults on bus operators dropped FORTY PERCENT with fare free implementation in NYC & Kansas City. There is NO LEGITIMATE REASON to delay freezing fares.
All we’re missing is the political will from @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
And also, as I’ve mentioned before, verbal & physical assaults on bus operators dropped FORTY PERCENT with fare free implementation in NYC & Kansas City. There is NO LEGITIMATE REASON to delay freezing fares.
All we’re missing is the political will from @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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We create so many unnecessary burdens for both the provider and recipient rather than doing the morally correct and bureaucratically efficient thing.
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING ANY MORE PEOPLE IN LINE AT MAC TO RECEIVE JOURNEY PASSES. Tell your people so they don’t waste time and money trying to get there. This was entirely avoidable. We knew people were going to come out like crazy for these passes. Free bus access is life changing. #bagthefarebox
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We create so many unnecessary burdens for both the provider and recipient rather than doing the morally correct and bureaucratically efficient thing.