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President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending financial support, housing and employment for refugees has had a profound impact on Afghans living in Middle Tennessee. Many fought and worked alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan, and now face an uncertain future here.
Afghans in Nashville face uncertainty after Trump's order - Nashville Banner
Afghans who fought alongside the U.S. face uncertainty in their quest to reunite with their families, as the Trump administration suspends aid for refugees.
nashvillebanner.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending financial support, housing and employment for refugees has had a profound impact on Afghans living in Middle Tennessee. Many fought and worked alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan, and now face an uncertain future here.
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Even suspecting that something like this was coming, this is some bleak shit.
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
![After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.
We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.
The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals
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March 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Even suspecting that something like this was coming, this is some bleak shit.
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An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
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“What is legal today may not be legal in 6 months”
@delishiafornash.bsky.social saying what needs to be said!!!!
@delishiafornash.bsky.social saying what needs to be said!!!!
December 4, 2024 at 2:48 AM
“What is legal today may not be legal in 6 months”
@delishiafornash.bsky.social saying what needs to be said!!!!
@delishiafornash.bsky.social saying what needs to be said!!!!
The 5th annual Holiday Market at the Mansion is this week!! This year it is at the Hermitage in Nashville on Friday from 12-6pm and Saturday from 10am-4pm. Free! Puppet truck on Friday at 12:30 and 2:30. Pics w Santa! 100 vendors and food trucks. Shop local!
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November 18, 2024 at 3:26 AM
The 5th annual Holiday Market at the Mansion is this week!! This year it is at the Hermitage in Nashville on Friday from 12-6pm and Saturday from 10am-4pm. Free! Puppet truck on Friday at 12:30 and 2:30. Pics w Santa! 100 vendors and food trucks. Shop local!
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My guilty pleasure is Hallmark Christmas movies but I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch this yet. I guess I may try it tonight. 🤪
Okay. You guys. HOT FROSTY on Netflix.
It is literally “woman meets actual snowman.” It’s profoundly silly. But! It is made correctly.
Yes, Lacey Chabert has done one million Hallmark movies, *but also Mean Girls*. She can do funny. And the snowman is Ted from Schitt’s Creek!
It is literally “woman meets actual snowman.” It’s profoundly silly. But! It is made correctly.
Yes, Lacey Chabert has done one million Hallmark movies, *but also Mean Girls*. She can do funny. And the snowman is Ted from Schitt’s Creek!
November 13, 2024 at 11:43 PM
My guilty pleasure is Hallmark Christmas movies but I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch this yet. I guess I may try it tonight. 🤪
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Here’s my best attempt at a Nashville Starter Pack! If I left you out it’s not because I don’t value you it is simply because my brain is scrambled eggs. 🦞
November 9, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Here’s my best attempt at a Nashville Starter Pack! If I left you out it’s not because I don’t value you it is simply because my brain is scrambled eggs. 🦞
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You know how Kentuckians last week rejected measure to allow public funds to be used for private schools?
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
November 11, 2024 at 8:59 PM
You know how Kentuckians last week rejected measure to allow public funds to be used for private schools?
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
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We’re all hurting. I don’t have all the answers.
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
November 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
We’re all hurting. I don’t have all the answers.
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.
I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.
And I won.
Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
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For over a decade, one Tennessee county arrested and illegally jailed hundreds of children. "The Kids of Rutherford County," a new Serial and @nytimes.com series, hosted by WPLN's Meribah Knight in partnership with @propublica.bsky.social, reveals how this came to be and the adults responsible.
Hear the trailer: "The Kids of Rutherford County," a new podcast series from Serial, ProPublica and ...
In partnership with Serial Productions and The New York Times, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is a four-part narrative series reported and hosted by WPLN's Meribah Knight.
wpln.org
October 20, 2023 at 1:14 AM
For over a decade, one Tennessee county arrested and illegally jailed hundreds of children. "The Kids of Rutherford County," a new Serial and @nytimes.com series, hosted by WPLN's Meribah Knight in partnership with @propublica.bsky.social, reveals how this came to be and the adults responsible.
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Premiums for employer-provided health coverage jumped 7% this year, with the cost of a family policy rising to nearly $24,000.
It's quite possible bigger increases are coming next year.
www.kff.org/health-costs...
It's quite possible bigger increases are coming next year.
www.kff.org/health-costs...
October 18, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Premiums for employer-provided health coverage jumped 7% this year, with the cost of a family policy rising to nearly $24,000.
It's quite possible bigger increases are coming next year.
www.kff.org/health-costs...
It's quite possible bigger increases are coming next year.
www.kff.org/health-costs...
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Local gov at the micro level: we’re nominating board seats tonight. Did a light social media audit on 2 candidates (light = <5 min total) & found discriminatory statements. Shared that info w the CMs who nominated them, & the candidates have since withdrawn. What if we all did that, all the time? 🦞
October 17, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Local gov at the micro level: we’re nominating board seats tonight. Did a light social media audit on 2 candidates (light = <5 min total) & found discriminatory statements. Shared that info w the CMs who nominated them, & the candidates have since withdrawn. What if we all did that, all the time? 🦞
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Fake press release about U.S. aid to Israel spreads on X and seeds fake news articles that appear in Google results for Top Stories, demonstrating just how vulnerable we are to manipulation, the cross-platform nature of disinformation, and the cesspool that is X. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
October 8, 2023 at 5:41 PM
Fake press release about U.S. aid to Israel spreads on X and seeds fake news articles that appear in Google results for Top Stories, demonstrating just how vulnerable we are to manipulation, the cross-platform nature of disinformation, and the cesspool that is X. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
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Just here squatting the handle and looking around.
August 29, 2023 at 4:35 PM
Just here squatting the handle and looking around.
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DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK
September 12, 2023 at 9:02 PM
DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson has been given the Sierra Club's most prestigious honor for environmental leaders. WPLN's Caroline Eggers reports Changemaker of the Year used to be called the John Muir award, before the org denounced its founder for his racist views.
Justin J. Pearson awarded Sierra Club’s highest honor for leadership stopping oil pipeline in Memp...
In 2021, Justin J. Pearson led people in protests against billion-dollar fossil fuel companies. Together, they helped stop an oil pipeline that would have
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September 12, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Rep. Justin J. Pearson has been given the Sierra Club's most prestigious honor for environmental leaders. WPLN's Caroline Eggers reports Changemaker of the Year used to be called the John Muir award, before the org denounced its founder for his racist views.
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I have recently learned that falcons are, genetically speaking, closer to parrots than they are other raptors, and thus from now on I shall refer to falcons solely as "tactical parrots"
August 26, 2023 at 12:21 PM
I have recently learned that falcons are, genetically speaking, closer to parrots than they are other raptors, and thus from now on I shall refer to falcons solely as "tactical parrots"
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After more than 100 bills were filed for Tennessee's special session on public safety, it seems that only three will end up making it to the governor's desk. WPLN's Blaise Gainey says this is because Senate Republicans have chosen not to hear any others.
Tennessee Senate committees likely shut down for the special session
After more than 100 bills were filed for Tennessee's special session on public safety in both the House and Senate, it seems that only three will end up
wpln.org
August 23, 2023 at 7:59 PM
After more than 100 bills were filed for Tennessee's special session on public safety, it seems that only three will end up making it to the governor's desk. WPLN's Blaise Gainey says this is because Senate Republicans have chosen not to hear any others.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
scoop.me
August 20, 2023 at 12:41 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Every student learns the name: Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization. The word itself means the land between rivers. Today, extreme temperatures and dwindling water are pushing the Fertile Crescent toward the brink. https://nyti.ms/3ODyIze
July 30, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Every student learns the name: Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization. The word itself means the land between rivers. Today, extreme temperatures and dwindling water are pushing the Fertile Crescent toward the brink. https://nyti.ms/3ODyIze
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The Howard Office Building is one of Nashville's most popular polling locations. WPLN's Rose Gilbert reports even before the doors opened at 8 a.m. this morning, there was a small line of people waiting to cast their ballot for mayor and Metro Council.
The polls are open! Here's what early voters had to say about Davidson County's 2023 municipal elect...
The Howard Office Building, which houses the Davidson County Clerk's office, is one of the most popular polling locations. On Friday morning, it was
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July 14, 2023 at 7:39 PM
The Howard Office Building is one of Nashville's most popular polling locations. WPLN's Rose Gilbert reports even before the doors opened at 8 a.m. this morning, there was a small line of people waiting to cast their ballot for mayor and Metro Council.