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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Just dropping this to browbeat the "my vote doesn't matter" crowd

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Talked to some potential voters and I am not feeling good about turnout.

Go vote before 7!

Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 1d

Middle Tennessee voters hit the polls Tuesday to confront inflation and the state of national politics in the District 7 special primary election to replace Congressman Mark Green.

✏️: @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social, @ejturner02.bsky.social, @shaunashauna.bsky.social

Voters discuss their approach to District 7 special primary - Nashville Banner

District 7 voters in Middle Tennessee express concerns over growth, economy, politics, and healthcare in the special primary election.

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 1d

Middle Tennessee voters hit the polls Tuesday to confront inflation and the state of national politics in the District 7 special primary election to replace Congressman Mark Green.

✏️: @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social, @ejturner02.bsky.social, @shaunashauna.bsky.social

Voters discuss their approach to District 7 special primary - Nashville Banner

District 7 voters in Middle Tennessee express concerns over growth, economy, politics, and healthcare in the special primary election.

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Last minute election news: Reeves is out of the D7 Republican primary, citing Trump’s endorsement of Van Epps.

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Reeves Suspends Congressional Campaign After Trump Endorses Van Epps - Nashville Banner

Trump's late endorsement in Tennessee's Republican primary causes candidate to drop out, shaking up the close election.

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

The Department of Homeland Security has begun targeting unaccompanied children in the immigration system with what they call a “voluntary option” to return to their countries of origin. via @laist.com

DHS begins targeting unaccompanied children with 'voluntary' deportation offer

Children asked to waive right to see a judge in exchange for $2,500

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 5d

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 5d

Many problems that have been highlighted at Trousdale Turner are also present at CoreCivic’s South Central Correctional Facility. Three mothers described an understaffed facility where violence, extortion and drugs are prevalent but assistance and communication from prison officials is scarce.

Another CoreCivic prison faces allegations of inmate abuse - Nashville Banner

South Central Correctional Facility, run by CoreCivic in Tennessee, faces allegations of violence, extortion. Families describe a troubled prison environment.

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 7d

The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled four people to be executed by the state next year, including the only woman on the state’s death row.

✏️: @iamstevenhale.bsky.social

Tennessee Supreme Court schedules four executions for 2026 - Nashville Banner

Tennessee Supreme Court sets execution dates for four death row inmates, including the only woman on the state's death row. Concerns raised about future executions.

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.

Federal agencies are rehiring workers and spending more after DOGE's push to cut

Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 8d

Metro is obligated to provide 2,000 parking spaces near the future Nissan Stadium. But it remains unclear how much the spaces will cost the city and how they will be financed.

✏️: @stelliott.bsky.social

Metro still unclear about 2,000 Nissan Stadium parking spots - Nashville Banner

Metro has a commitment to provide parking that will benefit the Tennessee Titans at the new Nissan Stadium, but no plans are currently in place.

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 9d

We're 75% of the way there. 🦅

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12d

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12d

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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

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Steve Cavendish @scavendish.bsky.social · 12d

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 12d

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 12d

This exchange was interesting to me re: Metro’s knowledge/involvement

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Stephen Elliott @stelliott.bsky.social · 12d

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 12d

This is the same incident we wrote about in June in which a metro stop was taken over by ICE and THP. The metro video is less redacted and you can watch the actual stop here:

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Video shows THP involvement in MNPD traffic stop - Nashville Banner

Video footage casts doubt on the claim of traffic safety focus during last month's state-federal joint immigration sweeps in Nashville,

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 12d

We got new footage of a May ICE arrest in Nashville. Every law enforcement face is blurred and the THP refuses to identify the trooper who repeatedly covers them removes his bodycam. But in this clip, you can hear the trooper and ICE discussing flaws in the local sting and changes at ICE.

ICE, THP operation footage raises transparency issues - Nashville Banner

Newly released footage reveals how Tennessee Highway Patrol and ICE managed an immigration sting in Nashville, raising concerns about transparency.

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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 13d

If you subscribe to our daily newsletter at the Nashville Banner nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen. nashvillebanner.com/newsletters/

Newsletters - Nashville Banner

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 15d

Meet Banner courts reporter Mikeie Honda Reiland, a Nashville native who’s written magazine pieces for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social and @bittersouth.bsky.social.

✏️: mikeiereiland.bsky.social

From college pretension to Nashville Banner courts reporter - Nashville Banner

Discover Mikeie Honda Reiland's journey from using 'bildungsroman' often and annoyingly to becoming the Nashville Banner's new courts reporter.

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 16d

Nashville Banner reporters spend our days at court hearings, government meetings, community events, protests, immigration raids, homeless encampment clearings, prisons and politicians’ front doors to find the truth, so you don’t have to.

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 16d

In his newest congressional campaign ad, Rep. Gino Bulso says “they” shot Charlie Kirk and Trump and caused inflation.

I asked him who “they” are.

Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 16d

AD WATCH: District 7 candidate Gino Bulso cites Charlie Kirk killing and Trump shooting, blames the left for political violence

Bulso's new ad blames left for inflation and violence - Nashville Banner

State Rep. Gino Bulso's new campaign ad fans political division, blaming the left for recent violence, including the assasination of Charlie Kirk.

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 16d

Great read because, as a participant said “it’s good people on a fall morning doing something small but concrete to make the city a better place.”

Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 16d

A small but growing movement has sprung up in Nashville that is radical in its simplicity: People are building wooden benches and placing them at bus stops where there is no other place to sit. nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/22/g...

Activists build benches for Nashville bus stops - Nashville Banner

A small movement in Nashville is building wooden benches and placing them at bus stops without seating, providing a simple solution for the elderly, unhoused and others.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 18d

Want to read the Epstein files? Or important climate reports? You’ll probably need a FOIA office for that.

Use FPF's new tool to help us tell Congress that Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to all their records.

Tell Congress to protect FOIA offices

Use FPF’s new tool to ask your representatives to put a stop to secrecy

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Sarah Grace Taylor @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social · 18d

I truly dont care how you felt about any previous speech issue or what party you vote for now or in the future.

This cannot be partisan anymore. This one is existential.

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