Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: For the second time in just nearly as many weeks, a hate group stationed themselves in downtown Nashville and passed out flyers against those who were Jewish and in the LGBTQ community. The group kept passing out flyers that labeled Jewish people as pedophiles and screaming that those who are LGBTQ needed to “get the f—k …
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Patriot Front Marches Through Downtown Nashville
Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: Tennessee Democrats are speaking out after Patriot Front held its annual Independence Day March in downtown Nashville on Saturday. The group posted videos of the march, including “activists” entering downtown, crossing the Cumberland River, marching down Broadway and giving a speech at Legislative Plaza across from the Tennessee State Capitol. Democrats denounced the protests, calling the …
Read More »Man Pours Paint On Nashville’s New Rainbow Crosswalk
Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: Mere days after it was painted and installed, Nashville’s first rainbow crosswalk was defaced by an unidentified driver. Hundreds of volunteers joined together Saturday, June 29 to paint the crosswalk at the intersection of 14th Street and Woodland in East Nashville. The crosswalk is meant to be a celebration of Nashville’s LGBTQ+ community. It’s placed outside …
Read More »Nazis March Through Downtown Nashville [VIDEO]
Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: Multiple Tennessee lawmakers took to social media Saturday afternoon to notify the Nashville community about a group of masked people marching through downtown with swastika flags. A News 2 employee spotted the group on Broadway shortly afterward and took a video. In that video, you can hear the marchers chanting, with one person yelling, “Deportation,” and …
Read More »Trans Woman Elected To Nashville Metro Council
The Tennessean reports: Olivia Hill is the first openly transgender person ever elected to Nashville’s Metro Council. According to LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, Hill is the first transgender woman elected in Tennessee history. Hill secured one of the Council’s five at-large seats in Thursday’s runoff election with 12.9% of the vote, as of 10 p.m. Thursday night. She joins a historic …
Read More »Man Indicted For Terror Threats Against Nashville Pride
From the Justice Department: A Kansas man has been indicted for making online threats to commit acts of violence at an upcoming Nashville Pride event, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. An indictment unsealed this morning charges Joshua Hensley, aka Josh Echo, 25, of Hoisington, Kansas, with two counts of transmitting an interstate threat related to the upcoming Nashville …
Read More »TN Florist Turns Down RNC Fundraiser Over Shootings
The Hill reports: A Nashville, Tenn., florist is refusing to serve a Republican National Committee (RNC) fundraiser featuring former President Trump in protest over lack of action on gun control laws. In a statement posted on Instagram this week, FLWR Shop said it declined an inquiry from the RNC to provide floral design services for a fundraising event in Nashville …
Read More »Nashville Council Unanimously Reinstates Dem Rep
The Tennessean reports: Nashville Rep. Justin Jones will reclaim his seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives with the backing of Nashville’s Council, which voted to reappoint him four days after he was expelled for leading chants for gun reform with a bullhorn on the chamber floor. In one of its first legislative actions following a shooting at a Nashville …
Read More »Nashville Council To Reinstate Ousted Dem State Rep
NBC News reports: A majority of members of the Nashville Metropolitan Council will vote to reinstate Justin Jones to the Tennessee state Legislature after he was expelled from the House of Representatives on Thursday over his protests on the chamber floor against gun violence. Twenty-three members of the 40-seat Metropolitan Council confirmed to NBC News or on social media that …
Read More »First Lady To Attend Nashville Shooting Vigil Tonight
CNN reports: First lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, later Wednesday to attend a vigil honoring the lives lost in the mass shooting at The Covenant School, the White House announced. “Following her visit to Ohio today to meet with military families, the First Lady will travel to Nashville, Tennessee to join a candlelight vigil to honor …
Read More »Police: Nashville Shooter Bought Seven Guns Legally
The New York Times reports: Federal and local investigators in Nashville were working on Tuesday to piece together clues about the actions and motives of the shooter who killed three students and three adults at a private school before being shot dead by the police. The assailant who opened fire at the Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday was …
Read More »Nashville Police Name Former Student As Mass Shooter
NBC News reports: A heavily armed woman who gunned down three children and three staff members at a Nashville school on Monday appears to be a former student of the private Christian campus, police said. The shooter was identified as Audrey Hale, a Nashville resident. Investigators were combing through the shooter’s home, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake [photo] told …
Read More »LIVE VIDEO: Police Give Update In TN School Shooting
Nashville’s NBC affiliate reports: Vanderbilt University Medical Center tells NewsChannel 5 that three children are dead after a shooter at The Covenant School. “Three pediatric patients were transported to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, all having suffered gunshot wounds. All three were pronounced dead after arrival,” officials said. The school is a private Christian school in Nashville for …
Read More »Seven Dead In Nashville Christian School Shooting
Nashville’s Fox affiliate reports: A shooting was reported on Monday at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, with emergency crews reporting “multiple patients” and the alleged suspect killed by responding officers, according to officials. The shooting was reported at The Covenant School, a private Christian school for preschool through sixth grade, according to its website. The Nashville Fire Department also …
Read More »GOP To Punish Nashville For Rejecting Its Convention
The Associated Press reports: The latest statehouse backlash stems back to last summer when Nashville’s metro council spiked a plan to bring the 2024 Republican National Convention to the city. Progressive leaders argued that hosting the massive Republican gathering would go against the city’s values. Others expressed hesitation toward tying up so many city resources — particularly for an event …
Read More »Major Country Music Festival Bans Confederate Flags
The Tennessean reports: This year, CMA Fest joins a growing list of major country music events to ban attendees from displaying Confederate imagery. The four-day Nashville festival – considered one of the largest country music gatherings in the world – lists “Confederate flag imagery of any kind” under prohibited items for the 2022 event. “This year’s CMA Fest is our …
Read More »Country Star Naomi Judd Dies By Suicide At Age 76
Nashville’s ABC News affiliate reports: Naomi Judd, Grammy-winning member of The Judds, has died after taking her own life. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” the statement said. “We are shattered. …
Read More »2024 GOP Convention Finalists: Milwaukee, Nashville
The Hill reports: Top leaders from Milwaukee and Nashville are in Washington on Tuesday making their final pitches to members of the Republican National Committee in hopes of hosting the 2024 national convention. The teams leading both cities’ bids will be at RNC headquarters today to make presentations to the party’s site selection committee, a top Republican with knowledge of …
Read More »Two Anti-Maskers Busted In Nashville Airport Incidents
USA Today reports: Two people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after reportedly refusing authorities said they refused to wear masks aboard flights at Nashville International Airport. One passenger disrupted a Spirit Airlines flight Monday by refusing to wear a mask and calling the flight crew “vulgar names,” an arrest affidavit showed. The passenger was denied further travel with …
Read More »Vendors Cut Ties With Nashville Store After QAnon Owner Sells “Not Vaccinated” Star Of David Patches
The New York Times reports: Protesters gathered on Saturday outside a hat store in Nashville that sold “not vaccinated” Star of David patches and compared vaccine passports to the Nazi practice of requesting “your papers.” The store, Hatwrks, said on Instagram in a post that was later deleted that it was selling the patches for $5. Amid an outbreak of …
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