Devastating decision from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last night endorsing the Trump Bureau of Immigration Appeals 2025 ruling that undocumented immigrants “apprehended anywhere in the United States are ineligible for release on bond, regardless of how long they have resided in the U.S.”

Great to see Metro step up with a $750k donation of unspent ARPA funds for eviction prevention to Metro Action Commission.

Unimportant in light of everything happening right now, but was sad to learn that one of the best Italian restaurants in Nashville, Tutti da Gio, is closing their Hermitage location. I enjoyed having Tutti da Gio in District 12! Hendersonville will remain open.

With the storm I haven't been paying as close attention to the legislature, but holy moly there are some crazy bills being considered, including pre-empting governments with regulating race tracks, banning MRna vaccines, all kinds of nonsense.

Good to see attention to the possible ethnic cleansing of Springfield, Ohio, and the people who are coming together to fight against it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

I just need one 60° day.

This special-called committee meeting on our collective power outage response can't come soon enough.

I really appreciate the focus on evictions during today's briefing!

Here's the deal. The Mayor(s) appoint the board. We confirm the board. The only real accountability council has over NES is the board. It takes 30 votes to remove any or all by resolution. Some CMs will probably be in a "wait til after the special called meeting" posture. 1/

Tonight in Donelson for people experiencing challenges from the winter storm.

Agreed, @emilyfor7.bsky.social!

Measles for everyone.

Did my second shift at the Fairgrounds for the Red Cross. One of the things that will be helpful for future disasters that require shelter services - have a Metro employee schedule specific "office hours" there every day it's open.

I think what a lot of CMs and former CMs recognize is that their communication standards have always erred on the side of "be as opaque as possible" and nothing has changed over the last few natural disasters we have experienced.

The Winter Weather Relief Fund allowed uses needs to be immediately expanded to pay for rent and housing relief. We need to get creative locally on how to address the coming evictions caused by this weather event. There will be many more posts like this.

I was wondering what the 2 week temperatures were after the 1994 Nashville ice storm and wow!

I had my first Red Cross volunteer shift at the Fairgrounds today. Metro employees have pivoted from their normal roles to being part of this response, and it was good to see their leadership in action while serving as a volunteer on the other side. #metrocouncilnash

I appreciate all of the work being done to restore power. One of the things we need to flag for the future is how we did restoration work for multifamily properties that have a higher number of low income residents.

As of today, I am officially allowed to serve as a volunteer shelter worker for the Red Cross. I have signed up for a couple of shelter shifts this weekend at the Fairgrounds.

I appreciate that today's media availability calls out the need for specific information for the community from NES.

I know of a few CMs asking NES right now for a spreadsheet of all the outages relevant to our areas. They replied that they are working on a solution to this request. As the numbers are whittled down, some of the individual situations will be complicated. That's what happened after the tornado.

Major winter storm late Saturday into Sunday: Eastern NC and SE Virginia could see 8-12+ inches with 35-50 mph gusts creating near-blizzard conditions. Light fluffy snow will drift badly. If you're in these areas, prepare now.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Nashville family fights HOA over generator use during ice storm

Lot of Nashville restaurants stepping up to take care of people who don’t have power and heat right now. Here’s two more doing stuff tomorrow: Edley’s and the legendary Brown’s Diner.

Low Chance of Light Snow Fri/Sat; Another Stretch of Below Freezing This Weekend. New blog here buff.ly/WlWNy4u

Cold Weather Advisory thru 6p Today, then Extreme Cold Warning from 6p thru noon Tuesday. Continue to check in on neighbors and family, especially those that may be elderly or have medical issues. New blog here buff.ly/CsX7ya2

Anyone else in #nashville without power being asked to take a PTO day today?

Nashville update: We're fine. This is fine.

Stay warm! Thanks @nashseverewx.com and @nws.noaa.gov for all y'all do

Stay warm. Stay safe. If things get dangerously cold with no power, you can consider going to one of our warming locations.

We are concerned with the temp drop that's going to start late this morning. Things may improve for a bit then get worse as winds increase and temps drop. Those with and without power should be thinking about their stay warm plan. Overnight low is 8°.

NEW: Cold Weather Advisory will go into effect Sunday night at midnight and expire at noon Tuesday. NWS: "Very cold wind chills as low as 0 to 10 below expected. The cold wind chills as low as 10 below zero could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken."

i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand. just a steady beat.

Latest HRRR believes liquid freezing rain will become more steady after midnight tonight and continue through the night and Sunday morning. Loop ends at 11am with freezing rain still falling. I I, for one, hope this is wrong.

Refresher on what we call "warm-nose Ned." Surface temps below freezing. A mile or so up, temps warm above freezing causing snow to melt. How strong that warm-nose is (because it kinda looks like a nose on graphs) determines sleet or freezing rain. If it's weak, sleet. If it's more pronounced, (1/2)

Something that doesn't get nearly enough attention: nonrefundable application and "administrative" fees just to be considered for an apartment. I've heard from families who have spent hundreds—even thousands—of dollars on applications and are still without a home. This is legalized extortion.

Upper air sounding shows 3 elements we're watching today. NED (warm nose), Dry Air Monster (he eats snow), and snow zone where snow is falling. Right now DAM is in charge. But soon he'll disappear and we'll get snow on the ground. Then, Ned will move to right, cross the freezing line.

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Taking a moment to take in my first view of Nashville as the newly confirmed Davidson County Historian. I am grateful for the appointment and the rousing endorsement I received in council chambers. #ownward #studyhistory.

i wish i could still buy things at the prices i used to complain about

wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.

Enjoy the 40s while you can today. Highs in the 30s Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Potential development with only base zoning entitlements used will yield new housing starting in the $800s range. In Hermitage.

Welcome to the party, Hendersonville.

When I worked in crisis communications, my first bit of guidance was: "Do not put anything in email you don't want on the front page of the paper, on the 6 p.m. news -- if you don't want everyone to know it, don't write it." Amazing that in 2026 journalists still don't get that.

They're back. From me and @julianneakers.bsky.social for the @nashvillepost.com. www.nashvillepost.com/politics/sta...