Alejandro Ramirez
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Email: aramirez[at]nashvillescene.com Signal: Alejandro_R.01
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Phil Lewis
6 days ago
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
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Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/minnesota-welfare-fraud-trump-hhs-blue-states_n_69655c91e4b0365ff4dfc607
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"Employees have reportedly been reluctant to move to Nashville because of a potential ceiling on their future salaries due to the city being categorized in a lower geographic pay band than California, according to Bloomberg."
finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-...
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Oracle struggles to attract workers to Nashville ‘world HQ’—even with a 2-million-square-foot office and Larry Ellison’s favorite restaurant
Years after cofounder Larry Ellison declared Nashville its world headquarters, Oracle has added only a handful of workers.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-struggles-attract-workers-nashville-195256647.html
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Adam Parkhomenko
5 days ago
Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/15/ice-detention-death-homicide/
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Matthew Gertz
7 days ago
A massive escalation in the Trump administration's effort to dismantle institutions that check its power.
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Quite the paragraph from
@betsyphillips.bsky.social
's latest column on Cameron Sexton plotting immigration bills with the White House.
www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
8 days ago
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Finally watched Shin Godzilla, loved it.
10 days ago
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Hmmm reminds me of a little story about a guy who leaves a cave
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12 days ago
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"If you're going to join any protests, as is your right under the First Amendment, you need to think beyond your physical well-being to your digital security, too."
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12 days ago
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I attended a MigraWatch training for this story and one of the key pieces of advice for when ICE appears was to record everything.
www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverst...
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Nashvillians of the Year: Music City MigraWatch
For inspiring Nashvillians to defend their immigrant neighbors, the Scene has chosen as our Nashvillians of the Year Music City MigraWatch, represented here by Cathy Carrillo, Gisselle Huerta and Ashl...
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/2025-nashvillians-of-the-year/article_10b3d67e-2fbe-4f57-8c0e-66bd22e885d0.html
12 days ago
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Timeline break
13 days ago
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Jon Collins
13 days ago
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
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Evan Hill
13 days ago
Witness account of ICE shooting in Minneapolis today
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Carl Quintanilla
17 days ago
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
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Isaac Chotiner
17 days ago
New Interview:
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Well that's pretty crazy news to wake up to
18 days ago
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Stopped in the Boston Common while driving in Massachusetts
26 days ago
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Massive drive thru line at this Dunks in Methuen. Vibes are good inside though, shout out to the family in matching Christmas pajamas.
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26 days ago
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Kids at my elementary school in 1990s Lawrence, Mass., exclaimed a dragged out "ayyy" when someone got in trouble.
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27 days ago
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Our rental car for our Christmas trip turned out to be a BMW. This is the fanciest thing I have ever driven, projects directions onto the windshield along with little figures showing how far your car is from the one in front. It's like a video game HUD. Kinda overwhelming at first.
27 days ago
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The debate about whether "Wonderful Christmastime" sucks or not is just a boring proxy battle for McCartney-Lennon disputes. The real holiday song debate is whose version of "Santa Clause Is Coming to Town" reigns supreme: The Jackson 5's or Bruce Springsteen's?
28 days ago
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feels good to highlight local immigrant activists while one of the top bosses in legacy media steps on rake after rake.
28 days ago
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This was a special story to write. The Scene's last story takes a look at the hard work the volunteers are Music City MigraWatch do to verify ICE activity. They keep their neighbors informed and train others to do the same. And because of that, we named them our Nashvillians of the Year.
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29 days ago
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The Verge
29 days ago
The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
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The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
Once again, the Streisand effect is Streisanding
https://buff.ly/7D2a6jp
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Just a normal way to sit
about 1 month ago
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Hard for me to imagine spending energy on getting mad about Expedition 33 winning a bunch of awards
about 1 month ago
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Uh was not expecting Salem, NH, to make the news
about 1 month ago
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I thought having the Masked Country Guy play Vega was too on-the-nose but the promo images make clear that subtlety was allowed nowhere near this film
about 1 month ago
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thinking about how Doctor Doom -- ominous supervillain, mad genius, weaver of science and magic -- yelled shit like "foot dive" and "finger lasers" in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqtk...
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Foot Dive
YouTube video by fuzzylittlbunny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqtkgczQlC4
about 2 months ago
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This has everything: Kid Rock being a baby, drunk Republicans, sausage-biscuit-involved car crashes and the Titans abysmal record.
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about 2 months ago
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this is an ethics nightmare, not a DVD of The Room. don't give Nuzzi a single dollar and read something you'll enjoy instead.
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about 2 months ago
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many foods are just better homemade, grateful I found a tamales lady in Donelson
about 2 months ago
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There's more to the results than just gerrymandering but at the same time I think many of these out-of-state take-slingers don't realize just how carved up the Tennessee Congressional district map is.
about 2 months ago
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D. Patrick Rodgers
about 2 months ago
Honestly wild how much Behn closed the 22-point gap from the past two 7th District races.
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Van Epps Defends 7th District Seat for Republicans
Conservatives fend off Aftyn Behn’s sudden influx of national support
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/van-epps-defeats-behn/article_c4ada8de-46c7-4e8c-bb5e-4fb2b7cbca2b.html
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about 2 months ago
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Well gonna be thinking about this game and the ending themes for a while. Reminded me of Evangelion in how it sought to tie together cataclysm and grief.
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about 2 months ago
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My cat will chomp leaves and dirt and has even bit pieces of litter (which he immediately regretted) but he somehow has a refined palette for Thanksgiving turkey. I know I did a good job when he doesn't leave us alone at dinner; if he naps, I messed up the bird.
about 2 months ago
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Snake on a Nokia brick would have better lines than anything from Grok
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about 2 months ago
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I don't believe in ghosts but I'm not willing to put it to the test
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2 months ago
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I've been enjoying Final France-tasy! Bad joke aside, Expedition 33 really is a lot of fun. Love the combat and the art style.
2 months ago
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Craig Jenkins
2 months ago
you know what would really bring the country back together is a yankin ass disney soundtrack by a middle aged heavyweight songwriter see the issue is the people can't feel the love tonight
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Good writing doesn't always mean good reporting but very often bad writing highlights bad reporting. I tapped out early on this one.
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2 months ago
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there was a lot of talk about Rosalia's genre-hopping in the past and i don't want to discount the more nuanced edges of those discussions, but honestly i get the sense she just does whatever she wants, and i'm here for her weird psychedelic nun opera music
2 months ago
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Is the NYC media OK with all this parade stuff?
2 months ago
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Focaccia is fun
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Justin Baragona
2 months ago
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bari-weiss-cbs-news-standards-and-practices-b2862631.html
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most of these pictures are of folks traveling, one of the best times to get some reading done.
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2 months ago
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Our dog has a favorite Baldur's Gate 3 companion
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Nashville Scene
2 months ago
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.
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ICE Plans Nashville Call Center to Track Migrant Children
Facility would use state and local police information to locate and potentially deport unaccompanied minors
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/nashville-migrant-children-call-center/article_51aadbb8-b66d-425f-943d-a58d11a8291e.html
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probably doesn't bode well for accountability in Tennessee if the president just hands out pardons to anyone affiliated with the Republican supermajority
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2 months ago
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"Trump now walks a red carpet of lawlessness, plutocracy, and bloodshed woven by Cheney."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in US history.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-war-on-terror-executive-power/#
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