ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 23hEnjoyable podcast for Nashvillians open.spotify.com/episode/2SZJ...open.spotify.comThe Jesus Scene and Other Nashville MiraclesThe Aunt B Radio Hour · Episode 000
Reposted by ekinggillSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Two hours after President Trump claimed on social media that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to an "energy ceasefire," Russia fired a missile at a CHP-5 thermal power plant in Kharkiv and reportedly other infrastructure in Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...kyivindependent.comUkraine war latest: Russia pounds Kyiv's energy infrastructure as Trump’s energy ceasefire claim catches Ukraine off guardKey developments on Oct. 10-11: * Russia besieges Kyiv's energy infrastructure as Trump calls for an energy ceasefire * Ukraine's drone production jumps 370% in 2026, says defense ministry * Russi... 19563
Reposted by ekinggillAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026Ukraine has repeatedly offered cease fires and Russia has always refused 1492061643
Reposted by ekinggillChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I just got back from the Middle East. What I saw made clear that Trump and Hegseth aren’t telling the American people the full story about the cost and damage of this war. Here are my four biggest takeaways. 461134476
Reposted by ekinggillIndivisible Franklin TN ❌👑 @indivisiblefrankli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Join us! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... 023
Reposted by ekinggillElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Earlier this year I had to tell my kids not to watch any video of Renee Good’s execution. Then I had to tell them to avoid any video of Alex Pretti’s execution. Now I’m going to have to tell them to avoid a federal execution of a man in a wheelchair by firing squad. 613731
Reposted by ekinggill𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident. 61446992393
Reposted by ekinggillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026AOC: “ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency. It does not belong in NYC and should not exist in 🇺🇸. Abolish ICE.” 16777902260
Reposted by ekinggillBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“A familiar feature of fascism is the transformation of politics into spectacle. Fascism wants to reduce active citizens into voyeurs—especially voyeurs of cruelty and death. Such degradation of a democratic public is key to fascism’s project and to its success.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...thebulwark.comHegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff FilmNeo-fascism as spectacles of violence. 44698248
Reposted by ekinggillFRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 09/10/2026🇺🇦 The Russian-occupied town of Oleshky is beginning to starve. Former residents and Ukrainian refugees say those left in the town face an impossible choice: stay and risk starving to death or leave and risk being hit by a landmine or drone. Watch the story ⤵️ 214780
Reposted by ekinggillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽 21150222530
Reposted by ekinggillSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comPeter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lecturesThe tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO. 13387
Reposted by ekinggillKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December. 676898293
ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We’ve lost our moral authority in the world. We’ve lost our humanity. We are a cruel, disturbed nation. Please vote because we need an enormous blue wave. apnews.com/live/trump-m...apnews.comLive updates: Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamedThe Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” 010
ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Fascists apnews.com/live/trump-m...apnews.comLive updates: Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamedThe Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” 000
Reposted by ekinggillTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW AD: Introducing SCANDUEL! The only betting app where you can parlay Ken Paxton’s scandals — and get paid! Here’s a tip: Always bet that he did the thing. 💰 622057609
ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm attending Oct 17 No Kings event, “No Kings: Vote Early Bellevue, TN, 37221” - www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...mobilize.usNo Kings: Vote Early Bellevue, TN, 37221 · No KingsJoin us at Red Caboose Park on Highway 70 in Bellevue, TN, from 10am-12pm. March to vote early at 12pm. **We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.** For more than a year, millions of ... 010
Reposted by ekinggillWill Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 07/10/2026ProPublica documented 506 U.S. citizens detained during Trump’s immigration crackdown, including at least 70 children and teens. DHS denies arresting citizens by mistake. The report lays out the cases, videos and court records. buff.ly/vT9Y7Kxbuff.lyMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump… 12191150
Reposted by ekinggillKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Trump admin has declined to invite election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to witness the midterms — meaning observers from the group won't be at a U.S. election for the first time in more than two decades.ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. 37571269
Reposted by ekinggillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026DELAWARE: "Nurse Monica Ryadi and her husband couldn’t wait to take their 3yo son to Disneyland... They didn’t get there. The Delco nurse has lived legally in 🇺🇸 since childhood. ICE arrested her as she took her son to Disneyland." #AbolishICE www.instagram.com/p/DeAFDW5jEW0 10719221153
Reposted by ekinggillThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/10/2026Christa Pike has regained consciousness and is speaking a week after receiving two doses of execution drugs in Tennessee.bit.lyChrista Pike survived 2 doses of an execution drug. How is that possible?Christa Pike has regained consciousness and is speaking a week after receiving two doses of execution drugs in Tennessee. 125913
Reposted by ekinggillMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Trump family runs the government, and the government pays the Trump family. This is not a coincidence – it's deep corruption that never would have been tolerated before a convicted felon took over the White House. Vote against all Republicans.abcnews.comTrump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his electionThe contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers. 35872369
Reposted by ekinggillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026With our money. Playing in our faces. 🤷🏼 ✈️ 12827001554
Reposted by ekinggillChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war. 23447132162
Reposted by ekinggillCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Nothing to worry about all good 1262734620
Reposted by ekinggillHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The white evangelical movement split in the 1970s so those who hated civil rights, especially for women, could boost right-wing Republicans. Talarico is reclaiming the movement for the others, and it is a very different thing indeed. Jimmy Carter v. Jerry Falwell. 801652577
Reposted by ekinggillLuke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026What in the actual fuck...theguardian.comTrump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon saysNidal Hasan sentenced to death by military jury in 2013 for carrying out deadly shooting attack at army base in Texas 63819
Reposted by ekinggillCNN @cnn.com · 06/10/2026The Senate battleground map is shifting after signs of improvement for Democrats in several red-leaning states. CNN’s Arlette Saenz breaks down what races made the list, including a new state to watch emerging in the final stretch. Read more: cnn.it/47ANXBn 3444
ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My god MEGYN KELLY: “No one will even consider the possibility that this woman made a decision to get it on with four men total, not seven, and enjoyed it because — I'm just going to be honest, she's not the most attractive gal. She's extremely beefy in her arms and her legs.” 000
Reposted by ekinggillMegan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026How @propublica.org Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. / by @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.socialpropublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 218663
ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mr. Smith we have texts proving you were at the Rick Springfield concert on October 3, 2026 — busted 050
Reposted by ekinggillHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt. 633162223224
ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“This dehumanising language, talking about immigrants as vermin, and this racial purity language, like they’re ‘poisoning the blood of our country’. What does that mean? If they’re poisoning the blood, what’s the pure blood? We know where that story goes”( 010
ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o... addressing a mostly white crowd in MN, [Trump] declared: “You have good genes, you know that, right? You have good genes. A lot of it is about the genes, isn’t it, don’t you believe? The racehorse theory, you think we’re so different? You have good genes in MN.”theguardian.comWhen is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: nowRobert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy 000
Reposted by ekinggillBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A suggestion for the Bulwark Pope: If the Chicago White Sox make the World Series, how could His Holiness not go to their first home game on Monday, Oct. 26. And the day before, on Sunday, he could celebrate Mass in Springfield, OH, to show support for the persecuted Haitians. 321028143
Reposted by ekinggillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop... 501850842
Reposted by ekinggillBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Shorter Trump administration: Data centers good. Homes bad. 2636298
Reposted by ekinggillSteven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In light of we've learned about the execution team's struggle to establish IV access before Christa Pike's failed lethal injection, here's a story I wrote in June after Carruthers. The new protocol TN adopted in 2025 reduced training in IV placement. nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/30/t...nashvillebanner.comLethal injection protocol likely led to botched execution - Nashville BannerTennessee's current lethal injection protocol includes reduced training on IV placement, an issue that caused the state to halt Tony Carruthers' execution. 27395161
Reposted by ekinggillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WILLIAMSON COUNTY’s Pastor Kevin Riggs: “There’s nothing Christian about @MarshaBlackburn’s statement.” (He says he will be voting for @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social for governor) 33636224
Reposted by ekinggillAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Trump and Ronny Jackson have a chuckle about the botched execution in Tennessee: "The medication didn't exactly work. He [Jackson] would answer it better than anybody. How does that happen? It shouldn't be very difficult." 211810209
Reposted by ekinggillThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026Death row inmate Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, her lawyers said. Follow live updates:nyti.msLive Updates: Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee ExecutionThe inmate, Christa Pike, was “alive right now” after surviving an attempt to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyer said. He called on Gov. Bill Lee to reduce her sentence to life in prison. 214813
Reposted by ekinggillJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 01/10/2026I would have *so* much fun spamming this with niche theological questions. 109011
Reposted by ekinggillBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.” 691722609
Reposted by ekinggillLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 01/10/2026RIP peace Jaimie 🙏 😞 A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment. | NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...npr.orgA young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deploymentJaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. 23221