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Elizabeth Waites

@elizawaites.bsky.social
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TN native. Bama born, RTR, 1938 Bud Waites QB. Vandy alum. Sports status: “it’s complicated.” :)

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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Vive la France www.politico.eu/article/us-d...
politico.eu
Trump either ‘a useful idiot’ or purposefully weakening Europe, says MEP Glucksmann
Fresh off his primary win, the French presidential candidate showcased his pro-EU and pro-Kyiv stances at POLITICO’s Competitiveness Summit in Paris.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“What happened to Christa Pike was not an anomaly.” $650,000 lethal injection drugs purchased by TN in 2026, discovered in records of largely secretive process www.propublica.org/article/chri...
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Why Tennessee’s Botched Death Row Execution Could Happen Anywhere
The complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump lifting sanctions on Russia. He was always going to do this. tennesseelookout.com/2024/02/22/w...
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Commentary: Why the death of Alexei Navalny is a warning for US politics • Tennessee Lookout
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent years honing mechanisms for election manipulation, and Tennessee voters haven't been overlooked.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Christa Pike Discharged From Hospital After Surviving Execution Attempt www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
nytimes.com
Christa Pike Discharged From Hospital After Surviving Execution Attempt
Ms. Pike, 50 and convicted of the 1995 murder of a classmate, survived two doses of the drug pentobarbital late last month.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.politico.eu/article/dutc...
politico.eu
Dutch PM slams ‘absurd’ US decision to livestream execution
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement sparks alarm in Europe.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On Monday night of this week, the hospital notified Christa’s atrorneys that life support would be removed as Christa was believed to be brain dead. Instead, before that happened, she became responsive. Her arms have been subjected to grave damage.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Post-hearing presser happening now
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m here at the Historic Metro Courthouse. NYT: State of TN must preserve records and other materials of this travesty; give access by Christa’s lawyers to her. State of TN admitted their incompetency: AG’s office doesn’t know how to access the Davidson County Chancery Court file for this case.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
These TNAG lawyers keep calling it « teedoc. » It’s T-D-O-C. Y’all aren’t from around here, are ya?
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
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Bishops urge Tennessee to commute death sentence after botched execution - Vatican News
Following the botched execution of Christa Pike, the Catholic and Episcopal Bishops of Tennessee call for the US state’s Governor to commute her death ...
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👇 yep. This is unconscionable on so many levels.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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It is time to pull back the curtain on Tennessee executions - Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
The secretive nature of Tennessee executions has gone too far, and the bungled attempted execution of Christa Pike this week is the latest and clearest example. Pike survived what her attorney said w...
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The death penalty violates Biblical principles, including the Ten Commandments and Jesus’s teachings as set forth in all 4 Gospels. I cannot reconcile how both values - Bible and execution - can be simultaneously supported by the TN GOP supermajority legislature, judicial, and executive branches.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
J’adore Ontario. Me llamo Mexico. And all the attendant international waterways so named.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 06/08/2026
Another day of dealing with Andy Ogles’ shenanigans! We were invited to an event at a Metro Nashville Head Start program with RFK Jr. and Ogles. The congressman’s comms director made up some story about why we could not come in - which, as you will see, quickly fell apart. 🙄p
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I hope the placard says, “The death penalty violates these” at the top. wpln.org/post/wilson-...
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Wilson County school board votes to display Ten Commandments
Schools in Wilson County will soon display the Ten Commandments. The school board approved the policy change after state lawmakers passed a measure
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Gerrymandering is a scourge on democracy www.notus.org/congress/dem...
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Democrats Prep for Shrinking Southern Delegations
Redistricting means fewer Black lawmakers are expected in the next Congress, but House Democrats are pushing to ensure representation on key committees.
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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio @wpln.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
What’s the origin story of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians? wpln.org/post/nashvil...
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NashVillager Podcast: Cherokee survival
What’s the origin story of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians? Plus the local news for May 28.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Guess what building was NOT evacuated? Davidson County Juvenile Justice & Youth Detention Center, directly adjacent to the stadium. Man accused of threatening to detonate bomb at site of new Nissan Stadium in Nashville arrested in Alabama — Nextdoor - Nextdoor nextdoor.com/p/8T5XLsTBDK...
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Man accused of threatening to detonate bomb at site of new Nissan Stadium in Nashville arrested in Alabama
Join Nextdoor, an app for neighborhoods where you can get local tips, buy and sell items, and more
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
My cat woke me up, but this is the nightmare. The End is iconic and irreplaceable. We’ve all quietly suffered what they did to Elliston Soda shop (at least they still have Linda’s pies and great shakes), but this is WRVU-level distressing.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
History and Wisdom of Southeast Nashville’s State Representative youtube.com/watch?v=kEAN...
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Can Racist Southern Gerrymanders Be Stopped? (ft. Justin Jones)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So not only did TN Republicans strip Memphis of representation, Speaker Sexton is also stripping Dems of committees for protesting it. Watch fascism work. www.wsmv.com/2026/05/12/m...
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Brown vs. Board of Education is being dismantled, and the South will be the first place where minorities will suffer. Given the pending bill in TN to allow exclusion of undocumented students from public school, we are going back to 1950.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Stephen Miller is lying: New England is not gerrymandered. Dems are winning in fairly drawn districts with toss up electorates. That’s healthy for democracy: competitive districts are more likely to yield moderate reps who are actually beholden to the majority opinion of their constituents.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My views are well represented by my TN House representative Justin Jones. Let him speak, “Mr. Speaker”!
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What would Melania Trump know about work? Glad WaPo is so in touch, after laying off 300 people including the entire Kyiv bureau. Bezos continues selling out to the Trump brand.
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Eric Holder @ericholder.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Martin Luther King, III has weighed into the Tennessee redistricting mess: "This is not just a political issue. It is a moral and civic one."
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I can’t even tell, from the low res map they posted, which district I will be in. I live in Justin Jones’s district, so I’ve acclimated to my vote not counting. #QuietLittlePiggy
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
WATCH: “I’m proud of you. I love you.” Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social embraces his brother @keshaunpearson.bsky.social as Troopers arrest him for refusing to leave the balcony in a show of nonviolent resistance after Speaker Sexton cleared it
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tennessee is ~ one third Democrat and we can’t even have 11% Democratic Congressional representation. So much for American values. #NoRepresentation #250YearsOld #JimCrow2.0
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tennessee is not a political monolith.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
They’re lying. William Lamberth made disparaging remarks about people in Memphis at a Middle TN bar association meeting circa 2014. His wife works for the TN AG. MAGA has weaponized “Truth.” youtube.com/shorts/Vrw29...
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They're lying! #dailyshow
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/07/w...
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Why the current redistricting of Tennessee offends me • Tennessee Lookout
The price paid to gain the Voting Rights Act was steep, writes Knoxville minister Gordon Gibson of Tennessee's redistricting that undoes it.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"Hopelessness," says Bailey. "It reminds me of the bullets Dr. King took in the neck. He took them for being for voting rights and due process. It seems to me all that would be cast in the shadows."
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The new map give parts of Memphis the exact same congress-person as Nashville’s wealthiest suburbs (200 miles away), while part of Nashville would share a rep with Big South Fork in the Cumberland gap of East TN (250 miles), and 4 of Nashville’s suburban counties also get Gerry-Rigged. #NewJimCrow
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
That Alaska summit was nothing but an international platform for russian propaganda, while the US administration continues to cozy up to occupiers, oligarchs, and dictators, both culturally and philosophically. www.politico.eu/article/us-t...
politico.eu
US to take part in Russia’s answer to Eurovision
Singer B. Howard will join acts from Belarus, Cuba and Venezuela at event in Moscow.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Trump: make russia Gr8 again. « “Obama and Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in,” Trump said. However, Trudeau was elected Canadian prime minister the year after Russia was removed from G8. Stephen Harper was prime minister at the time. » Str8 kremlin propaganda, no facts apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China
U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting that Russia and maybe even China should be part of what is now called the Group of Seven.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This shame and damage will last for generations www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies
The administration aims to send thousands of foreigners to Guantánamo, including people from Britain and France, with no plans to notify their home governments.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
www.politico.eu/article/macr...
politico.eu
Macron to visit Greenland amid Trump’s continued threats
Trump has repeatedly talked about acquiring Greenland for its mineral reserves and strategic position in the Arctic.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
How to ruin a 100 year old reputation in 4 months: USA seeks to deport Laotian and Vietnamese ppl to Libya and Sudan - nations in civil war or profound unrest with active US travel advisories - after trying to send deportees to Ukraine, where cities are bombed relentlessly, including civilian areas.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Trump admin tried to send deportees to Ukraine. A place that gets indiscriminately bombed by russia everyday. I cannot imagine a more despicable idea, I don’t even know how they managed to come up with that. Disgusting.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Trump’s pick for Customs & Border Patrol was regional director when a man died in their custody after altercation with CBP officers. CBP unlawfully took control of the crime scene, waited 12 hours to tell FBI, & didn’t immediately report to police. When asked for video footage, CBP had ‘lost’ it.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Fox News labeling Ukrainian capital Kyiv as a Russian city for 20 minutes was intentional and intended to misinform people. kyivindependent.com/ukraines-for...
kyivindependent.com
Fox News labels Kyiv a Russian city, Ukraine calls for 'apology and investigation'
The error reportedly remained on screen for 20 minutes.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
So, how is Vance fam’s Easter vacay in Italy? Pope sent an envoy, and gave him the deuces. « Pope Francis has rebuked Trump’s mass deportation as a ‘disgrace’ & a ‘grave sin.’ » “NY Cardinal Dolan said Vance’s remarks were ‘scurrilous,’ ‘nasty,’ & ‘not true.’” www.thedailybeast.com/pope-snubs-v...
thedailybeast.com
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I hope TNLeg budgeted enough to replace FEMA assistance, FDA inspections, and whatever else gets dumped onto the states for the next 12 months by a rapidly reduced and soon to be flailing federal system.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Trump was going to end the war in Ukraine in one day and be a dictator for one day. He can’t stop a genocidal russian dictator, and he hasn’t stopped his autocratic domestic policies, his draconian economic plans, or his imperialistic foreign relations. Dictators only stop when someone makes them.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Immigrant til Proven Guilty “The TN Senate has approved legislation that could subject churches and charitable organizations to lawsuits if they provide housing aid to immigrants without legal status who go on to commit a crime.” Churches can’t I-9 before charity tennesseelookout.com/2025/04/03/t...
tennesseelookout.com
Tennessee Senate OKs bill to hold charities liable for aiding immigrants who later commit crime • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee Senate approved a bill that could subject churches to lawsuits if they provide housing aid to immigrants without legal status.
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Elizabeth Waites @elizawaites.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Hurricane Katrina required approx $6B in fed assistance. Over the past 20 years FEMA distributed $150B, mostly due to hurricanes. How will FLA or Puerto Rico absorb the costs when hurricanes hit those areas repeatedly, let alone TN which has no hurricane fund but was devastated in 2024 by hurricane?
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Nashville Resist 🗳️ Against Authoritarianism @nashvilleresist.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Sad but true. Gerrymandering and voter suppression have led to safe seats throughout the U.S. South. We ceased being a democracy down here a long time ago.
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