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Tucker Karnes

@tuckerkarnes.bsky.social
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CM, Molder for Congress. Former #tnleg, Bredesen ‘18, Cooper ‘19, @changepolls, Freddie ‘23, Megan ‘24, Cooley Public Strategies

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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 07/10/2026
Poll alert: An internal poll released by the campaign of Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder, Democratic nominee for the 5th Congressional District, shows Molder 5 percentage points behind Republican nominee Charlie Hatcher. The margin of error is +/-4.2%.
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 05/10/2026
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear soft-launched his own 2028 presidential bid at a private Nashville fundraiser for 5th Congressional District candidate Chaz Molder on Saturday.
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Beshear Campaigns for Molder as Dems Eye Midterms
Popular Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined forces with congressional hopeful Chaz Molder, mayor of Columbia, for a high-powered Nashville fundraiser on Saturday. The Molder campaign bagged another $120...
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 24/09/2026
In Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, the footer of GOP candidate Charlie Hatcher’s website less than a month ago proclaimed that he was “pro-Trump.” Now, he’s just Charlie Hatcher.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 10/09/2026
“I want a well-structured forum,” perhaps organized by an association, Republican nominee for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District said in a telephone interview from Dallas, where he is attending the Republican Midterm Convention hosted by President Donald Trump.
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Hatcher says he’s amenable to Molder’s challenge to debate before 5th District election • Tennessee Lookout
Democrat Chaz Molder challenged Republican competitor Charlie Hatcher to three debates across Tennessee's 5th Congressional District.
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Spencer Sharpe @jspencersharpe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’m running for Metro Council
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Mayor Freddie O’Connell @mayor.nashville.gov · 22/07/2026
A statement from Mayor Freddie O’Connell.
Blue graphic featuring the Metro Nashville seal at the top and a statement from Mayor Freddie O’Connell. The statement reads, “I'm glad the Metro Council passed both the temporary moratorium on data centers and regulation for the future. That's a win for our neighborhoods. Thank you to the many Nashvillians who spoke up about this urgent issue. 
 
In two weeks, the Metro Council will also have a chance to pass condemnation legislation that would allow Metro to acquire property next to the Zoo for Metro use. As we grow, we've developed an urgent need for land in southeast Nashville and have evaluated property throughout Davidson County for some time in order to fill existing needs.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In America today, the wealthiest 1% is now worth more than the entire American middle class. That never happened before.
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Tucker Karnes @tuckerkarnes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"The buses are empty, why would we invest in more buses" Maybe because every single study ever says that when you invest in buses they get better so people start riding buses
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Tucker Karnes @tuckerkarnes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Marsha 42 / Rose 29 is an eyebrow-raiser. McLaughlin & Associates doesn’t do push polling. 15 points is still a big gap and Marsha’s still in the driver’s seat, but her going from +42 to +15 is legit late movement. www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
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Rose poll finds him surging in TN governor's race against Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn’s lead in the GOP primary for governor has slipped to just 15 points, down from 58, in a new poll released by her rival John Rose.
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I introduced legislation to regulate data centers in Nashville today, which will be on first reading next Tuesday
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Rollin Horton files bills to restrict & regulate data centers in Nashville
Nashvillians deserve a say on data centers
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 19/05/2026
A referendum effort aiming to write fairgrounds racing out of — and affordable housing into — the city charter was approved Friday.
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Anti-Racing Charter Amendment Gets Green Light
A referendum effort aiming to write fairgrounds racing out of — and affordable housing into — the city charter approved in second pass
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Tucker Karnes @tuckerkarnes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
You Are So Nashville If your congressman says that you, as a Muslim, "don't belong in American society" but you bring the state its first pro sports championship and keep dominating anyway #Scoreboard
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Tucker Karnes @tuckerkarnes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We absolutely wear the ACLU out in this state huh Love to be the nation's laboratory of fascism
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“This is not conservative. This is cowardly. If your agenda cannot survive (when) black voters have a fair representation, then the problem isn't us voting. It is your agenda. Earn the black vote. Black people are not Democrat or Republican," says Tennessee state Sen. London Lamar of Memphis.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 30/04/2026
This week’s cover story, from Eli Motycka: Neighbors, politicians and corporate interests battle over racing's future at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverst…
Nashville Scene cover for 4/30/26: A man waves a checkered flag at the Fairgrounds with title "Round and Round"
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Tucker Karnes @tuckerkarnes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This feels to me like the most under-discussed bill of the year. Off-year elections give us a full year to have a citywide conversation about Metro issues. I would like to keep it that way. www.axios.com/local/nashvi...
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Tennessee Republicans' plan would push Metro elections by a year
State legislation would overhaul when local governments, including Metro, hold their elections.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 31/03/2026
Today is Trans Day of Visibility.
Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York.
Your existence is not up for debate. Your lives are not a political issue.
We're fighting for a city where every trans New Yorker can live openly, safely, and with joy.
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 25/03/2026
The latest in our Metropolitik column: A proposed charter amendment and an ethics controversy pose obstacles for a potential deal between the mayor and speedway operator.
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Legal, Ethical Obstacles Hinder NASCAR’s Fairgrounds Hopes
A proposed charter amendment and an ethics controversy pose obstacles for a potential deal between the mayor and speedway operator
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 24/03/2026
Repeat after me: There's no such thing as a free public stadium
George Costanza "It's not a lie, if you believe it" meme: It's not really a cost to taxpayers if it doesn't come out of the general fund
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/02/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 26/02/2026
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Clay Capp @claycapp.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Quick update: Glad to be able to say that “Nashville 911” has shut down their film shoot that was happening in East. Really outrageous for them to be doing that in front of homes without power in this storm. Thanks to the Mayor’s office for helping me with that request.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump-administration officials and MAGA influencers have repeatedly called these activists “violent” and said they are involved in “riots.” But the resistance in Minnesota is largely characterized by a conscious, strategic absence of physical confrontation. Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection, aid, and observation. When matters escalate, it is usually the choice of the federal agents. Of the three homicides in Minneapolis this year, two were committed by federal agents.

“There’s been an incredible, incredible response from the community. I’ve seen our neighbors go straight from allies to family—more than family—checking in on each other, offering food and rides for kids and all kinds of support, alerting each other if there’s ICE or any kind of danger,” Malika Dahir, a local activist of Somali descent, told me.

If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. The contrast with the philosophy guiding the Trump administration couldn’t be more extreme. Vice President Vance has said that “it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, ‘I want to live next to people who I have something in common with. I don’t want to live next to four families of strangers.’” Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America.
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wsmv.com @wsmv.com · 17/01/2026
New historical marker commemorating Cumberland Park unveiled at Nashville Fairgrounds
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New historical marker commemorating Cumberland Park unveiled at Nashville Fairgrounds
Officials said the new marker has an updated historical narrative and an image of Cumberland Park, circa 1909.
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 15/01/2026
we're going to be good neighbors and also we made it impossible to take any sort of legal action whatsoever against us
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 15/01/2026
getting republicans to write facebook uncle grievances into TN code is not going to help Bristol's case
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
America is entitled to Greenland because we are the dominant predator force in the Western hemisphere. Here's why I'm afraid of cities. by Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN)
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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
If you are willing to admit we are in a housing crisis, everything should be on the table. If you don’t want more housing in neighborhoods, than neighborhood golf courses or neighborhood water parks or neighborhood race tracks should be part of the convo.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
CBS News/Free Press program "Has feminism failed women" brought to you by bank of america and hosted by Liz Plank and Allie Beth Stuckey
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Some news: We received a $1.2M grant from@theajp.bsky.social to expand our statehouse & local coverage — including new beats in health, housing & environment to deepen civic engagement in Middle TN. The funding boosts our revenue team for a stronger, sustainable newsroom primed for growth.
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American Journalism Project awards Nashville Banner $1.2M grant - Nashville Banner
The Nashville Banner will receive a $1.2 million grant from the American Journalism Project to expand its newsroom and strengthen local journalism.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
"Cities should remain museum pieces for incumbents and any newcomer is strictly a burden" is the most loser mindset that powers the most loser politics in America today.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I’d like one newspaper to try out the headline “Republicans fail to attract Democratic votes they need to end shutdown” as a little treat.
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Tucker Karnes @tuckerkarnes.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
[doing something that is definitely good and will help people and is not at all about terrorizing minorities] “and we’re calling it ‘Project Viper’”
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 12/09/2025
Anti-subsidy ohio homies came through and sent me a Comrade Haslam shirt
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Joe Lee is Nashville’s best bachelorette @currylee.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Narrator: the racetrack won’t make the city any money either
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Jeremy NT @jeremynt.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
What a terrible use of this land 😡
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Vishnu @iamvishnurajan.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
omg this is so bad, lol "bunless hotdogs and cheeseless nachos"
Major league fail @MLB @Braves @Reds. The Bristol game was the MLB version of Fyre fest. Awful logistics, no food except except bunless hotdogs and cheeseless nachos, multiple shuttles to even get in the stadium & completely unprepared for rain.

#filedofnightmares #speedwaytragic
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jeremiah @jerewoo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
we're still #1 (in NFL stadium subsidies) www.sportico.com/leagues/foot...
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Commanders’ Stadium Tax Subsidy Plan in Line With Recent NFL Venues
A new Washington Commanders stadium may get the help of significant taxpayer funds, but falls short of what the Tennessee Titans received.
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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
andy ogles isn't even his real name it's what they called him at the girls camp across the lake
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 23/06/2025
VSG is the same consulting group that said the Titans stadium needed close to $2B in renovations. I read their report, and it was ridiculous, its cost estimate was based on anecdotes of one other stadium with costs that didn't match up with published accounts. www.fieldofschemes.com/2025/06/23/2...
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Houston sports venues need almost $3B in upgrades, if you’re not too picky about what “need” means
The Harris County Houston Sports Authority's building committee has estimated how much the Astros and Rockets venues will need in maintenance costs in coming years, and it's a bundle: $836.5 million o...
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Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Y'all know I'm a fan. But today's podcast from @citycastnash.bsky.social is a must. Especially if you usually do not follow Metro Council. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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When Did Metro Know About ICE in Nashville? Plus, MNPD Whistleblower Arrested and New Vandy Poll
Podcast Episode · City Cast Nashville · 05/09/2025 · 34m
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Our @friedmanadam5.bsky.social has spent months interviewing people sued by Advance Financial and combing through data. This, friends, is public service journalism and I am incredibly proud of him.
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Tucker Karnes @tuckerkarnes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The presentation that Metro Planning is currently doing for Council should interrupt programming on all channels on every television in Davidson County. They are explaining how we bring down housing costs in plain English. We really can do it! It’s not that hard!
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Jason Bergeron @jmberg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Poll from pro-Nashville Fairgrounds group finds opposition to NASCAR on site tennesseelookout.com/briefs/poll-...
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Poll from pro-Nashville Fairgrounds group finds opposition to NASCAR on site • Tennessee Lookout
A recent poll of Nashville voters on potential uses for Fairgrounds Nashville and found a majority of respondents oppose NASCAR races.
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