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Evans Donnell
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Grandpa, father and spouse.❤️ Is or has been a journalist (news, sports, performing arts)/webmaster/actor (SAG-AFTRA Nashville Local Secretary, AEA member).🎭 Votes for Democrats.💙 TN native and resident.🇺🇸 [No crypto DMs.🚫] He/Him/His.
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · Nov 13
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2h
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Three Nashville restaurants earn Michelin Stars, others honored, in inaugural South guide
Three Nashville restaurants earned One Michelin Star, while seven more earned Bib Gourmand distinctions among other recognition.
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 5h
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Grateful Dead Singer Donna Jean Godchaux Dead at 78
Donna Jean Godchaux, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead and provided vocals on an Elvis Presley hit, has died at the age of 78.
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 7h
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Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89 | CNN
Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee whose roles ranged from the brash waitress in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” to the protective mother in “Wild at Heart,” has died at 89.
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Davidson County Election Commission @davidsonvotes.bsky.social · 10h
October 2025 Voter Registration Statistics:

• New voters registered: 2,398
• Deceased voters removed: 290
• Voters moved out of county/removed: 831
• Total eligible voters: 463,490
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 11h
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Ben Hill and Rebecca Schleicher both announce they're leaving the NewsChannel 5 morning show
Hill, the morning show co-anchor for five years, and Schleicher, traffic anchor for 10 years, both say they are leaving the news media business
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
The House hasn't been in session for 45 days.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 15h
Trump Administration targets grocery stores offering discounts to poor people who relied on SNAP before Trump refused to pay the benefits

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USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams
As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...
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Davidson County Election Commission @davidsonvotes.bsky.social · 14h
Today - November 3 – is the last day for U.S. House District 7 residents to register to vote in the upcoming special general election. Here’s a link to the online voter registration site where you can complete your application in a matter of minutes: ovr.govote.tn.gov
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 20h
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November 2, 2025
Last Monday, October 27, right-wing personality Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes for more than two hours, mainstreaming the podcaster whose praise for Hitler, vows to kill Jew...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 1d
Zero doubt in my mind that he wants to see feds shooting unarmed Americans in the streets. Absolutely no doubt.
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O'DONNELL: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?

TRUMP: No. I think they haven't gone far enough.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
Fox News spreading some truth… were they hacked? 😬
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
“People who aren’t invested in the stock market are seeing their grocery prices go up, inflation.”

TRUMP: “No, they went up under Biden. Now they’re going down.” 🤥

REALITY: No, they’re going up.
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 1d
Sharon K. Roberson: President and CEO, YWCA Nashville nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/02/s...
Sharon K. Roberson: President and CEO, YWCA Nashville - Nashville Banner
Raised in a military family and a graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School, Sharon K. Roberson has drawn on years in the corporate world to lead the YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee (not to be...
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 1d
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671... Auburn fires coach Hugh Freeze after loss to Kentucky sends lackluster Year 3 to new low
Auburn fires head coach Hugh Freeze amid Year 3 spiral
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2d
Smith's homer in 11th lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 5-4 to become first repeat champion in 25 years
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Smith's homer in 11th lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 5-4 to become first repeat champion in 25 years
Will Smith homered in the 11th inning after Miguel Rojas connected for a tying drive in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 to become the first team in a qu...
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2d
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The Food Stamp Shutdown Wasn't a Surprise. It Was the GOP's Plan
Donald Trump's administration and Republicans in Congress are blaming Democrats for their own antipathy toward SNAP benefits.
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2d
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November 1, 2025
Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J.
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2d
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Lee Weaver, Actor in ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou,’ ‘The Bill Cosby Show’ and ‘Easy Street,’ Dies at 95
He also played a character named Buck Naked on ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘NYPD Blue’ and showed up in films from ‘Vanishing Point’ to ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin.’
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2d
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Ralph Senensky, Director on ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 102
He helmed memorable episodes spotlighting Leonard Nimoy and Ellen Corby on those shows, plus the three-part pilot for 'Dynasty.'
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2d
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Tchéky Karyo, French Actor in ‘The Missing,’ ‘La Femme Nikita’ and ‘Addicted to Love,’ Dies at 72
The suave César Award winner also was known for his turns in ‘Bad Boys,’ ‘GoldenEye,’ ‘The Patriot’ and much more.
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 2d
Two new suspects handed preliminary charges in Louvre jewels heist case, Paris prosecutor says
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Two new suspects handed preliminary charges in Louvre jewels heist case, Paris prosecutor says
The Paris prosecutor says two new suspects have been handed preliminary charges for their alleged involvement in the crown jewels heist at the Louvre museum.
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Jenn @braidedimag6.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks @jodywagner.bsky.social for the inclusion on this great pack! Lots of great resisters! Now more than ever, we need to stick together. #BlueCrew #StrongerTogether
jodywagner.bsky.social Grampa Jody @jodywagner.bsky.social · 3d
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