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Round 1
Five people in Middle Tennessee are facing federal charges after what prosecutors call a targeted sweep by Nashville’s Homeland Security Task Force.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the five are among more than two dozen people arrested around the country in a coordinated operation that also hit Louisiana and Washington state.
The Middle District press release says the Nashville cases involve things like fake documents, hard drugs, and illegally possessed guns, with several of the defendants described as suspected associates of a Tren de Aragua.
Prosecutors say the wider operation seized more than 80 firearms and a significant amount of narcotics, and they’re using it as an example of how the Nashville task force is meant to tie together federal, state, and local investigations instead of working each case in isolation.
I say good riddance.
Round 2
Tennessee House Republicans just took the nuclear option on Democrats’ committee power.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton has stripped most Democratic lawmakers of all their House committee and subcommittee assignments, effective immediately.
In a letter to Democratic Leader Karen Camper, Sexton accused members of the Democratic caucus of deliberately disrupting last week’s special session on redistricting by locking arms in the well, blocking aisles on the House floor, coordinating with protesters in the gallery, and using prohibited props and noisemakers.
Sexton wrote that those actions showed “flagrant disregard” for House rules and “a lack of respect” for other members seeking recognition to speak, and said each would receive an individual letter removing them from all standing committees and subcommittees, except where membership is required by House rules.
As a result, Democrats have now been effectively demoted to their new role of ‘studio audience.’
At this point Democrats are gonna need an Ouija board to see if their bills can still make contact with the living.
That's 2 rnds dwn 1 tg… tell me, do you think removal from committees goes far enough to penalize these naughty lawmaker's actions?
Round 3
Mt. Juliet Police say a “routine” traffic stop on I‑40 turned into a felony case and a trip to the Wilson County Jail.
According to the department, an officer pulled over a car near the Mt. Juliet exit earlier today for an expired registration, and the driver first gave a fake name before officers figured out who he really was and found he had an active warrant out of Bradley County for a traffic offense.
Once they dug deeper, officers say they found a large amount of *fancy nails* on the 53‑year‑old man from Crossville, and took him to jail on the warrant, a criminal impersonation charge, and a possession‑for‑resale charge tied to the drugs.
Nobody ever said these guys were the smartest cookies in the bunch… I mean, I'm no drug dealer, but even I know to check my tags and lights before riding dirty, as the kids are calling it
And now… as promised, some ducks that Rutherford County Patrol Corporal Scott Parker stopped traffic for so they could cross the road safely.
That was your Tennessee news roundup.
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