TN native. Bama born, RTR, 1938 Bud Waites QB. Vandy alum. Sports status: “it’s complicated.” :)https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mu3gzf2to22nJ’adore Ontario. Me llamo Mexico. And all the attendant international waterways so named.27 Aug 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3gzf2to22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mrrxarrggk25I hope the placard says, “The death penalty violates these” at the top. https://wpln.org/post/wilson-county-school-board-votes-to-display-ten-commandments/29 Jul 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrxarrggk25https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mol74555ks2tGerrymandering is a scourge on democracy https://www.notus.org/congress/democrats-redistricting-shrinking-southern-delegations-house-committees18 Jun 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol74555ks2thttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlvgbflins27Guess 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 https://nextdoor.com/p/8T5XLsTBDKjC?utm_source=share15 May 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvgbflins27https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlv4alsv7226My 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv4alsv7226https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlp4qbolkk2aHistory and Wisdom of Southeast Nashville’s State Representative https://youtube.com/watch?v=kEANThP_k6Q13 May 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp4qbolkk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3ljpvvnhugk2wBrown 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 1950.06 Mar 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpvvnhugk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlebqnk32223Stephen 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.08 May 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlebqnk32223https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mldy2wuyfc2dMy views are well represented by my TN House representative Justin Jones. Let him speak, “Mr. Speaker”! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldy2wuyfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mldrlismp22fWhat 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.08 May 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldrlismp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlbmumhor227I 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. #QuietLittlePiggy07 May 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmumhor227https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlbmini6y227Tennessee is ~ one third Democrat and we can’t even have 11% Democratic Congressional representation. So much for American values. #NoRepresentation #250YearsOld #JimCrow2.007 May 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmini6y227https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlbh7ppl622aTennessee is not a political monolith.07 May 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbh7ppl622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlb6j332k22iThey’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.” https://youtube.com/shorts/Vrw29Ym8CH4?si=qBvIGiqqy0P7YetC07 May 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb6j332k22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3mlb57txyn22ihttps://tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/07/why-the-current-redistricting-of-tennessee-offends-me/07 May 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb57txyn22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3ml7lwkpasc2zThe 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. #NewJimCrow06 May 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7lwkpasc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3lww3ew4zoc2wThat 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. https://www.politico.eu/article/us-taking-part-russia-eurovision-brandon-howard-intervision/21 Aug 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lww3ew4zoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3lrskmgaql22cTrump: 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 https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-putin-g7-china-xi-carney-bdfd3a4201d8b552ef695fa4a2179acb17 Jun 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrskmgaql22chttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3lrcgw2f5xc2rThis shame and damage will last for generations https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/10/trump-guantanamo-deportations/11 Jun 2025 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcgw2f5xc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3lr5ikswn3k2shttps://www.politico.eu/article/macron-visit-greenland-june-15-trump-eyes-island09 Jun 2025 04:01 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5ikswn3k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3lpq3pxpjrk25How 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.22 May 2025 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpq3pxpjrk25https://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3lomjregmg22jTrump 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.07 May 2025 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomjregmg22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizawaites.bsky.social/post/3lnjmkwh7z22nTrump’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.24 Apr 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:pg32mlbpkhkty6btfzakug4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnjmkwh7z22n