Bigotry. Anti-science. Warped religion. These are some parts of #FarRight extremism, & they've called #Tennessee home.

Here's part one of my investigative #longreads series for @TNLookout & @statesnewsroom on far-right extremism in Tennessee.

READ PT 1: https://t.co/2rGycBrXkQtennesseelookout.com/2023/07/31/par…
In part two of "A darker shade of red" — my investigative #longreads series for @TNLookout & @statesnewsroom on far-right extremism in #Tennessee: "#WilliamsonCounty, in particular, is the buckle of #ChristianNationalism."

READ PT 2: https://t.co/qL5FmS54qStennesseelookout.com/2023/08/01/par…

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#NATO allies pledge add'l support for #Ukraine, per NATO stmt.

The add'l support incl. heavy weapons and military training.

#Russia #BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: whether or not #Biden will meet w/ #Ukraine's pres. during trip: "There is no meeting w/ Pres. #Zelensky scheduled for the trip right now."

#Russia

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Communication Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: US taking down a "high-altitude object over #Alaska ... within the last hour": (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.) #BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Communication Admiral #JohnKirby) Says more re: US taking down a "#HighAltitudeObject over #Alaska ... within the last hour": (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Monday:
• #UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in #PhnomPenh, #Cambodia, with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba.

#Russia

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues stmt saying US is giving #Ukraine another security-assistance package, this one worth approx $400 million.

The stmt outlines what's included in the new security-assistance package.

#Russia #BREAKING
WH issues stmt from US Nat'l Security Council spokesperson re: US Nat'l Security Council Advisor #JakeSullivan's meeting today in #Kyiv w/ #Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, & other Ukrainian officials, incl. the minister of defense, Oleksii #Reznikov.

#Russia

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Russia's presidential foreign policy advisor, #YuriyUshakov, re: Russia and #Ukraine.

#Ushakov #Putin #Zelensky #BREAKING
WH / US Nat'l Security Council spokesperson issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan conversation today with nat'l security advisors, foreign ministers & other officials from #BucharestNine of #NATO Allies re: #Russia & #Ukraine.

#B9 #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Nat'l Security Council Spokesperson Emily Horne issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Ukrain's head of presidential office, #AndriyYermak.

#Russia #BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden talks with journalists re: #Ukraine.

#Russia