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The investigators are also "vigorously working" to identify suspected fragments of human remains found at the blast site, according to FBI Special Agent in Charge Doug Korneski.Tennessee's governor has requested emergency funds to help the area recover:
Citing law enforcement sources, media in the meantime speculated that the lead theory is that the suspect died in the blast, with CNN already calling the explosion a "suicide bombing."
An RV exploded early Friday morning in downtown Nashville in what police so far refer to as an "intentional act." The vehicle blared a recorded warning for around an hour, with a 15-minute countdown to an imminent detonation, giving first responders enough time to evacuate local residents. Three people were injured, in addition to the mysterious yet-to-be-identified human remains.
While the RV was parked outside an AT&T transmission building when the bomb went off, severely crippling communications and 911 emergency call centers, authorities have yet to officially identify either a target or a motive for the bombing.
"The severity and magnitude of the current situation is such that effective response is beyond the capabilities of state and affected local governments," Lee said Friday in a letter to Trump. He noted that the resources of state and local governments were depleted after they spent more than $175 million in responding to disasters in 2019 and 2020, including tornadoes and floods.
An RV exploded early Friday morning in downtown Nashville in what police have called an intentional act. Three people were injured, and possible human remains were found near the blast site. Lee said 41 businesses were damaged, and the affected buildings - many of which are historic - will have to be assessed by engineers to determine whether they can be entered safely.
The RV was parked outside an AT&T transmission building when the bomb went off, knocking out landlines and mobile-phone services alike across Tennessee and in parts of Kentucky and northern Alabama, Lee said. The explosion also crippled 20 911 emergency call centers and damaged computer networks, forcing state systems to operate on backup infrastructure.

The Amistad Project released a press release stating governors used current federal and state statutes to violate state legislatures' constitutional right to post-election certification of Presidential electors:Amistad continues to gather allies:Arlington, Virginia/December 22, 2020 - The Amistad Project of the non-partisan Thomas More Society has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia demanding that legislatures in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be allowed to certify electors prior to congressional certification.We'll see what the courts do with this one. So far the courts have refused to look at the 2020 election and perform their constitutional duties. The cases to date have been assigned to Obama judges who have no intention of finding the truth and ruling from the bench accordingly.
"Kings and Queens dissolve parliaments and legislative bodies, not Governors. At least that was the case until this year. Governors in these contested states have declared themselves to be the law due to COVID and are now actively preventing the state legislatures from exercising their constitutional authority to review the election process," said Phill Kline, Director of the Amistad Project.
"The governor of Pennsylvania is refusing to allow the legislature there to meet, while in Michigan the attorney general is threatening legislators who disagree with certification with criminal investigation, and Gov. Whitmer uses COVID - and later a non-existent threat - as an excuse to prevent Republicans in Michigan legislature from entering the Capitol Building while Democrats were allowed in the building to vote on certification," Kline continued.
The lawsuit argues that current federal and local statutes interfere with state legislatures' constitutional right to certify Presidential electors, in a direct violation of separation of powers. It also cites an Amistad Project white paper which illustrates how the Electoral College vote deadline of December 14 is arbitrary and does not apply to the contested states.
Incoming Rep. Lauren Boebert has officially announced she will object to the Electoral College results on January 6th:
Here is a rough list of GOP Reps who have announced they will object to the electoral votes:Rep. Brian Babin sent a letter to both Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell as well as several committee chairs stating that if there was no investigation by Congress into the 2020 election then he would object.
- Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
- Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)
- Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA)
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX)
- Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX)
- Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX)
Nineteen Members of Congress signed Babin's letter — some of whom haven't officially said they would object.
Will a Senator join them?
Maybe incoming Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville?
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