Most of my work in 2024 focused on the rise of hate and political extremism in Tennessee, including white supremacy, white Christian nationalism and QAnon forces in local government. Please check out highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation in the 🧵 below:
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home' | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home'
The white-supremacist American Renaissance Conference is an annual event that has been held here at the park's lodge and conference center since 2012.
www.newschannel5.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Most of my work in 2024 focused on the rise of hate and political extremism in Tennessee, including white supremacy, white Christian nationalism and QAnon forces in local government. Please check out highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation in the 🧵 below:
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home' | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home'
The white-supremacist American Renaissance Conference is an annual event that has been held here at the park's lodge and conference center since 2012.
www.newschannel5.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home' | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
When QAnon Comes to Main Street: Investigating the Millersville Police Department and its ‘conspiracy cop’ | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 5/5 www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
When QAnon Comes to Main Street: Investigating the Millersville Police Department and its ‘conspiracy cop’
Millersville is gaining national attention for an approach to governing that democracy advocates fear. Conspiracy theorists carry guns and badges.
www.newschannel5.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:02 AM
When QAnon Comes to Main Street: Investigating the Millersville Police Department and its ‘conspiracy cop’ | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 5/5 www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'Conspiracy cop' Shawn Taylor resigns from Millersville Police Department amid criminal probe | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 7/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'Conspiracy cop' Shawn Taylor resigns from Millersville Police Department amid criminal probe
Shawn Taylor, the conspiracy-minded cop now at the center of a criminal investigation, has resigned from his position as assistant chief for the Millersville Police Department.
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December 11, 2024 at 12:21 PM
'Conspiracy cop' Shawn Taylor resigns from Millersville Police Department amid criminal probe | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 7/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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Examining the influence of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Christian nationalists, and QAnon conspiracy theorists on Main Street America. Click to read Hate Comes to Main Street, by Phil Williams, a Su...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Confronting the hate, Phil Williams tells neo-Nazis: 'When I look at you guys, I do not think master race.' | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 5/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Confronting the hate, Phil Williams tells neo-Nazis: 'When I look at you guys, I do not think master race.'
Nashville belongs to us — not the out-of-state neo-Nazis who have created havoc this week on our streets with their symbols of hate and vile words.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Confronting the hate, Phil Williams tells neo-Nazis: 'When I look at you guys, I do not think master race.' | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 5/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This town is not for them.' Residents react to white Christian nationalists moving to Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 3/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This town is not for them.' Residents react to white Christian nationalists moving to Tennessee
In an impromptu meeting, the town of Gainesboro joined together after a NewsChannel 5 investigation showed that Christian nationalists wanted to come to their town and make it their own.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:53 AM
'This town is not for them.' Residents react to white Christian nationalists moving to Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 3/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Hints of drama, yet hope for future as new city commission takes reins in Millersville, Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 8/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Hints of drama, yet hope for future as new city commission takes reins in Millersville, Tennessee
After months of controversy in Millersville, the first meeting of the new city commission Tuesday night brought a hint of drama — along with the hope of a fresh start.
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December 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Hints of drama, yet hope for future as new city commission takes reins in Millersville, Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 8/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Aiming to 'radicalize Main Street,' Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson County, Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 2/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Aiming to 'radicalize Main Street,' Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson County, Tennessee
Christian nationalists have set their sights on a remote Tennessee county, hoping to attract like-minded people from across the country as part of their efforts to “radicalize Main Street.”
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December 5, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Aiming to 'radicalize Main Street,' Christian nationalists set sights on tiny Jackson County, Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 2/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'They see Tennessee as a battleground.' New data points to dramatic rise of hate in Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 4/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'They see Tennessee as a battleground.' New data points to dramatic rise of hate in Tennessee
Hate groups have turned their attention to Tennessee, dialing up their rhetoric against African-Americans, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community in ways that watchdogs find alarming.
www.newschannel5.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:56 AM
'They see Tennessee as a battleground.' New data points to dramatic rise of hate in Tennessee | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 4/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Christian nationalist C.Jay Engel doesn't want you to believe me. You can see the evidence yourself. | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 6/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Christian nationalist C.Jay Engel doesn't want you to believe me. You can see the evidence yourself.
Podcaster C.Jay Engel thinks I’m part of a grand conspiracy, twisting his words and the views of his Christian nationalist partner, apparently taking orders from what he calls "the American Regime."
www.newschannel5.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Christian nationalist C.Jay Engel doesn't want you to believe me. You can see the evidence yourself. | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 6/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Well done to @channel5bluesky.bsky.social for carrying out the #HateComesToMainStreet investigation
March 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Well done to @channel5bluesky.bsky.social for carrying out the #HateComesToMainStreet investigation
Watch @nc5philwilliams.bsky.social's great investigation on the American Renaissance Conference, which @splcenter.org describes as a place “where racist intellectuals rub shoulders with Klansmen, neo-Nazis & other white supremacists.” It calls Tennessee 'home away from home.' #HateComesToMainStreet
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home'
The white-supremacist American Renaissance Conference is an annual event that has been held here at the park's lodge and conference center since 2012.
www.newschannel5.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Watch @nc5philwilliams.bsky.social's great investigation on the American Renaissance Conference, which @splcenter.org describes as a place “where racist intellectuals rub shoulders with Klansmen, neo-Nazis & other white supremacists.” It calls Tennessee 'home away from home.' #HateComesToMainStreet
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