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INBOX — “Ogles neither lives in nor has an office in NASHVILLE. Perhaps he’d like to invite the National Guard into his actual community.” Mayor @freddieoconnell.bsky.social reacts to Ogles calling for the Guard to invade the city. (part of which Ogles supposedly represents)
Commentary from John Cole’s Tennessee: More Trump than though. In the crowded Republican primary to fill the vacant Tennessee Congressional District 7 seat, the winner is likely to be the candidate who hews most closely to President Donald Trump’s agenda.
My personal favorite:
Immigration groups ask appeals panel to reinstate refugee programs www.newsfromthestates.com/article/immi...
Immigration groups ask appeals panel to reinstate refugee programs, @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/immi...
A pair of federal court rulings over the Labor Day weekend invalidated aggressive actions the Trump administration had taken on immigration enforcement.
I just read the whole story and I'm going to message you on Slack because I'm so irate I cannot share my thoughts in a public forum.
"Commissioned twiblings."
Hatcher is a Williamson County native and veterinarian. The Cordell Hull rumor mill is awash with the tidbit he may primary U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles.
The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to open up more than 58 million acres of previously protected national forests to development, including 85,000 acres of Tennessee backcountry, reports @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.
Promising a “ground zero” fight between establishment and grassroots conservatives, Tennessee Stands leader Gary Humble announced he will run for the Tennessee Senate’s 27th District seat against Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson. Humble lost to Johnson by 786 votes out of 24,000 in 2022.
I was stunned in 2022 when Gary Humble of Tennessee Stands nearly knocked out Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, who has been in the Tennessee Senate since 2006. The rematch will be brutal.
ICYMI: "In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act": Judge warns of 'national police force' in ruling Trump broke the law sending Guard to LA @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
An ex-House staffer convicted in a political corruption case is requesting a joint sentencing hearing with his former boss -- former House Speaker Glen Casada --- where they are expected to object to the rules for calculating their sentences to get lighter punishment.
Neil. You know I can't answer that in a public forum.
Pour one out for my colleague @jennifershutt.bsky.social, who covered this today. (But also, the rumors were nuts.)
A company tested technology to produce climate-resistant water on Amy Grant's Tennessee farm. In 2024, they used the technology to produce water for Asheville, NC survivors of Hurricane Helene.
President Donald Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles this summer violated a federal law against military members conducting domestic law enforcement, a federal judge in California ruled early Tuesday. From @fischler.bsky.social.
Commentary: TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid program, recently committed to covering the cost of semaglutide weight loss medications and Amber Huett Garcia, past chair of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), lauds the move for Tennesseans
A company looking to make clean drinking water more climate-resilient and accessible during disasters found an ideal testing ground in an unlikely place: singer-songwriter Amy Grant’s Williamson County farm. From @cstephenson.bsky.social,
Babies and children in the United States are nearly twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared with their peers in other wealthy countries, according to a new study.
A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court unanimously ruled Friday the Trump administration likely acted unlawfully when it revoked extensions for temporary protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans. From @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
😂
President Donald Trump says he “stopped six wars” in six months since taking office. Trump had a hand in temporary ceasefires in a few conflicts. But there’s little evidence he permanently resolved them and, in some cases, little evidence of U.S. intervention.
I say it's great. . . 🍊🍊🍊
My God but this is the best time of the year! 🍊🍊🍊
“None of these programs are in America’s interest, which is why the President is taking decisive action to put America and Americans first,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement after the White House yanked nearly $5 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress.
Surprising no one, Gary Humble of Tennessee Stands will challenge Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson of Williamson County again in 2026. Johnson survived a 2022 primary challenge by Humble, winning by 5%.
After almost a decade in politics and running several successful campaigns-- including Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell's -- Marjorie Pomeroy Wallace has resigned from O'Connell's staff.
Just in: Marjorie Pomeroy Wallace, who managed Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell's 2023 campaign and served as chief of staff, has resigned effective Thursday.
The latest on the Congressional District 7 special election from Sam Stockard: who is getting endorsements and a candidate flipping out over his first place polling finish.
Between 2007 to 2023, U.S. children and teens had a mortality rate nearly double that of their peers in wealthy countries, according to a new study. via @stateline.org
Vance is probably salivating while he looks at Trump's ankles.
Rick Barnes signs a lifetime contract keeping him as Tennessee’s coach apnews.com/article/tenn...
Okay, but this will make the Trump administration happy.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will challenge her removal, her attorney said Tuesday, arguing President Donald Trump “has no authority” to fire her. From @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
The Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence has long provided legal help to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. But as @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports, the legal clinic ceased operations after the state ended grants for immigrant aid.
The closure of a longstanding legal clinic operated by the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence comes as the Trump administration ties new strings to victim funding. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.
Campaign finance laws prohibit the mingling of funds for federal and state races, but candidates can use federal PAC money to make donations to county GOP parties and Republican lawmakers -- which presumably curries favor -- as U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is doing.
Tennessee’s two Republican gubernatorial candidates are taking different tacks on campaign funding with a year to go until the primary election. via @tennesseelookout.com
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Franklin hasn’t filed reports yet with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance to open an account but is spending down federal PAC funds with donations to county Republican parties, state lawmakers and on consultants.
Commentary - Why religious groups are pushing for psychedelics as sacrament, writes Pardis Mahdavi in a commentary for the @us.theconversation.com via @alaskabeacon.com
Gov. Bill Lee said a report he received Tuesday showed crime is down 15% in Memphis over the last year and he sees no need for federal troops in the city, contradicting President Donald Trump.
FedEx Supply Chain, a division of FedEx, will permanently lay off more than 600 workers in Memphis.
FedEx Supply Chain, part of one of Tennessee’s largest employers, will permanently lay off 611 workers in Shelby County by Oct. 11, the company reported to the state’s labor department Wednesday.@cstephenson.bsky.social reports.
President Donald Trump’s administration demanded Tuesday that dozens of states remove from sex education materials any references to a person’s gender departing from their sex assigned at birth, or lose federal funding.
Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,
JUST IN: Two children dead in Annunciation Church shooting via @minnesotareformer.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/two-...
President Donald Trump said he wants to send federal troops to Memphis. Gov. Bill Lee says crime is down 15% in Memphis and federal troops aren't required.
At a Tuesday press conference, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he isn’t considering deploying National Guard personnel to Tennessee cities for law enforcement or accepting federal troops to patrol Memphis, despite a presidential order. From Sam Stockard.
Pools covered in “mats of algae and slimes,” a state inspector described a Mt. Juliet wastewater area in a neighborhood. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports environmental groups plan to sue Wilson County's wastewater authority over discharge of polluted water.
Episode 16 of In My Place aired on @thisisnashville.bsky.social yesterday and is now available as a podcast. Learn what it is like for people when they finally get to move in! wpln.org/programs/thi...
Put it in the Louvre.
I recommend you read @brucebarry.bsky.social's column because you will learn a lot in an interesting fashion: not least interesting is his use of the word "chawbacon," which means a "person not intelligent or interested in culture; bumpkin; hick." (H/t Merriam Webster.)
“President Trump has no authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook,” her lawyer said in a statement to States Newsroom. “His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks any factual or legal basis.” @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fire...
Nothing makes a campaign look stable like putting out a press release accusing a poll of being fake -- when your candidate is tied for first place. #7thCD
The U.S. Department of Agriculture invested $89 million — mostly in loans — to rural Tennessee communities to support improvements to electric utilities, critical infrastructure and education. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports for @tennesseelookout.com.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture invested $89 million — mostly in loans — to rural Tennessee communities to support improvements to electric utilities, critical infrastructure and education. From @cstephenson.bsky.social.
A poll released Tuesday shows a dead heat between the top four Republican candidates vying to succeed former U.S. Rep. Mark Green in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District. From @jhollymc.bsky.social.
The Texas-California rhubarb over redistricting has me pondering our own congressional gerrymandered madness here in Nashville, and the upcoming CD-7 special election. My latest column up today at @tennesseelookout.com. tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/26/h...
Brian Harris, whose decades as leader and lobbyist for the anti-abortion group Tennessee Right to Life were instrumental in ushering in the state’s 2022 near-total abortion ban, died Saturday at his home in South Carolina after an extended illness. He was 57. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports.
A poll by Americans For Prosperity of Republican voters in Tennessee Congressional District 7 shows four candidates in a dead heat: Reps. Gino Bulso, Lee Reeves and Jody Barrett and former commissioner of General Services Matt Van Epps.
Brian Harris, who helped usher in Tennessee's 2022 abortion ban as president of Tennessee Right to Life, has died tennesseelookout.com/briefs/brian... @tennesseelookout.com
If you are taking your kids to the park, you can now go strapped: Sam Stockard reports a three-judge panel found a state law banning guns in parks is unconstitutional.
Poll shows dead heat between top four Republicans in Tennessee special congressional election to replace U.S. Rep. Mark Green in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District. tennesseelookout.com/briefs/poll-... @jhollymc.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
I don't blame you but I can't. I'm going to go down with the ship.
Trump and Stephen Miller basically kidnapped the wrong guy and are now moving heaven and earth to torture him and pretend they had a reason other than bigotry.
I can't wait for the 2026 Tennessee governor's race, said no one.
Tennessee boosts hurricane-damaged factories with cash tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tenne... @tennesseelookout.com
Awww. Thank you! I love the Oxford comma and use it in my non-work writing.
"I am not a dictator," says President Trump, doing exactly as dictators do. Not that Trump follows the law, but this is a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act and will not end well.
Abrego Garcia arrested by ICE as judge orders postponement of deportation to Uganda My dispatch from Baltimore w/ @marylandmatters.org reporter William J. Ford. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/abre...
Abrego Garcia arrested by ICE as judge orders postponement of deportation to Uganda tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/25/r... @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
Gubmint handouts.
First piece of hate mail is in! "Who are you to call (Confederates) traitors!"
Editor's notebook: Efforts by the Trump administration to negate the harms of slavery are concerning, but the Tennessee Legislature’s willingness to protect Confederate symbols hits closer to home. From @jhollymc@bsky.social.
The Lawrence County Board of Education agreed Thursday to revise a controversial attendance policy that discounted doctors’ notes as a valid excuse for a child missing school. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.
From the @tennesseelookout.com: Interim rules lay potential path for spending National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program funds after 6-month halt.
My colleague @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social has been reporting from Baltimore this morning where Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was released from federal custody in Tennessee Friday, had a scheduled hearing. Instead, ICE took him into custody and says they are moving him to Uganda.
No oxford comma in journalism. Sorry!
Cc: @friedmanadam5.bsky.social has a corgi. I delegate this to him.
This paragraph is haunting. How DOGE Left Mohammad Halimi’s Life in Tatters www.propublica.org/article/doge...
My hate mail has been a little slow of late, so I wrote a column for tomorrow about how the Tennessee Legislature props up Confederate symbols. Let the games begin!
Former lawmaker Jay Edwards joins crowded Republican primary for Ohio Treasurer ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/forme...
www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/o...
Thank you -- most of it isn't healthy!
Commentary of the week: Industry is the new gentrification, writes columnist Rev. Earle Fisher, as backroom development deals and billionaires' backhoes have become the new Jim Crow to the detriment of Black Memphians.
You are close! Hash browns mixed with a cheese sauce and baked. Great comfort good.
This was an absolutely splendid summer day: I ate both hash brown casserole AND macaroni and cheese.
Yes.
ICYMI: The Trump administration may deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he rejected a last-minute deal to remain in jail, plead guilty to human smuggling charges and be deported to Costa Rica, a legal notice filed Saturday by his attorneys said.
We all know what's going to happen: some weekend warrior will get trigger happy after someone gives them a look they don't like. People die. Trump declares a national emergency and extends the stay of troops in DC.
From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social: The Trump administration intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he rejected a last-minute deal to remain in jail, plead guilty to human smuggling charges and be deported to Costa Rica, a legal notice filed Saturday by his attorneys said.
The federal government has threatened Kilmar Abrego Garcia with deportation to Uganda if he doesn't plead guilty to human smuggling charged AND agree to be deported to Costa Rica. Such a deal, huh? Story from @tennesseelookout.com.
Tennessee public school students this school year will receive less state per-pupil funding than private school students using the state’s new voucher program, drawing sharp criticism from public education advocates and Democrats. From @itsmelissabrown.bsky.social with @chalkbeat.org.
Oh. My. God.
Should the court’s decision be upheld, it would be the second time in four years a federal court found Alabama’s 2021 congressional and state legislative maps to be racially discriminatory. via @alabamareflector.com
We are moving dangerously close to martial law. Trump openly said he intends to “go after” Chicago and New York in his next federal crackdown, saying he’s prepared to deploy U.S. troops against civilians.
UPDATED: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in a social media statement, called Abrego’s release a “new low,” wrongly ascribing the decision to release him to a Maryland judge.