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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
WATCH: “Access to Marsha will go through Ward Baker.” Republicans warn Ward Baker, the wizard behind @MarshaBlackburn, is already selling access to her — to A.I. corporations etc. — for when she becomes governor 🤔 💰 🤷🏼‍♀️ Full @NC5_BenHall story: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Footnote 15 and the Incredible Disappearing AUSA Diane MacArthur emptywheel.net/2026/09/16/f...
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Footnote 15 and the Incredible Disappearing AUSA Diane MacArthur - emptywheel
In the Broadview 6 Reply brief arguing that prosecutors should be sanctioned, the exonerees note that even Diane MacArthur -- someone who everyone in Chicago trusts -- refuses to give them a straight ...
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Loo Read @looread.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
WOW! Walking the talk and telling the truth... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
6/7/2026- 60 Minutes www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ju...
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social & @cstephenson.bsky.social for @tennesseelookout.com: Bystanders reported being bumper-rushed by cars driven by federal agents, boxed into their vehicles as they arrived to record arrests, surveilled at home, photographed, followed and taunted by name by officers.
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Volunteer watchers detail harassment, surveillance and pushback from Memphis Safe Task Force • Tennessee Lookout
Volunteer observers of the Memphis Safe Task Force say they have been subject to harassment, intimidation, surveillance and assault.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
After recapping a busy week of #SCOTUS news, today's "One First" takes an in-depth look at Justice Thomas's dissent in Florida v. California—and why it would be deeply problematic if red state attorneys general could force the justices to hear *every* case they attempt to bring against blue states:
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230. Florida v. California
Justices Thomas and Alito insist that the Court must hear disputes between two states. Florida v. California is a good example of why I remain unpersuaded.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 19/05/2026
Commentary: As Tennesseans struggle to afford wartime prices on gas and everything else, now is a good time to reflect on the politicians we used to send to Washington, and who we might send this time around. From columnist Ren Brabenec.
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Tennessee once sent real leaders to D.C. during economic crises and war. Now they fail us. • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee once sent leaders to Washington, but members of the federal delegation like U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty have failed to meet the moment.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 18/05/2026
County election administrators say they are confident they can implement changes created by a recent congressional redistricting, but ongoing lawsuits, new candidate pools, and federal absentee ballot deadlines add up to an ‘aggressive timeline,’ reports @cstephenson.bsky.social.
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Election officials move quickly to adjust districts for August primary in Tennessee • Tennessee Lookout
Administrators in counties affected by Tennessee’s congressional redistricting are working quickly to adjust voter rolls on a tight timeline.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Over at “One First,” I wrote about how the redistricting chaos we’re seeing in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia is something #SCOTUS *chose,* and how it belies both the entire purpose of the “Purcell principle” and the Court’s claim that it’s staying out of the political process:
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227. "We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This"
The Supreme Court has not only accelerated the race to the partisan redistricting bottom; it is directly responsible for the chaos we're seeing on the ground.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
5/9/2026- Joining the Club www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ma...
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Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
All hell breaks loose as Tennessee lawmakers bust up Memphis tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/08/s... @tennesseelookout.com
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Stockard on the Stump: All hell breaks loose as Tennessee lawmakers bust up Memphis • Tennessee Lookout
All hell broke loose in Tennessee as the Republican supermajority legislature sped new congressional maps to gerrymander Memphis.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
its true that i dont understand how the supreme court operates. for example do you get the free RV and house for your mom before or after issuing favorable rulings? is it a *wink wink* deal or more explicit? these are the things the general public doesnt understand
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
MEMPHIS SENATOR @raumeshakbari : “This is an act of hate. You cannot call it anything but racism. You cannot sugarcoat this.” Tennessee Republicans are diluting Black representation with white power, stripping their seat in Congress. #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
PEARLMAN: “Athletes have stepped up for social issues in the past.” Best-selling sports author @jeffpearlman.bsky.social calls on @Titans @memgrizz players to speak out against/protest @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn & Republicans’ racist push to strip representation from MEMPHIS.
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Few details were available about Republican redistricting plans heading into the General Assembly’s special session on Tuesday, spurring a Democratic alternative, threats of a lawsuit and transparency concerns. ✍️: @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social
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Tennessee legislature redistricting session: What to expect - Nashville Banner
Tennessee's special session will redraw Congressional Districts, targeting the last Democrat-controlled district and impacting most of the state's nine districts.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"This is obviously about race. It’s about taking one county that has a majority African-American community and decimating it,” Democratic Rep. Sam McKenzie of Knoxville said Monday.
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Tennessee Democrats: Redistricting special session all about race • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Democrats are disputing Republican claims that a move to redraw Memphis’ majority-minority congressional district is a political effort void of discrimination and say a legal challenge is ce...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
FRANKLIN, TN conservative David French: “I’ve changed my perception of the lingering severity of race problems. We adopted a child from Ethiopia- maybe naive: didn’t think she’d have a different experience than our older kids. There wasn’t a school she wasn’t called the N word.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social : “This is a power grab… they’re spitting on the graves of all that work, saying we’re going to allow Black political voices & representation to be dismantled across the South- following marching orders of the White House. We’ve gotta fight back.” @GovBillLee
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🔔 There it is — @GovBillLee announces a special session for TUESDAY MAY 5TH to steal representation from majority Black MEMPHIS and make 35% Democratic Tennessee a 9-0 state for Republicans A dark, vicious power grab that continues the downward spiral of 🇺🇸 “democracy”
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Tena Roberson @tenaroberson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
As someone who lives in Chattanooga, I cant begin to tell you how f@cking tired I am of the GA Governor primary commercials. Cant wait until this Jones/Jackson race is over. Do candidates get that this type of campaigning doesn‘t reach young people and just annoys the hell out of everyone else.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Rev. Earle Miller, pastor of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis always brings the heat. His column today for @tennesseelookout.com about stripping the Voting Rights Act.
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From the bench to the ballot: how the U.S. Supreme Court undermines Black power • Tennessee Lookout
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that cuts into the Voting Rights Act requires a new civil rights movement.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 24/04/2026
With little money to play with this year, Tennessee lawmakers spent the 2026 session exerting control over nearly every facet of life in Tennessee, setting up a new capital tourism board to direct the revenue of the Nashville Convention Center and taking over Memphis Schools.
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Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee Republicans carefully consolidate power • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee lawmakers spent the 2026 legislative session exerting control over nearly every facet of life in Tennessee.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I love a good column and this from @betsyphillips.bsky.social for @nashvillescene.com is right up my alley.
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The Absurdity of State Republicans' 'Nuclear Family Month'
Gov. Bill Lee has signed a declaration proclaiming June to be “Nuclear Family Month." The response to the resolution has been what you’d expect. People are rightly seeing this as a metaphorical middle...
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 20/03/2026
Sen. Richard Briggs, a Knoxville Republican, is among those expressing concern that a bill to require drivers license texts to be in English only would chill investments from foreign businesses.
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Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee GOP senator sounds off on English-only driver’s license bill • Tennessee Lookout
A bill in the Tennessee legislature that would require drivers license tests in English only could threaten foreign investments.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
On Monday, state lawmakers shared videos and posted on social media that @tennesseelookout.com reporters were wrong in reporting ICE had confirmed a detention center in Lebanon, Tennessee. Less than a week later, the county mayor says a facility there could hold up to 16,000 immigrant detainees.
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Wilson County Mayor: ICE eyes immigrant detention 'mega center' in Lebanon to house up to 16,000 • Tennessee Lookout
Wilson County Mayor Randall Hutto said U.S Immigration and Naturalization Services is considering Lebanon for a "mega center" for detainees.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
WATCH: “That’s not America. That’s not Tennessee. I’m ashamed of those sons of bitches.” A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”. (Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
i wish i could still buy things at the prices i used to complain about
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dearest Oligarchs, businessmen, Republicans, and political hacks, If your life will be destroyed by the release of the Epstein Files, you deserve to be destroyed by the release of the Epstein Files.
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Tracy C 🦋 💙 🫘 🥄 🐾🐾 @tracytrixie.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Hey @thehill.com we’re still waiting on your apologies for this lie. 🤷‍♀️
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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 09/01/2026
From Senior Reporter Sam Stockard: More than eight months after postponing a bill allowing school districts to refuse enrollment to children without legal immigration status, House sponsor and Majority Leader William Lamberth still awaits word on whether it could jeopardize federal funding.
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Stockard on the Stump: Immigrant student bill remains in limbo • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth said he may revive a bill allowing the state to deny public education to immigrant kids.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…” soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now? Just checking what the standards are these days.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Trump also pardoned former TN House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, who were convicted on corruption charges. Trump gives MAGA Republicans a free pass for unlimited corruption, just as he ensures Republican pedophiles remain protected from disclosure.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Supreme Court REJECTS Trump bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
The Trump administration says troops are needed to protect immigration agents in the Chicago area, a move that local officials strongly object to.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
👀 NASHVILLE COP TO TN TROOPER: “I don’t care who you are, touch me again I’m gonna lock you up.” Speaker Sexton’s speeding (30mph over) detail refused to pull over, then got in the officer’s face. Our GOP supermajority thinks laws don’t apply to them. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/body-ca...
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Louise @bombaycrone.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
#Tennessee #TN Do you get this kind of treatment when you get pulled over or do you have to obey the law? Think about it. You voted for this. If you're going to remain a Republican state then you better get used to having boots on your neck.
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
What she said.
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Tena Roberson @tenaroberson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I’m sure they will have plenty of men to call in. WTF 🤬
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
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Tena Roberson @tenaroberson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I hope people don’t fall for this ridiculous BS. Vote Behn TN.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans. Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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John Pettus @johngpettus.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I 100% believe this. Obamacare getting healthcare to 20 million people saves about 30,000 people's lives a year. Or about a 9/11 worth of lives EVERY MONTH, in perpetuity. This would be bigger than that.
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Tena Roberson @tenaroberson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
1990’s US. I was separated from my husband and was going to purchase a home for which I financially qualified. I was not allowed to purchase because my estranged husband had to agree before I could purchase a home in my own name. I couldn’t get the house.
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
They want to hold us down & it starts with name calling like “nasty” & “piggy”.
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