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Prepping for next week's UT-Vandy game with my Vandy grad bff:

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January • Tennessee Lookout U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, a Rome Republican, announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message.

Tennessee Stands leader Humble ends state Senate campaign • Tennessee Lookout Gary Humble, founder of conservative advocacy group Tennessee Stands, has ended his 2026 campaign for state Senate.

Gary Humble, who founded the grassroots conservative group Tennessee Stands, has dropped out of the 2026 race for Tennessee Senate District 27, ending visions he could overcome a small deficit from four years ago.

you know what? good advice.

Sen. Jack Johnson celebrating Thanksgiving early.

Just over the transom: Gary Humble of Tennessee Stands has dropped out of the race for Tennessee State Senate District 27. In 2022, he came close to beating Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson and was challenging him again. Humble says his "personal life is in significant transition."

Top ICE official elaborates on plan to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia • Tennessee Lookout U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detailed to a federal judge plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detailed to a federal judge Thursday plans for the Trump administration to again remove the wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the West African country of Liberia.

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”

Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.

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Tennessee National Guard allowed in Memphis while state appeals • Tennessee Lookout Gov. Bill Lee’s deployment of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis will continue as the state appeals the ruling.

The Davidson County judge who earlier this week ruled Gov. Bill Lee violated state law in deploying Tennessee National Guard troops to Memphis on Thursday said troops can remain while the state appeals her decision.

Stockard on the Stump: Jan. 6 probe creeps into Tennessee gubernatorial race • Tennessee Lookout Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. John Rose is taking a dig at the frontrunner, Sen. Marsha Blackburn.

In his weekly column, Sam Stockard reports Tennessee gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. John Rose is taking a dig at the Republican frontrunner, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, with a bill passed to keep senators from suing the feds for half-a-million bucks.

Top ICE official elaborates on plan to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia • Tennessee Lookout U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detailed to a federal judge plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia.

Top ICE official elaborates on plan to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia
He has asked to be sent to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him as a refugee
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Louisiana will be an outlier when it comes to this privilege for elected officials. I found no other state that allows state legislators, the governor, attorney general, etc. to sue private citizens over an internet post naming where an official goes to church/synagogue. #lalege

So for example, Louisiana judges can't run for their seats again once they reach the age of 70. But a judge would have the right to demand their birth date be removed from a news story or social media post under threat of a lawsuit. #lalege

Louisiana officials will soon be able to sue citizens over internet posts with their personal info • Louisiana Illuminator Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers approved a new law earlier this year allowing a wide swath of public officials to bring lawsuits against those who don’t take down online posts with officials’ per...

Starting next year, many public officials in Louisiana and their family members will be able to sue individuals/businesses who post basic biological info about the officials on the internet and don't listen to a government demand to take it down. #lalege

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Tennessee National Guard allowed in Memphis while state appeals • Tennessee Lookout Gov. Bill Lee’s deployment of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis will continue as the state appeals the ruling.

Judge: Tennessee National Guard allowed in Memphis while state appeals her finding that Gov. Bill Lee violated the law in deploying them

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Former Lipscomb University professor launches bid for Tennessee governor • Tennessee Lookout Former Lipscomb University professor Lauren Pinkston will run for Tennessee governor as an independent candidate.

Former Lipscomb University professor Lauren Pinkston, who has spent her career researching human trafficking prevention and community development, will run for governor as an independent candidate. From @jhollymc.bsky.social.

Crosslin withdraws School Board resignation, says ‘Gigolos’ appearance will not define her - ClarksvilleNow.com One day after resigning from the School Board, Teresa Crosslin has now withdrawn her resignation. She also confirmed that she appeared in a Showtime episode of "Gigolos," which is what prompted the re...

Today, in Tennessee politics!
A Clarksville school board member who resigned only hours after being appointed confirms her appearance on an explicit show called "Gigolos."

Look! Another lawsuit.

Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' • Tennessee Lookout President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition on social media Thursday and threatened them death.

President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition on social media Thursday and threatened them with punishment as severe as death, after they appeared in a video message encouraging U.S. armed forces to refuse “illegal orders.” @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports.

Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S.

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Higher gun ownership rates lead to more gun homicides of pregnant women, new study says • Tennessee Lookout Homicide rates among pregnant women increase with the rate of firearm ownership, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers found the firearm homicide rate for pregnant women was 37% higher than the rate for nonpregnant women, according to a state-by-state study published this week in the medical journal JAMA Network Open.

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
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Under new EPA rule, protections would dry up for wetlands in Tennessee, Mississippi River basin • Tennessee Lookout Wetlands across the Mississippi River basin may lose federal protection under a rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a move .
agricultural and builders’ groups call a win for private property owners.

A tornado and an immigration sting. The start and end of a life in Nashville. • Tennessee Lookout Caught in an immigration sting, Felipe Mendez was ordered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave the U.S. or lose his children.

If you read one Tennessee news story today, this is it. Reporter @friedmanadam5.bsky.social and photojournalist John Partipilo spent time with two Middle Tennessee families caught in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. In one case, a dad was told to leave the U.S. or lose his kids.

A tornado and an immigration sting. The start and end of a life in Nashville. • Tennessee Lookout Caught in an immigration sting, Felipe Mendez was ordered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave the U.S. or lose his children.

Months after Felipe Mendez and his family came to Tennessee from Guatemala to find opportunity, a tornado killed his wife and toddler. After being caught in a May immigration sting while leaving work, he was told he could leave voluntarily or lose his kids. Story from @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.

Wow, this is a vivid picture. My trumpet teacher did, indeed, play "Showboat."

Wow. I don't watch much TV but now I want to see what's on the air.

It just never seemed appealing--regular ice cream is hard to beat.

I worked at Opryland and saw countless people eating them: are they actually good?