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The Department of Defense announced on social media Monday it’s looking into “serious allegations of misconduct” against Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, one of several lawmakers who posted a video last week telling military members they are not required to follow orders that violate the law.
Pentagon investigates Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly after he appears in video blasted by Trump • Tennessee Lookout
The Department of Defense announced Monday it's looking into “serious allegations of misconduct” against Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Department of Defense announced on social media Monday it’s looking into “serious allegations of misconduct” against Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, one of several lawmakers who posted a video last week telling military members they are not required to follow orders that violate the law.
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Federal Judge Eli Richardson has declined to block ongoing book bans at one of Tennessee’s largest school districts before a full trial next year. From @itsmelissabrown.bsky.social with @chalkbeat.org.
Federal judge won’t block Tennessee district book bans before trial • Tennessee Lookout
A federal judge has declined to block ongoing book bans at one of Tennessee’s largest school districts before a full trial next year.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Federal Judge Eli Richardson has declined to block ongoing book bans at one of Tennessee’s largest school districts before a full trial next year. From @itsmelissabrown.bsky.social with @chalkbeat.org.
Federal Judge Eli Richardson has declined to block ongoing book bans at one of Tennessee’s largest school districts before a full trial next year. From @itsmelissabrown.bsky.social with @chalkbeat.org.
Federal judge won’t block Tennessee district book bans before trial • Tennessee Lookout
A federal judge has declined to block ongoing book bans at one of Tennessee’s largest school districts before a full trial next year.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Federal Judge Eli Richardson has declined to block ongoing book bans at one of Tennessee’s largest school districts before a full trial next year. From @itsmelissabrown.bsky.social with @chalkbeat.org.
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ICE’s latest focus in Tennessee: traffic court • Tennessee Lookout
In Robertson County, Tennessee federal law enforcement agencies are arresting en mass immigrants appearing in court for traffic violations.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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"They took my mom," said Yariel Cogco, who accompanied his mother to court to take care of a traffic ticket.
Five people were detained inside Robertson County General Sessions Court last week after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports.
Five people were detained inside Robertson County General Sessions Court last week after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports.
ICE’s latest focus in Tennessee: traffic court • Tennessee Lookout
In Robertson County, Tennessee federal law enforcement agencies are arresting en mass immigrants appearing in court for traffic violations.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"They took my mom," said Yariel Cogco, who accompanied his mother to court to take care of a traffic ticket.
Five people were detained inside Robertson County General Sessions Court last week after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports.
Five people were detained inside Robertson County General Sessions Court last week after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports.
ICE’s latest focus in Tennessee: traffic court
Five people were detained inside the Robertson County General Sessions Court Wednesday after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social
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Five people were detained inside the Robertson County General Sessions Court Wednesday after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social
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ICE’s latest focus in Tennessee: traffic court • Tennessee Lookout
In Robertson County, Tennessee federal law enforcement agencies are arresting en mass immigrants appearing in court for traffic violations.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
ICE’s latest focus in Tennessee: traffic court
Five people were detained inside the Robertson County General Sessions Court Wednesday after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social
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Five people were detained inside the Robertson County General Sessions Court Wednesday after answering summons’ for misdemeanor traffic tickets. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befuddled advocates and lawmakers, coming mere days after recipients began to see benefits that had been stalled during the government shutdown.
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean? • Tennessee Lookout
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive SNAP has confused advocates.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befuddled advocates and lawmakers, coming mere days after recipients began to see benefits that had been stalled during the government shutdown.
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.
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.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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.
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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.
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January • Georgia Recorder
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. Greene, who was first elected in Georgia’s ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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.
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The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani turned around their heated criticism in remarks to the press after an Oval Office meeting Friday. @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports.
Trump praises NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani in warm White House meeting • Tennessee Lookout
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani turned around their heated criticism after an Oval Office meeting Friday.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani turned around their heated criticism in remarks to the press after an Oval Office meeting Friday. @ashleymurray.bsky.social reports.
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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.
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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.
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.
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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.
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."
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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."
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.
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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.
Gov. Bill Lee’s deployment of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis will continue as the state appeals an earlier injunction finding Lee violated state law in deploying the Guard, reports @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Gov. Bill Lee’s deployment of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis will continue as the state appeals an earlier injunction finding Lee violated state law in deploying the Guard, reports @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.
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.
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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.
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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.
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Former Lipscomb University professor launches bid for Tennessee governor
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. A…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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.
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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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He has asked to be sent to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him as a refugee
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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.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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
tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/21/r... @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
He has asked to be sent to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him as a refugee
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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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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.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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 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.
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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.
Just in: A group of 10 Tennessee parents and taxpayers filed a lawsuit Thursday against Gov. Bill Lee, Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds and the Tennessee Board of Education challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new “universal” private-school voucher program.
Tennesseans challenge state’s private-school voucher program • Tennessee Lookout
A group of 10 Tennessee parents and taxpayers filed a lawsuit challenging the the state’s new “universal” private-school voucher program.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just in: A group of 10 Tennessee parents and taxpayers filed a lawsuit Thursday against Gov. Bill Lee, Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds and the Tennessee Board of Education challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new “universal” private-school voucher program.
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.
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.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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.
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Tennessee’s full embrace of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies is forcing people like Felipe Mendez, who came to Nashville looking for work, to return home to countries with little opportunity. via @tennesseelookout.com
A tornado and an immigration sting. The start and end of a life in Nashville.
Tennessee’s full embrace of Trump’s immigration policies is forcing people like Felipe Mendez, who came to Nashville looking for work, to return home to countries with little opportunity.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Tennessee’s full embrace of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies is forcing people like Felipe Mendez, who came to Nashville looking for work, to return home to countries with little opportunity. via @tennesseelookout.com
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A must-read from @friedmanadam5.bsky.social and John Partipilo via @tennesseelookout.com.
Felipe Mendez lost his wife & 2yo son in a 2023 Nashville tornado. After ICE arrested him in May, he chose to self-deport rather than risk losing custody of his two kids.
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Felipe Mendez lost his wife & 2yo son in a 2023 Nashville tornado. After ICE arrested him in May, he chose to self-deport rather than risk losing custody of his two kids.
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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.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A must-read from @friedmanadam5.bsky.social and John Partipilo via @tennesseelookout.com.
Felipe Mendez lost his wife & 2yo son in a 2023 Nashville tornado. After ICE arrested him in May, he chose to self-deport rather than risk losing custody of his two kids.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/20/a...
Felipe Mendez lost his wife & 2yo son in a 2023 Nashville tornado. After ICE arrested him in May, he chose to self-deport rather than risk losing custody of his two kids.
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