It's campaign season and yours truly is in Tennessee Congressional District 9 tonight: more than 100 people are at a Franklin listening session with Rep. Justin Pearson, a Memphis Democrat. We will cover everyone: if you know of any congressional campaign events, hit us at [email protected]
ON THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS TODAY: Here is @ashleymurray.bsky.social 's YouTube video of what it looks like with the giant Ultimate Fighting Championship "octagon" on the Ellipse
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COMMENTARY: Tennessee has precedent for white leaders, including the late Tennessean publisher John Seigenthaler, writer John Egerton and Rev. Will Campbell, speaking out about civil rights and justice. Why aren't current ones doing the same? From Molly Secours.
Metro Nashville has filed suit against Gov. Bill Lee and the state of Tennessee in an ongoing dispute over a takeover of local airport authorities.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday blamed the Biden administration’s “open-border policies” for the six confirmed cases of the New World screwworm that have reached the United States, repeating a theme among Republicans.
Every time I think Tennessee can't go lower, it does.
“For some of these children, loss of life is not a hyperbolic outcome in this scenario,” said Katie Richards of Siloam Health Care. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports the Tennessee Department of Health has given parents of critically ill kids to June 30 to prove immigration status or lose care.
Expect legislative proposals to modify Tennessee's book restriction laws next year. tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/10/t... via @tennesseelookout.com
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) had a peculiar defense of President Donald Trump's war in Iran when confronted by reporters on the right-wing Newsmax network. "Well, it's not been very long. We were in Iraq and Afghanistan for over 20 years."