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ICE separated nursing mom, an asylum seeker from Guatemala, from her infant and toddler. The kids haven't seen her since May Human rights group say ICE is violating its own rules against detaining nursing moms and failing to publicly report data on #s in custody tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/31/i...

ICE separated nursing mom from infant, toddler in Nashville, against its own rules, advocates say • Tennessee LookoutHuman rights organizations seek the immediate release of a breastfeeding mother with a pending asylum claim, detained in May by ICE.tennesseelookout.com

“Depending on state priorities and regional capabilities, the sites could also host advanced reactor deployment, power generation, advanced manufacturing, and co-located data centers” tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/30/t... @friedmanadam5.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com

Tennessee named finalist for federal partnership involving nuclear energy sites • Tennessee LookoutThe United States Department of Energy announced Tuesday Tennessee is under consideration for a Trump initiative to store nuclear waste.tennesseelookout.com

Trump stumps for Andy Ogle’s reelection in tightening District 5 U.S. House primary race tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/29/t... @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com

Trump stumps for Andy Ogle's reelection in tightening District 5 primary race • Tennessee LookoutPresident Donald Trump delivered a short pitch for the reelection of Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles during a “tele-rally” Tuesday night.tennesseelookout.com

Council on American-Islamic Relations suggests Tennessee GOP governor candidate Monty Fritts visit a mosque or temple after his call for non Christian religions be banned in the state:

Tennessee GOP candidate Monty Fritts: "When pressed on the 1st Amendment — which reads, in part, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” — Fritts argued the amendment’s opening word limits its scope to the federal government, not the states." www.wsmv.com/2026/07/29/t...

Tennessee state representative, candidate for governor plans to ban mosques, non-Christian religions if electedState Rep. Monty Fritts, 63, a Republican candidate for governor, made the remarks in a sit-down interview with four days remaining in the state’s primary early voting period.www.wsmv.com

House race in Tennessee's newly-redrawn D9 sees biggest spending ahead of primaries: $4.1M At the top: Justin Pearson (D) raised $2.35 million and spent $1.5 million Brent Taylor (R) raised $1.55 million and spent $1.13 million tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/28/t... @friedmanadam5.bsky.social

Tennessee Congressional candidates file final disclosure before primaries • Tennessee LookoutCandidates in Tennessee’s competitive U.S. House primaries are spending down campaign funds ahead of the August 6 election.tennesseelookout.com

Relatedly: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has joined 22 other GOP governors in signing Trump pledge requiring data centers to pick up their own costs, one way the administration is trying to quell community pushback tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/27/l... @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com

Lee signs onto Trump data center cost protection pledge as local communities push for regulation • Tennessee LookoutGov. Bill Lee last week joined 22 Republican governors in signing onto President Donald Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge."tennesseelookout.com

Tennessee congressional candidates bank on endorsements as primary draws near tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/28/c... @tennesseelookout.com

Candidates bank on endorsements as primary draws near • Tennessee LookoutPolitical endorsements are ramping up as Tennessee congressional candidates wrangle for votes in the closing days of the Aug. 6 primary.tennesseelookout.com

Mid-South Immigration Advocates, a nonprofit that provides legal help to 400 unaccompanied immigrant kids in Tennessee, announced its closure amid Trump administration mandates to turn over confidential info on the kids and contract terminations tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/28/a...

Agency providing legal help to immigrant kids forced to shut doors amid Trump administration cuts • Tennessee LookoutHundreds of immigrant children in Tennessee will soon lose access to their attorneys as a result of the Trump administration.tennesseelookout.com

Elon Musk's xAI data center in Memphis rivals TVA's largest coal plant for climate pollution wpln.org/post/this-da... @wpln.bsky.social @carolineeggers.bsky.social

This data center rivals TVA’s largest coal plant for climate pollutionPower plants, an oil refinery and a chemical plant are among Tennessee’s top climate polluters. If Elon Musk’s sprawling xAI data center campus in Memphiswpln.org

“I’m concerned about the way they treated my neighbor,” said Reginald White, who was not home when Memphis Safe Task Force came to serve a warrant. Instead they cuffed his neighbor, home with her 8yo child. “I know I’m an outlaw, I don’t care how you treat me.” wreg.com/news/local/y...

‘Y’all got the wrong address:’ Neighbors upset after task force raidMEMPHIS, Tenn. — A South Memphis man is upset after his home and his neighbor’s home were raided by the Memphis Safe Task Force. The man acknowledges he has a criminal past and could be wante…wreg.com

Civil rights groups renew legal challenge to Tennessee law making illegal immigration a state crime. A lawsuit seeking class action status argues the law is an unconstitutional usurpation of federal immigration enforcement powers tennesseelookout.com/briefs/civil... @tennesseelookout.com

Civil rights groups renew legal challenge to Tennessee law making illegal immigration a state crime • Tennessee LookoutThe ACLU and National Immigration Law Center have renewed a challenge to a Tennessee law making illegal immigration a state crime.tennesseelookout.com

What to know about Ford’s BlueOval City plant, 5 years after it was announced and one year after it was scheduled to begin production -- which has yet to get underway tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/23/w... @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com

What to know about Ford’s BlueOval City plant, 5 years later • Tennessee LookoutIn 2021, Ford Motor Co. announced the creation of a massive West Tennessee manufacturing campus, but five years later, it hasn't opened.tennesseelookout.com

Video of Memphis Safe Task Force shooting of Darrin Pigram refutes agent statements he tried to “push the agents off" & "engage in a pulling match" It doesn't show critical seconds of the incident, but does show workers dangerously close as agent opens fire tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/23/s...

Shelby County DA releases video of Burger King worker being killed by DEA agent in Memphis • Tennessee LookoutThe Shelby County District Attorney’s office Wednesday released videos of an agent with the Memphis Safe Task Force shooting Darrin Pigram.tennesseelookout.com

Business is booming at Memphis pizza shop since owner refused to serve National Guard after the fatal shootings of four men in two months by the Memphis Safe Task Force in two months @theguardian.com @neonflag.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Buy-cott’ boosts Memphis pizza shop after owner refuses to serve national guardThe city rallied behind Tamboli’s despite online boycott calls, as frustration grows over the Trump administration’s federal taskforce following multiple deathswww.theguardian.com

More than 75,000 voters have cast ballots in first two days of Tennessee early voting for the August primary --- outpacing the same 2022 early voting period by 47%, reports @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com tennesseelookout.com/briefs/75k-v...

75K voters cast ballots in strong start for Tennessee early voting • Tennessee LookoutMore than 75,000 Tennesseans voted in the first two days of early voting for the August primary, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State.tennesseelookout.com

Tennessee Ag Commissioner Andy Holt accused of pressuring Farm Bureau to cut ties with agent in personal dispute Lawsuit alleges the Farm Bureau was leery at the time of further upsetting Holt, who was unhappy it had not endorsed Marsha Blackburn for governor tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/21/t...

TN Ag Commissioner accused of pressuring Farm Bureau to cut ties with agent over personal dispute • Tennessee LookoutAgriculture Commissioner Andy Holt used his position to pressure the Tennessee Farm Bureau to cut ties with an agent after a personal beef.tennesseelookout.com

Darrin Pigram's death was the in first of 4 fatal shootings by the Memphis Safe Task Force. As family attorney notes, the DA's written conclusion contains factual errors, inconsistencies -- including statements by officers that restaurant camera contradicts. tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/21/d...

DA declines to prosecute fatal Burger King shooting by Memphis Safe Task Force • Tennessee LookoutThe Shelby County District Attorney will not file charges in the fatal shooting of Darren Pigram by a DEA agent with the Memphis Safe Task.tennesseelookout.com

With 2700 personnel, the Memphis Safe Task Force is now the single largest law enforcement entity operating in Tennessee It is also responsible for the most fatal shootings: four this year Family of man shot 8x while at work at Burger King is demanding answers tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/20/f...

Family demands answers after Memphis Task Force agent kills man at Burger King • Tennessee LookoutThe family of a man killed by an agent with the Memphis Safe Task Force is calling for a swift and public accounting of the May 13 shooting.tennesseelookout.com

Tennessee governor's race: Rose primarily self-funding as Blackburn leads in donations from individual Tennesseans tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/17/r... @friedmanadam5.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com

Rose primarily self-funding as Blackburn leads governors candidates in donations made by Tennesseans • Tennessee LookoutU.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has raised money from over 6,000 Tennesseans, beating her rivals U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts.tennesseelookout.com