I have many thoughts from several perspectives but let's stick to the PR: 1) If you are talking about photos of your toddler's genitalia being leaked on X, buddy -- you've lost the argument. And 2) If someone encouraged him to do this interview, they should never be allowed to practice PR again.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h ago

🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:

Truly surprised Patton has not risen from the grave to kick his ever loving ass.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 16h ago

Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.

Kansas GOP chair says constitutional amendment vote is most important ‘of our lifetime’ | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social and @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas GOP chair says constitutional amendment vote is most important 'of our lifetime' • Kansas Reflector

Kansas voters were set to evaluate a proposed constitutional amendment that would spike a 68-year-old system for selecting justices for the highest court

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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids clinches Democratic primary nomination, AP says | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids clinches Democratic primary nomination, AP says • Kansas Reflector

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas won her primary against a liberal Democrat, according to the Associated Press.

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Early results show Kansans rejecting constitutional amendment by wide margin | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social, Jacinda Hall and @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Early results show Kansans rejecting constitutional amendment by wide margin • Kansas Reflector

Kansas voters were set to evaluate a proposed constitutional amendment that would spike a 68-year-old system for selecting justices for the highest court

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Voting on Thursday? Check out some of our coverage of the Tennessee Republican primary between U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts. First up: the candidates on school vouchers.

Tennessee GOP gubernatorial hopefuls split on private school vouchers • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee’s three top Republican gubernatorial candidates are miles apart on expanding the state’s main private-school voucher program.

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My husband is out of town this week and an election is on Thursday, so here's what I'll be up to: Work too much. A lot of time in the gym. Eat the same thing every day. It's going to be glorious.

The Tennessee Department of Correction is believed to be investigating a series of overdoses at the Morgan County prison. WBIR reported obtaining an employee’s 911 call from the correctional complex last week in which two to three ambulances were requested for “multiple overdoses” at the prison. The

Report: State probing overdoses at Morgan County prison • Tennessee Lookout

The Tennessee Department of Correction is investigating a series of overdoses at the Morgan County Correctional Complex.

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Gov. Bill Lee has endorsed his former Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher in the 5th Congressional District GOP primary, reports @vivianejones.bsky.social. That's not particularly surprising, given they grew up in the same circles as well. My question is: what took him so long?

Lee endorses Hatcher for Congress over incumbent Ogles in TN-5

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has endorsed Charlie Hatcher for Congress in Tennessee's 5th District, a slight to Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles.

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U.S. acting Attorney General Todd Blanche came closer to permanently leading the Justice Department, after two skeptical Senate Republicans voted to advance his nomination given Blanche’s signed promise that President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is dead.

Blanche nomination for attorney general advanced by US Senate panel on party-line vote • Tennessee Lookout

U.S. acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was one step closer to permanently leading the Justice Department Tuesday.

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Gov. Bill Lee said Monday Tennessee has a “really good chance” at being one of two states in the running for a $50 billion nuclear energy campus but hedged on whether it would store nuclear waste.

Gov predicts Tennessee will be a finalist for nuclear campus • Tennessee Lookout

Gov. Bill Lee said Tennessee has a “really good chance” at being one of two states in the running for a $50 billion nuclear energy campus.

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The final campaign finance reports filed before Thursday's election shows U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has raised $12 million for to bid to win the GOP gubernatorial nomination while U.S. Rep. John Rose has self-funded his campaign to the tune of $13 million.

Rose up to $13M in self-funding, Blackburn PAC gets $250k from Anthropic in TN gov primary last days • Tennessee Lookout

U.S. Rep. John Rose loaned his governor's campaign $5 million in the last days of the GOP primary for a total in self-funding to $13 million.

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Cookeville U.S. Rep. John Rose loaned his gubernatorial campaign an additional $4 million in the final days of the Republican primary, bringing his total in self-funding to $13 million. U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has a raised $12 million for her campaign, reports @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.

Rose up to $13M in self-funding, Blackburn PAC gets $250k from Anthropic in TN gov primary last days • Tennessee Lookout

U.S. Rep. John Rose loaned his governor's campaign $5 million in the last days of the GOP primary for a total in self-funding to $13 million.

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As a note: I recently applied for early withdrawal at 62, which has been a thing for years. The SSA told me I can't withdraw because I am still working. We are all screwed.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3d ago

Americans’ Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That’s months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025. https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0

Tennessee is days from the midterm primary. Missed our coverage over the last few months? We are sharing some of the stories profiling congressional and gubernatorial races.

Tennessee gubernatorial candidates take on eclectic legislation, pass few bills with gravity • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee’s Republican gubernatorial candidates have passed little legislation during their tenures in the state legislature and Congress.

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Ohio US Sen. Moreno says former son-in-law Rep. Max Miller unfit to serve in Congress -- @samgauntt.bsky.social ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/03/r...

Ohio US Sen. Moreno says former son-in-law Rep. Max Miller unfit to serve in Congress • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, on Sunday said Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller, Moreno's former son-in-law, is not fit to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives as he faces allegatio...

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I'm doing my nightly viewing of ads in the upcoming congressional primaries and found one from a few days ago I missed, and I am hee-hawing. I clearly have no dog in any of these fights but my God, this is a good ad.

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ICYMI: In May, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn nearly emptied her federal campaign account, donating $4.8 million to the Club for Growth PAC. Months later, a subsidiary PAC gave a nearly identical amount to her gubernatorial campaign in what one campaign finance expert called a "workaround."

Blackburn moves $4.8M from US Senate campaign account in apparent legal 'workaround' • Tennessee Lookout

A political action committee operated Club For Growth has spent $4.81 million backing U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s gubernatorial bid.

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Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, on Sunday said Rep. Max Miller, also of Ohio and his former son-in-law, is not fit to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives as he faces allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife, who is Moreno’s daughter.

Ohio US Sen. Moreno says former son-in-law Rep. Max Miller unfit to serve in Congress • Tennessee Lookout

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno on Sunday said his former son-in-law, U.S. Rep. Max Miller, is not fit to serve in the U.S. House.

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FACING DEPORTATION: More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children Monday lost their legal representation because the Trump administration didn't enter a new agreement to take over their legal services @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/lega...

Legal services contract expires, and unaccompanied immigrant children face deportation

WASHINGTON — More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children Monday lost their legal representation because the Trump administration has not entered into a new agreement to take over their legal ser...

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Victor Marx, the Colorado Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is “committing blatant criminal (acts)” by accepting unlimited campaign contributions through his online merchandise store, a GOP operative wrote in a campaign finance complaint filed Monday. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

New complaint targets GOP governor nominee Victor Marx over alleged merch store violations | Colorado Newsline

The complaint follows a July 30 event during which Marx claimed "there's no limit" on donations received through merchandise sales.

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Attorneys for anti-abortion activist Paul Vaughn, who was convicted in 2024 on a felony charge of conspiring to prevent access to a Mt. Juliet reproductive clinic and later pardoned by President Donald Trump, say they have reached a seven-figure settlement with the federal government on his behalf.

Attorneys for pardoned abortion clinic protester announce 7-figure settlement with DOJ • Tennessee Lookout

Anti-abortion activist Paul Vaughn got a settlement from the federal government after a 2024 conviction for harassment at Carafem Mt. Juliet.

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I've been irate at how little national coverage the killings of four Black men in Memphis by federal agents have gotten -- and even how little in Tennessee. The root? State lawmakers who wholeheartedly approve of the occupation of Memphis.

Crickets: Four fatal shootings by Memphis Task Force and little coverage from national news • Tennessee Lookout

Four men have been shot and killed in Memphis by agents with the Memphis Safe Task Force. Does anyone outside the city care?

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Paper ballots, deportation of all immigrants and banning congressional stock trading are among the issues that unite the Republican candidates in the race for the newly-drawn 9th Congressional District while the Democrats in the race focus mostly on “kitchen table issues."

In crowded primaries for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District, what separates the candidates? • Tennessee Lookout

A May redistricting by Tennessee Republicans opened the floodgates to candidates from from both parties in the 9th Congressional District.

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A political action committee operated by officers of the conservative pro-private school voucher group Club For Growth has spent $4.81 million backing U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s gubernatorial bid, months after Blackburn donated a nearly identical amount to the organization’s primary PAC.

Blackburn moves $4.8M from US Senate campaign account in apparent legal 'workaround' • Tennessee Lookout

A political action committee operated Club For Growth has spent $4.81 million backing U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s gubernatorial bid.

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Tune in to the @tennesseelookout.com tomorrow, in which I call the state's governor a "simpering coward."

Commentary of the week: U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett is chairing a committee with the topic, "American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past,” with Burchett claiming the museum has fallen victim to a “woke ideology." From Mark Harmon.

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett’s Smithsonian slam is madness • Tennessee Lookout

U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, of Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District, is leading a review of the Smithsonian Institution.

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President Donald Trump defended his highly criticized, nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund on social media and in a Cabinet meeting Friday, as two key Republican senators withheld support for the president’s nominee for attorney general over Trump’s refusal to formally end it.

Trump defends massive settlement for ‘great American Patriots’ of Jan. 6, attacks GOP senators • Tennessee Lookout

President Donald Trump defended his highly criticized, nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund on social media Friday.

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Prepare for the jump scare.

Tennessee Lookout@tennesseelookout.com · 4d ago

Endorsement alert: Kid Rock has endorsed state Sen. Brent Taylor in his bid for the Republican nomination for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District.

"Queen pharma mama" drama; backer seeks karma. The latest on U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn's quest to hold a dark money group accountable for ads in her governor's race.

Stockard on the Stump: Dark-money complaint headed to Tennessee Election Finance Registry • Tennessee Lookout

Better late than never, Tennessee’s campaign finance watchdog will take up a sworn complaint against a dark-money group that’s been pounding U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn with a TV ad calling her “queen ...

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