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State approves $30M for Starbucks’ Nashville location • Tennessee Lookout Tennessee officials approved $30 million Wednesday for Starbucks Corporation’s planned Southeast headquarters in downtown Nashville.

Think about Trump's wretchedness: he's wildly unpopular (failed wars of choice, grift, general aesthetics) so he blows up the GOP for MAGA loyalists in primary races. What will occur in the general election when independent voters turn out to reject MAGA extremists? We've seen the shift occurring in every election.

Republican Senators Are Livid at Trump’s Endorsement of Paxton (Gift Article) News that President Trump had snubbed Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the four-term incumbent, was met with shock, anger and fear that the G.O.P. could lose his seat.

Bradley County Democrats Meigs County TN Democratic Party Rhea County Democratic Party Polk County Democratic Party- TN McMinn County TN Democratic Party Monroe County TN Democratic Party The Sunshine Patriots stand up for Rule of Law, Due Process, and Peace -- not War, especially not illegal wars of choice. Courthouse, Athens, Tennessee 15 May.

The Last Stop in the Deportation Pipeline

Theft, fraud, criminal conspiracy: https://www.facebook.com/stories/1460164720715379/UzpfSVNDOjgxMTgyNzUyNTExODU2Mg==/?view_single=1

New York Times files new Defense Dept. suit, challenging es**rt requirement The edict that journalists be accompanied at all times while on Pentagon grounds was introduced in March after a judge struck down an earlier set of restrictions.

The Altman-Musk Trial Was a Waste of Everyone’s Time

Events on the ground changing fast: new rulings out yesterday. "What's next: A three-judge panel consisting of Campbell, another U.S. District Court judge and a U.S. Court of Appeals judge will litigate the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction against the implementation of the maps. Campbell's forthcoming memorandum could indicate the plaintiffs' likelihood of success. The losing side will be able to appeal the injunction ruling directly to the U.S. Supreme Court if they wish.

NAACP Tennessee State Conference et al. vs. The State of Tennessee Governor et al.
What's happened: The NAACP filed this lawsuit challenging the new maps on the same day they were passed. The amended complaint alleges that in passing the maps, the legislature violated the Tennessee Constitution and Tennessee Code. "The harm is the continued participation in this charade, lending legitimacy to a process that violates the Tennessee Constitution," the suit reads. "Forcing a candidate to compete on an unconstitutional playing field is a fundamental corruption of the electoral process itself, an injury not only to the candidate but to the voters he seeks to represent." As in the other lawsuits, the plaintiffs seek an injunction against the implementation of the new maps.

What's next: A three-judge panel will hear arguments for and against a temporary injunction Thursday at the Tennessee Supreme Court building downtown.

In recent legal challenges against the state involving the deployment of the National Guard in Memphis and the 2022 maps, the Tennessee Court of Appeals and Supreme Court have overturned Chancery Court rulings in favor of the plaintiffs on the basis of legal standing, finding that the plaintiffs couldn't demonstrate personal injuries.

What's happened: The third lawsuit challenging the maps, filed in federal court by the ACLU, argues that the maps unlawfully target Black voters in Memphis and violate the 14th and 15th Amendments. Like the other suits, these plaintiffs seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction preventing the implementation of the new maps. "Black voters in Memphis did exactly what the Constitution empowers every American to do, which is to choose their representative," ACLU of Tennessee Executive Director Miriam R. Nemeth said in a press release. "The legislature's response was an effort to ensure that those votes never carry the same weight again. The law has a name for this, and it's not redistricting, it is textbook First Amendment retaliation. And it is, at its heart, racism."

What's next: Despite opposition from the plaintiffs, the court reassigned the case to Campbell, since he was already in charge of Hale v. Lee. The court has not ruled on the motion for the restraining order and injunction, but Campbell has already ruled against a temporary restraining order in Hale v. Lee. The state has also filed a motion to consolidate this case with Hale v. Lee, which the plaintiffs opposed in a response brief filed on Friday.

Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. Hargett et al.

What's happened: The NAACP filed a legal challenge to the maps in federal court as well as the earlier challenge in state court. This suit alleges 14th and 15th Amendment violations in part because the new maps split Memphis, the state's biggest hub of Black voters, into three Congressional districts. "Tennessee lawmakers made a deliberate choice to silence Black voters by dismantling a district that has long ensured representation for one of the state's largest Black populations," said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, in a press release. "We are at the dawn of a new Jim Crow era."

What's next: On Friday, the state filed a motion, unopposed by the plaintiffs, to reassign the case to Campbell so that the same judge and same three-judge panel could litigate the three similar cases in federal court."

Here’s where each suit against Tennessee’s redistricting stands | Chattanooga Times Free Press Since the state legislature passed the new congressional maps on May 7, the final day of the three-day special session, four lawsuits have been filed in state and federal courts challenging various aspects of that effort.

"In the May 2026 primary alone, Shelby County Democrats increased turnout dramatically. That should send shockwaves through Tennessee politics. Because if that energy continues into 2026, this state becomes competitive again far sooner than the political establishment believes possible.

And that means the path forward is clear.

Register voters. Organize neighborhoods. Knock doors. Talk to the people who have lost faith in politics. Fight for every inch of this state.

Shelby County is a sleeping giant. And the GOP just made Memphis madder. "

Read the full story at www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2026/05/19/memphis-tn-redistricting-shelby-county-political-miscalculation/90147206007/