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Jan 10 2026
06:47 am

The General Services Administration has put the word out, looking to rent an office space in West Knoxville for federal law enforcement. The office space may end up being used to process, detain or question prisoners, according to the listing.

It did "say detainees could end up in the building." "...federal officers inside may question those detainees"

“This requirement will house a federal law enforcement office where employees can or have the potential to carry weapons, weapons will be stored on-site and individuals may be temporarily detained and/or questioned.”

Well, isn't that special. Are the representatives of Knoxville and Knox County as well as residents going to go along to get along? I can only hope they don't want to come to Blount County.

fischbobber's picture

Glenn Jacobs ties to the President

You have to wonder how much danger local writers, artists, activists and religious leaders are actually in. I know of at least ten people that would be on their target list. How do we defend them? How do we defend ourselves? I mean, I bought fifty whistles yesterday. I'm wondering if that will be enough.

bizgrrl's picture

Be careful out there.

Be careful out there.

bizgrrl's picture

Or, maybe stay home. Keep

Or, maybe stay home. Keep yourself safe.

fischbobber's picture

I've been staying home.

And periodically changing the way I look. Five years ago everything I wrote was considered hyperboly. Now I'm really not even radical. Interestingly, I'm not convinced ICE is going to have the support here they think they might have, and frankly, I'm as concerned about the people that may well stand up to them as I am ICE. There's a reason East Tennessee was no man's land during the civil war. Obscure and underground is the life for me. Just like Green Acres.

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