MANY YEARS AGO, A WEALTHY MAN TOLD ME "A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL
BOATS"!
WATCHING TENNESSEE AND THE RACISM THAT REQUIRES A GREAT
DEAL OF WASTED ENERGY TO ENFORCE, CHANGE AND PROGRESS
WERE BREWING AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS!
REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED STATES THAT CONTINUE THEIR
OPPRESSION, RACISM AND BIGOTRY ARE GRADUALLY LOSING THEIR
FIGHTS TO PERPETUATE THEIR CIVIL WAR OPPRESSION...GOOD
RIDDANCE!
HEROES SUCH AS JUSTIN J. PEARSON AND OTHER CONTINUE TO RISE
AND SPEAK OUT!
PLEASE SUPPORT THOSE HEROES!
Since 2025 Issue #42 June 17, 2026 |
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Our grassroots movement hits $2M fundraising mark without one dollar of corporate PAC money |
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Dear Friend, Thank you for investing in our Movement for Justice Rooted in Love. There are 40,000 souls with you, ready to send me to Washington to stand up to the Trump administration, to help make government work for the many, not the billionaire and now trillionaire few. With your help we reached a significant milestone yesterday: $2 million raised. While this number is incredible, especially since our average contribution is only $31, it is far from what we need to defeat the Republican machine that seeks to grind us into submission. To make us settle for struggling to pay for food, gas and housing while they hoard wealth, start senseless wars and usurp power from the People. When the Republicans redrew Tennessee's congressional district lines, they just knew they defeated us. But we are still here. We are still fighting. And we have learned something they did not anticipate: the People are united in the belief that we are a nation that is indivisible under God. That we are endowed by our Creator with "certain unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." And that government should work for the People, not at our expense. We do not cower in the face of authoritarianism and corruption. We stand up and fight for our rights just as the founders of our great nation did 250 years ago. They won their freedom from tyranny and oppression. And so will we. We have a right to live life and live it more abundantly. And that means we have a right to thrive. If the billionaire and trillionaire class continues to have their way, we will be relegated to surviving, just barely getting by and having to choose which basic necessities we must sacrifice to do so—like food, healthcare or a decent place to call home. This fight is about that. Not about urban versus rural, or even Democrat versus Republican. It is about the haves versus the have nots. The wealth disparity in this country is growing by leaps and bounds under this administration. It grows with every bad piece of legislation, every unconstitutional ruling handed down by our nation's highest courts, every evil executive order and every back room deal that redirects government resources to enrich the wealthy at the expense of social services to support those in need. With every senseless, bloody war that spends billions of dollars a day to kill innocents rather than care for the vulnerable here at home. Fighting for the right to thrive is not radical. It is survival and a fundamental human right. |
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What your continued investment means |
Your continued investment in this Movement means we can travel the 191-mile span of our gerrymandered District 9 (like we did on the recent listening tour) to defeat those who seek to choose their voters rather than have us choose our leaders. It means no more sacrifice communities and sacred cows. It means we can continue to find and fight on common ground against the status quo that seeks to enrich itself, to hold onto power and to keep things going in the same direction that is making life more and more difficult for working families. It means we can organize, mobilize, activate and tap into the force that was the spark for the founding of our nation—People power. It means we can join together to build a future that we can be proud to give to our children. It means restoring humanity, dignity and competence to government. Let's keep fighting. Let's keep giving. Let's keep moving forward. We can win this if we continue to work together. I thank you for all you have done and are going to do to make us all victorious. |
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COME AND SEE TENNESSEE: LISTENING TOUR DAY #3 |
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The first two days of the listening tour were phenomenal. But I was not prepared for day three. It literally brought me to tears. We traveled to Wayne, Lawrence and Giles counties on this day and everywhere we went, we met fellow Tennesseans who were ready to meet me and are ready for change. |
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Our first stop was Wayne County where we visited historic Collinwood, a close-knit rural community that is situated directly on the border of the Natchez Trace Parkway (Milepost 355). We stopped in to visit with residents enjoying lunch at the Dragonfly, a popular cafe and emporium that features tasty brew and eats and everything from decorative gourds and stained glass to painted rocks hand-crafted by local artisans. There we met folks who took time out to sit a spell with me and talk about Tennessee. I even got a chance to sit on the cafe's porch and chat with a longtime resident. Collinwood faces several socioeconomic challenges, including dwindling job opportunities and high poverty rates. About 30 percent of residents receive food stamps, so Gov. Bill Lee's refusal to accept federal funding for the SNAP program this summer could hit this community hard. |
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Our next stop on the tour was Lawrenceburg, a small town of about 12,000 residents known for once being the home of legendary Davy Crockett. We visited God's Storehouse Food & Clothing Bank where we met the director who shared her life story with me and gave me a tour of her home that she has devoted to helping those in need. Inflation and Trump's failed economic policies and senseless war are hitting Lawrenceburg residents hard too, making the demand for the services organizations like God's Storehouse provide even more vital to help residents get by in an economy that is failing working families. |
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We rounded out the day in Pulaski, most famously known as being the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan. I expected maybe a dozen or so people to turn out to the P3 (People, Purpose, Passion) Community and Conversation event. When I walked in, there were over 150 people who warmly greeted me! The event was so popular that Cassie, the event's coordinator who, with her husband, went door-to-door to invite people to the event, had to change the venue from a local eatery and entertainment hotspot to the beautiful Wolf Gap History and Nature Center. I was genuinely moved by the people and the positive energy in the room. By the time Cassie was done introducing me, I was in tears. Participants asked questions about how someone like me from so far away could serve their community. Some also bravely shared their stories of how this economy is making life so difficult. One woman, a single mother of three children, two of which have special needs, shared how she had to move her family out of public housing because she could not afford the $800 a month rent on her salary of $10 an hour at a job she has worked at for the past 12 years. Hearing that broke my heart. How could we be the richest country in the world with so many people suffering? It boggles the mind. By the time the event ended, they knew where I stood on the wealth gap and what I planned to do about it, about healthcare access, about corruption in Washington and how I planned to serve them as a man from Memphis, nearly 200 miles away. Watch the video below to see the promise I made to them which is the same promise I made to every group I was privileged to meet on the tour. With Cassie's help and the help of the folks in Pulaski and towns and counties across District 9 and our country, we are going to take competent, compassionate leadership to Washington. |
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I share my vision to build a better future for Tennessee with Giles County residents. |
There will be a voice that speaks up for people like the mother in Pulaski who spoke so courageously about her family's struggles. There will be a voice in Washington that speaks up for working families doing the best they can under an administration that cares more about billionaires than working mothers and fathers and grandparents and young people trying to make their way in the world. With your help and prayers, that voice will be mine as the next Congressman for District 9 from the great state of Tennessee. Let's keep going. In Love and Service, |
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Join the Movement for Justice Rooted in Love |
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This is not a campaign. It is a movement to bring new vision, energy, ideas and values to Congress. It's about public service in District 9 that is proximate to the People and rooted in love. We will never accept corporate PAC money—ever. This means we cannot do this without you. Join the Movement today. Thank you for investing in the future of our dreams. |
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Paid for by The Committee to Elect Justin J. Pearson. Scott Crosby, Treasurer.
P.O. Box 9172
Memphis, TN 38190
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