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  SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT RACIST REPUBLICAN  TACTICS IN TENNESSEE TO DISENFRANCHISE BLACK VOTERS.  YOU MAY REMEMBER THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF JUSTIN J. PEARSON AND  REPUBLICAN TACTICS INTENDED TO SILENCE HIM..... REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED STATES LAG BEHIND THE NATION DUE TO  FAILED REPUBLICAN POLICIES AND CONTINUED RACISM.   This just in: Today’s news means that as of now,   I’m the  leading  Democrat in the running to represent TN-09. But our work is far from over. Republicans are still pushing their new, racist maps that would carve up our communities and steal our People’s chances of electing a representative of their choosing — and if we’re going to win the future we deserve, we have to fight back with everything we can. We’re building a grassroots Movement to fight for a better, more just future and could use your help.  The truth is this: folks in our community are ready to turn the page. Our community wants someone...

Majority of TN House Democrats join the Movement following Sexton whitelash

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  SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT REPUBLICAN TACTICS IN TENNESSEE! Since 2025     Issue #29    May 14, 2026      STANDING IN DEFIANCE AND SOLIDARITY Majority of TN House Democrats Endorse Pearson for Congress Dear Friend, On Tuesday, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton thought he did a thing when he ejected all 24 Tennessee House Democrats from all House committee and subcommittees. What he did was fire up a majority of House Democrats to form a multi-racial, multi-generational coalition of solidarity against his racist, antidemocratic actions. Speaker Sexton’s move to disenfranchise over 1.5 million Tennesseans from representation on House committees where major decisions are made is a double-down on the racist redistricting vote to eliminate the state’s only majority Black district. This whitelash is not having the intended effect. Rather than cause us to cower down in fear, House Democrats are rising up to meet this challenge head...