Justin Pearson for Dems and Brent Taylor as Trump-backed Gop candidate win primaries for key #Tennessee House seat.
Nominees to face off in November in redistricted seat central to #Trump’s bid to retain slim Republican majority.
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Nominees to face off in November in redistricted seat central to Trump’s bid to retain slim Republican majorityGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Keith Ervin, 59, was charged with assault after he told a student ‘God – you’re hot’ at a public meeting in AprilRamon Antonio Vargas (the Guardian)
Tony Carruthers’s lawyers say no evidence tied him to 1994 crimes he was convicted of and is mentally incompetentEdward Helmore (the Guardian)
Eight states have moved to draw new maps after supreme court ruling that severely weakened the Voting Rights ActAdria R Walker (the Guardian)
With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelvesLucy Campbell (the Guardian)
New map reshapes representative Steve Cohen’s majority-Black Memphis district and gives Republicans an advantageGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Credulous people in #Tennessee who follow #Qanon (#Russian propaganda) and voted for #Trump three times for #POTUS - because he was going to put #pedophiles in prison and keep the #UnitedStates *out* of any #WarForOil - will be damned if they vote for his cowardly stooges again!
The #2026midterm election will be a #BlueTsunami and #gerrymandering will make the #Democratic gains *bigger*.
#PoorlyEducated #BananaRepublicans don’t do #math. 🤷🏻♂️
Dalton Eatherly, 28, known as Chud the Builder, accused of firing at another man outside courthouse in ClarksvilleMaya Yang (the Guardian)
#Tennessee removes its #black #US House district in #Memphis
#MAGA goons celebrate
"It's rigged why vote"
On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA
Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop
#Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered
Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?
#Vote
Legislature has eliminated the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional districtYohannes Lowe (the Guardian)
Move comes days after supreme court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymanderingGeorge Chidi (the Guardian)
After she had to travel out of state to access care, Rachel Fulton joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ suit, which an appeal has now halted indefinitelyMelody Schreiber (the Guardian)
Police chief says human remains had been in a wooded area for years and did not match local missing persons reportsEdward Helmore (the Guardian)
Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenters in the Memphis areaDara Kerr (the Guardian)
Regan Prater admits to setting blaze at Highlander center and bid to aid Hezbollah. His sentencing is set for SeptemberGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Pentagon chief’s remarks come after US army said crews suspended amid investigation into incident in TennesseeGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Luanne James said as a librarian she had an obligation to protect the public’s right to access informationMaya Yang (the Guardian)
Two AH-64 Apache helicopters on training run maneuvered near hillside home of Trump-supporting musicianGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
