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6 days agoTennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority district
Tennessee's Republican legislature eliminated the state's only Democratic, Black-majority congressional district by cracking Memphis into three pieces, making all nine districts Republican-leaning following the Supreme Court's gutting of Voting Rights Act protections.
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fromTruthout
3 hours agoTennessee GOP House Speaker Suspends Dems From Committees for Voting Map Protest
Republican House leadership plans to remove all House Democrats from committees after their protest during a redistricting vote splitting Tennessee’s only majority-Black Democratic congressional district.
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2 weeks agoMarsha Blackburn Calls For Special Legislative Session to Eliminate All Dem House Seats In Her State
Sen. Marsha Blackburn calls for Tennessee legislature to reconvene to eliminate Democratic House districts following a Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoGOP lawmakers want to create a statewide list of trans people based on medical information - LGBTQ Nation
Tennessee House Bill 754 would require healthcare providers to publicly report detailed personal and medical information about transgender patients, potentially violating HIPAA privacy protections and exposing residents to harassment.
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2 months agoAfter Research, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End Tenure
"It got me to thinking about political lines, pendulums, they're always moving ... I kind of think that way about tenure," Republican Justin Lafferty told his subcommittee Wednesday in a brief but wide-ranging explanation for dropping the bill. According to a video of the meeting posted on the state General Assembly's website, Lafferty said tenure goes back to the 1600s or 1700s, "a time when there weren't that many highly educated folks," so "it was very important to keep the best and the brightest."
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fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months agoRepublicans are now coming for marriage equality in this state's "slate of hate" - LGBTQ Nation
Tennessee Republican legislators introduced bills challenging Obergefell and Bostock to permit private discrimination against LGBTQ+ people despite federal precedent.
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3 months agoGOP candidate for governor of Tennessee wants to execute the parents of trans kids
Tennessee Republican Monty Fritts called for capital punishment for parents and providers of transgender minors, prompting widespread condemnation.
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5 months agoDemocrat's hilarious response to being called 'radical' for LGBTQ+ allyship
Aftyn Behn responded to criticism for supporting trans people by emphasizing economic priorities and opposing anti-trans laws while narrowly losing a U.S. House race.
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6 months agoLetter to the Editor From Representative Steve Cohen
The heart that beats in my chest today is the same one that quickened when, at 11 years old, I stood with my father along Union Avenue waiting to catch a glimpse of John F. Kennedy-the young senator from Massachusetts running for president. The photograph I snapped that day-now framed on my office wall in Washington-isn't sharp, but the moment was. It captured something lasting: a call to public service that has guided me ever since.
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