No Justins, No Peace

Democratic State Representative Justin Pearson makes his way to the Tennessee State Capitol building after being sworn in on April 13, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Seth Herald/Getty Images) This content comes from the latest installment of our weekly Breaking the Vote newsletter out of VICE News’ D.C. bureau, tracking the ongoing efforts to undermine the […]

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The GOP Kicked Justin Jones Out of the Tennessee House. Two Days Later, He’s Back.

State Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville speaks outside the Capitol on April 10, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Seth Herald/Getty Images) Just days after Tennessee Republicans drew national outcry by expelling two young Black lawmakers for a brief, nonviolent protest, one of those legislators is already back. Nashville and Davidson County’s governing body, the Metropolitan Council,  […]

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‘Farce of Democracy’: Tennessee Republicans Just Expelled 2 Black Democrats for a Peaceful Protest

Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis speaks on his phone while being expelled from the state Legislature on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo: Seth Herald/Getty Images) Tennessee Republican legislators voted Thursday to expel two Black Democrats who launched a peaceful protest for gun reform last week, in a move that critics decried […]

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Another House Republican Has Been Accused of Stealing GoFundMe Money

Republican Andy Ogles after being declared the winner in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District party primary in Franklin, Tenn, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) House Republicans keep running into the problem of embellished resumes and—oddly—sketchy GoFundMe fundraisers.  Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles reportedly raised more than $23,000 on the fundraising platform in 2014, pledging […]

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