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The DOJ is reportedly considering dropping any audits of Trump, his family, or his businesses as part of a potential settlement of his bogus lawsuit against the IRS. That’s on top of the $10 billion in damages he wants. This is corruption on steroids — and taxpayers will pay the price.

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.social17h ago(source)

John Roberts says the SCOTUS isn't political, then scurries to service the GOP when they can't win on their own merit. What did the SCOTUS do when Trump got nervous after VA? They JUMPED INTO ACTION to gut the VRA and steal the voice of an entire city. They're the political arm of the White House.

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.social2d ago(source)

The TN GOP is willing to strip away voting rights that people died for—and to deny the second largest city in their own state effective representation in Congress for decades to come—just to try and help Trump avoid Democratic oversight for another 2 years. Memphis isn't going down without a fight.

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.social5d ago(source)

Go Spartans!

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.social5d ago(source)

Vladimir thank you for your post. You have been and always will be an inspiration to me not to give up and to fight against all odds for justice and democracy

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Vladimir Kara-Murza@vkaramurza.bsky.social5d ago(source)

The ongoing gerrymandering race in the U.S. has just claimed the Tennessee district of Congressman Steve Cohen @repcohen.bsky.social, ranking member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Political Prisoners, and... 👇

On the CNN 2 minutes

Be on CNN in about 4 minutes re: Tn. Jim Crow redistricting

Mark Kelly is a great American

The Bulwark

@thebulwark.com

Sen. Mark Kelly: "If you say something that the president or this administration does not like, they're going to come after you. The president is trying to silence us, and I can't think of anything that's more un-American."

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

He’s a Huey!

Mark Hamill

Accurate Edit for Clarity: "He should live long enough to... be held accountable for his... crimes." Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate. 💙-mh

And just like that, the TN GOP voted to enforce a racial gerrymander of Memphis and strip our city of effective representation for decades. Trump knows he HAS TO rig the game to keep his majority in November. And the TN GOP was willing to go along with it. It’s shameful. Next stop is the courts.

The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

WATCH: The racist Republican map stripping Memphis of representation passes the senate 25-5 — with @senatorcharlaneoliver standing on her desk in protest (From WSMV)

Proud to stand up for Memphis in the TN State Legislature today alongside State Senators Raumesh Akbari, London Lamar & the legendary Stacey Abrams of Georgia. The TN GOP wants to sacrifice our voice and our city’s future just for Trump to hold onto power for 2 more years. Not without a fight.

Testifying now before the TN State Senate Judiciary Committee. I will never stop fighting for Memphis. More to come.

Gov. Bill Lee has touted the new $400+ Million King's Crossing Bridge for years. As TN's only Democratic Congressman, Gov. Lee and the TN GOP came to ME to lobby the Biden Admin. for that funding—great for Memphis & the state. Their new maps would ensure they'd never get that help in the future.

This is insane. The GOP's newly proposed TN Congressional maps would have people in Shelby County all the way to Williamson County—200+ miles apart—being "represented" by the same Congressman. It's a blatant, corrupt power grab that would destroy the Black community's and our entire city's voice.

The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

⚡️UPDATE: PROPOSED 9-0 TENNESSEE CONGRESSIONAL MAP RELEASED Here’s the map from @GovBillLee & Republicans to dilute Black representation in Memphis with white power to protect Trump (after doing it to Nashville)

I'll be on MSNBC at 9:40 this morning central time to discuss the gerrymandering of my congressional district

The corruption, the grift, the mass deportations — Trump and the GOP know it's all coming to an end in November. Unless they can rig the game beforehand. That's what this is all about. They want to re-draw the maps to silence voices they don't like hearing. Memphis isn't going without a fight.

Trump and his Jim Crow Supreme Court want to secure GOP control for the next century by redrawing the maps and silencing our voice. Well Memphis isn’t going away without a fight. I’m Nashville today to stand up & fight back against Trump’s corrupt takeover. I will never stop fighting for Memphis.

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