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Tennessee Republican accused of calling Democrat expelled over gun protest a ‘baboon’ in 2020

Rep Justin Jones was reinstated by Nashville’s metro council earlier this week

The Independent UK

What's next for the Tennessee House lawmakers who were expelled

Their expulsion over a gun reform protest has attracted national attention.

Axios

Justin Jones reinstated amid GOP threat

State leaders reportedly threatened local funds needed to run schools if Jones and Justin Pearson are reinstated

Salon

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First Thing: US seeks to mend ties with key allies after Pentagon leaks

Defence secretary speaks to South Korean counterpart after leak suggesting US was spying on Seoul’s internal discussions on arms sales. Plus, the man who walked around the world

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: The alarming rise of extremist anger solves nothing

All that Tennessee Republicans achieved with the expulsion of two duly elected Democratic Party members of the Tennessee legislature was to provide raw material for social media-fueled outrage, help the Democratic fundraising arm and turn a pair of progressive young Black legislators into national political figures.

Chicago Tribune

Francis Wilkinson: Tennessee politics and US gun policies are both warped by racism

The removal of two Black lawmakers from the Tennessee legislature last week, for disrupting proceedings in the state House of Representatives during protests of inaction on gun violence, dispensed with racial symbolism and dog whistles. It was a raw racial drama, an overt and aggressive complement to the racial realities…

Tribune News Service

Black lawmaker who was expelled reinstated to Tennessee House seat

The Nashville city council voted unanimously to send Justin Jones back to the Legislature after he was ousted with a colleague last week. He immediately took the oath of office.

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Expelled Nashville lawmaker returns to Tennessee legislature

The Metro Nashville Council has voted unanimously to reappoint Justin Jones, 27, to his seat in the state legislature.

Al Jazeera

Black lawmaker Justin Jones reinstated to Tennessee House after GOP expulsion

Nashville’s metro council voted Monday to reinstate Tennessee state lawmaker Justin Jones, who was expelled from his elected position last week by a Republican supermajority.

Tribune News Service

Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones returns to Capitol after Nashville Council reinstates him

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, who was expelled from the state House last week alongside former Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis, was reinstated to his seat Monday on an interim basis.

WEKU

Nashville votes to reinstate Justin Jones, Tennessee legislator expelled by Republicans for gun protest

Fellow expelled lawmaker could be sent back to state legislature as soon as Wednesday

The Independent UK

Nashville council votes to reinstate expelled Democrat Justin Jones

Republican majority had ousted Jones and fellow house member Justin Pearson over protests they led demanding gun control

The Guardian - US

Nashville council sends expelled lawmaker Justin Jones back to Tennessee House

Jones was reinstated, and the meeting was over in a matter of minutes.

Axios

Tenn. GOP: We are "just beginning"

Republicans are trying to cash in on what critics have called a blatantly anti-democratic and authoritarian vote

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GOP threatens funds to ousted Dem's city

Commissioner says they're "being threatened by the state to take away funding needed funding to run our schools"

The Guardian - US

Senate calls on supreme court chief justice to investigate Clarence Thomas’s ‘gift’ trips – as it happened

Judiciary committee will review supreme court justice’s undeclared luxury travel with Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow

WEKU

Local officials are poised to send expelled Tennessee lawmakers back to state House

Former Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, want to return to the House. Upcoming meetings could give local officials the chance to send them back.

The Independent UK

Nashville council to vote on restoring ousted state lawmaker

Nashville officials are poised to vote to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican colleagues over their gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting

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Chicago Sun-Times

Expelled Tennessee lawmakers are both seeking their seats again

Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who were expelled last week for their protest after a mass shooting in Nashville, say they want to be reappointed and re-elected.

The Independent UK

Expelled Tennessee lawmakers say they will run again in special election

Expelled lawmakers met virtually with President Joe Biden after being expelled from state capitol

The Guardian - US

Ousted Tennessee lawmakers say move is ‘attempt to crucify democracy’

Black legislators were expelled for protesting the Republican-controlled house’s inaction after Nashville mass shooting

Tribune News Service

Expelled Tennessee lawmakers say they would accept reappointment

Local leaders in Tennessee will decide this week whether to reinstate two young Democratic lawmakers expelled from the Republican-controlled state legislature — and each said on Sunday he’d accept.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bears 2023 NFL draft preview: Where does Chicago stand at DT?

Our Bears' NFL draft preview series continues with interior defensive line, which still needs a dominant 3-technique to power this defense.

The Independent UK

Expelled Tennessee lawmakers both seeking seats again

Two expelled Black Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats

USA Today Sports Media Group

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