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By Spencer Ackerman Over 100 personnel from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons, as well as others from the Marshals Service, are preparing to mobilize to the streets of Washington, D.C., for confronting potential election-related unrest, according to a document acquired by The Daily Beast and confirmed by the BOP. The mobilization suggests that the Justice Department is reprising its activities from June. Back then, in response to Black Lives Matter protests, it corralled law-enforcement personnel from lesser-known Justice Department components and deputized Department of Homeland Security personnel, ostensibly in the name of protecting federal property in D.C. Many of…
By Rossi Turner/TnTribune International correspondent Eddie Frierson passed away on Tuesday morning the 28th of October 2020 at his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He was in the best place he could be, he was in the arms of his devoted wife Sheila Frierson. The cause of his death was stomach cancer. The causes of his life were much greater. The late Congressman John Lewis has coined the phrase, “Good Trouble.” These two words relate to those who have decided to get in good trouble for a good cause during the civil rights movement. Eddie Frierson was one of those who…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – United States Attorney Don Cochran announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Sarah Beth Myers and Robert S. Levine will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for tomorrow’s general election. AUSAs Myers and Levine have been appointed to serve as the District Election Officers for the Middle District of Tennessee and in that capacity are responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights concerns in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington. “Every citizen must be able to vote without…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Beginning at 7 p.m. EST, the Black Press will broadcast live over several social media channels. Viewers can witness history by tuning in to Facebook.com/BlackPressUSA, and BlackPressUSATV on YouTube. The Washington Informer, Baltimore Times, Texas Metro News, Westside Gazette, Houston Forward Times, Cincinnati Herald, Houston Defender, Arizona Informant, and many others will share the stream over their robust social media platforms. Such cooperation allows for millions of African Americans to receive timely election news from the Black Press. Among the long list of individuals scheduled to participate are Former Vermont…
By Duane W. Gang Nashville Tennessean The Tennessee Democratic Party and its U.S. Senate nominee Marquita Bradshaw filed a lawsuit Sunday against the state, accusing the Secretary of State’s office of refusing to release the names of those who have not yet returned an absentee ballot. According to the lawsuit filed in Davidson County Chancery Court, the state’s public records law requires elections officials to release a list of voters who have not returned absentee ballots at the end of early voting. “Transparent administration of the electoral process is central to our democracy,” Ken Taylor, Bradshaw’s campaign manager, said in…
(RNS) — Gospel legend Bishop Rance Allen, a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee perhaps best known for his gospel hit “Something About the Name Jesus,” has died at the age of 71. The formal announcement of his death came in a statement from Bishop Robert G. Rudolph Jr., Adjutant General of the Church of God in Christ, on Saturday (Oct. 31). “God, who is omnipotent and omniscient, has summoned His Servant, Bishop Rance Lee Allen, to eternal rest,” read the statement. A five-time Grammy nominee, Allen formed the Rance Allen Group in 1969 with two of his brothers, Thomas…
By Ben Jealous Republicans in the U.S. Senate just gave us some clarity about where their party wants to take this country. It’s not pretty, and it’s not popular, which is why they’ve put so much effort into taking over the federal courts. Republican senators refused for the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency to consider his nomination to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. This year, just a week before the election, they rushed an unpopular president’s third Supreme Court nominee through a bogus confirmation process. They put her on the court just in time to create a solid right-wing…
The Tennessee Tribune Endorses Joseph R. Biden for President of the United States, Marquita Bradshaw for Senate, and Jim Cooper for U.S. House He is the Most Qualified Candidate Ever to run for office. Joe Biden’s service as a U.S. Senator and a Vice President has given him unparalleled experience priming him for the most powerful elected office in the world. Everything Biden has done throughout his entire career proves that he will make a great Commander-in-Chief. It is often said – Jim is the House’s conscience, a lonely voice for civility in this ugly era, and a moderate…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Activists in the nation’s capital are banding together for Election Day, pooling resources, running training sessions for demonstrators, forming rapid-reaction teams and organizing events that are expected to draw large crowds. A collection of groups led by Black Lives Matter and Shutdown DC plan an eight-hour event at Black Lives Matter Plaza, one block from the White House. It will include a giant screen showing election results, DJs and performances by bands playing Washington’s signature go-go music. Robin Bell, a local activist who gained international notoriety for projecting sarcastic messages onto the side of Washington’s Trump International…