The Tony Michaels Podcast

They Rigged Tennessee for Trump — And Blackburn Admitted It | TMP #1051

May 18, 2026·16 min
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Send us Fan Mail Tennessee Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map, carving up Memphis and threatening the state’s only majority-Black congressional district. Civil rights groups are suing, protesters packed the Capitol, and Marsha Blackburn said the quiet part out loud: the goal was to “cement” Donald Trump’s agenda. Tony breaks down how Tennessee became a case study in concentrated power: racial representation cracked apart, working people told to celebrate somebody else’s loss, A...

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