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April 11, 2024

National News

How 1864 May Decide the 2024 Election

The passage of a near total abortion ban in Arizona is a horror for women and women's reproductive health—and will be a battle cry for change in November

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Shouts of ‘Shame! Shame!’ erupt in Arizona House as fight over abortion ban engulfs lawmakers

The fight over a newly revived 1864 Arizona law criminalizing abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman's life is at risk has engulfed the state's lawmakers.

apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-ruling-1864-law-b43757f9a53848138c4d13e4315527ce?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. ‘It was like a wake-up’

Dusty Farr used to be someone else. Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school.

apnews.com/article/trans-teen-bathroom-school-education-f40d2799609d6f95565e7bf90daf18de?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

State News:

Tennessee Senate passes bill making it a crime to aid a minor seeking an abortion • Tennessee Lookout

Senate Republicans advanced a bill Wednesday that creates the new crime of “abortion trafficking” in Tennessee, subjecting any adult who helps a minor obtain an abortion without parental consent to mandatory jail time and potential civil lawsuits for the wrongful death of a fetus. The bill passed 26-3 over forceful objections by Democrats who argued […]

tennesseelookout.com/2024/04/11/senate-passes-bill-making-it-a-crime-to-aid-a-minor-seeking-an-abortion

Local News & Arts:

Fleischmann Supports The Equal Representation Act

U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the information about his support for H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act. H.R. 7109 ensures that only legal American citizens are factored into the official count for Congressional districts and the Electoral College map that determines the outcome of presidential elections. H.R. 7109 - The Equal Representation Act: •

Requires that the Census Bureau include a citizenship question on any future census to provide a greater understanding of the U.S. population and delineate between citizens and noncitizens for apportionment purposes. •

Prohibits non-citizens from being counted for purposes of congressional district and Electoral College apportionment. •

Requires that the Census Bureau publicly report on certain demographic data. Is the House companion bill to S. 3659, the Equal Representation Act, introduced in the Senate by Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty.

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

April 10, 2024 (Wednesday)

Prime minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and his wife, Yuko Kishida, are in Washington, D.C., tonight at a state dinner hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The dinner is part of a state visit, the fifth for this administration. Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have worked to strengthen ties to countries in the Indo-Pacific to weaken the influence of China in the region, and Japan is the key nation in that partnership. “We celebrate the flourishing friendship between the United States and Japan,” Dr. Biden said Tuesday. “Our nations are partners in building a world where we choose creation over destruction, peace over bloodshed, and democracy over autocracy.”

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