Southern Progressives

Moving to the left, one post at a time.

Bill Freeman
May 29, 2025

National News:

May 28, 2025

Today’s news continues yesterday’s.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-28-2025?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Big Bird Fights Back

This is the second night in a row that I’ve had a piece run longer than usual.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/big-bird-fights-back?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

State News:

Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner

ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.

nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/iris-monterroso-pregnancy-loss

Local News:

Grand Ball - Benefit Dance — Athens Area Council for the Arts

Grand Ball is a dance for grandparents (and honorary grandparents!) and their grandchildren featuring recorded music from the 1940s through the 2020s. Admission by donation. We suggest minimum $5 for grandkids and $10 for grandparents. Proceeds benefit AACA's scholarship programs: Marian Biddle Tr

www.athensartscouncil.org/upcomingevents/grand-ball-2025

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

This is 80: Victoria Zackheim Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I’m in step with my peers, especially those who share my humor. We laugh together, not only about our aging bodies, but the friend’s name that escapes us, or that pesky word that just won't arrive."

open.substack.com/pub/oldster/p/this-is-80-victoria-zackheim-responds?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

My Take:

As I read all the court rulings against Trump I realize that we, as a country are flexing our constitutional muscles especially in the courts, saying this is what the rules of our Constitution says and we are a country of laws. I like this speech from the series “Andor” where the woman projected says in her own eulogy to her town, “we’ve been sleeping” that is what I feel we have been doing, and we are just now waking up and beginning to fight.

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