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October 21, 2024

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National News

Live election updates: Trump heads to North Carolina while Harris stumps in the Midwest

With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states.

apnews.com/live/2024-election-trump-harris-news-updates?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

State News:

Rhetoric versus reality: Addressing common misconceptions about immigration • Tennessee Lookout

Among the most persistent political talking points raised by opponents of immigration is that migrants bring crime with them into the U.S. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” former President Donald Trump famously said on the campaign trail in 2016. “Has anybody ever seen the movie ‘Gangs of New York’?” Republican […]

tennesseelookout.com/2024/10/21/rhetoric-versus-reality-addressing-common-misconceptions-about-immigration

Local News & Arts:

The Good Faith Clinic will be accepting patients tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 22 beginning at 3:00 pm for refills and 3:30 pm for doctor visits. The Good Faith Clinic is free primary health care for residents of McMinn and Meigs counties, ages of 18-64, who do not have any form of medical insurance, including TennCare. The clinic meets on the campus of Christ Community Church at 18 S Congress Parkway in Athens.

• The annual “Niota Christmas Parade” is scheduled for Saturday, December 14th, at 6:00p.m. on Main St. in Niota. Application and guidelines are available at the Niota City Hall, 9 W. Willson St., or by calling 423-568-2584 ext.1 or by emailing [email protected]. The parade theme this year will be, “Old Fashioned Christmas.” All organizations, churches, businesses and industries are urged to begin building floats now and making plans to participate.

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

Fashion Was in My DNA, Wasn't It?

Following in my mother’s footsteps when the shoes no longer fit.

oldster.substack.com/p/fashion-was-in-my-dna-wasnt-it

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