Bill Freeman August 25, 2025
August 24, 2025
As the administration of President Donald Trump is using loopholes in the nation’s laws to claim the right to use the military against American citizens, Democratic governors are pushing back.
open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/august-24-2025?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it's coming out
A posthumous memoir by prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre is set for release on Oct. 21.
apnews.com/article/virginia-giuffre-memoir-jeffrey-epstein-11a44440f4d0e50c8d6f3741640540d2?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
Stopping Trump’s Dictatorship Is a Vital Message—and a Winning One
There is no electoral risk to hammering away on Trump’s dictatorial tendencies—and a huge risk to the nation in ignoring them.
newrepublic.com/article/199474/trump-dictatorship-winning-message-democrats
MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It
Gavin Newsom’s parodies are riling people up—and they don’t quite seem to understand why.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/gavin-newsom-social-media-trump/683968/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fSoWIye5LpmvDW52QpAPPYo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Lawrence County Schools backtracks on no-excuse absence policy after parent backlash • Tennessee Lookout
The Lawrence County Board of Education agreed to revise an attendance policy that discounted doctors’ notes as an excuse for absence.
tennesseelookout.com/briefs/lawrence-county-schools-backtracks-on-no-excuse-absence-policy-after-parent-backlash
Time to go: the Confederate battle flag has no place on a Tennessee county seal • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee Legislature created a new law to protect keeping the Confederate battle flag on the Williamson County, Tennessee seal.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/25/time-to-go-the-confederate-battle-flag-has-no-place-on-a-tennessee-county-seal
This is 68: Andrea King Collier Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire (for the 2nd Time)
"Darnay and I had found our sea legs as 'old people.' We were looking forward to rambling around in the grocery store or Lowes. Playing with the grands. We had started doing photography together."
open.substack.com/pub/oldster/p/this-is-68-andrea-king-collier-responds?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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