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June 11, 2024

National News

Opinion | America Isn’t Leading the World

Never has the country looked less like a leader and more like the head of a faction.

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/opinion/america-leadership-gaza-ukraine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y00.2o3r.EEkvy1tQGOSv&smid=url-share

Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media.

apnews.com/article/supreme-court-alito-conservative-secret-recording-c3943ef56442320f0940eb532fff624c?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

June 10, 2024

Former president Trump met with a New York City probation officer today for a pre-sentencing interview. They met over video for a first step in the sentencing process, in which an officer assesses the convicted criminal’s living situation, finances, mental health, addiction, and criminal record. Trump was expected to have his lawyer, Todd Blanche, with him when he linked in from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. Judge Juan Merchan will take the information from the interview into account when he sentences Trump. He will also consider that Trump was held in contempt 10 times during the trial for violating the gag order designed to stop him from attacking witnesses and court personnel and their families.

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State News:

Morning Fax:

Governor Bill Lee signed a bill recently that authorizes a new state law that allows the overdosereducing drug Narcan into schools. It's one step that might help in the fight against opioid overdoses. The legislation allowing students, staff, and visitors to carry naloxone received bipartisan support. Staff, teachers, and even students will be able to carry the nasal spray version of Narcan on school grounds. So if an emergency happens, they can save a life. According to the CDC, Tennessee has the second highest overdose death rate in the nation behind West Virginia, and 91% of drug overdoses in young people involve opioids. The FDA allowed the nasal spray version to be sold over the counter last year. It’s available at most pharmacies. Healthcare workers say that an accidental dose of Narcan taken by someone wouldn't have any side effects.

19,000 unaccompanied migrant children have come to Tenn. since 2015; most ended up with family • Tennessee Lookout

Almost 19,000 unaccompanied migrant children have crossed the United States border and ended up in Tennessee since 2015.

tennesseelookout.com/2024/06/11/tennessee-ranks-8th-in-unaccompanied-migrant-children-nearly-half-have-ended-up-in-two-counties

Tennessee among five worst states for LGBTQ equality, report says - NewsBreak

"In Tennessee, we dare to believe boys do not belong in the bathroom with girls, girls should not have to compete against boys; gender mutilation is wrong for a minor. If this is bad for equality, then so be it," House Republican Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison wrote on X in response to the report.

www.newsbreak.com/news/3487876841935-tennessee-among-five-worst-states-for-lgbtq-equality-report-says

Local News & Arts:

• The Friends of the Library Book Sale is set for Thursday, June 20 - Sunday, June 23. The book sale will once again occur at the McMinn County High School Cafeteria. This event is a yearly fundraiser with all proceeds benefitting the E.G. Fisher Public Library. All types of books from Fiction to Non-Fiction, in hardback and paperback will be for sale. This is a cash only event, so please come prepared! Their flyer with daily operating times can be seen on their Facebook page HERE.

• The Regular Session of the McMinn County Commission meeting scheduled for June 17, 2024 at 6:00 has been changed to June 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm. More information for the meeting will be posted later.

Friendly City Festivals will kick off the 15th annual Sounds of Summer Concert series on Friday, June 14th with Dirk Quinn Band. Based in Philadelphia, PA, Dirk Quinn Band is a four-piece high energy jazz/ funk band that travels extensively throughout the US/Canada. As stated in Raleigh Music Listings -"This Philly based band must be the standard bearers of the funk scene up in the City of Brotherly Love...they have a great blend of Dirk's guitar, drum keys and horns that make this a funky jazz journey into the unknown." "Fleet-fingered Philadelphia-based guitarist Dirk Quinn could be the illegitimate son of Jeff Beck, although his fiery electric work is firmly rooted in jazz and, in the context of his band, it's allayed with insistent, funky grooves to create a brilliantly lave-laden form of electric fusion. To put it another way, this guy is smokin'" writes Connect Savannah. You can follow Dirk Quinn Band on most social platforms and stream their music on all streaming sources.

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

Still Digging: Justice Alito

At some point, he should stop digging and start recusing. There was more bad news for Justice Alito today. This news involves a reporter who surreptitiously, and while representing herself to be someone she isn’t (a like-minded conservative), taped a brief conversation with the Justice at a Supreme Court Historical Society dinner. I’ve attended similar dinners at the Court; often these are black-tie affairs where regular folk, or at least folk who belong to an organization entitled to hold a dinner or reception at the Court, can rub shoulders with the Justices. Certainly, the last thing on Justice Alito’s mind was that the woman who presented herself as sympathetic to his views was a reporter.

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Coalition Calendar: (click on the calendar to get to web page for June.)

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