Southern Progressives

Moving to the left, one post at a time.

Bill Freeman
July 30, 2025

National News:

Live updates: Tsunami waves reach Japan, Hawaii and California after an 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands, Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido and Alaska's Aleutian Islands after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia.

apnews.com/live/japan-earthquake-tsunami-alert?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

To See How America Unraveled, Go Back Five Years

What the summer of 2020 wrought

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/george-floyd-summer-2020-riots/683697/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3faoB8VadEn5lcqr2GH30GTg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Fossil Fool

How Europe took Trump for a ride

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/fossil-fool?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Texas Republican redistricting chair admits he hasn’t looked at census data

newsletters.democracydocket.com/texas-republican-redistricting-chair-admits-he-hasnt-looked-at-census-data?ecid=ACsprvsckdzsXd8qt47YciOkXv3hV1qWoFoWxxEvCZfP7bUAmKuSKUA0uDfFAQp-ZhjD5RBPCB_S&utm_campaign=13200977-Free%20Newsletter%20Emails&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=373377806&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9FPR4vecmq4YHt-aLXyO_RLOSY3aHfh1wOCJMg5IOldRilteAr1VM-BtB53uarQsbLGDzQyX_pygdEWDk9K667Qvw9CA

State News:

Lawmaker: State will lease underground property for tunnel • Tennessee Lookout

The state of Tennessee will lease underground property to Elon Musk’s Boring Company over 50 years for construction of a 10-mile tunnel.

tennesseelookout.com/2025/07/30/lawmaker-state-will-lease-underground-property-for-tunnel

Tennessee task force reviews federal school funding - Nashville Banner

Tennessee lawmakers explore block grant system to reduce federal regulation and oversee school funding as uncertainty surrounds Trump's education plan.

nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/30/tennessee-federal-education-funding-uncertainty