Southern Progressives

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Bill Freeman
December 01, 2025

National News:

Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime

Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-war-crime.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U8.pG7o.MxrfHkaUBBob&smid=url-share

November 29, 2025

In the wake of yesterday’s report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Special Operations to kill the survivors of a September 2 strike on a small boat off Venezuela, the Senate and the House Armed Services Committees have announced they intend to conduct “vigorous oversight” and “gather a full accounting” of the operation.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-29-2025?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

NEWS: Pete Hegseth Ordered "Kill Them All" as Two People Hung From the Side of a Boat Engulfed in Flames in Caribbean

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open.substack.com/pub/aaronparnas/p/news-pete-hegseth-ordered-kill-them?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

State News:

Library groups, publishers criticize Tennessee secretary of state’s gender identity audit • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is requiring libraries that receive government funds to make an “age-appropriate” review of books.

tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/01/library-groups-publishers-criticize-tennessee-secretary-of-states-gender-identity-audit

Local News:

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The Jimmy Liner Memorial Christmas parade is tonight beginning at 6:30pm in Downtown Athens. There will be a special appearance by Santa Claus! In case of rain, the parade will be next Monday, December 8th .

Take on the all-ages winter reading challenge at Etowah Carnegie Library! Read as much as you can in the month of December to win prizes. Log your reading at: https://etowahcarnegie.readsquared.com/ Etowah Carnegie Library is offering kid's activities at 4 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays leading up to winter break. Join us for DIY ornament-making on December 2nd and a Santa mask craft on December 4th. Etowah Carnegie Library will be hosting local author Jason Fetzer for a book signing event featuring his new non-fiction book, The Carrot and Cattle Prod, on December 5th at 5 PM. For more information, call (423) 263-9475 or visit www.etowahlibrary.com

The McMinn County Historical Society and Archives will hold their monthly meeting on Sunday, December 7 at 2:00pm in the Blue Room of the McMinn County Courthouse.