Southern Progressives

Moving to the left, one post at a time.

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Bill Freeman
May 15, 2025

National News:

Divisions emerge among House Republicans over how much to cut taxes and Medicaid in Trump's bill

There were cheers when Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee signed off on the GOP tax breaks bill after a round-the-clock session that pushed President Donald Trump’s package past overwhelming Democratic opposition.

apnews.com/article/trump-taxes-medicaid-food-stamps-deductions-republicans-f269f6078c732f4537c58bc78df184e9?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good

If Kilmar Abrego Garcia is guilty of the crimes he is accused of, then the Trump administration could simply follow the law. Why won’t it?

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-abrego-garcia-smears/682773/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fd3xl7H1j2kB3vY2tU1nCQI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

State News:

2025 Legislative Session Summary | Think Tennessee

During this year’s legislative session, which adjourned on April 22nd, Tennessee’s General Assembly passed some key changes impacting ThinkTN’s priority

www.thinktennessee.org/blog/2025-legislative-session-summary

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My Take:

I can’t help but think of all the incompetent people that have been appointed to Trump’s cabinet who are so unqualified to be there. The only qualification is to support Trump and to praise him and not disagree with him on anything.

At some point there will be some kind of crisis, either natural or man made disaster that will hit our country and people will die due to the incompetence of these cabinet officials. It feels like the “Sword of Damocles” to me, I’ve heard the phrase a few times referred to as a constant threat. It’s a story of a King who was told by one of his subject that he would love to be king. So the King granted him his wish for a day. He told him he would show him what it feels like to be King. He had the subject sit on the throne and then got a thin horsehair and tied it around the sword, right above the throne, with the horsehair barely holding the weight of the sword threatening to come down on the subject. That is what it feels like in the Trump regime…

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