Southern Progressives

Moving to the left, one post at a time.

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Bill Freeman
April 09, 2025

National News:

April 8, 2025

Stocks were up early today as traders put their hopes in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s suggestion that the Trump administration was open to negotiations for lowering Trump’s proposed tariffs.

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Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago

He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/opinion/trump-deportations-gulag-prison.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U4.h1pD.ASl54ngbTBgv&smid=url-share

‘A Path of Perfect Lawlessness’

The Trump administration’s arguments in a high-profile immigration case have much broader implications.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/deportations-trump-supreme-court/682329/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fcabOOFsrnGJI3lJH_KUAI0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

State News:

Tennessee's Akilah's Law: Concern over mental health aspects - Nashville Banner

Mental health advocates question the scope of a gun control bill in Tennessee, while Democrats balance support for a lawmaker's personal cause with strategy.

nashvillebanner.com/2025/04/08/gun-control-bill-tennessee-mental-health

Local News:

/ The Etowah Friendly Garden Club is making final preparations for the upcoming Annual Plant Sale that will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon.

 The McMinn County Election Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, and a called meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, both in the conference room of the McMinn County Courthouse. The agenda for the April 15 meeting will be posted on the bulletin board at the election office today, Wednesday, April 9. The April 22 meeting will include the reorganization of the commission for the new term and the appointment of an Administrator of Elections.

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

This is 61: Storyteller Ed Gavagan Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I no longer feel young, everything hurts, but there’s no freaking way I’m in my 60s." I’m very surprised at how my mind has not felt older as my body has aged. I still feel young and resilient and open to experience and when that meets my diminished physical self, it is truly a shock. As if I have been betrayed by my eyes, my ears, my teeth, my wrists, and knees, and ankles.

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