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January 30, 2023

National News:

Finding the way

This week was made incomprehensibly difficult and painful by the release Friday evening of the video that documents Tyre Nichols’s murder at the hands of five, now former, Memphis police officers. I do not want to write about it too much tonight, simply because I want to ask you to center Black voices, as we learn more about this unspeakable tragedy. I wrote

https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/finding-the-way?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Resisting Despair

And reducing gun violence

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/resisting-despair?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Pete Buttigieg stomps Biden in first primary polling

The onetime presidential contender is quietly assembling a campaign infrastructure...

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/pete-buttigieg-stomps-biden-in-first-primary-polling/?utm_id=sidebar1&utm_term=headline&utm_content=politics&utm_source=LGBTQ+Nation+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1d6d8f1c0e-20230127_LGBTQ_Nation_Daily_Brief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c4eab596bd-1d6d8f1c0e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Overcoming the Destructive Impulse

The work of creating a better world remains a struggle against leaders with hostile intentions

https://open.substack.com/pub/america/p/overcoming-the-destructive-impulse?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Researchers Have Identified the One Type of Exercise That Makes People Live Longer—It’s Not What You May Think

According to the longest happiness study in history, we all need to be strengthening our relationships

https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/social-fitness-happiness-longevity-waldinger/

January 25, 2023

Democrats are generally staying out of the way and letting Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the House Republicans make a spectacle of themselves. In order to get the votes to become speaker, McCarthy had to give power to extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and now has openly brought her on board as a close advisor, making the extremists the face of the new MAGA Republican Party. If McCarthy appears to have abandoned principle for power by catering to the far right, Representative George Santos (R-NY) hasn’t helped: stories of his lies have mounted, and financial filings yesterday suggest quite serious financial improprieties.

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-25-2023?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

State News:

Tennessee legislators are back at it and bullying trans kids. The State Legislature has only been in session for a couple of weeks, and already they're holding hearings on HB1 and SB1, which would ban gender affirming care for trans youth. As PFLAGers, we fight for our LGBTQ+ loved ones every day, and now we need to fight back and kill these harmful bills. 

Our partners at the Tennessee Equality Project have put together a list of steps you can take in the fight to protect trans kids. Send emails to your State Representatives and State Senators and, if you're able, show up to the committee hearings at the State Capitol on January 31st and February 1st so lawmakers can see with their own eyes that Tennesseans OPPOSE these efforts.

Thank you for your advocacy. Let's win this fight!

Local News:

This past Saturday, January 28th, Cub Scouts from Pack 177

and Boy Scouts from Troop 118 left "Scouting for Food" bags on

houses in many local neighborhoods. They will return to pick up

the non-perishable food items on Saturday, February 4th. All

items collected will be donated to Table Graces in Athens. If you

have any questions or you did not receive a bag, but would like to

participate, please call or text Aaron Cross at 423-506-0839 or

Holly Currier at 423-462-4198. 

The Arts:

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