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Bill Freeman
February 03, 2025

National News:

Note: There is so much national news coming out today that I have only focused on that. For my only personal sanity I have copied sections of some of the articles and sent them to my Senators and asking them again and again (so far 5 times) “is this what you support?” telling them both that we are losing our country and they are aiding in that effort.

For those of you that want to send an email as well, our two senators websites are listed below. I have been focusing on Marsh Blackburn but I will post the sites of both senators, and the site to email our congressman as well. If we don’t let them know how we feel, the disgust, anger, confusion, and fear, they will think we are OK with all of this, they are still our representatives, so far… who know when that might end… (I’m struggling to stay positive here)

I’ll be watching how far the stock market sinks today and continue to wonder how far will Trumps supporters go along with him as he drags our country into the ditch.

Please try to stay strong and do something, anything, to let our representatives how we all feel about what is going on in our country.

Email Me

www.blackburn.senate.gov/email-me

Email Bill - Senator Bill Hagerty

www.hagerty.senate.gov/email-me

Address Lookup | Congressman Chuck Fleischmann

fleischmann.house.gov/contact/email

USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it

The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut it down.”

apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System

In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/warren-bessent-treasury-musk-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE4.LtH6.2bMnCLBwb00L&smid=url-share

Canada and Mexico Move to Retaliate on Trump Tariff Orders

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/01/us/trump-tariffs-news?unlocked_article_code=1.tk4.kUp6.BnNUEveg0ScB&smid=url-share

Democracy DEFCON

Publisher's Roundup, Week 3

open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/democracy-defcon?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

February 1, 2025

Throughout now-president Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, it was clear that his support was coming from three very different factions whose only shared ideology was a determination to destroy the federal government.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-1-2025?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The Anti-President

I don’t want to be an alarmist—I try to avoid that—but as I’m writing this, it looks like we are in the middle of a five-alarm fire.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-anti-president?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Transcript: Trump’s Late-Night Purge Suddenly Becomes Bigger Scandal

An interview with Jennifer Rubin, co-founder of The Contrarian, about Trump’s illegal firing of inspectors general, how Trump’s rationale makes it much worse, and how Democrats can fight back.

newrepublic.com/article/190705/transcript-trumps-late-night-purge-suddenly-becomes-bigger-scandal?utm_source=bills-newsletter-4bb565.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=southern-progressives

Bullies, Criminals and the Fight for America

With tariffs set to take effect today, remember that Donald Trump’s aggressive and foolish attack on our allies and Elon Musk's hostile takeover depend on Americans remaining silent

open.substack.com/pub/america/p/bullies-criminals-and-the-fight-for?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

February 2, 2025

Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually and to all the financial information of Americans and American businesses with it.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-2-2025?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The Week Ahead

February 2, 2025

open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-week-ahead-8d4?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Coalition Calendar: (click on the calendar)

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