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June 04, 2024

National News

Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive

The Democratic president is expected to unveil the actions — his most aggressive unilateral move yet to control the numbers at the border — at the White House at an event to which border mayors have been invited.

apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-executive-order-asylum-border-7cd0b0f28e298036ad1fc6b0c78961e1?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

May 31, 2024

Today felt as if there was a collective inward breath as people tried to figure out what yesterday’s jury verdict means for the upcoming 2024 election. The jury decided that former president Trump created fraudulent business records in order to illegally influence the 2016 election. As of yesterday, the presumptive Republican nominee for president of the United States of America is a convicted felon.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-31-2024?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

So now he's a felon...

How is the public going to respond to this?

open.substack.com/pub/bfreeman/p/so-now-hes-a-felon?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Marjorie Taylor Greene Refuses To Call Fauci A ‘Doctor’—And Is Chided By Fellow Republican—In Explosive Hearing

Monday’s hearing marks Fauci’s first public appearance on Capitol Hill since leaving government in 2022.

State News:

Blackburn pledges to block Senate business in wake of Trump conviction • Tennessee Lookout

Blaming President Joe Biden for the 34-count conviction of former President Donald Trump, Sen. Marsha Blackburn is pledging to block Senate business, mainly items dealing with White House initiatives. Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, joined seven other senators in signing a letter accusing the Biden White House of making a “mockery of the rule of law” […]

tennesseelookout.com/briefs/blackburn-pledges-to-block-senate-business-in-wake-of-trump-conviction

If you happen to spot a turkey in Tennessee this summer, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants you to tell them about it. The TWRA invites everyone to participate in its wild turkey summer observational survey. Open to the public from June 1st through August 31st, this survey has been conducted annually by agency staff and cooperators since the 1980s and was made accessible to the public in 2022. Participants can assist the TWRA in monitoring the state's wild turkey population by reporting sightings. In the 2023 summer survey, 158 TWRA staff members and 742 public observers submitted 2,664 wild turkey observations from 93 of the state's 95 counties. The 2023 results estimated an average of 2.1 poults per hen, below the five-year average of 2.5 poults per hen, with West Tennessee showing higher production than East Tennessee. All observations recorded by TWRA staff and volunteers during the three-month survey will be documented by county and summarized both regionally and statewide. Click HERE to learn more and participate in the survey!

Local News & Arts:

Morning Fax:

The Juneteenth Community Celebration is set to take place on Saturday, June 22 from 10 am - 2 pm at J.L. Cook Memorial Park (414 Cook Dr. in Athens). There will be live music, food, and dancers. This free event is a Celebration of Culture and is open to the public and for all ages.

Auditions - Sondheim Tribute Revue — Athens Area Council for the Arts

We need a group of 6 - 8 singers to perform selected songs from 15 musicals with both music and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim, with explanatory narration. McMinn County East Tennessee Foothills Smokey Mountains Arts council Athens Arts Center Athens TN Tennessee Athens Area Performing artsthea

www.athensartscouncil.org/upcomingevents/auditions-sondheim-tribute-revue-2024

Heritage School: Goat Milk Soap Making

Join us for a demonstration of soap making using goats milk! Sunny Clausen uses goat milk sourced from her local farm, Cypress Brook Farms. $5 or free for member

www.livingheritagemuseum.org/2024/06/15/180963/heritage-school-goat-milk-soap-making

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

June 3, 2024

The fallout from the New York jury’s conviction of Donald Trump on 34 felony counts last Thursday, May 30, continues. Trump’s team continues to insist that the guilty verdict will help him, but that’s nonsensical on its face: if guilty verdicts are so helpful, why has he moved heaven and earth to keep the many other cases against him from going to trial? And why are he and House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) calling for the Supreme Court to overturn the convictions?

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-3-2024?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Coalition Calendar: (click on the calendar to get to web page for June.)

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