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October 16, 2024

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National News

Good News Tonight From Georgia And Alabama

Tuesday was the first day of early voting in Georgia.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/good-news-tonight-from-georgia-and?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

October 15, 2024

After Trump’s bizarre performance last night in Oaks, Pennsylvania, when he stopped taking questions and just swayed to his self-curated playlist for 39 minutes, his campaign this morning canceled a scheduled interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, according to co-host of the show Joe Kernen.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-15-2024?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

On his secret medical records, Trump’s rhetoric takes a weird turn

Why is Donald Trump hiding his medical records? The Republican tried to answer the question. It really didn’t go well.

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/secret-medical-records-trumps-rhetoric-takes-weird-turn-rcna175570

State News:

TBI makes progress in reducing rape kit backlog • Tennessee Lookout

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has made progress in shortening monthslong delays in laboratory testing of sexual assault evidence, according to a new audit by the state’s comptroller. Two years ago, the bureau reported turnaround times of up to 45 weeks, delays that hindered criminal prosecutions and deferred justice for survivors. That processing time has […]

tennesseelookout.com/2024/10/16/tbi-makes-progress-in-reducing-rape-kit-backlog

Local News & Arts:

Walk-ins are welcome

The McMinn County Education Foundation (MCEF) is celebrating 20 years of providing Dolly Parton‘s Imagination Library books to children in the McMinn County area. The MCEF and their generous partners have provided 591,643 books to children in McMinn County over those 20 years. Any child from birth to the age of five is eligible to receive a free book each month because of generous donors in our area. The best gift we can give to children is to share a story and begin a love of reading. For more info about the McMinn County Education Foundation, visit their website HERE. Register your child, age 5 and under, to receive FREE books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in either English, Spanish, or both languages, click HERE

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

This is 67: Cartoonist Peter Moore Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire (in Drawings)

"Stop writing/drawing? I don’t think so. My life is finally getting interesting!"

open.substack.com/pub/oldster/p/this-is-67-cartoonist-peter-moore?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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