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Bill Freeman
March 25, 2025

National News:

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fTdEZLEZbo2aMu2whAIT1IQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic.

apnews.com/article/war-plans-trump-hegseth-atlantic-230718a984911dd8663d59edbcb86f2a?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

March 23, 2025

Fifteen years ago today, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, into law.

open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-23-2025?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Boasberg Will Not Relent.

And that’s an important public service for the country

open.substack.com/pub/harrylitman/p/boasberg-will-not-relent?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Alien Enemies Act

Last week, a resolution calling for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, who is hearing the challenge to Trump’s authority under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), was filed in the House of Representatives by Congressmen Gill, Crane, Collins, Carter, Moore, and Clyde.

open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/alien-enemies-act?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

State News:

Many bills are hitting their final committee stops this week in the Tennessee General Assembly. Please, take your chance to weigh in with the easy campaigns below. We appreciate your patience with the number of campaigns.

*Tell the Senate and House Judiciary Committees to vote NO on a vague drag/adult-oriented establishments bill. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3636/actions/public?action_id=5084 .

*Tell the House Health Committee to vote NO on a sneaky medical license to discriminate bill. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3643/actions/public?action_id=5085 .

*Tell the House K-12 Subcommittee and the Senate Education Committee to support a good Freedom to Read bill. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3635/actions/public?action_id=5086 .

*Tell the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee and the House Finance Subcommittee to vote NO on a massive gender-affirming care data grab. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3605/actions/public?action_id=5087 .

*Tell Senate and House Commerce Committees to reject a business license to discriminate bill. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3606/actions/public?action_id=5088 .

*Tell Senate and House Education Committees to reject these anti-trans pronoun bills. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3603/actions/public?action_id=5090 .

*Tell the House Judiciary Committee to reject the binary definition of sex bill. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3636/actions/public?action_id=5092 .

*Tell the House Judiciary Committee to reject the bill that endangers trans people in a variety of gender designated spaces. https://ujoin.co/campaigns/3636/actions/public?action_id=5093 .

Thank you for your time and your advocacy!

Chris Sanders

Executive Director

Local News & Arts:

UT-Extension McMinn (located at 2345 Denso Drive, Athens) serves the citizens of McMinn County with educational programs in the areas of Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Community Resource Development, and 4-H Youth Development. They are an outreach branch of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, providing research-based solutions and information to the citizens of Tennessee. Source: Sara Smith, Litter Grant Education Coordinator

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

Trump's Attack on Judges is "Doomsday Scenario" & KY GOP Protects Conversion Therapy "Torture"

March 25th, 2025

open.substack.com/pub/kareem/p/trumps-attack-on-judges-is-doomsday?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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