Southern Progressives

Moving to the left, one post at a time.

Bill Freeman
May 22, 2025

National News:

Opinion | How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected Trump

Was there a Joe Biden cover-up? Jake Tapper examines the people and institutions that made the former president’s re-election campaign possible.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jake-tapper.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JE8.7mXx.Qr_yQVY6E2G_&smid=url-share

The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk

The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/elon-musk-doge-opponents-dc/682866/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fQXdqwzp6rj4gWXPKuhGkeA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

State News:

250k Tennesseans could lose TennCare, private insurance under Congressional spending bill • Tennessee Lookout

Proposed cuts in federal healthcare spending on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act could make more than 250,000 Tennesseans uninsured.

tennesseelookout.com/briefs/250k-tennesseans-could-lose-tenncare-private-insurance-under-congressional-spending-bill

Local News:

Political Cartoon:

Seniors:

Ask a Sober Oldster #23: Nadia Bolz-Weber

"Not only do I reliably know where I am when I wake up, I never wake up in pools of vodka vomit anymore. It’s so bad for your skin, you know…very corrosive."

open.substack.com/pub/oldster/p/ask-a-sober-oldster-23-nadia-bolz?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

My Take:

I couldn’t stop listening to the New York Times podcast by Ezra Klein and Jake Tapper about the book “Original Sin” and the behavior of the Democratic party during the last election. Having them look back on how decisions were made back then facinated me.

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