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September 14, 2023

National News

Opinion | Kevin McCarthy Faces His Puppet Master

“Live to fight another day” seems to be the House speaker’s guiding principle.

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-impeachment.html?unlocked_article_code=4EcDLpuNr6Hgr7WqBKFK0SvYCmXYfecR_2rqQMsXWt4ZK-pn-httd4-DezWRCLgfBl-VZ___9VOpbxOl5p7zKEXE6Uf01Yjk8kURp_L384wJ7fLyq2mz3txQPz7MpfOTjRIS1x66HL7gqxoKIieorGtbgnR1UBlH3aRwKK1BtbY2CoSUWarJUKzIHhZy-xYPToZ8A2wwK1Q65VOEEUM4w6MKKD5ybizW-V8Mqx4VSlkvNL_-yhhNzHZMGl1L7tDuQFYxcxJapR_i68hsQmjtan0SDbEERf_T3-bQaXZErfOSAWnm7UKwyg5AV_12jR-30iHotX_dGcRwrrkf4nhCc8IX1Vc&smid=url-share

Biden has been preparing to fight an impeachment for almost a year. This is his strategy

The White House is working to stay above the fray on the historic impeachment proceedings launched ahead of the 2024 election by House Republicans.

apnews.com/article/biden-impeachment-mcccarthy-hunter-biden-269f3791a2cf5535e860ac08ba5a5807

What MAGA is fighting for:

  • The end of American democracy

  • Recession, economic decline, plutocratic fiscal policies

  • A warmer planet, roll back of climate gains

  • More gun violence, more dead kids, less public safety

  • 10-year-olds giving birth to their rapists’ babies, loss of rights for women, LGBTQ, all of us….

  • Russian victory in Ukraine, weakening of US/West

  • Higher gas prices, higher inflation

  • Letting COVID run wild, the degradation of our public health system

  • Banning books, closing libraries, savaging public education in US

  • Reviving child labor in America

  • Stripping young Americans of right to vote

  • Government-sanctioned assassination/murder of asylum seekers at the border

State News:

Tennessee Attorney General, ACLU, agree to end suit over House sign ban – Tennessee Lookout

Lawyers with the ACLU of Tennessee and the Tennessee Attorney General's office have agreed to drop a suit over signs in the legislature .

tennesseelookout.com/2023/09/13/tennessee-attorney-general-aclu-settle-suit-over-sign-ban-in-legislature

Local News:

Your money: State report finds Polk County clerk paid employees for work they didn't earn

Tennessee's top financial investigator says Polk County's Circuit Court Clerk paid several employees wages they didn't earn. That ended up costing taxpayers mor

newschannel9.com/news/local/your-money-state-report-finds-polk-county-clerk-paid-employees-for-work-they-didnt-earn-tennessee-comptroller-jason-mumpower-time-off-salary-money-mismanagement

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