[Fuusm-l] Today's Issues Group Meets this Sunday at 9:30. There's lots going on...

[Ted Goertzel]

The Today’s Issues group will meet this Sunday, September 15, 9:30 to 10:50
am, to discuss responses to the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the
general state of the Democratic Party and other opposition to the Trump
regime.   Should the Democrats oppose passing Trump’s budget, threatening a
government shutdown, or is the playing into Trump’s  hands?  Also the
Bolsonaro verdict in Brazil and its significance for Trump’s tariff war.

  .  Here are some suggested readings FYI, but no particular readings are
required.


   -

   The decline of the Democratic Party : The Democratic Party Faces a Voter
   Registration Crisis:
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/democratic-party-voter-registration-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f08.olU5.DQOBaiAD9yLn&smid=url-share>
   The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box, a new analysis shows
   -

   2 Friends, 1 Senate Race and the Democratic Quest to Win Over ‘Normal’
   People
   <https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/05/iowa-senate-democrats-turek-scholten-ernst-00542371>.
   From Politico.  The Democrats struggle for “authenticity”
   -

   Charlie Kirk , who 'plugged in' young Christian conservatives, dies at 31
   <https://religionnews.com/2025/09/10/charlie-kirk-evangelical-trump-supporter-dies-after-shooting-at-utah-campus-event/?utm_source=RNS+Updates&utm_campaign=e57aa02d8b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_09_11_04_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5356cb657-e57aa02d8b-128764788>,
   Religion News Service.
   -

   Clinton-Era Lessons for Democrats Confronting Trump, by Jonathan Alter.
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kv4VSvXHhoPIdEAiU9lB5fy3cAmZqviL-CvghGsy_7A/edit?usp=sharing>
   This argues that Democrats should oppose the budget, threatening a
   government shutdown.
   -

   Brazil Keeps Telling the United States to get Lost
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hbeKSxFIRB2F7hW18hRKBG6e5Yx1G39h5B07gtzNNB8/edit?usp=sharing>,
   NYTimes Sept 12, 2025.  Bolsonaro was convicted and sentenced to 27 years,
   but there may be an amnesty.



The Today’s Issues discussion group meets on occasional Sunday mornings at
9:30  in the parlor of the Religious Education building next to the
Unitarian Universalist Church at 232 Third St. in Marietta or you can join
us on Zoom.

Click on this link if you wish to join the discussion on Zoom.

https://zoom.us/j/92505235702?pwd=RmUyN1FOUjhBVHRYSDBWY2dUZWxFQT0
<https://zoom.us/j/92505235702?pwd=RmUyN1FOUjhBVHRYSDBWY2dUZWxFQT09>
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