February 19, 2019 7:04 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Filling in for my gal, Teri, this morning! Welcome to Week 6 of the Legislative Session.
- Feel the Bern. Welcome to the Circus, Bernie Sanders! He’s in.
- Governor Kemp swore in 6 executive appointees yesterday.
- The final Facebook report on fake news via a British Parliamentary Committee. Yikes.
- A beautiful story out of Macon on one family’s journey with Alzheimers.
- West Virginia Teachers are on strike today over an education bill.
- The Hill’s Top 10 list of the current contenders for winning the Democratic Primary in 2020.
- Children of Georgia, rejoice, but parents (and Atlanta drivers) paid the price for the 40k pounds of broccoli that was strewn across 285 and I-75 yesterday.
- Two Voting Rights hearings will happen in Atlanta today.
- For our resident Mardi-Gras expert, Teri, there is a Mardi Gras pop up in Atlanta opening today. We’ll be expecting a review.
- A Grand Jury is convening in Cook County, Illinois on allegations against rapper R. Kelly.
- Congrats to UGA on a record breaking number of Fulbright U.S. Program students!
- I am currently in the process of convincing my husband that we NEED the new KIA Telluride. I have SO many good points; made IN Georgia, FOR Georgians, it’s pretty, it seats 8, it’s pretty, I want it, it’s pretty. He hasn’t said no…
- An Atlanta law firm has been hired to represent The Love Library, an “intimate-apparel boutique for couples” in Coosa that’s preparing to open a branch in downtown Rome. So many thoughts…
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Theresa Garcia Robertson
Wife. Mama. Foodie. Political Junkie. Southern Enthusiast. Taco Lover.
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The only surprise for me stemming from the voting machine/VRA hearings is that the Dems are already appearing to cave on the additional $120 million for obfuscation machines favored by the Governor and his pet election company that helped give him the title. The fix is in. On the other one, much will be made of the VRA infringements and nothing will come of it.