Morning Reads – Thursday, June 18, 2020

Good morning – If 2020 wasn’t 2020 enough, a Saharan dust storm is breezing across the Atlantic. But if 2020 was a fishing show…

Peaches

• Surprise billing legislation clears all the hurdles of legislature.
• Raffensperger wants power to intervene.
• Renaming our state colleges and universities?
• Considering a new hemp bill when the last one should have never been a thing in the first place.
• Georgia mayor faces scrutiny after ‘privilege’ Facebook post.
• Changes coming for the UGA Redcoats.
• Ethics investigation for a Georgia Congressman
• Mayor Bottoms makes an assertion of the most obvious variety.

Jimmy Carter

• A call to boycott social media because of the hate.
• Watchdogs kept toothless over unchecked stimulus money.
• …and Dems say the lack of oversight is intentional.
• A lot of people think a civil war is coming.
• Landlords sue over eviction mortatorium.
• One county declares racism a public health emergency.

Sweet Tea

• The FDA just approved the first video game for prescription use.
• …but is it time to make the FDA independent?
• Hang on to your nickels and dimes.
• A media ecosystem for police?
• Double decker seats may be our future.