Who knew Congressman John Lewis was such a cineaste? Atlanta’s celebrity-congressman will be one of the eight “recognized talents” to present the nominees in the Best Picture category. The Academy didn’t say which movies will be introduced by whom but I’m sure you can guess the one for Cong. Lewis. “Wow! What an honor! sniff
Georgia’s senators introduced a disaster relief package worth $3 billion for Georgia farmers recovering from hurricane and wildfire damage. David Perdue heeded the election advice I shared yesterday (no rational argument to the contrary can be made) saying in no uncertain terms congress must approve the funding now. In a press release from Sens. Perude
What will it take for Senator David Perdue to be reelected? Not being a Trump-like candidate in a fast-trending Democratic state says Brian Robinson. As part of his weekly appearance on WABE’s “Political Breakfast”, Robinson said last Friday the then-ongoing shutdown would give Senator Perdue the opportunity to present himself in a new light to
On Monday, a group of Democrats formed the Voting Rights Caucus and elected the nascent group’s leadership. The press release announcing the caucus came from Fair Fight Action–the continuation of Stacey Abrams unsuccessful bid for governor. Fair Fight Action focuses on…well, voting rights. “This past election cycle showed us that the rights of our voters
Rejoice fellow degenerates of #GAPol! In anticipation of Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. winning his sixth Super Bowl ring, the City of Atlanta has extended drinking hole hours. Per The AJC: The city will extend alcohol sale hours for all bars throughout the city from the standard 2:30 a.m. last call to 4 a.m. for the
The best part about 2019 being 17 days old is we can start looking ahead to 2020 already. Larry Sabato released his first “Crystal Ball” predictions for next year’s election Thursday morning. The prognosticator finds only two competitive Georgia Races: Rob Woodall in the 7th as a toss up and Lucy McBath in the sixth
Apparently, Thursday was “Expand Georgia’s National Parks Day” in Senator Isakson’s office. He reintroduced legislation to protect and expand the parks of Fort Frederica, Kennesaw Mountain and the Ocmulgee Mounds. The legislative effort included Senator David Perdue and a bi-partisan coterie of Georgia’s congressional delegation introducing the same legislation in the House of Representatives. The Fort
Imagine, dear readers, all the good $100,000,000 could do for the state of Georgia. Perhaps funding the $123 million in unmet needs for Georgia’s parks. Or maybe buying up-to-date textbooks for our students. Or anything better than buying off candidates for office. Well more than $100,000,000 was spent on last year’s elections. Some lowlights from
One court challenge, one new election and one recount aren’t enough for Rep. Dan Gasaway to admit defeat. The Republican from Homer alleges 17 illegal votes that were cast for his opponent may have cost him the two-vote election. And he wants a court to settle this–again. “We are just focused on the fact that
