If you’re running for office in Atlanta you don’t like President Trump. Even if you do. Prevaricating on if you do or don’t might be the worst position to have and that’s the one Mary Norwood took today. At a forum presented by V-103 and WAOK, Norwood was the only candidate who couldn’t articulate a
DailyKos announced their endorsement of gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams. In a press release from the Abrams campaign, DailyKos’ founder, Markos Moulitsas said: “We’ve supported many candidates this cycle, but the community excitement around this endorsement is off the charts. We are going to be aggressive in this race. Georgia is in the midst of dramatic
It appears, once again, the Nobel Prize Committee will ignore my extensive and voluminous work in all fields when handing out their “prizes” like candy. Harumph. “Unloveable” by The Smiths. Jimmy Carter uses birthday Sunday School to talk North Korea peace. (Happy 93rd birthday my dude.) Sam Nunn: “Now” is the time for North Korean dialogue
The only real news from the latest 11Alive poll on the Atlanta Mayoral race is that we appear to have a two-woman race shaping up. Mary Norwood continues to lead in the polls with 28% of those polled supporting her, while Keisha Lance Bottoms is clawing her way up to a firm second place with
Add the Prix Gaillen Pro Bono Humanum Award to the list of accolades bestowed upon Jimmy Carter. The Gaillen Foundation announced yesterday that President Carter will be this year’s honoree on Oct. 26 at a glitzy gala in NYC. Dr. P. Roy Vagelos, Chairman of the Prix Galien USA Committee said they decided to award the prize to our
I’ll start by saying: let’s pump the brakes on 2020 POTUS speculation….he says unironically. Anyway, NBC News started poking around to see who Black Democratic leaders are starting to support in the 2020 Presidential race. Sens. Corey Booker and Kamala Harris are the way-too-early front-runners. Cong. Hank Johnson, still harboring some bitterness about Hillary Clinton’s
Ray Charles’ was born on September 23, 1930. That’s close enough to today. “Hey Good Lookin'” by, uh, Ray Charles. GSU signs four-star recruit, now has 38th-best recruiting class in country. GSU making NASA data available to all. Packers make safe bet: sign human highlight reel and GSU alum Ulrick John. Morehouse AD continues to
It’s hard to imagine how Rick Smith, now the former CEO of Equifax earned his $18-million parachute after overseeing a data breach of half of America and when every week there was a damning story about the organization’s boast of it’s security mettle or ruthless drive to acquire more data but hey, them’s the breaks.
UPDATE: Barrow has filed paperwork declaring his candidacy for Secretary of State. Tweet below. Website and twitter account have been added. Former Congressman John Barrow said he wants to be the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State in 2018. (In case you’ve forgotten he was the last white Democrat to represent Dixie in Congress). Barrow
Attorney General Chris Carr lent his office’s support to a multistate amicus brief opposing sanctuary cities. In a statement, Carr explained his support for the brief saying: “we believe sanctuary jurisdictions — cities and localities that prohibit or otherwise obstruct cooperation between federal and local officials on immigration enforcement — defy the rule of law
