Author: Edatlanta

Politico: Tom Price Under Consideration for HHS Secretary

Georgia’s own Congressman Tom Price (also a medical doctor) is reportedly under consideration by President-elect Trump to serve as Health & Human Services Secretary. Should he become HHS Secretary, he will be the first Georgian to serve in a POTUS Cabinet in decades IIRC. .@RepTomPrice being considered for @HHSGov secretary. @jenhab and @rachaelmbade have more for

Morning Reads Featuring Democracy

No tunes cuz yall know you only wanna talk about one thing. My predictions were largely accurate(ish).  “Imagine in ’08: ‘I’m Barack Obama. I lost $916M in one year, have 5 kids from 3 wives, once intro’d a porno & I want ur vote white America.’” (Worth repeating) NYT: Trump Triumphs Rossiskaya Gazeta: Putin Congratulated Trump on

President Obama Endorses 10 Legislative Candidates

President Barack Obama is hoping to flex his political muscle down the ballot in races all over the country–including Georgia. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announced that President Obama endorsed 10 candidates in the Peach State–the third-highest number of any of the 19 states he endorsed candidates. I’ve been told two more candidates are still being

Morning reads for November 2, 2016

These MRs may be posted on No. 2, but they are No. 1 in your hearts. “God Knows It’s True” by Teenage Fanclub. New America Foundation: GSU one of the few schools to get the use of big data right when tracking students’ academic progress. (Yawn…we’ve heard it all before). White voters in Gwinett are now

Not Losing Another Sports Team Worth $142.5 Million to Mayor Reed

The Atlanta Hawks will have a $193-million-renovated aerie, thanks to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed who undoubtedly considered the expense of potentially losing 75% of Atlanta’s sports teams during his tenure when deciding whether to cough up the dough. Atlanta will kick in $142.5 million of the money that will go to a massive mixed-use construction project

Morning Reads for 10-26-16

In exactly two weeks our national nightmare will end and we will be relieved with–oh… either a Hillary or Trump presidency. Whoo. “Everybody’s Talkin” by Moose…at least this time it is.  The city of Boston has chosen to consign itself to the dustbin of history.  Remember the massive APS cheating scandal? Well, let’s see what

Carter Center Calls POTUS Election Rigging Claims “Unfounded and Irresponsible”; Jimmy Carter Slams Candidates Who Tout Said Nonsense

The Carter Center, probably the world’s leading experts on fraudulent elections, hopes to tamp down some of the paranoia being inflamed by certain candidates about the integrity of U.S. elections this November. Without naming any specific candidates, the Carter Center issued a multi-point rebuttal for why there is no reason to believe the POTUS elections will

Mayor Reed, Coke CEO Made Initial Hillary Veepstakes

Two of the 39 people under initial consideration for Hillary’s VP nomination came from Atlanta. Mayor Kasim Reed and Coca-Cola head honcho Muhtar Kent were suggested to Hillary Clinton from campaign chair John Podesta, the AJC reports having sifted through the WikiLeaks dump of Podesta’s hacked email account. Podesta lumped them in as the “first cut