Oh, Chris Wray. We’re told he’s a steely prosecutor who is good under pressure, and Lordy, he’ll have to be. As of 11 AM yesterday, Donald Trump, Jr. has certainly made today’s hearing for the FBI pick all the more important and all the more interesting. Prior to Trump’s release of emails (via Twitter, naturally)
Georgia will not be holding its tax-free weekend this August. WRDW has a crying Oprah GIF. The Macon Telegraph uses phrases like “Georgia shoppers will miss out” and “legislators shut down the sales tax-free weekend.” But is that really the case, or is this a surprisingly shrewd move from the Gold Dome? The annual tax-free weekend started
The New York Times is reporting that Georgia boy Nick Ayers is taking over as Vice President Mike Pence’s new chief of staff: Mr. Pence’s chief of staff, Josh Pitcock, will be replaced by Nick Ayers, a veteran political operative from Georgia who has been working with the vice president for three years. Mr. Ayers
Guess who’s back, back again? The Ox is back, tell a friend… Now that we’ve all got 90s music stuck in our heads, John Oxendine has made a reappearance in the news today for losing the appeal in his ethics case. In case you’ve forgotten what’s up with The Ox these days or you’ve blocked
I’m sure Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia is beginning to hate me, if they didn’t already. (Oh, I’ll bet they did, though.) In my defense, if they’d just followed through on the promise made by incoming President Jeff Fusile in January 2016 to “soften the approach” and move away from the image of the
Earlier this week, the folks in GA-6 elected a new representative to serve them in Washington. Congratulations to Congresswoman-elect Karen Handel. That said, you may have seen the headlines from Politico and others regarding the security of Georgia elections in the run up to the runoff, and I’ll admit, they were outright terrifying, so the
Have you heard the one about the sheriff who walked into a high school? He frisked 900 students without a warrant and (in the majority of cases) without probable cause. No, that’s not a joke, and no, that’s not the least bit funny. Unfortunately, it’s the reality of every student present at Worth County High
Linda Schrenko, Charles Walker, Tim Shelnut… Reality Winner? Yep, the newest in the line of Augusta’s most politically-infamous people is a previously-obscure 25 year-old government contractor. President Trump should be resting a little easier today, as the National Security Agency was able to track down, arrest, and arraign Reality Leigh Winner, who leaked a highly-classified
As has been reported now by WABE, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Becker’s Hospital Review, The Fiscal Times, and The Intercept, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia sent letters last month to individuals who purchase their plans on the health insurance exchanges stating the company will no longer pay for services rendered in emergency rooms that it
Savannah Alderman Tony Thomas’ no good, very bad day has morphed into a no good, very bad couple of years. Last week, while the rest of us were distracted by Montana Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte treating a reporter very badly (or, more accurately, physically assaulting said reporter) for asking questions he didn’t like, Thomas too treated a
