Former President Barack Obama made his “first wave” of endorsements nationwide in the 2018 race. While four Georgia Democrats received his good news, John Barrow, a national co-chair of Obama’s “Vote for Change” initiative during the 2008 presidential race, did not. Ouch. A message was left for the Barrow campaign and I’ll update when I
Democrats almost assuredly like the results from the latest Gravis Marketing poll. Trump disapproval 49%, only 46% approve! Generic Dem congressional candidate up by four points! Abrams over Kemp by two points! Sarah Riggs Amico(!) over Goff [sic] Duncan by two points! Barrow over Raffensberger by four(!) points! Same-sex marriage supporters outnumber opponents by three percent! But
I’m sad summer is now coming to a close. I suppose there will be another one in a few months. Update on Carter’s development around Georgia State Stadium. Mattis’ Diplomatic Judgement Akin to Carter’s America Needs Jimmy’s Cardigans Now More Than Ever Sonny Thrust into International Spotlight His Oped on How Trump Will Protect American
It’s already national news, so I’ll keep the intro short. UGA’s Dean of Journalism had the temerity to call Secretary of State a “nice guy” on Twitter. Some found this unacceptable, and the professor has apologized for the tweet. There’s so many directions to go with a “hot take” on this. There’s so little time…
In the metro area, three highly qualified women attorneys lost run-off elections that they should have easily won! Progressives listen up. On Tuesday at 6:00 pm, a good friend called me and half-jokingly said she was going to skip voting because she was tired. She said she went because in her head she saw my
Two months ago the Congressional Black Caucus issued a letter to Jeffrey Bezos, Chairman, President, and CEO of Amazon, expressing their concerns over Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software. Today, Rep. Lewis issued a further statement expressing his concerns after testing of the software was performed by the ACLU. The ACLU ran all 535 members of
Rep. John Lewis (D, GA-5) issued the following statement today upon introduction of the Higher Education Dream Act (H.R.6525), his bill to prohibit discrimination against Dreamer students in higher education. The act seeks to “prohibit institutions of higher education receiving federal funds from refusing to admit, enroll, or grant in-state tuition to qualified students on
A 420-foot tower, the tallest in Cobb County, that will anchor German company thyssenkrupp* Elevator’s new North American headquarters at The Battery Atlanta was announced today. 900 jobs will accompany the tower. Governor Nathan Deal shared the news along with thyssenkrupp Elevator CEO Andreas Schierenbeck and thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas CEO Richard Hussey, as well as
Peaches What the cluck? If it pleases the crown, might I hold a sign when I protest in the People’s building? 4 Georgia companies land ‘Forbes’ ‘Best Companies for Women’ list That headline, though. Our opioid overdose rates are outpacing the nation Georgia’s most expensive zip code Georgia Grown Trail expands in SE and
The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC) today issued the following statement in response to the resignation of State Representative Jason Spencer (R-Woodbine) from the Georgia House of Representatives effective July 31, 2018: “The leadership of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC), the Georgia House Democratic Caucus and the Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus this morning agreed
