Sen. Michael Williams, Republican candidate for Governor, has announced the “Michael Williams Deportation Bus Tour.” The objective of the tour is “to shine a light on the dangers of sanctuary cities and the overwhelming problem of illegal immigration.” Williams hopes to “expose how dangerous illegal aliens ruin local economies, cost American jobs, increase healthcare costs,
Good news, everyone! Johnny Isakson sponsored legislation to help protect newspapers and publishers. The so-called PRINT Act “would suspend the import taxes on uncoated groundwood paper while the U.S. Department of Commerce examines the health of—and the effects on—the printing and publishing industry.” Let me save the Commerce Department some work: the printing/publishing industry is unfortunately
Former Decatur Mayor Elizabeth Wilson, former Lithonia Mayor Marcia Glenn Hunter, and Georgia AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Yvonne Robinson issued statements of concern in regards to “Stacey Evans’ record on public education, higher education, and race.” Former Decatur Mayor Elizabeth Wilson: “Candidate for Governor Stacey Evans pretends to be a champion for people of color, but her
A couple of weeks ago I noted a bit of a thaw in the sometimes frosty relations between Speaker of the House David Ralston and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle. If that was a slight thaw, then consider the following more of polar ice caps melting. A friend sent me the pictured invitation for a fundraising
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle sent out a press release this morning stating that if/when he is elected Governor of Georgia that he will “contribute National Guard troops to the border as part of Operation Guardian Support.” Operation Guardian Support is a mission put in place by President Donald Trump to help secure the United States
Happy Monday, everyone! It’s the last week before Election Day, and shenanigans will run amuck. Brace yourselves. News by the Numbers 2020 aspirations – Potential 2020 presidential candidate Senator Harris traveled from California to Atlanta after endorsing Stacey Abrams’ campaign for the Democrat nomination. Certainly, she’s attempting to build goodwill among Georgia’s progressive voters. 200,000 votes short
Rep. Tom Graves (R, GA-14) is a co-sponsor of President Trump’s proposal to cut $15.35 billion in spending. The cuts have been introduced as the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3). The bill would utilize “a special legislative tool called ‘rescissions,’ which the Senate is able to pass on a simple
Sen. David Shafer, Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, announced an endorsement of his campaign by Mike Huckabee. Shafer states of Huckabee: “Mike Huckabee has been one of my political heroes, and I am even a bigger fan of his daughter Sarah Huckabee Sanders who does a tremendous job every day defending the President from unfair
The coolest thing for politicos of any stripe is the chance to host a presidential nomination. Atlanta could have that opportunity for Democrats in 2020. #gapol https://t.co/C798bx2425 — Johnny Kauffman (@JohnnyIK) May 10, 2018 Earlier, the DNC had gauged interest from interested cities but now they’re in the Request for Proposal stage. One wonders if
By a vote of 230-185, the U.S. House passed H.R. 5645, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Karen Handel (R, GA-6) to “bring consistency to the federal review process for mergers as recommended by the Department of Justice’s Anti-Trust Modernization Commission (AMC).” Rep. Handel: “The
