Category: Politics

Collins Wants Independent DA For Brooks Case

Congressman Doug Collins made a not-all-together incorrect statement that an Independent District Attorney should be appointed in the killing of Rayshard Brooks. After being forced into a runoff, Atlanta DA Paul Howard chose to make political hay from Brooks’ death. The connection Collins draws with Brooks and Ahmaud Arbery seems a bit specious, however. In

Biden “Spoke” With Bottoms About Veep; Wither The Abrams Push?

In Sunday’s New York Times there was a bit of clarity in the Veepstakes: it remains muddy as ever. There does seem to be a greater push for Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. According to the Times, how Mayor bottoms handled the Covid-19 outbreak and civil unrest in Atlanta has elevated her profile. Bottoms and

Protest Scheduled for Today at 1 p.m. at Atlanta City Hall to Call for Defunding and Dismantling of Atlanta Police Department

A press release from Black Futurists Group: Following the death of another Black man, Rayshard Brooks, at the hands of Atlanta police due to inaction from political leadership at city hall, protestors, community organizers, and members of the Mayor’s Taskforce to Reimagine the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) will converge on the steps of City

GA House Debate Calendar – 6.15.20

The following have been set by the House Rules Committee to be debated by the House today, Monday, June 15, 2020: SB 43 – Revenue Bonds; definition of the term “undertaking” as it relates to electric systems; revise (EU&T-Carpenter-4th) Payne-54th SB 134 – Georgia Commission on the Holocaust; commission for administrative purposes; reassign (GAff-Silcox-52nd) Kirkpatrick-32nd

Bills on Senate Floor – 6.15.20

The Senate will reconvene today at 10 a.m. to consider the following bills on the floor: · HB 781 – Financial institutions; clarify and remove superfluous language; provisions · HR 935 – Georgia Commission on Freight and Logistics; create · HR 1023 – A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide

Congressman Collins on Bill Kokaly’s death.

Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) released the below statement after Bill Kokaly, a member of his staff and a dear friend, died following an 18-month battle with cancer. “Like most people, I have been blessed with childhood friends who have walked with me and my family through every phase of life, constant in a sea of