In 2018 the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee supported Carolyn Bourdeaux with the organization’s Red to Blue program. On Thursday, the DCCC announced it would do so again. I suppose coming up less than 500 votes short the first time around makes for a compelling second-time campaign.
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
Politico is reporting that Marjorie Taylor Greene is being condemned by Republican leaders in the US House for numerous remarks that she has made about Muslims, African Americans, among others. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, and NRCC Chaiman Tom Emmer all weighed in condemning her, either directly or through a
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
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
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
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
On this last Monday of Spring, the Georgia General Assembly will reconvene to finish the work that was interrupted in March by COVID-19. It will be the oddest end to the oddest session, which is pretty much the only thing that makes sense for the year that just needs to go back to wherever it
More openings! Peabody Awards announced. Schooled. Victor Hill in hot water. Again. Veep sweepstakes continue. Domino’s hack. Overkill. IBM to walk away from facial recognition. Wayward moon.
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
