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PLUS: the Graham "pleasure-givers" start speaking up & the subtleties of KLB's 'black' sales pitch Social media was abuzz last night and into the morning that a planned address to the nation Thursday by the President was going to⁠ include salacious allegations⁠ that the ⁠elections of both Senators Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock were illegitimate.' ⁠The White House (somewhat) walked back those rumors, but it still drew rebukes from […]

As the world wondered where Mitch McConnell was, the grim reaper threw us all a curveball and came for South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham instead. The "decent" thing to do is to pay your respects to someone when they pass even if you disagreed with them ideologically, right? Sorry, but the "open secret" part of who Lindsey Graham was, blended with his rock-solid anti-LGBTQIA+ voting record for a party filled […]

Friend of the show, columnist ⁠Jay Bookman reminds us (and Rick Jackson) of the "Rick Jackson" Rick recalls himself being as a child: impoverished and in need⁠. As Bookman opines, it's as if Jackson forgot that child version of himself on route to crafting the sort of policies he'd put in place if he were to become Georgia's next governor. - - - Revisiting a conversation I had with Mary […]

Some folks on social media have taken the bait, arguing the pros and cons of mandated "Pride Night" gear for pro athletes. Of all teams, the SAN FRANCISCO Giants ⁠manages to have anti-gay bigots on its roster, but they also (my opinion) made the mistake of concocting "Pride Night" gear for players to wear⁠ (it was an option, and note mandated). A ⁠minor league baseball team wound up having to […]

...plus the Georgia GOP no-show rodeo & a Wynter-y cold endorsement leaves Mike Collins frozen out. The special session Governor Brian Kemp commanded out of the state legislature didn't yield much for his party (no redrawn maps, no property tax cuts passed onto consumers' sales taxes) but it did yield a mess of an election bill he'll have to sign (we're guessing) to address ⁠the looming QR code deadline⁠: according […]

A Tuesday update on Georgia's special legislative session takes us to one ring of a three-ring circus of GOP clown activity. As the AJC's Caleb Groves & David Wickert reported - Republicans under the Gold Dome struggled to tackle a self-mandated deadline to eliminate QR codes from ballots ⁠while also trying to saddle local elections officials with an absurd burden to hand recount top-tier races⁠. Stone Mountain Senator Kim Jackson […]

During the entire special session of the Georgia General Assembly, Democrats managed - time and time again - to withstand GOP efforts to offer property tax cuts while putting the burden on local electeds to find ways to make up the funding gap such cuts would put on county and municipal budgts. One such locally elected official - Jimmy Furst, Chamblee city councilman - ⁠provided his thoughts in an op/ed […]

PLUS: We get a post-primary checkup on the Democrats' slate in Georgia from Atlanta-based strategist & Mike Collins will have a hard time beating Ossoff when he's unliked within GOP ranks Now that we're clear of the primary calendar (checks to make sure it's impossible there's any. more. run-offs) it's time to get to know some of the Democratic candidates throughout the state running for state and federal offices. Numerically, […]

PLUS: Kemp's 11th hour endorsement may test his political prowess for now and later. When Nabilah Parkes stepped away from use Georgia Senate seat to run for lieutenant governor, I believe she put personal aspiration ahead of party and constituents, which is why I can't vote for her today. That said, she couldn't have predicted the Supreme Court gutting the remnants of the Voting Rights Act to unleash another round […]