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Plus Carolyn Bourdeau's seems to dislike her party's gerrymandering response; why? And FRIDAY FUNNIES w/Sterling Thrill New - and shocking - Democratic gubernatorial polling shows Keisha Lance Bottoms mightn't need worry about a run-off. ⁠The Insider Advantage polling⁠ of 800 likely Georgia voters (likely split in half by party affiliation but they gave us no in tabs) has Bottoms netting 52% of likely Democratic party voters with only 14% undecided […]

In the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court's MAGA 6-3 majority dealing what may be the final death blow to the 1965 Voting Rights' Act, civil rights attorney and Georgia⁠ state Senate candidate Rahul Garabadu ⁠joined me Thursday to discuss the reality of a newfound race to gerrymander with reckless abandon to eliminate black voting power & representation; oh and to discuss is candidacy in a hotly contested state Senate […]

Yet another attempt on President Donald Trump's life ⁠nearly came to be over the weekend at the same White House Correspondents' Dinner⁠ he'd previously avoided in his first term and first year of his second. Predictably (yeah it happens often enough now that we can use the word "predictably") conservative pundits, politicians and the White House mouthpieces want to focus on the "rhetoric" from the left without an ounce of […]

As ⁠wildfires have been ravaging South Georgia⁠ for more than two weeks, the ⁠Georgia Forestry Commission⁠ is actively updating residents. ⁠Newsweek reminding us that post-Helene tinder beds and a current and prolonged drought⁠ made conditions "favorable" for wildfire activity. - - - Onto the political headlines: the attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), as Twitter/X trolls (led by Elon Musk) are pushing vapid disinformation about a DOJ/FBI case […]

PLUS: Senator Warnock takes more verbal whacks at RFK Jr., and new polling bolsters Bottoms' grip on the Democratic primary & Tucker Carlson's (still) a liar The Democratic Congressional primary in Georgia's 13th Congressional district ⁠now features an open seat⁠, as longtime Rep. David Scott suddenly passed away earlier this week at the age of 80, bringing about yet another special election in Georgia this cycle, but also putting a […]

PLUS: It's DOJ/FBI vs ... the SPLC? A⁠ recent poll⁠ pitted former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms against the four GOP gubernatorial combatants, and in each case, she comes out on top. No other Democratic candidate was polled, but there's ⁠more recent polling that shows she's safely in "run-off" territory⁠ and only 8% from ⁠clearing it outright⁠ in the primary, too. It's curious, though, that the remaining Democratic gubernatorial field […]