More than a week after voting ended, demonstrators continue to protest the results of the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. In Atlanta, many of the protests occurred in and around the Georgia State University campus, including at least one event initiated by GSU students, according to the Georgia State Signal. Two campus groups,
Fresh off the heels of his write-in POTUS victory in Gwinnett County, Harambe* crushed his opponents in Fulton. Judging from the AJC‘s report, Harambe’s victory was so thorough they never bothered to tally the results for anyone else. In the interest of fairness, shoutouts need to be given to the valiant, noble and vanquished foes
At the time of writing I am on, I believe, hour nine-and-a-half of college basketball tipoff marathon consumption. Each second more glorious than the last. “Elected” by Alice Cooper FBI: 40k+ gang members in Metro ATL, violence committed by gangs “could be significantly higher” than 50% Fulton County wants a 2017 vote on MARTA expansion
It’s the first day of qualifying for the special election to see who will represent citizens of Georgia’s 54th state senate district after Charlie Bethel trades his “Senator” title for “Judge”. Former Whitfield County Republican Party Chairman Chuck Payne hit the ground running by being the first to qualify this morning. He will face two
Per the AJC, Doug Collins defeated Bill Flores for the Conference Vice Chair position. this is a big deal and signals how well-though of the Gainesville Republican is among his peers. Lynn Jenkins previously held the position but was left without a chair when, after Boehner resigned, she attempted to take the Conference Chair position
Georgia’s own Congressman Tom Price (also a medical doctor) is reportedly under consideration by President-elect Trump to serve as Health & Human Services Secretary. Should he become HHS Secretary, he will be the first Georgian to serve in a POTUS Cabinet in decades IIRC. .@RepTomPrice being considered for @HHSGov secretary. @jenhab and @rachaelmbade have more for
The second worst part of an election aftermath is listening to the losing side try to delegitimize the winning side. The worst part is watching the winning side act like they won because they were smarter and not just luckier. Everyone would like to believe that voters make informed decisions in a rational manner, but
We know who won last Tuesday’s presidential election, but that doesn’t tell us the entire scope of the vote. What about the write-in candidates, you say? No worries, we have the list of write in votes for President in Gwinnett County, all 138 pages of them. That works out to 4,819 write in votes, a
The Dominoes continue to fall as the Trump Transition Team creates openings by filling them. With RNC Chairman Reince Priebus tapped to become White House Chief of Staff, the Republican National Committee will be searching for a new Chairman. Politico outlines the many possibilities this morning, seeming to name the favorites as David Bossie, Matt
President-elect Donald Trump is quickly building his administration over the next couple of months. A lot of names have been floated as potential picks. Recently, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has been named as Trump’s chief-of-staff. That will leave an opening for the Republican Party’s top leadership position (it’s also a position where GAGOP National Committeeman
