Morning Reads – Thursday, June 4, 2020

Born down in a dead man’s town, the first kick he took was when he hit the ground…on this date in 1984, Bruce Springsteen released his “Born in the U.S.A.” album.

Peaches

• Libertarian Party of Georgia wins major ballot access initiative.
• Kemp to scale back budget cuts.
• Commissioner Butler is still asking lawmakers to spare his agency.
• Analysis on Ga college students & coronavirus.
• Ramping up the calls for the RNC convention.
• The charged parties in the Ahmaud Arbery case will appear in court today…You’ll be able to watch it here.
• EPD gets in land dispute in far NWGA.
• Macon-Bibb Commissioner finds himself in hot water after George Floyd post.
• And then there’s the Grady County Sheriff…

Jimmy Carter

• Running out of guns.
• But what about the Post Office?
• Tidal wave of defaults and evictions looms.
• Mattis is not impressed with President Trump.
• California Democrats bank on Trump money for budget.
• The heavy handedness of ‘reasonableness’

Sweet Tea

• No mosquitoes? It really is the happiest place on earth.
• Looters looted by looter.
• Pandemic adds new spin to idea of ‘gap year’
• Only tweets with the ‘highest potential harm’
• Maybe there really is life out there.