Good morning! If you live in Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, don’t forget to vote [for the person who will represent you for, oh, a week or so, tops, until January and the winner of the general election in November cough*NikemaWilliams*cough is sworn in to truly represent the 5th for a full term]!
- President Carter formally endorsed the Rev. Raphael Warnock’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
- Inmates speak out about COVID in Georgia’s prisons.
- For the first time ever, a Naval supercarrier is named for an African-American sailor: Doris Miller, hero of Pearl Harbor and recipient of the Naval Cross.
- A grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case states that the details of their deliberations were misrepresented by the Kentucky AG.
- The Glynn County Commission will consider a dry “Frat Beach” (an event that, under normal circumstances, sounds awful; adding a pandemic takes it to WTF levels) the weekend of the UGA vs. FL game this November.
- The first Catholic mass in Augusta was celebrated on this date, 400 years ago.
- Sanitize your N95 mask in… your Instant Pot!