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Morning Reads for Tuesday, January 19

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Good morning! Today is the last day of the Trump presidency.

  • Here are the results of the final poll of the Trump presidency. Major takeaways: While 43% of Americans give Trump a positive approval rating, most Republicans think he’s still pretty great, and only 21% of Republicans polled believe Joe Biden legitimately won the presidential election.
  • Meanwhile, it is yet to be clear how the Georgia GOP will move forward and prepare for 2022.
  • Yesterday was MLK day. Here is how many in Georgia carried out their remembrance of King’s legacy without large in-person gatherings.
  • The Proud Boys and other white nationalist groups used a Christian fundraising site to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund their journeys to the Stop The Steal rally last week.
  • You can see the results of some of that fundraising in this raw footage that one reporter shot at the Capitol siege last week.
  • The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is setting up a regional office in Brunswick.
  • Looking for a COVID vaccine? You’re in luck! There’s a new, easy to navigate website that tells you exactly who is eligible, and exactly what they need to do to get the vaccine. Except it’s not from the Department of Public Health – a Home Depot design exec created the very helpful Google Doc.
  • Popeye’s? Chick-fil-A? Can any chicken sandwich really dominate so long as they are made with white meat?

About Author

Teri

Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.

3 Comments
  1. armanidog

    I was looking around for news about the vaccine. The most info I found was published 1/16/2021 in the AJC.
    Georgia is receiving about 80,000 doses per week for 159 counties. Georgia has received about 700,000 doses so far. About 2 million Georgia citizens fall into the categories of health workers, long-term care residents and staff, first responders and residents over 65.
    https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/a-look-at-major-covid-19-developments-over-the-past-week/HWV6VIIKSVAPPA3HM4J5TXSQMA/
    Published on 1/11/21 in Georgia health News:
    Some medical providers are still waiting to get vaccine shipments.

    Some community health centers are still having trouble getting the vaccine, according to the Georgia Primary Care Association.
    While some centers are getting their second shipment of vaccines, there are others – especially in rural South Georgia — which “have not received their first order,’’ said Duane Kavka, executive director of the association, which represents federally qualified health centers.
    “The state seems to have made the process more difficult than it needs to be,” Kavka said.
    Several centers have properly registered to provide vaccines and have received a confirming e-mail but are still waiting to be given a PIN number, which is the key to being able to order doses, he said.
    “It seems the ones that have not received any vaccine had an initial delay in getting their PIN even though they had confirming e-mails that they were approved,’’ Kavka said.
    https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2021/01/georgia-grapples-covid-shot-rate-overwhelming-demand/
    One thing to get your stress down is to start planning your garden and looking at seed catalogs and a lot of seed companies have online catalogs. Some seeds can be started inside now. Look at your last frost date and how long a seed takes to germinate. We will probably see warmer weather in 6-8 weeks.
    And I was just reminiscing about the beautiful herb garden I had when I was growing up.
    Good thymes.

  2. xdog

    Granted it’s a single poll with the usual SSS issues. I also don’t know how the questions were phrased. Still, seeing GOP respondents say Antifa was most responsible for Capitol violence is scary. (Donks and independents said Trump.)

    For the country’s sake I hope qballs and homegrown militias understand there’s a new sheriff in town and the next time they try a violent and criminal stunt, it won’t matter what fantasies their fans buy in to, they’ll still get beat down by LE people looking for payback.

    • Will Durant

      Perhaps they listen to idiots like this US Congressman from Alabama:
      “Please, don’t be like #FakeNewsMedia, don’t rush to judgment on assault on Capitol. Wait for investigation. All may not be (and likely is not) what appears. Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics.”
      — Mo Brooks (@RepMoBrooks) January 7, 2021

      Fascist anti-fascists? Huh?

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