March 11, 2021 7:36 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, March 11, 2021
Peaches
- New recording reveals Trump called Georgia investigator leading signature match audit
- New details on Trump phone call with Georgia chief investigator
- Jimmy Carter says he’s sad, angry over Georgia voting bills
- Georgia sheriff reopens probe into teen’s 2013 death; doctor says initial conclusion ‘doesn’t make any sense’
- State revenue up 43% in Georgia for February, but there’s a catch
- Trump urges Herschel Walker to run for Senate in Georgia
- Georgia student housing vendor cut back on maintenance services, records show
- With Georgia’s Film Tax Credits Appearing Secure, Industry Continues To Bounce Back From Pandemic
Jimmy Carter
- Run for Texas governor now ‘a real consideration,’ Matthew McConaughey says
- License-Plate Scans Aid Crime-Solving but Spur Little Privacy Debate
- Trust in the military is dropping significantly, new survey suggests
- Biden to restrict US aid to Central American governments, set new conditions for money
- Parler Blocked on Apple’s App Store After Capitol Riot Review
- Katrina Parrott invented diverse skin tones emojis. Now she’s suing Apple
Sweet Tea
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David Perdue was all hot to run for the Senate again in 2022 until he went to court the exiled King of Mar-a-lago. There, the king must have given Perdue some bad news, because afterward he announced he would not run after all.
This was probably that bad news:
“Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the legendary Herschel Walker ran for the United States Senate in Georgia?” Trump said in a statement issued by his super PAC.
“He would be unstoppable, just like he was when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL. He is also a GREAT person. Run Herschel, run!”
Herschel lives in Texas so he would have to move to Georgia.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/run-herschel-run-trump-presses-walker-to-enter-us-senate-race-in-georgia/LFPDLC2IFRBEXDZ72ZISF42FCU/
Col. R.H. Pratt used the word racism in 1902. He was speaking at the Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the American Indian. Col. Pratt did not use the r-word in the way we do today.
So how’s Ginny doing? Recovering quickly, I hope.
Where’s Lawton? Where are morning reads?
Here’s my contribution: How an Athens weekly survived a year of the pandemic.
https://flagpole.com/news/pub-notes/2021/03/10/how-flagpole-survived-the-pandemic-with-help-from-our-readers/
Hopefully Ginny healing well.
My contribution, which could also be on the thread of Charlie’s last article, is about the national movement about daylight savings, and other states’ status:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/spring-forward-forever-lawmakers-consider-keeping-daylight-saving-time-year-round/ar-BB1ewmxs?ocid=msedgntp
I didn’t see this one posted yet, and it hearkens back to a thread about the electric grid, energy storage technology, and Georgia’s role in the future energy storage market:
https://www.ajc.com/news/dispute-threatening-big-georgia-battery-plant-gets-white-house-hearing/PNIZS65FUVEHLLX2Q3MOTJSTWM/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2054070
If you hit the AJC paywall, an excerpt for you:
Two Korean companies in a trade secrets dispute that threatens a massive factory being built in Georgia argued their positions to the White House last week…SK Innovation told officials that President Joe Biden should overturn a recent ruling that could halt its planned production of batteries for electric vehicles at its plant near Commerce….The United States International Trade Commission ruled on Feb. 10 that SK stole battery trade secrets from LG Energy Solution. The ITC said SK could make batteries for Ford for four years and Volkswagen for two years. After that it banned SK from using components needed for battery construction for 10 years….Biden has until next month to overturn the ruling, alter it or let it stand… SK could appeal any decision… LG has also indicated it would consider a financial settlement… SK also said it plans [if ruling overturned] to expand the size of its Georgia investment to $5 billion from $2.6 billion, and create 6,000 jobs, up from an earlier estimate of 2,600…. The additional jobs and larger investment had not been previously disclosed….Gov. Brian Kemp has also called for Biden to overturn the ruling…