Happy Monday, y’all. I have literally been holding onto this all weekend waiting to share it with you. This twitter conversation won the internet. The state of our world and the people who feed us information consistently baffles me. Bless this child’s heart. If your eyes are not open to the sex trafficking epidemic with
Filling in for my gal, Teri, this morning! Welcome to Week 6 of the Legislative Session. Feel the Bern. Welcome to the Circus, Bernie Sanders! He’s in. Governor Kemp swore in 6 executive appointees yesterday. The final Facebook report on fake news via a British Parliamentary Committee. Yikes. A beautiful story out of Macon on
Just in this morning, first reported by the AJC, the Georgia Supreme Court has unanimously agreed that a person accused of driving under the influence can refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test, both roadside and at the jail, without that refusal being used against them in court. Justice Nels S.D. Peterson wrote in the
Helllooo, Monday. Patrick Caddell, the political pollster who helped send an obscure peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter to the White House, later became disillusioned with fellow Democrats and finally veered right to advise supporters of Donald J. Trump, died on Saturday in Charleston, S.C. He was 68. I’m just going to leave this here and
It’s Week 5 of the Legislative Session, but I swear we’ve been here longer. Just me? Ok. Things you might have missed while you were living real life: Georgia House Democrats Mary Margaret Oliver, Shelly Hutcheson, Teri Anulewicz, Sandra Scott, and Derrick Jackson co-sponsored legislation that would remove protections for Confederate monuments on public property
The Patriots won the Super Bowl. I know we’re all shocked. However is was the lowest scoringSuper Bowl game in history. Want to know where Georgia falls in the lineup for the cost of a case of beer? It’s not awful by comparison, but we can do better, y’all. I’m just going to be REAL honest with
If you haven’t seen the news, it’s *supposed* to maybe, possibly, probably not snow tomorrow. So, your duty as a Georgian is to rush out at some point today and get your milk and bread. Don’t fail us. Y’all empty those grocery shelves. Ken Breeden, the man who unified the Technical College System of Georgia,
Earlier this morning, former Congressman Jack Brinkley (D-Columbus) died at St. Francis Hospital of natural causes, according to the Ledger-Enquirer. Congressman Brinkley was born in Faceville, Georgia in Decatur County on December 22, 1930. He received his undergraduate degree from Young Harris College and served as a pilot in the United States Air Force. He
“Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. An appropriate quote on MLK day as we head into another week of the legislature. Atlanta is preparing for the Super Bowl. Hard to prepare for a Government
Today feels a little surreal. Even as spouse. And I know I can’t be the only one feeling that way. You work for months and months, you go to every meeting imaginable (and unimaginable), you put signs up, you take signs down, you wave signs, you make call after call. And then election day is
