Category: Politics

Morning Reads – Thursday, March 26, 2020

Aye! Corona If this isn’t enough to make you stay home, nothing will be. But it could still be worse – like getting charged with attempted murder. Rural America watching from the sidelines. But the market continues you to evolve...sort o Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up? Mobile phone industry

CNBC: Nick Ayers Tasked To “Reopen The Economy”

What is shut down must eventually be re-opened. CNBC reports this evening, Former Vice President Pence Chief of Staff and Georgia political operative Nick Ayers has been tasked with figuring that out. CNBC’s Kayla Tausche reports that Ayers is “something of a backchannel between the White House, Capitol Hill, and Corporate America” and among other

Morning Reads for Tuesday, March 24

Good morning! It’s official: the 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are postponed until 2021. The Georgia tax filing deadline was postponed to July 15, 2020 (the same date as the federal filing deadline). Rome is one of many cities in Georgia that issued a shelter-in-place order. Floyd County will likely follow suit. The Farm

A Change of Heart

Now is not the time for grandstanding and "political correctness" from either party. We are past the days of Republican and Democrat and Independents. This virus doesn't care if you are white, black, Hispanic, Asian, male, female, or gender neutral. It's just looking for body to lay claim to.

Another GA State Senator Tests Positive For Covid-19

Senator Kay Kirkpatrick (R-East Cobb) has posted on Facebook that she has a confirmed case of Covid-19. From her page: To all my FB friends, I wanted to let everyone know that I developed a fever last Saturday night, March 15. As a physician, I immediately started self-quarantine with COMPLETE isolation and called my doctor

Sen. Loeffler Defends Herself in TV Interviews

Sen. Loeffler appeared on both Fox News and Bloomberg News today to strongly defend herself from the accusations made against her in regards to trades that were made in her stock portfolio. She states that the decision to involve a third-party advisor was made while she was still in the private sector. She explains that