America has a very new, very different president today. Donald J Trump, businessman, entrepreneur, entertainer and most importantly, not a politician will become the 45th president on January 20th. Back in February I was asked to write a post in favor of Trump because I was basically the only person available who was willing to
We are starting to get reactions from Georgia’s representatives in the U.S. House and Senat over President Elect Donald Trump’s upset win Tuesday night over Hillary Clinton. Senator Johnny Isakson: I congratulate Donald Trump and Mike Pence on winning a hard-fought campaign. The genius of America is that the real power always rests with the
A lot of folks (and me) didn’t give the possibility of “President Trump” a lot of serious thought. Sure, we talked about it in theory, but there are a lot of folks who are going to have to get up to speed on a transition that is already underway. This transition should be kind to
The magnitude of this upset is stunning. It’s frankly going to take a while to set in. For some of us, more than others. Beware of media narratives that put this in partisan tones. Yes, Republicans made a clean sweep (White House, Senate, House). But if you choose to view this election in purely partisan
No tunes cuz yall know you only wanna talk about one thing. My predictions were largely accurate(ish). “Imagine in ’08: ‘I’m Barack Obama. I lost $916M in one year, have 5 kids from 3 wives, once intro’d a porno & I want ur vote white America.’” (Worth repeating) NYT: Trump Triumphs Rossiskaya Gazeta: Putin Congratulated Trump on
At roughly 2:40am EST, CNN’s Dana Bash reported that Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump to concede. It’s not something that many people thought possible as early as yesterday morning. “Upset” barely conveys the meaning. I wrote this week’s column expecting a different result. The meaning is the same. At the risk of sounding like a
It’s 7 o’clock, and as of now, the polls are closed in Georgia, although some will remain open for a while, until the last voter in line has cast a ballot. Now, it’s just a matter of time until the results start coming in, both here in Georgia and nationwide. Most pundits were predicting a
As those of you who know me understand, I didn’t end up “this way” by accident. The sickness that is a morbid fascination with current events and politics was instilled in me early. I come from a family that was not politically connected or even politically active beyond civic participation. That said, I was raised
Disclosure/Note: I served as the Communications Director for the MORE MARTA outreach committee, which held more than 100 public information sessions across the city of Atlanta, explaining the process and the implications of MARTA’s proposed 1/2 cent sales tax. The following is from MARTA Board Chairman Robbie Ashe. In “Field of Dreams,” a farmer is
