Prioritizing Gun Love in Georgia | On Bolton, RFK & MAGA educator voter remorse

I've been tough on Georgia Democrats not doing better waging a proper offensive in the war for information over disinformation, but they've gotten way better at it in recent months. Between Sen. Jason Esteves and Sen. Elena Parent, House Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook, the messaging is organic and yet still well-produced - and that's a big pivot from the recent past. And it's more necessary than ever, with Georgia Republicans breathlessly racing to pass a sales tax holiday for gun and gun paraphernalia purchases when there's no appetite for gun safety measures, let alone a school sales tax holiday. ---------------Forner Trump chief of staff (the one responsible for the pandemic response unit being dismantled) John Bolton made the rounds late last week to sound the alarm bells on his former boss' complete capitulation (he uses the term 'surrender') to Vladimir Putin's demands re: Ukraine. "The Art Of the Deal," though, right? ---------------Friday morning saw the rollout of draconian federal workforce cuts - notably at the Centers for Disease Control under new HHS Secretary (a buffoon, per classmate Lawrence O'Donnell) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Now, looms the threats of education cuts - if not the entire department going away - with its funds disproportionately benefitting states Trump won in 2024. A recent CNN story in Kentucky found a few "trees for chainsaws" voters at a rural Kentucky school and district giving us their insights. This is the "found out" portion of their plight. What's ironic is, Elon Musk recently labeled a large portion of Americans as "parasites," which means a lot of MAGA voters, themselves, are "parasites" to their billionaire cult hero. ---------------The latest "cartoonishly Trumpy" bootlick? Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) filing a bill to buy Greenland and rename it "Red, White and Blue-land." I sh*t you not. ---------------The last of my "trees for chainsaws" convos centers around heavily-Latino Reading, PA, where a 16% surge in Trump support in 2024 led to a lot "wait; what?" sentiment from citizens now along with hints for Democrats to swing the pendulum back in the near future.