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1

Before hitting the road to Selma, former NAACP GA leader Gerald Griggs sounds off

2

Kemp calls to redraw a Georgia already gerrymandered

3

Kemp's weaponized pen attacks homeless vets | Is Richard the 'Wright' choice for LG?

4

A 'new civil rights movement' has to be built: it'll begin (again) in Selma

5

After Callais & Virginia, Democrats don't need to cut corners

6

Did Fani dispatch 'revenge tour' candidates? | Remembering Ted

7

'Justice for all' fuels Will Wooten's post-Fulton / Trump bench run

8

Trump 'lawfare' coming for Fulton election works & volunteers now

9

Economic anxieties "out yonder" foretell recession & midterm GOP bloodbath

10

On polling, ad buys, endorsements (and those not being made): Melita Easters weighs in on GA races

11

Insider Advantage poll says Keisha clears 50% and I'm skeptical

12

Rahul Garabadu reacts to SCOTUS gutting the VRA & the argument that MAGA leaves little else but fomented anger

13

Reviewing the televised GA gubernatorial debates: swipes, snipes & gripes

14

Another round of 'dial down the rhetoric' hypocrisy, post-WHCD.

15

David Scott passes; Dr. Jasmine Clark joined to commemorate

16

In 'KLB v GOP,' Keisha leads. Is that why her opponents leave her be?

17

Georgia's ACA enrollment plummet: how that's a bad look for Kemp and a Democrat

18

Ossoff flashes sharpened rhetoric & Tanya Miller reminds us who an AG is supposed to serve (it's us)

19

The un-snubbing: Jason Esteves, Derrick Jackson & Olu Brown get my air time

20

Athens poo-poos TP(USA) & Eric Erickson writes the obvious: GOP in for a drubbing

21

The 'gas'-lighting has to end: Biden inherited oil woes | What if I were on 'NewsNight' Monday night?

22

Debating a debate, 2028 messaging and the perplexing Panitch

23

Maybe it's Rahm who "lost the plot."

24

GA legislature wraps, ICE takes a pause & Bondi takes a walk

25

An 'indefensible' bill sits on Kemp's desk. How would AG Bob Trammell navigate such traps? Oh, and about the Noems ...

26

How a tax cut for some becomes a tax HIKE for ALL & what new polling says re: Ga Dem gov race

27

GA Legislative home stretch | Meet the 27-year old progressive US House hopeful

28

Christian v 'Christian Nationalism' - Talarico, Warnock & author April Ajoy

29

For 'No Kings,' maybe we need more than an occasional 'day'

30

South Georgia, GOP (anti-SPLC) pants, both on fire | MAGA keeps coming up empty re: 2020

31

BAD BILL ALERT: Dolezal's "zombie" bill aims to create election chaos in GA

32

TSA's "Ken & Barbie dolls" useless to lessen ATL lines | Is Burt 'sorry, Mrs. Jackson?'

33

Judge casts doubt on abortion / murder charge | Trump's trapped in TSA limbo

34

GA woman charged with murder after abortion pill use: it's not a simple case to debate

35

From 'Friday Funnies' to Burt's timely disdain for Jackson cash & now Georgia's a 'toss-up'

36

'Obnoxious' Sharia Law attack, GOP hypocrisy & Democratic divisions

37

No ICE without water | No money for TSA | No more QR codes (eventually)

38

The 'ick' in Rick Jackson is evident | Why is no one testing Keisha?

39

Strait out of nowhere | In Georgia: ad wars & a micrositing

40

Shawn's outlook, Kemp's legacy & First Amendment concerns

41

Geoff & Jason trade swipes | Ashling Cam-paigning to streamline SoS office

42

Olu Brown reminds us he's in to win | what did Tuesday in NW Ga tell us?

43

Fani's tab comes due for Fulton, TV ads get nasty & 'Magic City' night fouls out

44

Women answering the call to run in GA | The CASE for an unconventional candidate

45

A pivot, an exit, some misdirection & Friday reflections

46

McBath got last licks in on Noem | Catching up with Steve Hofstetter

47

The Gray verdict, in black and white | Dolezal & Warnock show us how each party leads

48

GA Repubs come for early voting & to smother transit referendums

49

Everton Blair: a "leader we deserve?" | The 'peace Prez' goes to war

50

Ruwa, unleashed

51

'Casual misogyny' and misguided backlash: lessons from the locker room call

52

'The best of times and worst of times all at once' - reviewing Trump's 'State' of mind

53

MAGA exposes their internal ugly: from faux Newsom outrage to kindergarten ICE hotline caller

54

Keisha Lance Bottoms defends her record, makes case for GA Governor

55

Thurmond makes his case & Shawn Harris un-MAGA's the 14th

56

Deported GA Army veteran, Savannah ICE chase expose flaws in DHS & immigration procedures

57

Ron + Wendy on polling & the run for MTG's vacated seat

58

Election conspiracies and data center utility costs add up - for GA residents

59

The 'Georgia Diagnosis' - some bipartisan, some hyper-partisan: the Docter (Au) is in

60

GA lawmaker's move to shield carpet industry from PFAS fallout should yield a Democratic candidate

61

Rep. Saira Draper Slams FBI Raid as ‘Regurgitated Conspiracy Theories’

62

Meet the "liberal redneck" & Dr. Kristin Lyerly, too

63

Culture battles galore from the US to Italy while MAGA burns its voters in GA

64

Trump’s racist Truth social post sparks even rare GOP pushback

65

Are they gonna tell us Venezuela 'stole' the 2020 election?

66

Atlanta leaders brace for ICE ahead of World Cup

67

Chidi on the perils of being a journalist in early authoritarianism & Fulton commission chair chimes in

68

Why was Tulsi at the FBI raid? What's new in the Epstein file dump? Who's this LeMario guy?

69

After the raid come the reactions | 'Endangerment' endangered

70

FBI raids Fulton Elections: so now what?

71

'Proud Democrat' Geoff Duncan make his pitch to to primary voters

72

After Alex Pretti's killing, is our 'steady state' in stage IV decline?

73

Esteves sharpens rhetoric, Fanone faces down mouthy fascist & Ossoff drags ICE

74

Talking money, primary jockeying, & Democrats who aren't Democrats in GA 14

75

Why is the left averse to paper ballots? Which Erick Erickson do I address?

76

ATL transit secrecy, dirty power, 'Nostra-dumb ass' & meeting GA's youngest legislator

77

On this King holiday, a checkup on America's 'civil rights' health: not well, not but done

78

Finding the Funny in Dark Times with Margaret Cho | The "near ICE" hire speaks

79

Is it unthinkable Trump would try to alter midterms? | Dana Barrett & Chris Harden aim to be on that ballot

80

GA Dems want ICE unmasked; a small GA town rejects ICE facility & a liberal applicant 'hired' by ICE says "that was too easy"

81

A new name emerges for one statewide office, a young man steps up for another

82

GA General Assembly session begins + Trump v2.0 continues to embarrass itself

83

Ga. Dems Lay Out Their Vision at Gubernatorial Candidate Forum

84

Catching up with Georgia's two newly elected PSC officials + Deadly ICE & Stacy makes it official

85

From MSP: same video, different perspectives (again) + 'Coach Q' is in the game for HD 68

86

Five years after J6, too few accept responsibility | JD Vance, the face of "white fragility"

87

Trump's Maduro play smacks of hypocrisies & why Fulton should park its investment in a new jail

88

Resolutions to results: gearing up for 2026

89

On the end of print, the future of ATL journalism & (il)legal solicitation in GA

90

J.D. Vance, White Grievance, and the Politics of Victimhood

91

Former Jimmy Carter staffer: 'civic virtue' is still in the American DNA

92

A Re-Ron: Author, theologian Brian Recker on white nationalist evangelism + Joshua Doss piles on

93

Hear the '60 Minutes' segment and ask "why was this controversial?"

94

Fulton's 2020 vote issues: what's smoke, what's fire

95

Burt bellyaching over targeted 'dark money' ads is poetic

96

Fani faced down GA Senate as second Trump pressure call emerges

97

'Archie Bunker' = Donald Trump & SCOTUS want to turn back the clock

98

From Tragedy to Hope: Why Tone Matters in Moments of Crisis

99

Sterling Thrill joins the Ron Show & Warnock pledges faith as a bridge

100

Inside “Detained in Georgia”: Emily Wu Pearson on Life Around ICE’s Rural Facilities

101

Georgia Democrats Flip a Deep-Red House Seat

102

Scott Sanders, Eric Gisler on today's ballot, plus: Fani's going in

103

MTG spills the tea, the TN "near miss" has a GA Dem hopeful & 411 on data centers

104

Ethics Battles: Carr vs. Jones and the GOP’s Internal Turmoil

105

If GA's 2026 election is stolen, we've already seen video of the heist

106

What TN-07 could mean in Georgia, Pete's penchant & Trump's baby bump

107

Young GA GOP leader resigns after sting; Ron talks to the man behind the video

108

Trump's scheme to alter 2020 Georgia outcome will go unpunished

109

A 'political Pentagon' takes aim at a hero while PSC Repubs corner themselves

110

MTG's exit: Shawn Harris was prepared for this & other potential ripple effects

111

Sandy Springs runoff sparks party rift: Dontaye Carter responds

112

Maybe we're just over-jailing & under-serving

113

A 427–1 vote makes for a rattled "Piggy"

114

Who wins if GA kills the Income Tax?

115

The MTG & DJT split: What’s really behind the MAGA “divorce”?

116

New Prosecutor, Big Questions: Pete Skandalakis Takes Over

117

The Docs That Could Finally End Trump: A Deep Dive Into the Discharge Timeline

118

From Cop City to Medicaid Expansion: Where Georgia’s Democratic Hopefuls Split

119

Georgia Democrats Flip PSC: How Kitchen-Table Economics Drove a Rare Statewide Sweep

120

Ossoff & Warnock Hold the Line — Did Senate Democrats Just Blow It?

121

Inside the Veterans Vote: What Polls Say vs. What Policies Do

122

What Aaron Navarro Learned From 20,000 Epstein Documents — And What Trump Knew

123

FAA Cuts, ATL Gridlock, and Why America Needs High-Speed Rail

124

Marge gets 'Real Time' & Donald gets '60 Minutes' (or more)

125

Playing 'chicken' in a 'no-win' game + Ga Dems go 'hardball'

126

POTUS wants AOC to take his dementia exam & new GA polling has hidden nuggets

127

Targeting "Democrat programs" net bipartisan pain

128

Easters on the East Wing, Geoff, Stacey & more | why many black activists stayed home

129

'Billy Joe' was off his meds but loaded | fired Emory professor speaks

130

Georgia's voices speak to 'No Kings' | 'Section 2' concerns mount

131

Conservation voters guided in PSC race / VRA Section 2 endangered

132

'No Kings' permitted | RIP to NGP | Trump's FIFA furor

133

Why would a GA Dem leader endorse Dem v Dem races? Plus, "the Jasons" unite

134

How many hostages, Gazans died so Bibi could meddle in our election?

135

A day we can all take some joy in; how'd current leaders get to it?

136

We have peace (we think) | Where's THIS MTG been?

137

A Pride primer with Georgia Equality + an ATL 'defund' debate

138

Is Bottoms on top? Will ATC's land the 'shutdown plane?'

139

Is the 'Seven Mountains Mandate' at its peak? Author Matthew Boedy discusses

140

Reading the 'Carter-Lewis' room: Andrew Heaton reviews GA Dems' big night

141

Real, costly effects of looming health cuts are what Dems are holding out for

142

Civility - "a tool of fearful leaders" - won't save us.

143

Who caves in this shutdown is up to us: so which side gets our heat?

144

What happened to Bill Maher? Reviewing his 'Homan' humbling

145

Defending educators' 1st Amendment rights | Ruwa's running!

146

'Haughty & arrogant' finger-wagging from moderates about progressive terminology is rich

147

My conversation with a foul-mouthed Christian comic who's mad at some 'Christians'

148

"Ah-see-two-morons" trashing acetaminophen | Kimmel's clapback

149

Is Geoff Duncan's appeal 'electoral white flight?'

150

A high-profile run-up to the Tuesday Georgia run-off

151

Everything (almost) no one's talking about re: Tyler Robinson

152

Rural GA's 'FAFO' on labor/delivery options | A sociologist's take on America, post-Kirk assassination

153

Giving voice to the trans community | Who is Duncan running for?

154

Social media not 'cancer;' the hate it spreads is

155

A Nick Fuentes 'groyper' meets Eric Erickson's unmitigated gall

156

What Kirk's assassination + our reaction says about him and our country

157

Black women suffer most in Trump's economic swoon

158

ICE raid exposes US & GOP shortcomings on immigration policy

159

Local TV pundits spew anti-trans rhetoric without pushback - until now

160

Warnock to RFK: "You are a hazard to the health of the American people.”

161

Debra's not done: my chat with Georgia's 2025 candidate 'that could'

162

Election deniers are taking over | the CDC's "red wedding" night

163

Voters signal a shift to the left in Iowa, Georgia

164

Did a woman win a Georgia state Senate seat on Women's Equality Day for Dems?

165

The Cobb County cartoon squabble

166

From Fulton County to Georgia & beyond: Democrats & 'Fair Fight' are drawing a line

167

Chamber campaign schmoozing, Vance's visit, GA's wrong-way energy policy & more

168

The tool of intimidation: keeping Georgia colleges "in line" with Trump regime

169

The future of this show & its anchor station + the theft of your voting rights in plain sight

170

No love for RFK at CDC or Emory; Ruwa's ruminating & Duncan's deliberating

171

Antivax rhetoric triggers CDC shooting | Jason Esteves checks in

172

Texas Dems hold the line to keep the nation from fraying under Trump

173

So what kind of Democrat IS Geoff Duncan? & why is Megyn Kelly coming for Beyonce?

174

Jay Bookman and I: on Thurmond, Burt, Stacey, Marge & more

175

Dooley's in the game and Duncan's in the party

176

MAGA town suffers from Trump 2.0 & Collins' chief of staff is hot for nepotism

177

Kammie's out;Stacey, too ... for now. Houston's in & Burt's big pitch gets ripped.

178

Another 'purge,' MTG's second bow-out & Tulsi's troubling behavior

179

Georgia 10th revisited & what to make of the ugliness of religious extremism

180

MAGA Mike ("MTG with a mullet") Collins takes aim at Ossoff

181

Grassroots journalism is filling the 'trust void'

182

Repubs flee 'the list,' the case for WNBA players & Ossoff tees off

183

Georgia ponzi scheme dupes conservatives uses tried and true tactics

184

Is this the moment for Debra Shigley to snatch GA-21 from the GOP?

185

American capitalism thrives on exploiting (some) people; even the disabled

186

Burt 'bulldogs' his way onto the governor's race stage

187

Ruwa's home from "Mamdani duty"

188

Murkowski's selfish vote is "on-brand" MAGA, but about the good in the bill ...

189

Dunkin' on Geoff eyeing a Democratic run; Warnock strikes the perfect tone on Senate floor

190

In a long slog, Thom Tillis just gave us a boost

191

Bernie on Rogan & what happened to "vote blue no matter who?"

192

Reacting to Mamdani & is Dalton, Ga., a barometer for sane immigration policy?

193

'Dobbs' at 3: nevertheless, choice allies persist | the disparate tactics on Middle East diplomacy

194

Iran v. The United States of Amnesia: Mal Hyman on all the complexities

195

My convo w/a 'Third Way' Dem: can progressives & centrists coexist in one party?

196

Brian Recker on Cruz, Carlson & 'Hell Bent' American Evangelicals

197

2026 'Blue Wave' candidate: Maura Keller + Dekalb's complicity with ICE is troubling

198

2026 'Blue wave' candidate: Lexy Doherty + teargas & bloodshed mar Saturday

199

'No Kings,' some chaos & MAGA's race to mischaracterize a killer

200

'No King' protests + Trump's birthday parade = a tense weekend ahead

201

Trump, Republicans reach for familiar tropes as poll numbers dive

202

Military convos: the former Marine on the USMC in L.A. & the gubernatorial underdog

203

MAGA GOPers consistently fail at governing, to their own detriment

204

Tensions boiling, more protests looming. It was this way last time, too.

205

Charlie Bailey: Georgia Democrats' new 'bulldog'

206

Evangelicals 'means to an end' fixation re: Israel & other missing Christian values

207

King comes for Ossoff, but is way off on Afghanistan

208

BREAKING: Shawn Harris announces run at MTG on The Ron Show

209

Here's to a colorfully beige Pride!

210

Keisha's comeback bid & Geoff's unwelcome advice to Democrats

211

A brain-dead woman = "fetal incubator" in post-Roe Georgia

212

KSU, Cobb Schools : the subtle messages to & about poor & black students

213

I mean ... so Pete's (already) running, isn't he?

214

Hidin' Biden: book reveals more about us & party minions than Joe

215

Trump's really good day (that really wasn't)

216

In, out, left (center), right ... Georgians need direction (and transit)

217

Acting, carpentry, politics & sewing: the ever-evolving Ethan Embry

218

What's not new from the 'New Deal Forum' Ideas Summit: a losing 'Third Way' strategy

219

Josh aims at more - 'for Georgia' | State ethics commission is on watch

220

The Kemp decision and its domino effects in Georgia

221

May Day's organic distress signal, Marge's prospects & Charlie's impressive list

222

Polls indicate voters unaware their choices have consequences

223

Nothing peachy in polling for Trump, but Democrats needn't celebrate (too much)

224

Cobb election today faces one more GOP tactic: misinformation + the six vying to lead GA Democrats

225

That 60th minute, though & other 'fired but fighting' folks I met

226

Ossoff's town hall: a stark contrast from Greene's but still uneasy

227

Stacey Abrams' silence is still somehow ... fit for print

228

On the air ... not the best to be breathing & unlikely to improve

229

Money motivates Atlanta electeds at the expense of city's residents

230

ATL 2025 City Council Election Series: meet Matt Rinker

231

On Francis, Jason Esteves, Joe Rogan, Pete Hegseth and Nancy Mace

232

A miscarriage (of enforcement) in GA & other headlines to chew on

233

Marjorie Taylor Greene: the heckling hypocrite

234

ATL lawyers lead the way to defend visa-revoked students & unleashing a new utility watchdog

235

What's that burning smell? The Constitution; but Bill Maher got hats, so ...

236

His brand is 'chaos' ... and polls show voters are growing weary of it

237

Empowered '25 races, revoked visas & the GA GOP's 'dream' Democrat

238

Getting 'yippy' with it: Trump retreats & wait til you hear about the nobody who caused all this

239

On American academia 'brain drain' and MAGA tariff pain

240

'60 Minutes' exposes egregious ICE missteps in 'grab & go" deportations to CECOT

241

What Atlanta's "Voice" is hearing on Dickens, Bottoms, tariffs & more

242

After 'Sine Die,' now it's up to us.

243

Donald also took a "day off" from Bueller's economics class

244

RIF'd CDC asset: "Feels like I've died but I'm also very much alive."

245

MAGA bootlicker Beach hopes to stick Fulton voters with Trump's legal tab

246

Anti-DEI push revived by a man who can't even say "ethnicity"

247

Houthis on the golf course? & battling the "slate of hate" in GA

248

Will Georgia's early voting live to see another (and more than one) day?

249

"Incompetence has entered the chat"

250

Au, that stung; Ossoff launches & Jay Bookman on MAGA's 'giant game of Jenga'

251

George Chidi after Dems town halls: "Strategy remains elusive."

252

A tort primer from the plaintiff's counsel & MAGA's 'giant game of Jenga'

253

Tort talk with Nabila Islam Parkes & Dickens is a Dem problem

254

'60 Minutes' lets the music play - in defiance of Trump, Hegseth & their hatred of DEI

255

Democrats hit an all-time low (for now); where should they go from there?

256

Beltline transit: detoured or derailed by Dickens?

257

So now we're deporting protestors + ATL's mayor botches transit

258

Is MAGA banning books at Presidential libraries? Sure seems so

259

Why is only one Democrat (of eight) catching flak for trans prisoner vote?

260

Is Andre Dickens positioned to transform Atlanta ... and the Democratic Party's fortunes?

261

The (Elena) Paren Trap II - Upon Further Review

262

The (Elena) Parent Trap / 'Third Way' Dems plot 'wrong way' course

263

Amerika and the Russian ASSets that rule it

264

How propaganda "hacked" American minds; can it be reverse-engineered?

265

"The Constitution is Already Burning" - my convo with historian Tad Stoermer

266

SSA BS and a DOGE B-M that smells + GA Repubs work to not fix homelessness

267

Safe school zones or a cash grab? | Do Dems have a 'man' problem?

268

NO J.D.; the actual "threat from within" is Elon Musk

269

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

270

Going easy on real "illegals" (employers) proves Repubs unserious & "Mitch, please!"

271

'Fractured' Democrats actually win on issues but lose on messaging

272

Kendrick, whiteness, anti-blackness & whitewashing history on purpose

273

Mainstream Marge & other 2026 name(s) to watch & GA's trans-defending Senator

274

Fewer green jobs, more anti-trans policy & other "open tabs"

275

Trump takes aim at 15 trans girls & an accurate American history

276

Closed primaries = open assault on democracy

277

Finding the humor in the longest 'day one' dictatorship

278

Does Medicaid have a shot in Georgia? Do Kemp's green-ish initiatives?

279

Re: D.E.I.; what about homogeny, inequality & exclusion (H.I.E.)?

280

The Rev v RFK, immigrants saved our cities & the DEI "oops" Tweet

281

The illegal freeze & the voices on the left throwing flames at it

282

"There is a window of potential impunity for violence"

283

Two-party pardon rebukes + home insurance reacts to climate change

284

Abrams' "bad timing" & other Jay Bookman musings

285

A Bishop's homily to deaf ears & pardons provoking disgust on the right

286

1,459 more days to go

287

On Cornelius, Carter, King ... and Trump

288

Colton's conniption, Kemp's tort mania & Democrats response

289

Biden's farewell & GA and TX data says immigrants less 'criminal' than we are

290

Weathering the storm: Georgia's trans community & climate change activism

291

Why do Repubs bully trans people? "It works." / Voters 'saved' Trump

292

Repubs aren't letting California crisis "go to waste"

293

“A complicated place;' a NW Georgia family prepares for Trump-led deportation rift

294

Meta bows to MAGA & Donald's latest display of 'crazy'

295

Election integrity & privacy: how and why Georgia lacks both

296

Four years ago today has been (but cannot be) forgotten

297

Trump's "too-soon" Truth takes are a taste of what's to come (again)

298

A sportswriter's account of horror on NOLA & democracy denied in Cobb

299

"The last word" on Jimmy Carter & what Politico saw "on the trail" in '24

300

Remembering Jimmy Carter: the best of intentions

301

Fani's fumble & Trump's second term has begun

302

GA's 'bait-and-switch' school voucher scheme & another call for a party reboot

303

Reviewing Bill & Jane's 'random' podcast: Maher's manipulated, a la MAGA.

304

A study in (some) contrast: moderates, progressives & their pulling of the party

305

Joe's legacy & Kamala's future

306

The MAGA who cried "wolf" & of course Trump lied about "groceries"

307

Hegseth's bigotry was there all along

308

For Luigi, the American jury is split | 'Meet the Suppressed,' part two

309

'Meet the Suppressed,' part one

310

Dalton "finding out" & so are Joe & Mika

311

The aborting of Georgia's maternal mortality committee: why & what's next?

312

"The Brainwashing of My Dad" doc deserves another round of views

313

Pardon my indifference / how radio became a right wing haven

314

"The pardon," my convo with Sen. Jones in GA & my 'Rogan-like' pal

315

REPLAY: Rural GA preacher bucks baptist stereotype & welcomes all

316

Carr's path, limited vision & guessing what prompted Nancy's change of direction

317

"Buckle your seatbelts, Georgia, we’re in for a bumpy ride."

318

GA Dems sniping, my pitch to the party & why ATL's council & mayor are at odds

319

'Mourning' Joe, bitchin' over bathrooms & Saxby's "civility"

320

Trump brings (out) the ugly & Pete offers 'salvation'

321

"The American voter doesn't want to hear the truth" - me

322

Gerrymandering, two "Pete's" & reparations by another name

323

How white men became so radicalized & how Dems lost Joe Rogan

324

Reaching "folks who yearned to be heard." Meet Jack Z from MTG turf

325

Pulling the team back into the huddle ... for Pete's sake (?)

326

Let the (blame) games begin

327

The morning after: a kitchen table convo between two southern liberals

328

Post-election: What we need is a true liberal media ecosystem

329

Maher's right: economically, America IS great; down-ballot Georgia WIN(s)? There's hope.

330

Will duped MAGA ever get mad at the dupers duping them?

331

Early vote notes, Trump's bad criminal border data & a 'bad ass' SC teacher fighting book bans

332

'Garbage' rubbish, crudity & January 6th: Trump's last gasp?

333

Review: Kamala's 'closing argument'

334

"... an advent calendar of racism"

335

The 'quiet part out loud' at MSG & editorial abdication of duty

336

'The Boss' and the audit that destroyed a right wing myth

337

"... the general definition of 'fascist,' for sure"

338

Music & Mal: on the road with a grassroots southern Congressional race

339

Vote-flip flap, a new poll, Palmer's putter & "The Odd Couple"

340

Kammie's ATL weekend & the 'critical race' convo at Chapin (SC) High

341

Thank immigrants for 'fraud' & Kamala's billionaire answer to Elon

342

The Trump guardrail is gone; so are those nutty election board rules

343

White women are bailing and "the Veep" meets 'tha God'

344

John Oliver had Georgia on his mind (and throughout his show)

345

Barry, Julia & Kamala working the rally, phones &town hall

346

Electoral college just telling "bad guys where to target their efforts"

347

Irrefutable: the multi-state plot to overturn elections (plural) for Donald Trump

348

Reality v fiction: 'Helene' efforts and which candidate's actually dodging the media

349

Hindering 'Helene' efforts: the storm surge of Trump-fed disinformation

350

After 'Helene,' sharpening "The Language of Climate Politics"

351

Kamala descends on Augusta and Jack Smith comes down on Trump

352

A 'civil' debate that "January 6" derailed; also, who's 'Mencious Moldbug?'

353

Georgia ban banned, Jimmy's 100th & (cough cough) Conyers

354

"We just weren't prepared" - Augusta reeling from Helene's destruction

355

Lawfare's Anna Bower: no legal loophole to aid a Trump steal in Georgia

356

The real Democrat running against two Trump acolytes in GA-11: meet Tracey Verhoeven

357

The "sit down" double standard & the persistence of Ruwa Romman

358

Apalachee students answer the bell; Republicans, not so much

359

The elections board ladies doth protest too much, methinks

360

Trump pre-blames Jewish voters while Kamala rallies with Oprah

361

"Nice polls & all, but what're the yard signs telling ya?"

362

Rhetorically speaking, dubious Don set - and maintains - the tone

363

"Pregnant pause: the deadly consequence of Georgia's abortion ban

364

Springfield mayor on Trump/Vance: "They need to know they're hurting our city"

365

It's funny, but it's not: Trump's anti-immigrant nonsense is dangerous (still)

366

"Trump had a bad night ... this was pretty much her night"

367

The "Prophet" who's rarely wrong predicts Presidential race

368

Why "now's not the time" with NRA-backed politicians

369

Confronting negligent parenting and the white "gun culture" problem

370

Apalachee joins a long (sure to grow) list of senseless American campus tragedies

371

Fox can't un-data their own data & would the GOP be better off losing?

372

The Labor Day contrast: candidates out "working" for the labor vote; the others hardly try

373

Reviewing "game film" - the CNN "first interview"

374

The bus trip, school visit, "Section 60" and who is Olu?

375

What if we're (I'm) all wrong about the GA Elections Board actions of late?

376

South GA check-in & Donald's disgusting photo-op at Arlington

377

Bus trips, muted mics and hallowed grounds as photo ops

378

Kamala embraces "a precious, fleeting opportunity" for America

379

Night 3 at the DNC: Gus was all of us

380

"Paw Paws" grandson, Michelle and Doug steal the show on DNC Day 3

381

Saying “we are altering how the election is being conducted" with a straight face

382

If ATL is "cop city," where's the cops? | Coming for the "pitbulls"

383

Harris-Walz strategy: let Donald be Donald

384

The expense (and misery) of a car-centric Atlanta and America

385

There are "Republicans for Harris," and polls show that Democrats are locking in too

386

What would a Trump ticket know about valor to speak of it?

387

Real estate's new era & op/ed's reflect on GA superintendent's motives

388

"What are we doing?" Atlanta Voice editor reflects on Trump/NABJ debacle

389

Feeling insecure about Georgia election system integrity & security

390

Walz: "We’ll sleep when we’re dead."

391

The 'warmth-competence' matrix & Kamala Harris + why it's Walz

392

“Trump may have just lost Georgia.”

393

The 'divisive concept?' A thorough learning of America's racial history

394

Trump 'crapped the bed'

395

New voter 'cancellation' portal: a dinner bell for wrong-doers? | Kamala comes to the ATL

396

A 'political sucker punch'

397

From the weirdos ... to the Walz

398

Georgia school superintendent backtracks, but it ain't enough

399

Grading the Biden address & the 'root' of Kamala's migration efforts

400

Delta's woes, Dunwoody's "oh no," Kamala's rollout & "A Czar is born"

401

Delegate anxieties, curriculum realities & a shady meeting

402

Joe taps out; Kammie's tapping in

403

'Remarkably long and remarkably dishonest' acceptance speech caps RNC

404

Vance and his misplaced grievances get fact-checked

405

Cringey hip-hop & 5-6 black mayors = the RNC appeal to black voters

406

Vance & Cannon stake their claim to Trump-endorsed futures

407

Not rhetorical: Trump is an existential threat to democracy

408

Grading the "big boy" presser: Biden passes

409

THIS is how you file to impeach, Marge & contrasting views on Biden/Harris

410

Where ya been, Jon? Plus KJP =\= "DEI," bigots

411

'No Country for Old Men' - or will it be?

412

Cracks in the dam

413

"I dissent"

414

How Trump is 'astroturfing' the African-American vote

415

Well that was awful; but so were the MAGA lies

416

LCJ is Dekalb's new CEO - and she's prepared for it

417

A conversation with Chase Oliver: contender or spoiler?

418

Texas' abortion law is KILLING babies & new polling says ... huh?

419

Debate week: on 'Dobbs' anniversary, abortion's on the ballot

420

Nathan Wade: STFU dude

421

Ron v Clark Howard & run-off shake-ups

422

The bitter race to take down the bitter 'bleach blonde'

423

Republicans are okay with destroying the judicial system to suit one felon

424

The absurdity of US gun laws - how felons & druggies can possess - unless you're Hunter Biden

425

Donald Trump: Chronic debate dodger?

426

If Kemp won't, will Biden aid Atlanta's water repairs?

427

Two reality TV hacks glom over one another

428

An FBI raid on an Atlanta office & its ties to your skyrocketing rent, explained

429

Sure, where's the mayor, but also where's the governor?

430

Sopping up the water crisis / Meet Gabriel Sanchez

431

Water water everywhere ... but none found in the crumbling pipes

432

Trump 'Finally held accountable'

433

Ossoff calls Republicans out - at the border & divergent Memorial Day messaging

434

Chase-ing away grassroots Georgians & a "seat-seeking Mishael"

435

When a Dem nominee isn't even a Dem & what Chase Oliver does to Biden (or Trump)

436

In a world of Harrisons, maybe the world needs more Grants (replay)

437

More on GA Primary data & who's the biggest "cancel" guy of 'em all?

438

Georgia Primary: a bellwether or nah?

439

Butker wasn't on the ballot

440

Biden's message to Morehouse: 'It’s natural to wonder if democracy ... actually works for you. "

441

'Atlanta Voice' editor on what he thinks black men will do on Election Day & how Morehouse will treat Biden

442

Butker's Mom and old men agreeing to argue

443

Rebutting Butker

444

Analysis: Georgia's cross-tabs from NYT/Siena poll are revealing

445

Putting facts in the way of right wing narratives

446

Biden pulls a 'Reagan' & MAGAs, China & Russia share a disdain for democracy

447

Fani, Nathan, Marge & "the Mikes" make my naughty list

448

Atlanta's 'stolen' equity & Marge & Colton's emerging opposition

449

John Barrow takes on judicial establishment to fight for women's choice

450

'Reverse coattails' & 'good trouble' - do they ooexist?

451

Dr. Frick's not feeling UGA nor governor's responses to protests

452

Dr. Frick's not feeling UGA nor governor's responses to protests

453

Athens' "Politics Nerd" + Kamala in the ATL

454

"Decency is why we're all here"

455

Emory show us why "Cop City" will be a police "campus"

456

Is Biden in a no-win situation - and if so, on how many fronts?

457

Kemp's political calculus on Medicaid & who's booting who in the ATL?

458

Kemp on Trump ('maybe') and Medicaid expansion ('no')

459

Not 'bull' on hockey, yet; how I-Buyers made our housing problem worse

460

Can you complain about the radicalized if you radicalized 'em?

461

Carr parked in a lot of hypocrisy

462

Milkshakes, chicken & 'astroturf'

463

Listening in on the 'Atlanta Voice' - catching up with Donnell Suggs

464

Tump's "milkshake & chicken" stop in the ATL

465

Short-haired Arizona pet catches car & maybe the Fed needs to step up

466

A literal hodge-podge of stuff

467

Atlanta transit: when "FOMO" meets "just MO"

468

REPLAY: Chitra Ragavan on Fani Willis & powerful women plus White Flag app creator Jonny McCoy

469

Replay: Meet the man behind 'Anecdotal ATL'

470

Replay: Rural Georgia preacher bucks the baptist stereotype - welcoming ALL

471

Stacey Abrams speaks to representation, Fareed to false denialism

472

Bills are done; some are dead

473

'Sine Die' doth occur & Donald's hawking overpriced Bibles

474

'Bama leads the way? Ronna's gonna & Repubs never let a disaster go to waste

475

Another attack on choice comes to court & where's the MARTA money coming from?

476

Fani may need that gag order & Mayor Dickens gives his state of the city address

477

We almost had Medicaid expansion ... except of course not

478

The 'stubbornly wrong' side fights against Medicaid & for school vouchers

479

Repubs address youth suicide by increasing pressure on kids most at-risk

480

Laken's dad is disgusted, sheriffs push back & two realtors talk it out

481

A bloodless 'bloodbath' and media fumbling the real estate story, too

482

Vouchers & Jewish Americans vouching for a ceasefire

483

Why McAfee whacked six indictments & ATL's sixth place pains

484

Post-primary fodder, a stitch (in due time) & pesky liberal NIMBYs

485

Dr. Jill & POTUS Joe visit the ATL

486

Warnock's plea for peace (and ceasefire) & Katie's "cold open" & TikTok treatment

487

State of the 'State of the Union' delivery guy

488

Meeting Mableton's first mayor

489

What next, Nikki?

490

Teens & guns plus Maddow v. The Golden Girls

491

Why it's hard to take some conservative pundits seriously

492

A "cross-over" cram session w/the 'restoration" of protected bigotry

493

WT(IV)F, Alabama & Let's meet Jessica Fore

494

Empty measures, loaded rhetoric: the GOP immigration strategy

495

What happened to "now's not the time?"

496

UGA rocked by murder & the latest in the Fani saga - with Chitra Ragavan

497

Meet Marisa

498

Homophobic legislators hate (being called 'homophobic')

499

Heritage Foundation fluff & dueling 'Fani' op/ed pieces

500

"Dickens" 2.0 is a go, "Bo v. Bey" & Is Trump pulling a "Nixon?"

501

Fani rebukes being "Jezebel-ed"

502

Why not a "leave of absence?"

503

The 'Trump Effect' strikes again & Cobb Schools gets served

504

(Same ol') country for old men

505

Monday notes: Usher, Luda, Fani, torched squad cars & old men

506

It's "the south" v. "Union" all over again

507

Blinking with insurrection in our faces (again)

508

Laying the "poverty & protest-to-prison pipeline"

509

One of those "nobody's happy" kind of days

510

Doom scrolling through gloomy polling

511

Fani 'fesses up & what gives with the anti-Taylor triggeration?

512

Getting caught up on "Cop City," Kemp's Border Ploy & an anti-woke whiner

513

They need to calm down (and try to govern, maybe?)

514

A conversation with Rep. Ruwa Romman

515

Steady 'read meat' diets & racism always shows itself, right Charlie?

516

Vultures, cheese sammies, border BS & why Jerica's still in it

517

Getting a handle on homelessness & Biden's union flex

518

The unhoused, the unhinged and the in-between

519

Nikki's blind(ers) spot on racism & Donald's not-so-subtle reminders

520

Next time, Fani, buy your own cruise trip

521

'Divorce Court' drama, 'Cop City' ≠ 'Clean Water'

522

Kemp keeps dismissing what's helping Georgia succeed: Uncle Sam

523

Closer looks at Trump's work in Iowa & ... Guatemala?

524

Dr. King spoke to the world; hear that 59-year old still-relevant message

525

Fani, "What Are You Thinking?"

526

'State of the State,' Audibly Annotated

527

When a Film Can't out-Dystopian Texas on Abortion: Watch "L-8"

528

Today on 'Suits: Atlanta' ... Alleged Affairs & Hypothetical Murder Plots

529

Trump's Latest Legal Play & Marge's J6 event nix

530

Tax, Gratuity and ... Healthcare?

531

Real Talk on Reparations

532

Crystal ball-gawking & aiming the 'ray gun' at 'em

533

The Lines Are Drawn; Who's Still In?

534

'The reason for the season' vs. the modern GOP & Netenyahu, too

535

Scroogey School Move & why's Biden Slidin'

536

Whole lotta whitewashing

537

Democracy and/or Dystopia

538

The Big Lie lives on; Cobb's map mess

539

Oh they're *not* apologizing; they never do.

540

An open seat, closing arguments & the bitter pill debate

541

Rail yeah, number crunching & Hunter plays "chicken"

542

Bigotry & hate employed by Cobb School District

543

APS is gettin' "Shivy" with it

544

Evicting Vivek & Ruwa's Rationale

545

Let's Talk "Transit"

546

Nothing wrong with a little ruminating

547

'Dirty underwear all over the floor'

548

The AJC's 'hidden' agenda & APD's hidden 'Signal'

549

The party of self-preservation self-preserves

550

Gas, map & goodbye Kiss(singer)

551

GOP redistricting 'shell game'

552

"Goodbye darling" and Giving Tuesday

553

Defending the VRA and taking aim at MTG

554

Remembering Rosalynn

555

Joe, Donald, Fani, Megyn, Rosalyn & Elon

556

The game returns & a scar remains

557

Marge's really bad week & where I distance from 'Cop City' folk

558

Lots of things we weren't meant to see (or hear)

559

Smoke, Fire & Misdirected priorities

560

Meet Bryce Berry | Manchin in Athens

561

Manchin's move, winning where we don't & GOP debate review

562

'Twas a good night

563

"De-motivated & tired at this point" - Black voters' souring on 'hope' & Democrats

564

These poll numbers suck!

565

Oh, I hear those dogwhisltes

566

Where's the 'fund' in that?

567

Failing our most vulnerable foster kids

568

This 'n That

569

Without compromise, extremism dominates

570

"MAGA Mike's" mild grilling

571

Another armed nut & Georgia's map zapped

572

The day that sums up the GOP

573

"Cousin" Shea, Jenna's act & Beltline Buffoonery

574

Explaining Cobb Schools' Partisan Screed

575

Kemp's Medicaid whiff & another of Don's dominos falls

576

Powell's shocking 'about face'

577

Another poor showing for Georgia - this time in healthcare

578

A Misfit, Wish List and Irish Wit

579

New Cop City Polling Is In

580

Redistricting Report Cards & Athens' DA Dilemma

581

Getting to know Steve 'the supremacist' Scalise

582

Listening in on the Mayor & a "Major" source of empathy for Gaza

583

An Officer (fired) and a Gentle Spin (for Cop City)

584

On Israel from someone who's experienced it

585

The spooky abandoned hospital & Trump's nuclear loose lips

586

UGA(ly day) in Court & the GOP deflects

587

Georgia's number one, and also isn't

588

Where's The APD Video?

589

On this show's first anniversary, my first-ever guest rejoins

590

Shutdowns, Hockey, Doxxing & Polling

591

The debate's biggest winner wasn't even there - and it's not Trump

592

The Veep in the A - Hear Her Q&A

593

A foul smell from the Coffee rot & Andre's 11-page 'screed'

594

Andre crossed Keisha & Keisha responded

595

Ossoff threads a needle, "y'all" are losing it & we're "out" - on film

596

Did Mayor Dickens fib? Dr. Jackie says 'yes.' Then, meet the 'undercover' mayor of Duluth

597

Georgia shortchanged an HBCU (to no one's surprise)

598

'The Upside Down:' I'm agreeing with Erick Erickson & Karl Rove

599

With all due respect, Mr. Mayor ...

600

Cobb Gone Wild & Jerica's Coming for Congress

601

'Bidenomics' vs. the villainous billionaire

602

Kemp's gas gimmick comes with a lot of 'hot air'

603

Kevin & Marge = zeros; Carl & Mark = heroes.

604

Twenty-two years later, less united; even in Atlanta

605

Can Andrew talk me off a ledge before I meet Blake from @itsouratlanta ?

606

Why am I just now learning about the "Original 33?"

607

Is Carr criminalizing activism?

608

Same grand jury, vastly different RICO

609

Labor Day Replays

610

What now, with Covid? Plus, "her emails" and the latest GOP shutdown 'threat'

611

An 'enabled' New Disabled South ... on the rise

612

On Rudy, the Atlanta Mag walkout, Mitch & hidden email addresses

613

On 'The 400 Year Holocaust'

614

Trump's campaign (to avoid prison) & Bernie's campaign (to remind Dems about the working class)

615

You Probably (Should) Think This Song Is About You"

616

So "Libs of TikTok" dictates book policy in Cobb, now?

617

What a day to be (or become) an American

618

"Chidi Chidi + Book Ban"

619

The 'signature matching' the party hates, the city embraces

620

From "Purple" To Blue

621

Deplorables Gonna Deplorable - The Rest We Can Dialogue With

622

Who's Grooming Who? / Hear Oliver Out, Y'all / Mesha's Mis-Step

623

Indictment Afterglow

624

More Than Enough (signatures and evidence)

625

Hunter & Clarence: birds of a feather?

626

Feds off a would-be assassin; conservatives mourn + Crossing for Chris Christie?

627

The COVID shadow, that "Purple Shadow" & shedding light on Alabama

628

The COVID shadow, that "Purple Shadow" & shedding light on Alabama

629

I need a new doc, more on Montgomery's dock, and Dr. Bernice speaks

630

"That guy in that thing ..."

631

Raffy's swag & Donald's got 'goat' problems

632

So ... Are We The Bad Guys Here?

633

A Bad Road & A Lot of Bootlicking

634

The "star witness" that wasn't.

635

Another In a Long Line of "Not Good" Days for Donald

636

Handling the Heat & a 'Not Cold' Case Revisited

637

No stopping "Cop City Vote," & FOIA Paranoia?

638

Van Tran Talks

639

A Union W, a murderous minister, a campaign in "DeNial" & fragile DW boys

640

"Small Town" Talk & "Cop City" Slickery

641

Eric Erickson is clueless

642

Another death behind bars & Leo & I talk vouchers & Mesha

643

Deflating Inflation: Joe "Deals With It"

644

"Bye, Rep. Mesha"

645

A rural baptist church where "y'all" means "all?" Granted.

646

"How to Fix America"

647

Frederick's fury on the Fifth

648

Affirmative hypocrisy, a case built on a lie & 'To Boldly Go' somewhere from Twitter

649

Summer travel anxiety: we did it to ourselves & how we can fix it

650

An affirmative negative

651

Embracing "Bidenomics"

652

Oh look; more hate here

653

Nazi scum & a 'space laser' lady check-in

654

Purple Shadow' more a 'black eye' for GOP's war on "woke"⁠

655

The sub, the rub, the Unwinders and lots of grub

656

A Petition, A Publix & A Really Nice Stamp

657

Re: 'Rewind' & Climate & Don's "Best People"

658

Our second 'Independence Day'

659

'Rewind' Erased & One Nitpicked Petition

660

"Jesus take the crops!"

661

Kids Exploited "On The Farm" & the "Foxification" of Indictment Coverage

662

Arraigned! Also, Now ATL Council wants to raise taxes?

663

Delusions Persist at GA GOP Convention

664

Indictment and Meltdown 2.0

665

Remembering Pat Robertson & Seeing Through Mike Pence

666

DHS & FBI: "Domestic Terrorism" was a lie

667

'Cop City' gets funded: so now what?

668

An overwhelming "no" to Cop City from locals

669

Economic data isn't tripping up Biden & An Embarrassing Bond (hearing)

670

"Cop City" charges from a prosecutor's perspective & who's actually guilty of targeting kids?

671

SWATTING Cop City protest supporters | An Evening For Equality (to come)

672

"Dark Brandon" did it again ...

673

Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery

674

Congrats, grads! Ready to work or nah?

675

Ron's Runnin' & where print journalism is failing us

676

Righties still hyperventilate over Satan?

677

These cuts are gonna wound us all

678

Inside the polling, on the sleeve and in your brain

679

Where's the (Department of) Justice?

680

"The 300"

681

Morris is "the Pitts;" and Un-Foxing America

682

That town hall ... and who's posturing, exactly?

683

Not a good look, Dawg

684

Battery & defamation comes with a cost

685

White nationalist & anti-immigrant Texas terror

686

Anecdotes & more with Anecdotal ATL host Will Edmonds

687

Clarence, Herschel and their "sugar daddies"

688

"Midtown on Lockdown"

689

Whitewashing "diversity," and remembering "the Titans" in Rome, Georgia⁠

690

'Dark Brandon' & Roy Wood Jr.

691

Another convo with King; a second ATL trans murder & don't kids NEED to know about "diversity?"

692

MARTA is "smarta," Swifts. Is Joe the "best case?"

693

Marianne Williamson Makes Her Case

694

Joe's a go & I met a Mirracle Mom. Plus, why NOW, GBI?

695

Tucker's gone; Don, too. So why is Rob Rechsteiner still around?

696

Micah's on the Cop City saga

697

Checking in on our Cherokee Dems

698

Eyeing the Cherokee BOE, the Supremes, GOP squabbling & the FTC

699

Innocent Entities Don't Settle

700

Clarence, Marge & Non-Compete Clauses - all should go away

701

Why is Randy the Repub against "righting a wrong?"

702

Recycling Day - Rivian & Wrongful Convictions

703

Tim's In - sort of; will Rivian Make the Ribbon-Cutting?

704

Melita talks Mifepristone & more

705

My Monday with Amir

706

This week is a snapshot of what the GOP has become: porn pay-offs, fraud, racism, graft & beer can hissies

707

Democracy dying in Tennessee; a conversation with Bobbie of 'Regulate Guns Not Women'

708

On Rick Steiner, Bill White, "that guy," and Stacey Abrams

709

Arraignment Day / 404 Day / MLK Assassination Anniversary

710

Marge's Big Night & Ruwa's Moment to Relax (a bit)

711

Don's Cons & His Pearl-Clutching Flock

712

King Williams - Your New Best Friend

713

The Face of Gun Fetishism: The Shellshocked Child

714

The right's TRANSitioning from guns ... of course.

715

Will It EVER Be About the Guns?

716

Lotta "Cop City" Talk

717

Why the FBI is surveilling "save the park" groups

718

"Let's Bully Trans Kids Then Play Some Kickball!"

719

ATL wants to audit MARTA, Ga GOP wants to harm marginalized kids

720

"A Rising Tide ..." has been proven to work better.

721

The numbers don't lie; but that never stops GOP ideologues

722

Brock is "just a dude," but ...

723

Where's the Data, Anti-Trans Repubs?

724

Half here, half not

725

It turns out there ARE locals against 'Cop City' - not hard to find 'em either

726

Civil war & guns & whatever "FOOMO" is

727

So much for "limited government;" GOP wants in on your family's trans decisions & shield kids from ... drag queens?

728

After "Crossover Day," What's left? Anti-trans & private school handouts

729

"Cop City" clash ... Buckhead butt-hurt & Georgia's WINning women

730

Where We Are on Georgia Education Funding

731

Buckhead yea or Buckhead nay?

732

Jalen's bailing' (on NFL media), poor Gabe Sterling didn't check the seating chart & is Buckhead city DOA?

733

Actual Buckhead folks speak up & Marjorie wants better treatment than she gives others

734

Buckhead city ish, Ga Repubs want to over-step in Cobb & Financial Pinheads Have No Idea

735

Southern. Gay. Teacher. Concerned.

736

My birthday episode - with a "gift" from Steve Doocey & more 'Buckhead' nonsense

737

More Marge Insanity & this "White Flag" =/= "surrender"

738

The "school choice" ruse exposed

739

On Joe, Marge, Jimmy & Nikki

740

Friday, February 17, 2023: "They knew it was a lie"

741

Thursday, February 16, 2023: Perjury?!?

742

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

743

Monday, February 13, 2023

744

Tuesday, February 14, 2023