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Donald Trump sought to put an end to questions about his position on abortion this week with a video backing the right of states to decide the matter. But his newly adopted states' rights stance has only fueled more questions. President Joe Biden...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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A GOP minority outreach center in suburban Atlanta that was once devoted to artificially creating buzz, giving people the shaft, and taking an�unusually keen interest�in what happens in other people��
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 11:55 AM PDT
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BREEEEEEAKKKK! A brief comment by Chitown Kev OK, so...for the past few days,�I’ve been waking up at weird hours, falling asleep at weird hours, doing projects at weird hours and...well, ...
by Black Kos
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on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 02:08 PM PDT
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According to Jodie Ginsberg, President of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international advocacy group for reporters, the Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous conflict for journalists since the group began keeping records 30 years ago. CPJ...
by Mark Taylor Canfield
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 12:56 PM PST
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A push by Georgia Republicans to maintain their congressional majority is likely to come down to a decades-old legal question that has never been settled by the U.S. Supreme Court — does federal law protect voting districts where a coalition of...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 11:01 AM PST
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Congratulations to GA State Representative Mary Margaret Oliver for receiving the Georgia First Amendment Foundation Weltner Award, in recognition of her efforts to promote government transparency and accountability. Oliver represents district 82...
by AChris
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on Sun Oct 08, 2023 at 09:49 AM PDT
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Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Oct 01, 2023 at 07:13 AM PDT
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A judge on Friday rejected a request by former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to move the Georgia election subversion charges against him from state court to federal court. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said he was making no ruling on the...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 11:42 AM PDT
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Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar Donald Trump is a morally repugnant human being. He was a racist, a narcissist, and an undisciplined lying cheat on January 6; he was a morally repugnant ...
by Black Kos
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on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 02:02 PM PDT
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By� Jennifer Gerson
Originally published by The 19th
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Vice President Kamala Harris asked a ...
by The19th
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 04:20 PM PDT
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The last hurricane was really bad for the Big Bend area. People including me sighed a sigh that some relief that it did not hit us directly. Many were not that lucky. We should not get too comfortable at all. This past summer has been record breaking...
by Vetwife
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on Sun Sep 03, 2023 at 06:18 PM PDT
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Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make As � John Eastman � prepared to surrender to Georgia authorities last week for an � indictment related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election , he issued a statement denouncing ...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Aug 29, 2023 at 12:20 PM PDT
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When Fox News watchers in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Milwaukee flip on their TVs this week, they will be treated to a 60-second reality check on all of Trump's alleged criminality. The never-Trump group Republican Accountability Project made a six-figure ad...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue Aug 29, 2023 at 12:20 PM PDT
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Within hours of Donald Trump’s Fulton County jail mugshot getting plastered around the world, right-wingers were pretending that having the leader of their political movement indicted four separate times was a good thing. Turning Point USA’s Charlie...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Aug 28, 2023 at 01:48 PM PDT
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Pastor Stephen Lee of IL was the LAST criminal defendent to turn himself in to the Fulton County Jail. If you do not know who he is or how he fits into this criminal gang, Lee was the first to show up on Ruby Freeman’s door, literally, to harass her to...
by Merlin196360
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on Fri Aug 25, 2023 at 04:29 PM PDT
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Activists furious Democratic leaders haven't denounced plan to check every ‘Stop Cop City’ signature Georgia activists against a proposed police and firefighting training center have called on Democratic senators to denounce Atlanta’s plan to check every signature on a petition to put the issue ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Will Trump challenge the social media constraints in his bond agreement. There will be a mug shot, just wait for those NFT sales. Trump threatens a “Giant Murder Wave”.
by annieli
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on Mon Aug 21, 2023 at 06:39 PM PDT
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CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from school libraries, she was following a path cleared by Georgia's Republican ...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Aug 21, 2023 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Alongside the many familiar names indicted by Georgia prosecutors on Monday night were a number of lesser-known figures who also stand accused of conspiring with Donald Trump to subvert the results of the 2020 elections. One person in particular,...
by David Nir
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on Tue Aug 15, 2023 at 12:48 PM PDT
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America’s Greatest Prop Comic; Monday’s “press conference” will be another grifting opportunity. The RICO conviction demands five years that can unfortunately be served under probation. It can only be pardoned after serving the full sentence. He’s not...
by annieli
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on Tue Aug 15, 2023 at 01:59 PM PDT
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