Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Signs Election Rules Bill into Law
Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Tuesday that establishes rules and processes for how to register to vote and conduct elections. kemp signed Garrison Douglas, President Kemp’s press secretary, signed Senate Bill 189 (SB189) into law on Tuesday. Confirmed to USA Today. SB 189 creates a process to help counties remove certain voters […]
With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law
Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Tuesday that makes additional changes to Georgia’s election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential election in the battleground state. It also includes the definition of probable cause for removal from the voter rolls if a voter’s eligibility is called into question. Republican activists have challenged more than 100,000 voters […]
Georgia mom identified as person who plunged to death at Ohio State University graduation
The woman who jumped to her death from an Ohio State University graduation stand over the weekend has been identified as the graduate’s parent, and her death is likely a suicide, authorities announced Tuesday. Larissa Brady, 53, of Georgia, was pronounced dead after falling 46 feet from Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Sunday, the Franklin […]
Fani Willis refuses to testify before GOP-led Georgia panel
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, said Monday that she does not intend to testify before the Republican-led Georgia Senate committee investigating her. Willis said at an event supported by many local black religious leaders that the committee investigating her may not have the authority to subpoena her. “First of all, I don’t […]
FACT CHECK: Image Shows Female Protester Applying Lipstick In Tbilisi, Georgia, Not The US
An image shared on X claims to show a female protester applying lipstick during a recent pro-Palestine demonstration in the U.S. #Female pro-Palestine protester applying lipstick on the reflection of the police shield, #defending the voice of truth with steadfast resolve.👩🏻🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/YYogr7YHy1 — Khadija Soulmate (@KhadijaSoulmate) May 3, 2024 Verdict: False The image, which was […]
Greene vs conservatives: Georgia Republican on an island
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)’s lone effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) from power makes her a firebrand in Georgia during her time on Capitol Hill. It represents a major trend that has continued. She joined the MAGA movement in Congress, but she has alienated many of her conservative allies along the way. […]
Former Georgia lieutenant gov tells fellow Republicans to back Biden over Trump
Former Georgia lieutenant governor Jeff Duncan has urged his fellow Republicans to vote against his party’s presidential standard-bearer, Donald Trump, and support President Biden instead. Mr. Duncan, 49, who was president during Mr. Trump’s 2020 election machinations in the Peach State, expressed deep disappointment at the rallying of Republican leaders around Mr. Trump, 77. “This […]
Georgia Republican backs Biden, blasts those in party who ‘fall in line’ with Trump
Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Jeff Duncan (R) announced Monday that he will support President Biden in the November election and criticized other Republicans who are “aligned” with former President Trump. In an editorial published in atlanta journal constitution “It’s disappointing to see more Republicans following in President Trump’s footsteps,” Duncan said Monday. He said he […]
Georgia police remove squatters allegedly occupying home since Christmas
Police in South Fulton, Georgia, cracked down on a group of squatters who allegedly moved into a vacant home last Christmas. FOX 5 in Atlanta The South Fulton Police Department reported that a group of people pulled up to a house on Cavito Court that was supposed to be vacant, then detained six people and […]
‘I’m in awe of our young people and their courage in the face of arrests and teargas’ | Georgia
The finale of Beethoven’s “revolutionary” Fifth Symphony was greeted with deafening applause at Tbilisi’s State Opera and Ballet Theater last Thursday night. The cheers grew into a powerful expression of solidarity with the protests outside Rustaveli Street. People hoisted EU flags on theater balconies and chanted “No to Russian law!” Europe!georgia [Sa-kar-tve-lo]! ” They say […]