MAGA may not care that their heroes, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, keep getting caught in lies, but for the sake of history, the rest of us will just have to keep chronicling it, anyway.The latest: claims that 150+ year old people are getting Social Security checks; well, that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is sending check to people born that long ago (and longer) who are obviously not alive. I mean, someone produced a table and put it on a meme so to MAGA, it must be true, yeah?Well, no. I

Pardon me while I close a few "open tabs" on the laptop heading into the weekend.A ruby-red, Trump-adoring Georgia county"found out" about 700 "green energy" jobs planned for at a new battery plant south of Newnan aren't coming, after all. While the Norwegian company spoke ofinflation and costs, it's hard not to connect the "drill baby, drill" dots.The Georgia Senatepassed SB-1, banning trans girls & women from scholastic & collegiate sports

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Another Republican-backed bill to get rid of school zone speeding ticket-generating cameras is having a better go of it in the Georgia General Assembly this session, and as someone who's been the recipient of one of their tickets, I'm not not so sure I'm for or against this ban. On the one hand, I definitely support safety for pedestrian kids near schools (and anywhere), but there've been a lot of bogus charges and cities are raking in money hand-over-fist year after year, which

Good news, y'all; I have it on good authority (a mid-market conservative talk radio parrot) that Donald Trump''s rhetoric whereby the U.S. would "take over" Gaza were "sidebar remarks were casual and not intended as anything other than speculative inquiries." Oh good; for a minute there I thought the press briefing on a dais with the Israeli Prime Minister beside POTUS - both behind podiums and one with the Presidential seal on it meant "this is a serious occasion." The "Trump whisperers" have some

Hearing J.D. Vance have the audacity to go not just to Europe but to Munich, GERMANY to finger-wag about a "threat from within" was just too stunning to let glide by.Today I started with my disdain (I was actually outraged upon first glance) for a social media post by a longtime radio friend taking delight in a purported spike in home listings in the DC metro - along with a pretty wicked comment from another (and mutual) friend of ours ("like roaches twhen the lights come on")

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

Greg Bluestein's reporting thatDemocrats are "fracturing" over Trump's "hardline" immigration agenda (literally the headline) included a nugget that - to me -wasthe story."...a poll published this month by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed that roughly 60% believe there should be a way for most people who have come to the U.S. unlawfully to “stay in the country legally if certain requirements are met.”As DonaldTrump's polling begins to take the predictable

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance has certainly sparked a conversation, and honestly the timing couldn't be better considering conservatives' breathless zeal for suppressing a true reckoning on race and its role in our nation's history. Surely you understand that's why the white nationalist-in-chief wants todismantle the federal Department of Education so MAGA states can get back to lettingpro-Confederacy groups write your kids' history books.So last weekend, I

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a MAGA radical, but there appears to be an effort to 'mainstream' her, anyway. She did a live taping for WABE-FM's "Politically Georgia" podcast with Atlanta Journal Constitution reporters Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell and Patricia Murphy last week and waffled on her "America First" hardlining (when it equivocates on Gaza but less so on Ukraine), gave her "business" spin on government efficiency and was asked about future statewide

Sometimes when I launch into a topic I have no idea where the stream of consciousness is going to take me, but damned if this isn't a good one, y'all, if I do say so myself. Georgia Republicans want to make Georgia a "closed primary" state, and that's (spoiler alert) bad for democracy. If Republicans are for something, when it comes to elections, you can be sure it's "bad for democracy." Now, listen, fellow Democrats ... we have to accept that our issues in 2016

Sometimes you just have to laugh; credit to Senator Josh McLaurin (D-14) for taking his time on the floor at the state Senate to review all the nuttiness from the Trump administration's takeover in Washington. His xompatriot Senator Nikki Merritt took another tact yesterday, invoking Black History Month to remind folks to "walk carefully.." She noted the military trying to bury the story of the Tuskegee Airmen (briefly) last weekend as proof that vigilance is more necessary than

Super grateful that GA-6 Senator Jason Esteves joined me today to share some optimism (and some stark reality, too) on the likelihood some form of full Medicaid expansion is even a possibility this legislative session. There's at least a glimmer of hope with four rural Republican lawmakers joining with Democrats on the idea, anyway. Meanwhile, as Donald Trump keeps imperiling our economy with tariff threats, his executive actions attepting to roll back clean energy initiatives. Here in Georgia,

In the aftermath of the deadly plane/army helicopter crash, President Donald Trump almost immediately cited "D.E.I." as a factor - without evidence. Listen as USC law professor Jody Armour weigh in on Trump's missed opportunity to unite the nation after such a tragedy and his "incongruous" rationalization that D.E.I. has to have played a role. Why? Is he kneejerk reacting to deflect culpability on his gutting the FAA and a key aviation security committee? Former Transportation Secretary Pete

The second Donald Trump term began as the made-for-TV event you know the former reality TV star sought it out to be, and while "reality TV" is largely fictitious scripting, Trump's inauguration day was very real - with real-life consequences for justice, law & order and both undocumented and DACA status immigrants. To help e understand how real (or not) a threat Trump's focused executive orders are for current and future immigrants, I spoke with immigration attorney/CEO Kate

Rev. Senator Raphael Warnock was among those who got to pepper DHHS secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., yesterday, and he zeroed in on comparisons RFK of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Nazi camps and Catholic child sex abuse. Senator Ron Wyden also cornered RFK on his role in the deadly Samoean measles outbreak and Hawaii Governor Josh Green later dubbed RFK a liar. Just another day where a head-scratching Trump Cabinet appointee - having no business being there - gets

The White House federal funding "freeze" mandate on Monday through a lot of the nation for a loop - just another chaotic day in a Trump presidency - before a federal judge put the brakes on it. I'm trying to figure out why Republicans in Congress are just rolling over and ceding the legislative branch's equal power to this particular President. They're just ... letting him do as he wishes, even at the expense of Congressional authority. Locally, Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens

Dr. Anthony (Tony) Lemieux is a professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta and an investigator with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START). He joined me today to discuss the very real, very stark dangers that exist in the aftermath of the sweeping pardons of violent insurrectionists -fomented via the rhetoric of President Donald Trump - by Trump himself.Insightful and sobering conversation today.

The avalanche of Trump-related egregious acts are seemingy too numerous to keep tabs on, but there seems to be bipartisan agreement on his pardoning J6ers ... that it was a bridge too far. Don't get it twisted - Republicans won't actually do anything about it, but they do seem to agree it sends an awful message. On Sunday's 'Meet The Press,' Senators Adam Schiff (D) and Lindsey Graham (R) vocalized that much. Even The Daily Show's Ronny Chieng noted not only the wrongess but

Jay Bookman wrote a blistering-yet-sobering piece last week for the Georgia Recorder where he spells it out plainly: Republicans pick on the trans community because 'it works," writing "Because transgender Americans are an unpopular, powerless and almost friendless subgroup, which makes them the perfect target for politicians willing to leverage that unpopularity into votes." See, legislating for all Americans to ensure diversity & inclusion is really hard, whereas throughout American history,