We awoke to word that a ceasefire agreement had been reached freeing the remaining 20 hostages from Hamas control with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netenyahu's blessing. What remained unclear, at least initially, was if President Donald Trump knew if Gazans would be free to return to Gaza or be temporarily or permanently displaced. The framework of the '20-point plan' is very shaky, and - it turns out - recycled from past plans offered a year ago, but rebuffed by Netenyahu and because

First JD Vance Shares Heartbreaking Plea From All the Parents of the Minneapolis School Shooting VictimsNext. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Announces the End to 'Information Blocking' of Medical RecordsLater Illegal Alien Who Slipped Through Biden’s DHS Caught After Killing Illinois Woman Illegal Alien Who Slipped Through Biden’s DHS Caught After Killing Illinois WomanJ.B. Pritzker Chooses Politics Over Lives—Trump & Vance Call Him OutIn 7am hour Home Prices Soar 47%—Thanks to Pritzker’s War on

Noel Heatherland with Georgia Equality was kind enough to join me Thursday morning ahead of Atlanta Pride to provide a bit of a "temp check" on all things Georgia LGBTQIA+ rights. ------Shame on Marci Collier-Overstreet, one of two Democrats vying to be Atlanta City Council President, for using the groan-worthy "defund the police" quip at a recent Atlanta Press Club debate, in an attempt to take a swipe at her opponent, Rohit Malhotra. Overstreet, it should be noted, voted in

Early polling shows name recognition is putting former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the drivers' seat for the Democratic Party race for Georgia's governor's office in 2026. Hear why I find this worrisome for the party, and why I have a hunch this comes down to a "Geoff Duncan vs. the field" race inevitably.------I wasn't the first to say it, but I have another hunch: that seeing air traffic controllers not being able to fully staff towers may well be what ends the

"A movement driven by prosperity preachers, extremist politicians, and right-wing power brokers laid the groundwork for Trump’s presidency and is now advancing its agenda under his second administration. This multipronged effort against our national institutions is being led by millennial “kingmaker” Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and the new face of Christian Nationalism."That's the book pitch for "Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize

Atlanta-based Democratic political strategist Andrew Heaton mixed and mingled with Georgia Democrats at their annual Carter-Lewis Dinner , then joined me Monday to spill the tea.Who was there? Who (notably) wasn't? Who was working the room, who's likely to emerge with campaigns for statewide office that hasn't already? These questions and more are all answered in our post-dinner conversation.

There's an ask, since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, for a return to "civility" in our political discourse. I'm here to tell you that "civility" is a luxury for only the privileged, and it's more obvious now than ever. When Elon Musk is calling for the shuttering of the Southern Poverty Law Center and he and FBI director Kash Patel see the Anti-Defamation League as a hate group, they're looking to silence arbiters of bias and hatred instead of the amplifiers

A Lavonia, Georgia hospital getting out of the 'labor and delivery' business leaves four counties and those pregnant living in them an hour or more away from a still-functioning L&D facility. This is largely the result of Medicaid funding cuts (and I'd argue, Georgia never accepting Medicaid expansion funding since 2010). This is where I mention all four counties going overwhelmingly for Trump in 2024, 2020 and 2016. This doesn't occur in a "statewide race" vacuum,

Author ("Southern. Gay. Teacher." and "Gay Arab American and Middle Eastern Men") and former Fulton County educator Randy Fair joined the show today to share with me what prompted him to write an op/ed in the South Florida Sun Sentinel (paywall ... wah wahhh) defending teachers' free speech rights. I read the op/ed for the audience prior to the conversation, so you won't need to pay to read it.In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination, school systems throughout

In this week’s episode of Friends with Politics, listen to Andrew & Sal ruminate on a radioactive cat, discuss the impact of military deployments on American soil, argue about authoritarianism, worry about RFK’s increasingly anti-science actions, talk about the EPA fighting against the fight against climate change & much more…

TW: Police Violence, animal crueltyThis is the August Episode, so when we recorded this, we didn't have the "GOOD NEWS!" of Charlie Kirk's murder, so the cover will have to suffice for now. We got homunculi, a horrific tale of police overreach in Static's backyard, and a bold legal move by the people of Denmark. In case you weren't sure,DEATH TO FASCISTSThis episode is also in memory of Ted's puppers, Buster. You are deeply loved and missed.Ending track from Dave Hause

Atlanta Journal Constitution op/ed columnist Bill Torpy penned a piece in early September finger-wagging at progressives over word choice and his perceiving them to be 'haughty and arrogant,' owing to their 'moral superiority' as a reason the Democratic Party is losing elections and the voter registration game, lately. He cited the recently resigned CDC official Dr. Demetre Daskalakis' resignation letter and his use of the term "pregnant people" as an example. Third Way

Sterling Hill - aka "Sterling Thrill" - is a dear friend of mine. We go back to 2009 when he entered a contest to be a radio deejay and came in second place (though he eventually got the gig). Sterling and I not only worked together, we've been friends from the jump. One thing we once had in common was a comfortable ability to discuss our atheism. Here's the thing: Sterling found Jesus and has been a strong, passionate voice for Christianity ever since, some of it through his work

Well, Georgia Democrats didn't snatch a state Senate seat from the GOP last night, despite their candidate - Debra Shigley - outpacing 2024 numbers, but liberals needn't dismay. Her 9-point improvement on 2024 results for her party bode well for 2026, and with the majority of the GOP seeming to be in no hurry to release the Epstein files and with the economy in malaise - and by MAGA's own admission not expecting to improve for a year or more - there should be optimism for

Wednesday night, from the Oval Office, we were told "the left" is the source of all that's poisonous in our political discourse, ironically by one of the most venomous vitriolic pursed lips in American political history. Fast-forward to today when we awaken to those lips flapping on 'Fox & Friends' to reveal that "we have him," the shooting suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination. What's noteworthy about that visit to the curved couch was when he had the

Geoff Duncan's entry into the Georgia Democratic Party's gubernatorial field for 2026 has drawn a lot ... of criticism, skeptics, and yes, some signs of support. Former Gwinnett County Democratic Party chair Bianca Keaton isn't having it. The founder and chief strategist at The Center of Mass, now a candidate consultant, likens Duncan's entry and those who support him to 'electoral white flight.'She joined me to elaborate.Also, joining me, fresh off his one-on-one with Duncan

It's election day in Georgia's 21st Senate district and Democrat Debra Shigley has enjoyed a lot of support for her campaign to wrest a red-leaning suburban Atlanta enclave from the GOP.High-profile names like Senator Jon Ossoff, Representative Lucy McBath, former gubernatorial (at least we believe she's still 'just' a former candidate, for now) Stacey Abrams, DNC chair Ken Martin, current (Democrat and ...) gubernatorial candidate Geoff Duncan, one of his combatants in former

My roommate and I are pretty different people in a number of ways, not the least of which is his grasp of (and my indifference to) things like DragonCon, cosplay, online gameplay and social interaction outside of traditional social media. His interest in a lot of that, along with is being a regular listener of the LawFare podcast "Rational Security" lead him to recommending a recent episode: "The 'Ten Years, Still Off-Key' Edition." In that episode's first 20 minutes

Chanel Haley, deputy executive director at Georgia Equality, is frankly one of the lucky few in the trans community. Despite the long odds for navigating adolescence, coming out, transitioning and finding her way towards earning an education and occupational success, Chanel still faced bias and oppression along the way.She joined me today to weigh in on casually-made anti-trans statements made the Sunday before Charlie Kirk's assassination by two conservative pundits on FOX-5 / WAGA-TV's

The income tax is getting a lot of press in Georgia right now. A governor and lieutenant governor candidate are proposing a bill to repeal individual income tax across Georgia as well as reducing corporate income tax. Is this a ploy for campaign support? Or are they actually going to act on this proposal?Official Podcast of the Libertarian Party of Georgia, airing Mondays @ 8PM EasternA weekly podcast hosted by Jake Green & Cat Hartley that focuses on the state of Georgia. From politics, to