Meet Marisa
Marisa Pyle is a registered lobbyist, advocating for several grassroots organizations, as well as a political organizer and formerly with Fair Fight Action. She's been diligently reporting from inside...
23 Helmi 202445min
Homophobic legislators hate (being called 'homophobic')
Nice outage this morning, eh? Seriously, just months after we loved or hated the Obamas-produced "Leave the World Behind," we got a hint of a taste of the premise. Had to be a nightmare for rideshare-...
23 Helmi 202444min
Heritage Foundation fluff & dueling 'Fani' op/ed pieces
Tuesday's Georgia Senate education & youth subcommittee meeting got slightly bonkers when a bill - almost verbatim lifted from Heritage Foundation "Project 2025" guidance - felt "off" for some on the ...
22 Helmi 202444min
"Dickens" 2.0 is a go, "Bo v. Bey" & Is Trump pulling a "Nixon?"
Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens told the AJC editorial board last Friday he's running for re-election - while insinuating the Biden administration might be eyeing him for something else (but the job he ha...
20 Helmi 202444min
Fani rebukes being "Jezebel-ed"
Fani Willis shocked the US political world when she charged into Judge Scott McAfee's fifth floor courtroom yesterday to take the stand While she came in fire-hot and had more than half the country cr...
16 Helmi 202444min
Why not a "leave of absence?"
Even after today's wild courtroom antics, I maintain Fani Willis erred in hiring (or continuing to work with) someone she was having a romantic relationship with, and I've been saying for days now her...
16 Helmi 202444min
The 'Trump Effect' strikes again & Cobb Schools gets served
Not long after passing a(nother) useless measure to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a one-vote margin, Democrats picked up George Santos' old House seat in New York. Naturally, that loss, ...
15 Helmi 202444min
(Same ol') country for old men
Georgia Republicans continue flinging useless 'red meat" legislation on the grill, the latest being an empty proclamation condemning President Joe Biden's immigration policies, while of course leaving...
13 Helmi 202444min
