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Mathew Helman @mathelman.bsky.social · 11h

In #GA13 , octogenarian Rep. David Scott has checked out on his constituents and he has checked out on democracy itself!

Help replace absentee Rep. Scott with scientist, professor, and legislator @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social at:
secure.actblue.com/donate/jc_so...

#gapol #Atlanta #Georgia

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Rohit For Atlanta @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social · 1d

This is a campaign and a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life. Thank you, a million times over.

Forever I love Atlanta.

#atlpol #atlroh

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Brian Bannon @sobsax.bsky.social · 1d

Socialists in Cox Cities.
Apparently, the newly-elected mayor of Dayton, OH is a Dem Socialist though her campaign wasn't officially endorsed by the DSA. Dayton is where Cox Ent. began in 1898.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's new offices are in District 2 which DSA candidate Kelsea Bond won.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

A whole bunch of people younger than me got elected last night and I am totally good with that

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Progress Georgia @progressgeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning!

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 2d

SCHEDULE ALERT: I'll be joining @atlpresscollective.com's Election Night Livestream at 7pm ET to discuss some of my past reporting for @thexylom.com, including on the state of marta and the heavily watched Georgia Public Service Commission races.

Bookmark this link for tonight:

Election Night Livestream | Tue, Nov. 4, 2025

www.youtube.com

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Krista Brewer @kristarbrewer.bsky.social · 2d

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Krista Brewer @kristarbrewer.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY is the last day to vote: If you live in the city of Atlanta and don't know who to vote for, go on over to the @atlpresscollective.com for candidate questionnaires.

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evelynmaryw.bsky.social @evelynmaryw.bsky.social · 4d

#GAPol

AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 5d

If Kemp’s not willing to use GA’s 14.6 billion surplus (9 bil is undesignated and 5.6 bil is a rainy day fund) to help fund SNAP, what the hell is he going to use it for?? I can’t think of anything more important than keeping people from starving.
www.11alive.com/article/news...

Several questions unanswered in Georgia response to SNAP funding lapse

Gov. Brian Kemp has signaled the state won't be dipping into surplus funds to fill SNAP gaps.

www.11alive.com

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Krista Brewer @kristarbrewer.bsky.social · 2d

And that's why we're gonna vote the PSC incumbents out of office TODAY!

maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social · 3d

Georgia energy executives, lawyers donate thousands to Republicans running to be energy regulators

So, do these commission candidates favor biz over consumers?

#gapol via The Current GA

thecurrentga.org/2025/11/02/g...

Georgia energy workers donate thousands to GOP regulators - The Current

Dozens of executives and employees of Georgia's largest energy utilities have contributed at least $77,000 to the two Republicans running for re-election to the Public Service Commission, with the maj...

thecurrentga.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed

Beating the dangerous influence of private interests on governments requires independent judges, journalists and a courageous civil society

www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

The dumbest thing on the internet.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 4d

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4d

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 5d

🚨NEW: Everyone in Georgia is supposed to have an equal voice, but an outdated US Census Bureau policy counts incarcerated people in the wrong place, giving a few residents a megaphone – aka prison gerrymandering

The state can fix this. Here's how👇
www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2025/10...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 6d

The orange cretin appears intent on making sure next week is not about people going hungry or his party getting their ass kicked in the election.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

www.miamiherald.com

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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 6d

Track record Exhibit A: Andre pours $58m (and counting) of TAD money into rat-infested, obsolete 2 Peachtree tower to convert to affordable homes. Now begging MARTA to move into it.

Extending TAD slush funds means hiking taxes, because that money would otherwise return to schools, county & city.

Griffin Wasdin @heflinhollis.bsky.social · 6d

The track record is one of the biggest arguments against TAD extensions. Many projects were advanced recklessly at extraordinary cost with marginal benefit, and of course Dickens’s habit of canceling or downgrading widely popular transit projects undermines public trust in ANY future agenda.

Darin Givens @atlurbanist.bsky.social · 6d

This TAD extension will allegedly protect legacy residents, build affordable housing, put rail on the Beltline, build a new hospital, and support small businesses. That's quite a project list.

It makes me wonder...what's Mayor Dickens' track record with following through on project lists?

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 6d

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.

ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.

interc.pt

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 7d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Kevin Pelton @kpelton.bsky.social · 10d

Have we investigated whether the Magic's non-shooting is contagious? Because Desmond Bane seems to have caught it.

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GoodPlaceJames @goodplacejames.bsky.social · 11d

I wonder how much money has been spent on fighting public healthcare.

And how much healthcare that could have provided.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11d

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 13d

He did high school in Gwinnett. The scandal of it! Clearly disqualifies him, right?
What really burns them is that he says 155k signatures on the Cop City referendum petition should not have been thrown in the trash to placate the donor class.
#GApol

Eric Teusink @ericteusink.bsky.social · 13d

Going to try and early vote for @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social this weekend.

I was going to vote for him regardless, but the disgusting, bigoted campaign run by his opponent has served to make me even more confident in my choice.

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Harry Underwood @blackgaynerd.com · 12d

#gapol

YIMBY Action @yimbyaction.bsky.social · 12d

Our Abundant Housing Atlanta chapter is working hard to spread the word about their endorsements for City Council!

If you live in the area, check out the endorsements and be sure to VOTE 🗳️

We need more YIMBYs in leadership, so it's important that we show up to the polls 🫡

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