John Ruch
@johnruchatlanta.bsky.social
paralegal, fantasy novelist, ex-journalist
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Georgians donated $13.6 million to police foundations in lieu of taxes in 2024
The state is willing to give up $75 million in taxes for this annually but is not getting near that much interest
That's according to a new review by the Georgia Dept of Audits and Accounts
#gapol
The state is willing to give up $75 million in taxes for this annually but is not getting near that much interest
That's according to a new review by the Georgia Dept of Audits and Accounts
#gapol
# gapol Report from Georgia Dept. of Audits & Accts Law Enforcement Organization Tax Credit https://www.audits.g
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Georgians donated $13.6 million to police foundations in lieu of taxes in 2024
The state is willing to give up $75 million in taxes for this annually but is not getting near that much interest
That's according to a new review by the Georgia Dept of Audits and Accounts
#gapol
The state is willing to give up $75 million in taxes for this annually but is not getting near that much interest
That's according to a new review by the Georgia Dept of Audits and Accounts
#gapol
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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In recent years the Georgia Department of Corrections has restricted or removed access to boots, jacket liners, thermal underwear, long-sleeved shirts, raincoats, knit hats and having a second blanket.
Some Prisons Have Quietly Stopped Giving Us Winter Clothes - Filter
After issuing prisoners the same lined winter jackets since 1991, last winter the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) sent them ...
filtermag.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In recent years the Georgia Department of Corrections has restricted or removed access to boots, jacket liners, thermal underwear, long-sleeved shirts, raincoats, knit hats and having a second blanket.
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“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
New story from @keribla.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Found my band name.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Found my band name.
'...multiple counts of misuse of automated license plate recognition systems'
Former Braselton police chief arrested, accused of harassment and stalking, GBI says
Former Braselton police chief arrested, accused of harassment and stalking, GBI says
The GBI said a months-long investigation “revealed Steffman misused the automated license plate recognition systems to harass and stalk multiple individuals.”
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
'...multiple counts of misuse of automated license plate recognition systems'
But seriously, did any of those trees survive?
RIP, Tom. Journalists could honor him by checking out whether any of the magnolias dug up for Marvel movie filming really survived... creativeloafing.com/content-2184...
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
But seriously, did any of those trees survive?
RIP, Tom. Journalists could honor him by checking out whether any of the magnolias dug up for Marvel movie filming really survived... creativeloafing.com/content-2184...
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
RIP, Tom. Journalists could honor him by checking out whether any of the magnolias dug up for Marvel movie filming really survived... creativeloafing.com/content-2184...
1st Ed also warned against asshole powergamers ruining yr group. Like I said years ago: 'D&D also taught us that a lot of people behave like dragons and belong in a dungeon—or worse, would drop you into one in a millisecond, smiling the whole damn time.' terminalia.weebly.com/articles/dol...
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
1st Ed also warned against asshole powergamers ruining yr group. Like I said years ago: 'D&D also taught us that a lot of people behave like dragons and belong in a dungeon—or worse, would drop you into one in a millisecond, smiling the whole damn time.' terminalia.weebly.com/articles/dol...
The 1990s ATL noir 'Down on Ponce' by Fred Willard (not *that* Fred Willard) is its own kind of amazing document of the Olympics gentrification era, with its predatory Cobb Republican real estate lawyer villain vs. eccentric oddballs. Crazy how little info there is on this guy.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The 1990s ATL noir 'Down on Ponce' by Fred Willard (not *that* Fred Willard) is its own kind of amazing document of the Olympics gentrification era, with its predatory Cobb Republican real estate lawyer villain vs. eccentric oddballs. Crazy how little info there is on this guy.
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‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
Accused of obscenity and sued by police and Tory MPs, Libertine outraged the establishment as part of Crass. Now she’s back – and she hasn’t mellowed with age
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
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So the deal is we can get on-time flights for medical tourism to other countries that have affordable health care?
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So the deal is we can get on-time flights for medical tourism to other countries that have affordable health care?
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well i for one welcome the winchester mystery white house
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
well i for one welcome the winchester mystery white house
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Coverage by @appenmedia.bsky.social of our work in an Open Records case: 'Fulton Sheriff’s Office settles open records lawsuit for $75,000' www.appenmedia.com/news/fulton-...
Fulton Sheriff’s Office settles open records lawsuit for $75,000
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has paid $75,000 to settle an open records lawsuit after unlawfully withholding video of a woman being choked by a jailer, according to law firm
www.appenmedia.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Coverage by @appenmedia.bsky.social of our work in an Open Records case: 'Fulton Sheriff’s Office settles open records lawsuit for $75,000' www.appenmedia.com/news/fulton-...
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
'They are all of them more of less nonsense, coldly considered as history – but most authors long to be as influentially wrong as Graves, Frazer, Murray, Watkins or Meri.' -- @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social on Lennart Meri's 'Silverwhite': drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/journey-fr...
Journey from the fallen sun
Reflections on Lennart Meri's ‘Silverwhite’
drfrancisyoung.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
'They are all of them more of less nonsense, coldly considered as history – but most authors long to be as influentially wrong as Graves, Frazer, Murray, Watkins or Meri.' -- @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social on Lennart Meri's 'Silverwhite': drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/journey-fr...
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The East Side Express Lanes is part of a broader initiative to add tolled lanes to the north, east, and west sections of one of metro Atlanta’s most notorious roadways.
Residents trying to pump brakes on I-285 express lanes plan
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga: Lindmoor Woods residents express concern over I-285 expansion impacting their quality of life and property values. GDOT proceeding with East Side Express Lanes project, holding open...
www.decaturish.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The East Side Express Lanes is part of a broader initiative to add tolled lanes to the north, east, and west sections of one of metro Atlanta’s most notorious roadways.
A highlight of the Cult last night at Cobb Energy Center was Ian Astbury saying he looked on a map and didn't know where he was, then proposed doing a residency at the Tabernacle. 🤘
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A highlight of the Cult last night at Cobb Energy Center was Ian Astbury saying he looked on a map and didn't know where he was, then proposed doing a residency at the Tabernacle. 🤘
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Take your pick — there’s a dose for every level of power.
Immunity™: It stops accountability dead.
💊 Qualified Immunity
💊 Absolute Immunity
💊 Municipal Immunity
💊 Prosecutorial Immunity
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Take your pick — there’s a dose for every level of power.
Immunity™: It stops accountability dead.
Introducing Immunity™: The Legal Drug That Erases Consequences
YouTube video by Institute for Justice
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Now available in a variety of powerful formulations:
💊 Qualified Immunity
💊 Absolute Immunity
💊 Municipal Immunity
💊 Prosecutorial Immunity
💊 Judicial Immunity
Take your pick — there’s a dose for every level of power.
Immunity™: It stops accountability dead.
💊 Qualified Immunity
💊 Absolute Immunity
💊 Municipal Immunity
💊 Prosecutorial Immunity
💊 Judicial Immunity
Take your pick — there’s a dose for every level of power.
Immunity™: It stops accountability dead.
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Bill White, the Republican fundraiser who pushed for Atlanta's wealthy Buckhead neighborhood to split from the city, is the Trump administration's amb. to Belgium, a post once held by Cox/AJC matriarch Anne Cox Chambers. So he gets to praise her in the AJC.
That's Media in Cox City.
#atl
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That's Media in Cox City.
#atl
#gapol
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Anytime someone gets outside-agitator-ed in the Year of Our Dystopia 2025, you know you gotta read their stuff. saportareport.com/red-hot-city...
October 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Anytime someone gets outside-agitator-ed in the Year of Our Dystopia 2025, you know you gotta read their stuff. saportareport.com/red-hot-city...
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“The issue with all this is: Who is it for?”
Inglewood carries layers of Black history, from families who built tight‑knit neighborhoods during the Great Migration to generations who shaped its culture, churches, and music scene long before the world’s most expensive sports arenas rose up around them.
In LA, Olympic Dreams Lead to Nightmares for a Historic Black Community
A federal investigation exposed a shady deal that has bigger ramifications for one of the metro area’s disappearing Black enclaves.
capitalbnews.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“The issue with all this is: Who is it for?”