Rick Jackson forgot "TV commercial Rick Jackson" | Revisiting a thorny (Mary) Rose

Rick Jackson forgot "TV commercial Rick Jackson" | Revisiting a thorny (Mary) Rose

Friend of the show, columnist Jay Bookman reminds us (and Rick Jackson) of the "Rick Jackson" Rick recalls himself being as a child: impoverished and in need. As Bookman opines, it's as if Jackson forgot that child version of himself on route to crafting the sort of policies he'd put in place if he were to become Georgia's next governor.

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Revisiting a conversation I had with Mary Rose Wood, a brave "bad ass" (her brother's term) who's a high school teacher in Chapin, SC. There she was smeared on school board candidates' campaign mailer as "communist." All because she had her AP language arts students read a Ta-Nehisi Coates book.

The south gonna "south," right?

Anyhow, we discussed her story, brush with fame (and fear) in that small SC town.

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Focus on the Flippables: GA Senate 32 & Michael Hettig

Focus on the Flippables: GA Senate 32 & Michael Hettig

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George Chidi: It "Feels Like 2018"

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... though he also said in this episode that it feels like 2006, so ... He writes for The Guardian; he pens for his own Substack - The Atlanta Objective - and knows a lot of smart people to lean on fo...

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GA Gubernatorial debate review, Part two

GA Gubernatorial debate review, Part two

Still more to digest from the (likely only) Georgia gubernatorial debate broadcast across the state Tuesday night. There's (at least) nine lies or distortions from Rick Jackson's lips to dissect, and ...

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GA Gubernatorial debate review, Part One

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The un-Trumping of Rick Jackson | Keisha's law enforcement backers

The un-Trumping of Rick Jackson | Keisha's law enforcement backers

... and America's biggest threat to democracy is America's President. Don't believe me; ask local & state election officials.Well that's odd; the same Rick Jackson who told primary voters he'd be Dona...

6 Okt 44min

Another GA mass (shrug) shooting | 'Buckhead Dems' need a "talkin' to"

Another GA mass (shrug) shooting | 'Buckhead Dems' need a "talkin' to"

Ho hum; another mass shooting in the US takes the lives of two (hopefully that'll be all) and inuring nearly three dozen more in rural Vienna, Georgia over the weekend.The existence of a block party d...

5 Okt 44min

MAGA-packed state elections board's 11th hour schemes

MAGA-packed state elections board's 11th hour schemes

PLUS: Rick Jackson's shadowy TX data center project is as shadowy as that PAC ad campaign he swears he wasn't tied to before he got into the GOP primary.The Georgia Elections Board thought now was the...

3 Okt 44min

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What does the MAGA DOJ need with your personal info?

Also, why are Georgians pessimistic about the future? Could it be that the GOP's created a miserable 'current' for the middle class?Thank goodness there's still remnants of sanity in our legal system ...

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