A Democratic super PAC cherry-picks from huge appropriations bills that Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue opposed in order to accuse him of trying to increase his own pay while rejecting…
Continue ReadingSwinging the Senate; A Get Out the Vote PSA from Axel Roldos on Vimeo. A group of male strippers in Georgia are urging voters in their home state to “get…
Continue ReadingThe Georgia Bureau of Investigation is blasting online rumors and conspiracy theories about the death of a GBI agent named James O’Sullivan, saying that his death has nothing to do…
Continue ReadingAs congressional leaders scramble to finalize a $900 billion Covid relief deal, it’s growing increasingly unlikely that Congress will be able to get the long-awaited plan through both chambers by…
Continue Reading“People here lost a lot of people,” Amna Farooqi tells me, “and it was kind of like, shock after shock after shock.” The 26-year-old political organizer is explaining what it…
Continue ReadingMore than 169,000 Georgians voted on the first day of early voting for the Georgia Senate runoffs, a number that eclipses the first day numbers from the general election. Data…
Continue ReadingThe Reverend Raphael Warnock is at the center of a political vortex. If the Democrat wins the neck-and-neck runoff against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler on January 5, he’ll make history…
Continue ReadingUS President-elect Joe Biden told Georgia voters that they’d "taught Donald Trump a lesson". He was speaking at a rally for Democratic Senate candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, in…
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — As Congress debates additional financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia voters who say they’re suffering are calling for action. It’s a top issue on some voters’…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Fending off a messy fight that could damage Republicans ahead of Georgia Senate runoffs, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned fellow…
Continue ReadingSenator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga), who is in one of the Georgia runoffs that will determine who controls the Senate, condemned a photo she took with a White supremacist. The photo,…
Continue ReadingLoeffler and a cardboard cutout of Trump in Georgia on Sunday. | Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Perdue and Loeffler echo Trump’s claims about corrupt elections — while encouraging people to go…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College “has spoken.” The Republican leader’s statement, delivered in a speech…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College “has spoken.” The Republican leader’s statement, delivered in a speech on…
Continue ReadingBack in 2002, after two years of bankruptcy proceedings, a North Carolina pillow manufacturer hired a Reebok executive named David Perdue to right the ship. For Pillowtex, Perdue’s experience with…
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