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[gwmac]

Has Georgia Public Broadcasting been taken over by Georgia elites?

Has Georgia Public Broadcasting been taken over by Georgia elites?

The electorate is angry. Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump’s supporters see the system as rigged. Public institutions no longer serve the public interest, only the private ambitions of an unaccountable elite. Honest men and women, content to live their lives with integrity, get punished while unethical politicians, CEOs and their sycophants lie, cheat and steal their way to the top. In…

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Only 276 pages left

Only 276 pages left

only 276 pages left

One on the highlights of the year for me is joining a group of women, most of whom I see only once a year over lunch, for conversations encompassing a wide range of topics. The only time there is quiet around the room is when we share noteworthy books we’ve read in the past year.

My list is always the shortest (these women are serious about reading). Doris Kearns Goodwin’s…

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[gwmac]

Why Georgia Needs to Say No Deal

Why Georgia Needs to Say No Deal

There is a very old expression that says nothing is fatal in politics besides a bullet. When it comes to many politicians in Georgia and indeed all over the country that been proven true time and time again.Georgia has the dubious distinction of leading several lists we really rather not be on. Georgia places dead last at #50 according to the is State Integrity report card. But wait….there’s more.

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Climate, kidnapping, and GPB

Climate, kidnapping, and GPB

This is good Mr President but why not step up and stop Keystone XL now? We won’t get the oil, Americans and First Nations will be forced to give up their private property to a foreign company, spills are sure to happen in our backyards, and all of us will suffer the climate effects of the dirtiest oil in the world. If you truly belief what you are preaching, act now.

Why did the world sit on its…

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[katherinehelmscummings]

And he's out!

And he’s out!

In November 2012, Governor Nathan Deal and Gold Dome Republicans found themselves in an embarrassing situation after State Senator Chip Rogers hosted a presentation in the state capitol by an Agenda 21 Conspiracy believer. Rogers boasted he would host more anti-Obama, fact-less meetings for legislators.

Deal strong-armed Georgia Public Broadcasting and created a $150K a year taxpayer-funded job…

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[likethedew]

Republican state senators in Georgia attended a four-hour closed door briefing last month in which they were told that President Barack Obama and the United Nations are using "mind-control" practices to force through a land use agenda. The briefing, organized by state Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock), consisted of a presentation by birther activist Field Searcy regarding Agenda 21, a sustainability plan adopted by the United Nations in 1992. During the briefing, part of which was recorded by Better Georgia, an Atlanta-based watchdog group, Searcy accused the U.N. of using socialist practices to force a relocation of Americans from suburbs into cities, and seeking to implement mandatory contraception to curb population growth, Mother Jones reported. Rogers, who has pushed anti-Agenda 21 legislation in the past, did not seek reelection as majority leader during a GOP caucus meeting on Thursday. Searcy, who had a falling out with a Tea Party group earlier this year, told state senators that the U.N. and Obama are using mind-control techniques to push the plan, which does not have the force of law in the United States.

Agenda 21: Georgia GOP State Senators Attend Briefing On U.N. Sustainability Program

Best news of the day: Chip Rogers did NOT seek reelection as the GOP's majority leader. Not that we have much hope for the rest of the Republicans in the Georgia General Assembly. Wake-up call, anyone? 

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[Georgia] Majority Leader Chip Rogers recently hosted a semi-public meeting of GOP Senate leaders in the Gold Dome where he talked about Pres. Obama’s “war on the suburbs.” Among the co-conspirators in this war: the Georgia Chamber, the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Urban Land Institute. This list of the Majority Leaders’ enemies will surprise anyone who believes Georgia’s Republican leadership stands arm-in-arm with the business community. It doesn’t. But what’s even more surprising and, frankly, very hard to believe is why these civic groups are on Majority Leader Rogers’ enemies list. The quick answer: the United Nations is using Soviet-era mind control techniques to take over the U.S. through these regional groups. Go ahead and laugh now. We did, too, when we first heard the conspiracy theory about Agenda 21. But let me tell you how serious this really is. ...