Chris Hayes joins me to discuss battleground Georgia, Trump and the Democrats’ next move on the latest Politically Georgia podcast
@bluestein.bsky.socialGreg Bluestein
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Husband, father, aspiring mensch. AJC politics reporter 🗞 analyst 📺 Politically Georgia podcast host 🎧 Sirius Radio 📻 Author of FLIPPED📕 Jolt Newsletter 💻
@bluestein.bsky.social@bluestein.bsky.social"If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club.” Jon Ossoff puts Mike Collins on ‘trial’ in fiery U.S. Senate debate #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...
@sethemerson.bsky.socialReposted by @bluestein.bsky.socialWhere Kirby and Dabo diverged: When the ground changed underneath them starting in 2021, Smart's Georgia program and Swinney's Clemson program went different directions.
Their approach on transfers was slightly different. But not the only reason:
@bluestein.bsky.socialRick Jackson spent much of the Republican primary promising to be President Donald Trump’s “favorite governor.” Now he seems like he wants Georgia voters to forget he ever said those words. #gapol
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@bluestein.bsky.socialPresident Trump could make two campaign stops in Georgia before the November election, according to three Republican officials. The sources said that the visits remain tentative and the timing, details and whereabouts are uncertain. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...
@bluestein.bsky.socialWith some polls showing Mike Collins trailing by double digits, he can’t afford to simply tread water. The debates offer him perhaps his best remaining chance to make a splash. #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.socialRick Jackson entered the race promising to be like Trump “with a Southern tone.” He left Tuesday’s debate trying to sound much more like Gov. Brian Kemp. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...
@bluestein.bsky.socialThis year, the fight for those voters is shaping the races for Georgia’s top offices — and it’s revealing sharply competing bets about what it takes to win in this battleground state. #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.socialCall them the deciders. They helped reelect Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock. Now they could send Democrat Jon Ossoff back to the U.S. Senate and put another Republican in Georgia’s top job. #gapol
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@bluestein.bsky.social“We’ve been sold out.” A Texas data center project puts Rick Jackson’s Georgia promises to the test www.ajc.com/politics/202...
@bluestein.bsky.socialThe Atlanta Braves put away the Philadelphia Phillies in a huge playoff victory last night. Now some of Georgia’s leaders are trying to deliver the team another win in Washington. #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.socialWhen our leaders talk about the “other Atlanta,” they usually mean the neighborhoods and communities that have been left behind by the city’s boom times.
But this is quite literally the other Atlanta.
@bluestein.bsky.socialGas prices topping $4 a gallon have opened a new front in Georgia’s race for governor, with both candidates pitching tax cuts to ease the fuel squeeze on household budgets. #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.social“This thing smells.” A $3B Georgia pipeline changed course — away from a utility leader’s property #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.social“If Rick Jackson does well, all of them will do well.” Georgia’s downballot Republicans tie their hopes to Rick Jackson -- and focus their fire not on their opponents or Jon Ossoff, but on Keisha Lance Bottoms. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...
@bluestein.bsky.socialThe paved road abruptly ends near a sprawling collection of rusting military vehicles off a lonely Texas highway, where a dirt trail splinters toward hundreds of acres of scrubland that have improbably been thrust into Georgia’s race for governor. #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.socialGov. Brian Kemp just suspended Georgia’s motor fuel tax for 30 days as the war with Iran sends gas prices soaring and voters press leaders to ease the strain on household budgets ahead of the November elections. #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.socialAnother notable Georgia Republican is backing Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s bid for a second term. #gapol
@bluestein.bsky.social“If a guy is already being eaten by sharks, do you throw him a life raft?”
@bluestein.bsky.socialWhen Gov. Brian Kemp and Senate Majority Leader John Thune headline a fundraiser Thursday for Mike Collins, the closed-door gathering will carry stakes well beyond whatever high-dollar checks are forked over to help the GOP Senate nominee that day. #gapol