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Congressional District 6

Karen Handel chooses corporations over taxpayers

When Handel says she doesn’t believe what she calls a ‘livable wage,’ she isn’t choosing fiscal responsibility over lack of regulations, she’s choosing corporations over taxpayers. By not supporting a living wage, she’s instead supporting increased levels of poverty and forcing taxpayers to subsidize corporations. When corporations can get away with not paying their employees a living wage, the government has to step in to provide assistance to those individuals, in the form of SNAP (food stamps)

Congressional District 6

Handel and Trump’s attacks on women’s health

Georgia is notoriously terrible when it comes to women’s health and well-being. One analysis from 2017 ranks Georgia as the fourth-worst state for women’s economic and social well-being and the 11th-worst state for women’s health and safety. Now, Donald Trump wants to make a dire situation worse for women in Georgia. The Trump administration drafted a broad rule that would allow employers to stop covering birth control in employer health plans on so-called religious or

Congressional District 6

The company Karen Handel keeps

Early voting in the Congressional District 6 race — between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel — is underway. A gaggle of high profile Republicans with questionable judgement are rallying conservatives both locally and nationally to back Handel. Over the weekend, Greg Gianforte, the Republican who recently body slammed a reporter and won another highly watched special election out in Montana, urged folks to donate to Handel’s campaign. Later this month Vice President Mike Pence will be

Congressional District 6

How Trump’s budget impacts Georgia

Considering that almost a third of Georgia’s annual budget comes from the federal government ($13.9 billion of $49 billion), Trump’s proposed budget cuts would have a huge impact on Georgia. The first half of the federal contribution to Georgia’s budget (about $7.6 billion) pays for Medicaid. The second half pays for other state programs like free and reduced school lunches, community development block grants, environmental protection, university research, legal aid for people who cannot afford

Congressional District 6

The dumbest political ads you’ll ever see

As Ossoff continues to lead in the polls, conservatives continue to make absurd, fact-free ads attacking him. The two most recent attack ads against Ossoff have become increasingly ridiculous, one of which is leading to a cease-and-desist request from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for superimposing an Ossoff ad on a San Francisco cable car without permission. NPR called the ad “a sarcastic ad from the Republican-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) featuring actors in San

Congressional District 6

Karen Handel’s history of voter suppression

As Secretary of State, Karen Handel put Georgia on the map as a leader for voter suppression tactics. Claims of “voter fraud,” one of the Right Wing’s favorite myths, led to a wave of bad policy pushed by Handel, including the use of inaccurate software to purge voters as well as the implementation of unnecessary voter ID laws. During her gubernatorial campaign (against Nathan Deal) she proudly trotted out these “accomplishments,” which earned her the endorsement