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Government Accountability

Journalist manhandled by police: “I felt like I was being raped with my clothes on”

On August 23 2014, citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale, who had been granted permission to film the public event, was forcibly removed from a GOP rally at Burt’s Farm in Dawsonville while recording speeches by candidates and officials. Some of Georgia’s top conservative brass like Gov. Deal and then-AG Sam Olens were in attendance. Just this week, Tisdale was acquitted of a felony obstruction charge, but could still be looking at up to a year in

2017 Legislative Session

Three new reasons Gov. Deal needs to veto campus carry

Gov. Deal has yet to sign or veto campus carry. However, in the past two weeks, since the bill was approved during the 2017 Legislative Session, a few details have surface that may make Deal less likely to sign. Some of the changes the governor wanted to see in this year’s version of the campus carry bill included the blocking guns on certain areas of campus. Deal wanted to see administrative offices, areas used by students

2017 Legislative Session

The governor’s state

Yesterday, Gov. Deal gave another State of the State address and once again laid out a vision out of touch with everyday Georgians. The governor’s state is one where hundreds of thousands of Georgians go without access to health care, thanks to Gov. Deal’s refusal to expand Medicaid. Georgia citizens lost years of progress when @GovernorDeal refused to expand Medicaid. #gapol https://t.co/DvjMqaOzHw — Better Georgia (@bettergeorgia) January 11, 2017 While @GovernorDeal waits, Georgia's rural hospital crisis

Economy

Georgia’s sixth rural hospital closure on Gov. Deal’s watch

North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Ga. has shut its doors, making it the sixth rural hospital to close since Gov. Deal took office and the fifth closure since 2013. The plan is to reopen emergency room-only services in November, but even that depends upon the lease agreement being approved by the Georgia Dept. of Community Health. What does the closure mean for the town of Ellijay? It means that residents will have to drive

2016 Legislative Session

Unterman searching for right side of history on Medicaid

Have Georgia’s conservative lawmakers finally seen the light on Medicaid expansion? Maybe. Sen. Renee Unterman (R-Buford) (the lawmaker who made national headlines for blocking a bill to test rape kits) has been speaking publicly about moving in the direction of Medicaid expansion. This is an issue that we’ve already dissected in-depth on this blog in an excellent post by Crystal Muñoz and it’s an issue progressives and businesses have championed for years. But Sen. Unterman’s pivot

Nathan Deal

Gov. Deal stands by Donald Trump

Yesterday, as conservative leaders across the country denounced Donald Trump’s comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Mexican heritage as racist, Trump dug in deeper, telling his critics to “get over it.” Apparently, that’s exactly what Gov. Nathan Deal has done. Gov. Nathan Deal and Sen. David Perdue made news yesterday by announcing their plans to host a fundraiser  in Georgia next week for the increasingly toxic megalomaniac. By the end of the day, even Sen. Perdue, an