Peach Pundit

27/06/2024

Geoff Duncan once challenged a fellow State Rep by telling him he could strike the latter out from second base. How that moment offers insight into Duncan's feud with Donald Trump.

Several of my former colleagues who are still serving in the Georgia House of Representatives have called me in the last several weeks to express their complete

27/06/2024

Two Things Can Be True at least from my perspective:

- Stacey Abrams is a brilliant person, and was a very effective politician

- Stacey Abrams was a grifter who took advantage of voters and donors

Note… I am using past tense on these “truths” because the internet seems to say she has gone to Hollywood and is likely not going to try try again for high office.

Two Things Can Be True Two Things Can Be True, at least from my perspective: Stacey Abrams is a brilliant person, and was a very effective politician

27/06/2024

The Georgia Republican Assembly has issued a pretty hefty document they are calling their platform. has taken issue with whole sections of it and he gives a point by point breakdown. Editor's note: not here everyone agrees with all of it, but we love being able to disagree.

Loren Collins has spent some time recently on social media documenting the Georgia Republican Assembly's 35-page platform. The document is filled with common t

26/06/2024

Transportation is one of many ways that the Atlanta Way eats our own. We can’t seem to work together as one in this city. We have all these competing interests of drive-in commuters and tourists, residents who are unwilling to forego a little of their autonomy for the sake of a better transportation experience, and of course, there’s always the competing interests of the balkanized system of

Transportation is one of many ways that the Atlanta Way eats our own. We can’t seem to work together as one in this city. We have all these competing interest

26/06/2024

Fresh Post by Mike Dudgeon: Stacey Abrams was often a brilliant and effective politician, and she was also a grifter

Two Things Can Be True Two Things Can Be True, at least from my perspective: Stacey Abrams is a brilliant person, and was a very effective politician

26/06/2024

Axios Atlanta tells us that the Marietta School Board voted unanimously to restrict cell phone usage by students in middle school.

Similar policies are popping up across the country, and parents and students should rejoice.

Axios Atlanta tells us that the Marietta School Board voted unanimously to restrict cell phone usage by students in middle school. Similar policies are p

26/06/2024

Members of the Georgia Legislature have been asking me one question when it comes to Geoff Duncan's support of Joe Biden. Why? I try to make sense of it.

Several of my former colleagues who are still serving in the Georgia House of Representatives have called me in the last several weeks to express their complete

25/06/2024

Fresh Post by Scarlet Hawk: The Atlanta Way: How Transit Eats Our Own

Transportation is one of many ways that the Atlanta Way eats our own. We can’t seem to work together as one in this city. We have all these competing interest

25/06/2024

Fresh Post by Scot: Trying to Make Sense of Geoff Duncan

How baseball gave me insight into the former LG.

Several of my former colleagues who are still serving in the Georgia House of Representatives have called me in the last several weeks to express their complete

25/06/2024

Facing bankruptcy, Fair Fight Action has plans for a comeback.
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Stacey Abrams at Fair Fight's headquarters outside Atlanta. Creator: Debbie Elliott | Credit: NPR Fair Fight Action hasn't been in the spotlight much lat

25/06/2024

We find it interesting that a group of Republican activists have taken a stand for ballot access for Republicans when other Republicans don't want some Republicans on the ballot.

Whew! Read the article. It will make sense.

Yesterday, attorney Brent Herrin, Counsel for the Georgia Republican Coalition, Inc. filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the ongoing court bat

24/06/2024

Fair Fight Action hasn't been in the spotlight much lately. In fact, it's been two years since they seemed particularly relevant. They’re currently $2.5 million in debt with just under $2 million cash on hand, which has diminished their influence.
#2024

Stacey Abrams at Fair Fight's headquarters outside Atlanta. Creator: Debbie Elliott | Credit: NPR Fair Fight Action hasn't been in the spotlight much lat

24/06/2024

Fresh Post by Jason: GRA's Platform Isn't Grounded in Reality

Loren Collins has spent some time recently on social media documenting the Georgia Republican Assembly's 35-page platform. The document is filled with common t

24/06/2024

Examining the need for reform when it comes to Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

As patients living with autoimmune diseases, we rely on our local pharmacy and pharmacists to access the doctor-prescribed medications we need as well as to adv

24/06/2024

Attorney Brent Herrin, Counsel for the Georgia Republican Coalition, Inc. filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the ongoing court battle between the Catoosa County Republican Party/Georgia Republican Assembly (GRA)

Yesterday, attorney Brent Herrin, Counsel for the Georgia Republican Coalition, Inc. filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the ongoing court bat

24/06/2024

Start your week out right, with the latest episode of Peach Pundit the Podcast!

Loeffler for Governor? Should Burt Jones count on Donald's support? Clickbait prosecutions and more!

Topics tonight included: It's Juneteenth and why it's important. Runoffs are stupid, but they happened anyway. Brian Jack wins in CD3. Rep. Steven

23/06/2024

Sunday Read: A lot of Atlanta's boosterism promotes a kumbaya of races, but the reality is, our struggle is more about class than race.

Roasting in the stifling construction traffic on Howell Mill, late for a doctor’s appointment, for the second time in the last month, my friend and I were wat

21/06/2024

We explore the impact Kelly Loeffler getting into the race for Governor would have on the state of and in the latest episode of Peach Pundit the Podcast™.

Topics tonight included: It's Juneteenth and why it's important. Runoffs are stupid, but they happened anyway. Brian Jack wins in CD3. Rep. Steven

21/06/2024

You can think that Trump lacks character while also believing that charging him in court is not good for America.

Author’s note - I hope readers can process this column as how I see things. You may disagree, and that is fine, and I hope it does not affect friendships. The

20/06/2024

Fresh Peach Pundit The Podcast™: Runoffs are Stupid!

But they happen anyway. We break down the results and look at the eye popping numbers from another sad round of Georgia Runoff Elections.

Topics tonight included: It's Juneteenth and why it's important. Runoffs are stupid, but they happened anyway. Brian Jack wins in CD3. Rep. Steven

20/06/2024

Fresh Post by Jason Shepherd: An Election Full of Sound and Fury... Cobb County has usurped the Georgia Legislature in an attempt to draw their own map. Shepherd breaks down the latest.

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsT

20/06/2024

Fresh Post by Jason Shepherd: An Election Full of Sound and Fury... Alicia Adams and her attorneys will be back in Cobb County Superior Court for the case that could eventually invalidate the County Map.

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsT

19/06/2024

Fresh Post by Scarlet Hawk: The Atlanta Way: How Atlanta Eats Our Own

Roasting in the stifling construction traffic on Howell Mill, late for a doctor’s appointment, for the second time in the last month, my friend and I were wat

19/06/2024

Fresh Post by Mike Dudgeon: The point of this series is using examples to refute “all or nothing,” “sloganeering,” or “tribal” thinking that puts you all in. In this post, let's take a look at Donald Trump.

Author’s note - I hope readers can process this column as how I see things. You may disagree, and that is fine, and I hope it does not affect friendships. The

17/06/2024

17/06/2024

When asked serious policy questions, Chuck Hand ran like he stole it.

It is inconsequential who wins the Republican Party's nomination for Georgia's 2nd Congressional District in the runoff next week, because like in the 11th dist