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J Burgess's avatar

Thank you so much for your lasar focus on the travesty which has been taking place in my state since our current governor assumed power after having overseen his own election as Secretary of State. Isn't it coincidental that this new law which he signed behind closed doors, in the presence of all white men, in front of a painting of one of the most brutal plantations in Georgia, eliminates the possibility of any current or future Secretary of State to oversee any Georgia election AND actually be an ethical arbiter of non-existent voting fraud? I continue to be appalled that in this state, home to MLK Jr., and especially the late John Lewis, that this current GOP controlled state legislature and "governor" have the audacity to be so blatantly racist. This new law will dramatically affect the financial well-being of the state and corporations who are headquartered here, not to mention the film industry. The majority Georgia's voters oppose this legislation, but are painted with the broad brush of being as racist as this law is long. All 93 pages. It's 202. Boy oh boy is the 2022 election cycle where this shameful governor is seeking re-election, where Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock is up for the full six year term, and the midterm elections offering the opportunity to replace all like-minded US congresspeople is going to be LIT!

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Hazel's avatar

Of course it is Jim Crow. He is Gov of GA, He is the GOP. He is in 42 other state legislatures. I am reasonably sure the GA Sec'y of State who had the guts to stand up to Trump has been effectively neutered politically. My daughter lived in Savannah four years and pretty much the white folk there were the most racist I ever came across in this country, so it is unsurprising to me they have fought back. The population centers vs rural America is going to become a more stark problem. The state legislatures are mostly GOP. The population centers can flex muscle nationally, but on the interior of a state, everyone has the same representatives often gerrymandered districts. Until the hearts and minds of the rural state interiors get changed, this is going to be a real mean politics. Here in VA, we have population Centers in NoVA, Tidewater and Richmond and Roanoke that vote liberal blue and they carry the state legislature. But not in the rural areas. Our ste voting map shows some gobs of blue in the population centers and the bulk of the state is red. West of Charlottesville and in parts of Southside, it's mean Trump Red. His signs are still everywhere, folks. There is even talk of SWVA joining WVA. I fear we will see more of this thought other places. The Hearts and Minds of much of rural America believe Trump was their hero. They watch Fox, OAN and NewsMax and they don't read. Sadly they won't read truth like we see here on Popular Information. Good to see Judd makes it in national news print media, but newspapers are shrinking. I would love to see him invited to a national TV discussion. That would expand the reader base.

Keep at Judd. The Truth is Out There and you bring it.

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