Jeff Amy
@jeffamy.bsky.social
Election policy analyst for Eternal Vigilance Institute in Georgia. Sometime journalist. Can say Shuqualak like a Mississippian, Espejo like a Mobilian and Courtableau like a Cajun.
This is a hilarious story about the pope and the White Sox. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/b...
Pope Leo XIV Was Elected. The Chicago White Sox Were Resurrected.
The elevation of Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and lifelong supporter of the Sox, was a godsend for a team failing on the field and with fans.
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So some good news -- I have a full-time job again. I started Monday as an election policy fellow for the nonprofit Eternal Vigilance Institute, researching election policy in Georgia. (Yes, I know the name is a lot.)
This is a great Florida story. @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social weartv.com/news/local/r...
Report: 3 men charged by FWC used power drill to kill Milton retention pond alligator
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Three men are facing misdemeanor charges after Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says an alligator was killed i
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By me for @georgiarecorder.com After years of heavy new spending, Georgia school districts are beginning to tighten their belts. #gapol #gaedu georgiarecorder.com/2026/07/13/f...
For Georgia school districts, the financial party is over after years of flush spending • Georgia Recorder
After years of spending rapidly increasing revenues on new programs and pay increases, many of Georgia’s school districts are beginning to tighten their belts. Most of the state’s 180 traditional K-12...
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In Georgia, deal signing is commonly after the announcement, allowing officials to say nothing has been finalized, even though they sent an offer to the company laying out the terms. Also, it may be to a company’s advantage to delay a start date. Income tax benefits are more valuable later. #gapol
Taylor Barnes@tkbarnes.bsky.social · last mo.Serious question re Anduril in Ohio: If the purpose of subsidies is to "incentivize" a company to set up shop, why are they finalized 1.5 years after it did so? "This deal + accompanying incentives are said to be finalized sometime in the summer of 2026" www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/from-...
A good time to resurface this one:
obnoxiously pitt girl@opg.bsky.social · last mo.the concacaf is in the walls let’s fucking go
Only three of these stadiums really have a non-sponsor name: Arrowhead, B.C. Place and Azteca.
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · last mo.A stadium name used (without the sponsor)
Maine and West Virginia would like a word.
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.Actually only 13 states are turning 250
In Bill White news #gapol
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last mo.Bizarre story: Two journalists were removed by police from a corporate-sponsored Freedom 250 event in Brussels after they asked US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White about his threat against an American citizen/Belgian resident who had emailed Zac Brown Band urging them not to perform at the event.
Credit to @theargumentmag.bsky.social for the courage of their convictions, but the only Democrat elected senator or governor by more than 9.5 points in Georgia after 1990 was Zell Miller in a 2000 Senate special election. #gapol
.@joshforgeorgia.bsky.social facts. #gapol
Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 2mo agoHere’s a world-historically new sentence: I have known the Georgia Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor basically since he was born because we both went to the same illegal home daycare run by a Florida fan called Miss Donna and her two mean dachshunds
By me for @georgiarecorder.com: On redistricting, Georgia GOP lawmakers concluded today’s election risks outweighed future gains #gapol georgiarecorder.com/2026/06/18/o...
On redistricting, Georgia GOP lawmakers concluded today’s election risks outweighed future gains • Georgia Recorder
Georgia Republicans were confronted with a fundamental mismatch when it comes to redistricting. They weren’t going to reap the benefits of new maps until 2028, but they were going to face the risk of ...
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Interesting story here about Georgia's decision to give up sales taxes on World Cup tickets #gapol www.nytimes.com/athletic/732...
Three U.S. states waived at least $57.8m in taxes to host World Cup games
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By me for PeachPol: Georgia’s primary results showed the power of ‘Notlanna’ #gapol peachpol.com/politics/gov...
Georgia’s primary results showed the power of ‘Notlanna’ - Peachpol
Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mike Collins and Burt Jones are different candidates, but they had one thing in common in the May 19 primary. Look at maps of where the candidates won the largest shares of votes...
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Years of tension with lawmakers led up to runoff for Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods #gapol #gaedu georgiarecorder.com/2026/05/28/y...
Years of tension with lawmakers led up to runoff for Superintendent Richard Woods • Georgia Recorder
State Superintendent Richard Woods has told lawmakers multiple times that reading instruction in Georgia is on the right path – but they’re not buying it. Now that discontent has helped drag Woods int...
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Good news, if you are trying to get in touch, my cellphone has returned to the land of the living. (However, some of my contacts seem to have gotten trashed.)
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms sweeps to the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor without a runoff #gapol (Thanks to @georgiarecorder.com for letting me chip in.) georgiarecorder.com/2026/05/19/f...
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic nomination for Georgia governor • Georgia Recorder
Georgia Democrats had seven candidates to choose from for their nomination for governor, but they knew who they wanted – former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Bottoms won a majority in the Democr...
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Beginning to fill in some. This was about 7:30 #gapol
Stephen Owens@stephenjowens.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo sparse! I would have assumed it’d be a party over there
If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)
Support Alex's Emergency Relocation + Next Steps on Give In May
Alex is leaving the US after his work permit renewal was wrongfully denied by Trump's USCIS.
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After nearly 15 years as a reporter with The Associated Press, I was one of 20 employees around the country laid off Friday.
apnews.com/photo-galler... A small selection of the incredible photos of Jack Thornell.
AP photographer Jack Thornell's iconic images of civil rights and beyond
Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell 's Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 becam...
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apnews.com/article/jack...; One of the points of pride when I worked for @apnews.com in Mississippi was the Pulitzer won by Jack Thornell, the AP photographer who captured an assassination attempt on James Meredith. Thornell died Thursday. #msleg
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86
Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86.
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@jasonkirk.fyi I’ll see you Pudge Heffelfinger and raise you Knowlton “Snake” Ames.
Federal officials order flight cuts at Chicago O'Hare to reduce airport delays. Officials at #ATL cackle. apnews.com/article/ohar...
Federal officials order flight cuts at Chicago O'Hare to reduce airport delays
About 300 flights per day must be cut from the schedule at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on the busiest days this summer in an effort to reduce flight delays, The U.S.
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Democrats see Georgia's failure to curb data centers as an electoral gift #gapol apnews.com/article/geor...
Democrats see Georgia's failure to curb data centers as an electoral gift
Georgia lawmakers have ended their legislative session without addressing concerns over data centers.
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