Highlighting @atlpresscollective.com again: for Atlanta to be a major US city, we need this kind of reporting. Next post: their fundraiser. Tagging Atliens to sprd wd.! 1/2 @neonflag.bsky.social @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social @austinlouisray.bsky.social atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/f...

28,000 cameras and counting, but Atlanta's clearance rates aren't rising

Despite the eight-fold growth of surveillance cameras directly accessible by Atlanta PD officers, crime clearance rates haven't increased.

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Atlanta City Council meeting Aug. 3, 2026, live thread.

Last month I moved to send an airport Flock contract back to committee, which council voted AGAINST 4-10, claiming that Flock cameras help *solve* crimes. New analysis by @atlpresscollective.com shows otherwise! atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/f...

Flock, Ring and Atlanta's network of more than 28,000 integrated cameras haven't improved the Atlanta Police Department's crime clearance rates, according to data available from the FBI's Crime Data Explorer dashboard.

28,000 cameras and counting, Atlanta's clearance rate isn't rising

Despite the eight-fold growth of surveillance cameras directly accessible by Atlanta PD officers, crime clearance rates haven't increased.

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The fed continues recent attempts to prosecute mvt ag’t Atlanta’s Cop City, this time over GrapheneOS, a phone operating system: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @wired.com @404media.co @eff.org @atlpresscollective.com

US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS

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As Spanish detention and US extradition request of Fergie Chambers over alleged $ for Hamas enters 2d wk., his wife Stella Schnabel told me she's hiring Baltasar Garzón, famed human rts att.: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @chrislhayes.bsky.social @neonflag.bsky.social @atlpresscollective.com

Wife of US heir and activist donor on fighting his extradition to US: ‘It’s incredible that this can happen’

Stella Schnabel says Trump administration is falsely accusing James ‘Fergie’ Chambers of contributing to Hamas

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US seeking extradition of James "Fergie" Chambers, of Cox family $, for "material support of Hamas", in 1st case of its kind: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... @neonflag.bsky.social @cairnational.bsky.social @ruwaromman.bsky.social @atlpresscollective.com

Arrest of American who has given $1m in aid to Palestine prompts fears of ‘growing repression from Trump’

Extradition request for James ‘Fergie’ Chambers sparks concerns that US government is conflating humanitarian aid with terrorism

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If you have a home camera integrated with the city's Connect Atlanta surveillance program, we'd love to hear from you. DM us here, or shoot an email to inbox @ atlpresscollective.com.

This was a zoning review of whether to allow a data center near a MARTA station in West End. My wife went and recorded the final vote.

Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 4w ago

The ZRB motions to deny the ordinance, motion passes 6-0 (one abstention)

City of Atlanta Zoning Review Board meeting, July 9, 2026, live thread.

Atlanta City Council Meeting, July 6, 2026, live thread.

@atlpresscollective.com ag'n w. kind of story a real city needs fm its press. As a journo, I've wk'd w. large outlets like the Guardian and local alts like ACPC. We need both! That's why I support ACPC w/$, hope y'all do same: atlpresscollective.com/2026/06/21/u... @brian-goldstone.bsky.social 1/2

Photos: The FIFA World Cup and Atlanta's unsheltered community

While the visitors from across the globe come to Atlanta for the FIFA World Cup, the city's unsheltered population continues on the margins.

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By associating itself with the European far-right, “spiritual advisor to President Donald J. Trump” Mark Burns, and unsuspecting scientists, AllatRa operatives have been spreading climate disinformation in the EU Parliament, UN conferences, and TikTok. www.thexylom.com/post/atlanta...

In Parliaments, TikTok and COP Summits, This Atlanta-Based Doomsday ‘Cult’ Spreads Climate Disinformation

AllatRa, a “religious cult” founded in Ukraine and now headquartered in Atlanta, has spread climate misinformation from parliaments and TikTok to COP summits, including the false claim that greenhouse...

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NEW: Meet AllatRa, an Atlanta-headquartered "religious cult" founded by Ukrainian sympathizers of the Russian invasion, that believes humanity will go extinct by 2036. AllatRa rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, yet was invited to participate in the two most recent COP summits.

In Parliaments, TikTok and COP Summits, This Atlanta-Based Doomsday ‘Cult’ Spreads Climate Disinformation

AllatRa, a “religious cult” founded in Ukraine and now headquartered in Atlanta, has spread climate misinformation from parliaments and TikTok to COP summits, including the false claim that greenhouse...

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Dozier introduces an ordinance to prohibit trust fund dollars on marketing and grassroots lobbying and require disclosure of who the city pays for advocacy. This legislation, Dozier told me, is in response to the investigation we published last week. atlpresscollective.com/2026/06/09/a...

Atlanta spent $370K on consultants who promoted mayor's NRI

NRI consultants failed to disclose financial ties and were partially paid through Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

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Atlanta City Council meeting, Monday, June 15, 2026, live thread.

Yes, Atlanta area folks who care about the city, and about urban justice of all kinds, should support @atlpresscollective.com if they can. (I do.)

Timothy Pratt@onofftherecord.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BUT it's also struggling financially. I support the pub'n monthly. (I have also written the kinds of stories for them that no other local outlet is publishing.) Won't you support them as well? 2/2 givebutter.com/keep-acpc-te...

BUT it's also struggling financially. I support the pub'n monthly. (I have also written the kinds of stories for them that no other local outlet is publishing.) Won't you support them as well? 2/2 givebutter.com/keep-acpc-te...

Help ACPC raise $65,000

The Atlanta Community Press Collective needs you to help us raise $65,000 to keep delivering the news that matters to Atlantans.

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The Atlanta Community Press Collective – ACPC – has once again done the kind of investigative reporting any big city needs to really thrive. 1/2 @atlurbanist.bsky.social @danimmergluck.bsky.social @jtsphd.bsky.social @austinlouisray.bsky.social atlpresscollective.com/2026/06/09/a...

Atlanta spent $370K on consultants who promoted mayor's NRI

NRI consultants failed to disclose financial ties and were partially paid through Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

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If you were looking for Atlanta City Council Finance/Executive Committee meeting notes today, we weren't able to attend the meeting live. However, we will have notes about it in tomorrow's newsletter. Not a newsletter subscriber? Sign up! atlpresscollective.com/newsletter

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Kinda shocking that ACPC is the only source (afaik) of this news. It’s a couple of billion of Atlanta’s dollars! Biggest decision of this term. (Andre says 7B but that’s just so he can promise ponies to weak council members.)

Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo ago

The committee finally votes on the ordinance. Westmoreland abstains. Bond votes no. Everyone else votes yay. The legislation moves on to FEC for another vote tomorrow.

How can media fight repression, activate allies, shape narratives, and build solidarity? Here's some thoughts & cool examples of anti-repression media made by defendants and their movements:

Creative Anti-Repression Media

& why you should listen to episode 15 of Outlaw Podcast

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And ICYMI, the seventh largest metro area in the United States no longer has a single dedicated housing reporter after @atlantaciviccircle.org was forced to shut down last week. As they continued to expose Andre Dickens' corruption, local philanthropic funding magically dried up:

Sean Keenan@thatseankeenan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SAD THREAD: Maybe you’ve heard the news: Atlanta Civic Circle is going under. It’s another casualty of the current, unforgiving journalism ecosystem — a loss that will leave Atlanta with, by my math, ZERO dedicated housing reporters. Let’s talk about what that means... (1/)

And to give you a sense of how Sisyphean this fight against authoritarianism in Atlanta, the amount of money Andre Dickens funneled to these astroturfing lobbyists for this initiative alone is enough to fully fund @thexylom.com's operations until 2028, and @atlpresscollective.com for a whole year.

I have come to believe that ACPC is doing the most important journalism in our fair city. Support them.

Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo ago

One of Atlanta’s most important independent newsrooms is shutting down. The Atlanta Civic Circle is closing due to a lack of funding. This is a critical problem for the city, and we need our readers to act on it. Now is the time to support local news outlets like ACPC.

Looks from this thread like Council is not rolling over for all of Andre’s TAD power grab. Thanks, ACPC, for covering this in real time for those of us unable to be there to watch the “fun”.

Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo ago

The first amendment on the floor establishes that no bonds can be taken out against the TAD-extension without a redevelopment plan. The vote amendment is added with a unanimous vote. A second, similar, amendment is added.

Worth a read. And this absolutely should be a scandal.

Atlanta spent $370K on consultants who promoted mayor's NRI

NRI consultants failed to disclose financial ties and were partially paid through Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

atlpresscollective.com