Krista Brewer
@kristarbrewer.bsky.social
Atlantan since birth. Bi-weekly truth in Political Peach News. Election protection warrior. Lover of policy. Member of The Resistance.
Mike Collins continues to dodge questions about his white supremacist son-in-law. Why does he have so many antisemites in his inner circle? #GASen #GAPol https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/07/collins-healthcare-event-derailed-by-questions-about-his-son-in-law/
Atlanta City Council meeting Aug. 3, 2026, live thread.
Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.
What this suggests to me is that local prosecutors and police agencies need to proactively consider how to respond if the worst occurs to ensure honest investigations.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
"An advanced city is not one where the poor can get around by car, but one where even the rich use public transportation." -Enrique Peñalosa
➡️ Nearly 40% of people in state prison were first arrested before their 16th birthday. For many, criminal legal involvement starts at a young age. Instead of protecting and investing in its youth, the U.S. shuffles thousands of kids into the criminal legal system each year.
Destroying public health infrastructure is a policy choice that inevitably favors using jails and prisons to manage increasingly poor, sick, and neglected populations through punishment rather than care. Learn more 👇
Almost half of all incarcerated people are in rural jails and prisons and at risk of losing access to hospitals
The Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will result in the closure of many rural hospitals, leaving people in the surrounding communities — including ...
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☎️ Important: Take a few minutes TODAY to make the call! Check mvp.sos.ga.gov to find your State Representative.
DHS appears to axe plan to construct immigration detention megacenter in small Georgia town, reports @elliefivas.bsky.social #gapol
DHS appears to axe plan to construct immigration detention megacenter in small Georgia town • Georgia Recorder
After months of tension between the city of Social Circle and the federal government, the city announced in a press release Thursday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will abandon its plan...
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Yea, they looked out the window of the Capitol on Wednesday and saw the sea of folk chanting "No Jim Crow 2.0."
Georgia Recorder@georgiarecorder.com · 2mo agoOn redistricting, Georgia GOP lawmakers concluded today’s election risks outweighed future gains #gapol New from @jeffamy.bsky.social
Hmm...various types of wealth taxes are being implemented across the country. Let's try this in Georgia. #gapol www.governing.com/magazine/mil...
Millionaire (and Billionaire) Taxes Pick Up Steam
In the wake of federal cuts and increasing anxiety about cost of living, lawmakers in several states want the wealthy to pay more.
governing.com
In January 2025 I started posting good resistance news. I believed that the first step of resistance is to overcome fear, apathy, and despair. Now the effective resistance is so visible; are these posts needed? Resistance persistence is powerful! Gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.
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GEORGIANS! WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DATA CENTERS COME FOR YOUR BACK YARD? NY Times: www.nytimes.com/video/techno...
Video: When Data Centers Come for Your Backyard
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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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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 agoBUT 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...
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.
atlpresscollective.com
AJC hasn’t been good for 40 years. Digital faux paper was horrible. Business Chronicle turned into a total shill 20 years ago. Georgia Recorder has potential. There are specialty blogs and websites.
Employers spend almost $1.7 billion a year hiring union-busting consultants and law firms to stop their workers from organizing for better wages and working conditions. Imagine if they spent that money on their workers instead?
U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance
Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining
epi.org
Mamdani: "We continue to be proud of being a sanctuary city. We continue to be ready to stand up for our immigrant neighbors ... ICE is a rogue agency that should be abolished"
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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if you arent already a supporter of ACPC, theres no time like the present to tap in. And even if you dont care about local journalism, do it just to piss Courtney English off.
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 2mo agoEnglish says he's not sure ACPC cares about reporting the truth.
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 agoOne 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.
It's never been about what this country can afford. It's about priorities.
In January, Zohran Mamdani took action against bankrupt landlord Pinnacle, which was responsible for over 5,000 housing violations. Thanks to his intervention, Pinnacle's new owners have forgiven millions in tenants' back rent. This is what governing for the people looks like.
once again encouraging you all to support billionaire free, worker run, reader funded news media how and where you are able
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe New York Times gave Donald Trump and the vote suppressors a gift this morning. And it did so one day before SCOTUS may decide a case that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
Hmm, I've been wondering what's going on with Atlanta's police review board. #atlpol
Bolts@boltsmag.org · 2mo agoA former member of New York City’s police oversight board says it should be able to investigate the NYPD more holistically. “Whatever it takes to have that happen, that’s what Mamdani has got to do – and that’s what the leaders across New York have to do.”
