Sean Keenan
@thatseankeenan.bsky.social
Journalist | The New York Times, Atlanta Civic Circle, Atlanta Magazine, The Daily Beast, Curbed, others
Trump raged against Pirro in private. Then he raged to reporters. Rumors she would be fired burbled through West Wing. Then he raged more before hosting a meeting with Pirro at the White House, for a high-drama, face-to-face meeting worthy of two decorated veterans of confrontational reality TV.
Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.
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Reflecting Pool Damage Was ‘Botched’ Job, Not Vandalism, Prosecutors Say
Charges to Be Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
President Trump had repeatedly accused vandals of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. On Friday, prosecutors acknowledged it was “the result of flawed installation” and moved to dismiss cha...
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The father of a teenager who fatally shot four people at his Georgia high school was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison after a jury found he bore criminal responsibility for his son’s deadly attack in 2024.
Colin Gray, Father of Teenage Shooter in Georgia, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Prosecutors argued that Colin Gray bore responsibility for the 2024 shooting because he had given his son a gun and failed to act as the teen’s mental health deteriorated.
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Georgia Teen Is Sentenced to Life for Deadly School Shooting My latest, with Rick Rojas:
Georgia Teen Is Sentenced to Life for Deadly School Shooting (Gift Article)
The boy pleaded guilty to 55 charges stemming from the 2024 attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., that killed two students and two teachers.
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When he was 14 years old, Colt Gray carried out the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history. While we study the tragedy and its carnage, I think it's important to examine the backdrop, too.
Sean Keenan@thatseankeenan.bsky.social · 2w ago🧵: I sat directly behind Colt today. Amid gut-wrenching testimony from victims and families, a heartbreaking revalation emerged: Colt, now 16, was "so close" to getting much-needed mental health treatment and meds... but the "intrusive thoughts" — voices in his head, he said — won.
When he was 14 years old, Colt Gray carried out the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history. While we study the tragedy and its carnage, I think it's important to examine the backdrop, too.
Sean Keenan@thatseankeenan.bsky.social · 2w ago🧵: I sat directly behind Colt today. Amid gut-wrenching testimony from victims and families, a heartbreaking revalation emerged: Colt, now 16, was "so close" to getting much-needed mental health treatment and meds... but the "intrusive thoughts" — voices in his head, he said — won.
🧵: I sat directly behind Colt today. Amid gut-wrenching testimony from victims and families, a heartbreaking revalation emerged: Colt, now 16, was "so close" to getting much-needed mental health treatment and meds... but the "intrusive thoughts" — voices in his head, he said — won.
Colt Gray WILL get a life sentence, the judge says. The big question is whether he'll ever be eligible for parole.
Sean Keenan@thatseankeenan.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: Colt Gray just pleaded guilty to carrying out the deadliest school shooting in Georgia's history. I'm in court today covering the case. Follow along here:
NEW: Colt Gray just pleaded guilty to carrying out the deadliest school shooting in Georgia's history. I'm in court today covering the case. Follow along here:
Teen Charged in Georgia School Shooting Changes Plea to Guilty (Gift Article)
Colt Gray, 16, had been scheduled to go on trial in October. His change of plea took place at a hearing that pivoted immediately to sentencing.
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I spent today speaking with friends and neighbors of Tyler Feehan, a soldier killed in Jordan by an Iranian attack. Read our story here:
Pentagon Identifies 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Jordan During Iran Strike (Gift Article)
Both were active-duty soldiers, the Defense Department said. They were killed in action after an Iranian strike on a U.S. base on Friday.
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I spent today speaking with friends and neighbors of Tyler Feehan, a soldier killed in Jordan by an Iranian attack. Read our story here:
Pentagon Identifies 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Jordan During Iran Strike (Gift Article)
Both were active-duty soldiers, the Defense Department said. They were killed in action after an Iranian strike on a U.S. base on Friday.
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A voter told me in May he asked ChatGPT who to vote for. Of course, we found he's not the only one looking to A.I. for guidance at the polls...
‘Who Should I Vote for?’ Voters Turn to A.I. Before Casting Their Ballots
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Trump has transformed D.C. into a dirty construction site, @mviser.bsky.social reports. He explores what awaits those who come to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
The Capital Is a Mess
Chain-link fences, construction cranes, armed guards, and portable toilets everywhere
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Many of the 146 Venezuelans deported from the United States the day the earthquake struck are feared dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/w...
Killed by the Venezuelan Quakes Just Hours After Being Deported From U.S.
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Repubs were picking a voting rights fight in the cradle of the civil rights movement — a battle that would've tested GOP power and the resilience of the grassroots groups that bloomed from the work of MLK and John Lewis Today put the fight on ice My latest, with @alemzs.bsky.social and Rick Rojas:
Georgia Republicans Shelve Redistricting as Anger Grows
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ATTN: Atlanta Civic Circle readers... I'm still writing about housing/homelessness! My first for @shelterforce.bsky.social:
Will the World Cup Fuel Arrests of Homeless People in Atlanta? — Shelterforce
As World Cup matches begin, advocates warn that Atlanta will ramp up arrests, displacement, and criminalization of homeless residents.
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Repubs were picking a voting rights fight in the cradle of the civil rights movement — a battle that would've tested GOP power and the resilience of the grassroots groups that bloomed from the work of MLK and John Lewis Today put the fight on ice My latest, with @alemzs.bsky.social and Rick Rojas:
Georgia Republicans Shelve Redistricting as Anger Grows
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BIG NEWS: Georgia Republicans Shelve Redistricting for Now
Georgia Republicans Shelve Redistricting for Now
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A coalition of faith leaders and civil rights groups is marching to the Georgia statehouse to protest a Republican-led redistricting effort that demonstrators see as a return to Jim Crow-era oppression and voter suppression.
At Mike Collins' watch party, reporters are forbidden from crossing into the dining room to talk to supporters. The campaign staff is instead handpicking interviewees for us. When I crossed the invisible border to speak with a campaign spokesperson, he joked, "We might have to deport you now."
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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Wow! This is very well done... BEEPTHROAT An independent public-records project documenting the Atlanta BeltLine's turn from voter-approved light rail toward autonomous shuttles. Every allegation links to a source. www.beepthroat.com h/t @alexip718.com
BeepThroat: The BeltLine Files
An independent public-records project documenting how Atlanta's voter-approved BeltLine light rail gave way to a driverless-shuttle pilot. Every claim links to a source document.
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Apropos of nothing: I noticed today that Andre Dickens and Courtney English wear the same watch, but AD's is set a few mins faster...
"Hey, Claude, who should I vote for?" Have YOU used A.I. to research candidates or map out your voting plan? @nytimes.com wants to hear about it! Comment below or DM me for contact info. Thanks in advance!
"Hey, Claude, who should I vote for?" Have YOU used A.I. to research candidates or map out your voting plan? @nytimes.com wants to hear about it! Comment below or DM me for contact info. Thanks in advance!
Great piece about the unhoused folks proximate to the #worldcup in #atl. I so appreciate Sean's work. Flowers seem innocuous but they represent yet another group rejecting the responsibility for a problem much bigger than them. This needs city leadership, which seems lackluster.
Sean Keenan@thatseankeenan.bsky.social · 2mo agoATTN: Atlanta Civic Circle readers... I'm still writing about housing/homelessness! My first for @shelterforce.bsky.social:
ATTN: Atlanta Civic Circle readers... I'm still writing about housing/homelessness! My first for @shelterforce.bsky.social:
Will the World Cup Fuel Arrests of Homeless People in Atlanta? — Shelterforce
As World Cup matches begin, advocates warn that Atlanta will ramp up arrests, displacement, and criminalization of homeless residents.
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'The Epstein crisis exposed something Trump’s advisers spent months refusing to see. The president could break institutions, redirect the federal government against his enemies and bring the world’s richest men into the Oval Office bearing tribute. But he could not make Jeffrey Epstein disappear.'
Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files
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