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This was inside Akins Ford Arena as Vice President JD Vance was up on stage for the TPUSA event in Athens.
By no means a full house.
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NEW: Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has set Tuesday, March 10th as the special election date to fill the seat of @RepMTG in Congress.
Whoever wins will have to run again in the midterms at the end of the year.
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BREAKING: the DeKalb School Board has accepted the resignation of superintendent Dr. Devon Horton.
Horton is facing a federal indictment for allegations of taking kickbacks in his old Illinois school district.
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TODAY: The CDC complex is still riddled with bullet holes.
Officials said the gunman fired 500+ rounds total with some 200 bullets hitting CDC buildings. No one inside them was hurt.
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NEW: Adriana Smith's family shared this with us today. They show her final moments on life support, and a tragic goodbye with her son Chase.
Smith was pregnant but past Georgia's six week limit on abortions when she was declared brain dead. Dr's delivered her baby on Friday
Three people have already been removed from this event in the first 3 minutes - one was tased by police after outbursts
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Hosts a Town Hall in Cobb County, Georgia nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1MnxnwyON…
We’re off to an insanely tense start at the @RepMTG town hall in Cobb County. Three people have been removed and one of them was tased after scuffling with police.
Greene reminded everyone it was a town hall and not a political rally.
Mug shot for GA Sen. Colton Moore after his arrest in the State Capitol today.
Looks strangely familiar...
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NEW: DA Fani Willis has been REMOVED from the indictment case against Donald Trump. The state appeals court abruptly made the decision this morning.
They said the "appearance of impropriety" stemming from her relationship with a top prosecutor on the case "must be removed."
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NEW: attorneys for Fulton County Jail inmates have filed a class action lawsuit against Sheriff Pat Labat and several corrections officers.
The suit includes inmates who "suffered acute personal injuries, acute psychological suffering...or death."
Donald Trump's Georgia lawyers are motioning to have his case thrown out on their longtime argument: supremacy clause.
They argue since a sitting president can't be tried for a crime, the case should be tossed.
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After calls for her to step down as chair of the GA Dems, Rep. Nikema Williams has called for a meeting to "amend party bylaws to allow for a full-time paid chair position."
Some in the party felt she spent too much time campaigning and not enough time fundraising.
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Today Georgia House Dems met behind closed doors for hours to elect new minority leadership. Here's how it turned out:
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is here in Cobb County for the @JDVance rally one day before the election
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Spike Lee, in a Morehouse hat and sweatshirt, throws up the Spelman hands, and reminds the crowd he’s a Grady Baby.
Come one, what’s more Atlanta than that.
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