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Georgia Snow Totals (Inches) Snow fell again in Georgia and it wasn't pretty out on the roadways. Atlanta (Airport): 1.1, Atlanta (Midtown): 0.4, Barnesville: 1.5, Blakely: 7,0, Camilla: 8.0, Cordele: 9.0, Savannah: 3.0, Valdosta: 4.0 More snow totals from throughout the Peach State can be found here. Snow falling down on the west side of […]
The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! The sky was falling in Georgia for the first time in many years. It wasn’t rain or hail, but snow. Yes, snow. Well, let's take that back. Snow fell in the Atlanta area about a week ago, but for the fluffy white stuff to fall in South […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered for the termination of all of the US government’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices and employees. The move comes hours after President Trump’s team shuttered the government’s official DEI website. An executive order signed by Trump on January 20th directed “the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal […]
President Donald Takes Office, Destroys Biden Legacy and Failed Policies Elections have consequences. President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech stung Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, as the 47th President savaged Biden administrations failed foreign and domestic policies.. All President Biden could do was sit there behind President Trump and take it on the chin. President Donald […]
Trump Issues Broad Pardon of January 6 Protestors; Commutes Sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
President Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon forgiving all Americans charged and convicted for their involvement in the January 6, 2021 capitol attacks. The pardon also commuted the sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leadership convicted for a series of crimes associated with the January 6 riots. Trump has referred to many of those […]
President Donald Trump heralded a ‘golden age for America’ as he promised advances in the economy, immigration, foreign policy and other salient policy issues during his presidential inaugural address. President Trump, who has become only the second US president to ever hold nonconsecutive terms, laid out his vision and plan for his administration. During the […]
President Donald J. Trump (R) took the oath of office today at noon ET, he has become the 45th and 47th President of the United States. This is the first time a president has won reelection in non-consecutive terms since President Grover Cleveland in 1892. However, moments before the ceremony, Governors Brian Kemp (R-GA) and […]
Lt. Governor Burt Jones (R-GA), the President of the State Senate, called State Senator Colton Moore's (R-GA) arrest after attempting to enter the House chamber before Governor Brian Kemp's (R-GA) State of the State Address an "embarrassment," per The Center Square. State Sen. Moore tried to enter the House of Representatives to attend Gov. Kemp's […]
Inauguration Day: President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in today as the United States’ 47th president. President Trump was re-elected to the presidency after losing the 2020 elections to President Joe Biden. Some have qualified Trump’s return as “the greatest political comeback in American history.” Today, Trump will officially become the 47th US […]
Inauguration Day It's Inauguration Day, and the day Republicans (most Americans) have waited for is finally here. Today is Martin Luther King Day, and President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. It will be colder than an ice box in Washington, D.C., but that is OK for […]
State Senator Clint Dixon (R-GA) has been appointed by Lt. Governor Burt Jones (R-GA) to serve as Chairman of the Senate Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations. State Sen. Dixon ran unopposed in his latest election attempt, securing District 45 (which includes portions of Barrow and Gwinnett County) for the Georgia GOP. The Peach […]
The US Supreme Court unanimously rejected a first-amendment challenge brought by TikTok against a recently passed law mandating ByteDance, its parent company, divest from the app or cease operating it. ByteDance now has until Sunday to divest from TikTok lest it be granted a one-time 90 day extension by the President. President-elect Donald Trump, who’s […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has caught conservative lawmakers’ attention as it shutters its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives prior to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The FBI recently decided to shut down its DEI central office prior to President Trump’s inauguration on January 20th. FBI DEI initiatives have been subject to harsh criticism […]
President Joe Biden is facing renewed criticism for his economic policies following the recently released Consumer Price Index’s (CPI) December 2024 report. The CPI report outlines inflation rose 2.9% for the month of December, increasing the accumulated inflation Americans experienced under President Biden to 20.7%. Conservatives have consistently criticized Biden’s economic policies as inciting inflation […]
Gov. Brian Kemp and his State of the State Address As expected, Gov. Brian Kemp will deliver the 2025 State of the State address this week where he will reiterate his commitment to Tort Reform, drive Georgia's economic footing, and tackle state infrastructure. During the Eggs and Issues breakfast this week, Gov. Kemp addressed the […]
WASHINGTON—During his Senate confirmation hearing to become the next Secretary of State in the incoming Trump administration, Senator Marco Rubio outlined the growing threat to the American way of life that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the United States and the rest of the Western World. Sen. Rubio’s foreign policy knowledge and bona […]
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal brokered by President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump’s teams. President Biden announced the deal, which President Trump claimed “could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November.” Biden explained his team worked with Trump to represent the United States as “one […]
President Joe Biden has incited conservative outrage after he announced that he will remove Cuba from the US’ State Sponsors of Terrorism list. In making the decision, President Biden claimed Cuba had not supported any terrorist groups for the preceding six months and that it had committed to not supporting international terrorism in the future. […]