Krista Brewer
kristarbrewer.bsky.social
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.
Now this could be a nice opportunity for a good progressive candidate
In Georgia HD 121, Peter Hubbard (Dem) won with 59% of the vote yesterday. There's a special election for State House there on December 9. Candidates can qualify to appear on the ballot starting TOMORROW and ending Monday.

Times are Thurs 9-5, Fri 8-5, Mon 8-1. $400 to run.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Krista Brewer
The newly constituted governing board has a quorum of members with four of seven positions filled.

Positions from the Gate City Bar Association, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and The Atlanta-Fulton County League of Women's Voters have not yet been filled.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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In some states tonight, people are headed to the store with a month of food benefits on their SNAP cards. That is not the case in Georgia. #gapol

apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to halt order providing full SNAP payments for November
A federal appeals court leaves an order in place that requires President Donald Trump’s administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid a U.S. government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Reposted by Krista Brewer
Mississippi Democrats made significant gains in the legislative special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, flipping two Mississippi Senate seats, one Mississippi House seat and breaking the Republican super majority in the Mississippi Senate.

Here's a look at the results in each district.
Mississippi Special Election Results: Democrats Flip 3 Seats
Mississippi Democrats made significant gains in the legislative special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, flipping two Senate seats and one House seat.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Here's the AJC's own announcement about adding Erick Erickson as an opinion contributor. Erickson has also had opinion pieces in Bari Weiss's Free Press.

I've long complained about the AJC getting free rein over Atlanta's public broadcasters, GPB and WABE...
#atl
#gapol

www.ajc.com/about-us/202...
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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In #GA13 , octogenarian Rep. David Scott has checked out on his constituents and he has checked out on democracy itself!

Help replace absentee Rep. Scott with scientist, professor, and legislator @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social at:
secure.actblue.com/donate/jc_so...

#gapol #Atlanta #Georgia
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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This is a campaign and a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life. Thank you, a million times over.

Forever I love Atlanta.

#atlpol #atlroh
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Reposted by Krista Brewer
Socialists in Cox Cities.
Apparently, the newly-elected mayor of Dayton, OH is a Dem Socialist though her campaign wasn't officially endorsed by the DSA. Dayton is where Cox Ent. began in 1898.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's new offices are in District 2 which DSA candidate Kelsea Bond won.
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A whole bunch of people younger than me got elected last night and I am totally good with that
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Good morning!
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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SCHEDULE ALERT: I'll be joining @atlpresscollective.com's Election Night Livestream at 7pm ET to discuss some of my past reporting for @thexylom.com, including on the state of marta and the heavily watched Georgia Public Service Commission races.

Bookmark this link for tonight:
Election Night Livestream | Tue, Nov. 4, 2025
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
TODAY is the last day to vote: If you live in the city of Atlanta and don't know who to vote for, go on over to the @atlpresscollective.com for candidate questionnaires.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reposted by Krista Brewer
If Kemp’s not willing to use GA’s 14.6 billion surplus (9 bil is undesignated and 5.6 bil is a rainy day fund) to help fund SNAP, what the hell is he going to use it for?? I can’t think of anything more important than keeping people from starving.
www.11alive.com/article/news...
Several questions unanswered in Georgia response to SNAP funding lapse
Gov. Brian Kemp has signaled the state won't be dipping into surplus funds to fill SNAP gaps.
www.11alive.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
And that's why we're gonna vote the PSC incumbents out of office TODAY!
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reposted by Krista Brewer
Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
Beating the dangerous influence of private interests on governments requires independent judges, journalists and a courageous civil society
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The dumbest thing on the internet.
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reposted by Krista Brewer
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November 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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🚨NEW: Everyone in Georgia is supposed to have an equal voice, but an outdated US Census Bureau policy counts incarcerated people in the wrong place, giving a few residents a megaphone – aka prison gerrymandering

The state can fix this. Here's how👇
www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2025/10...
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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The orange cretin appears intent on making sure next week is not about people going hungry or his party getting their ass kicked in the election.
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Track record Exhibit A: Andre pours $58m (and counting) of TAD money into rat-infested, obsolete 2 Peachtree tower to convert to affordable homes. Now begging MARTA to move into it.

Extending TAD slush funds means hiking taxes, because that money would otherwise return to schools, county & city.
The track record is one of the biggest arguments against TAD extensions. Many projects were advanced recklessly at extraordinary cost with marginal benefit, and of course Dickens’s habit of canceling or downgrading widely popular transit projects undermines public trust in ANY future agenda.
This TAD extension will allegedly protect legacy residents, build affordable housing, put rail on the Beltline, build a new hospital, and support small businesses. That's quite a project list.

It makes me wonder...what's Mayor Dickens' track record with following through on project lists?
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
interc.pt
November 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM