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Brooke Mels
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Jurisprudence nerd and Georgia legislative advocate

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Shot, chaser

#gapol #galeg

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Twitter Screenshot: "Jason R. Anavitarte (paid checkmark) @jasonanavitarte We will always defend and protect women's sports! @GASenateGOP" Screenshot of local news article: "11ALIVE LOCAL SPORTS Title IX complaint filed against Pope High School alleging gender discrimination against girls' basketball team State Rep. John Carson said that he has heard from numerous constituents regarding the alleged treatment of female athletes at Pope High School Author: Reeves Jackson Published: 10:50 PM EDT September 3, 2025 Updated: 10:50 PM EDT September 3, 2025"
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Georgia AG and Governor hopeful Chris Carr wants you to know he's really into the murder of fishermen in international waters.

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Twitter Screenshot: "GA AG Chris Carr (paid checkmark) @Georgia_AG NEW: We’re leading a coalition of 16 Republican AGs in support of @POTUS military action against the dangerous drug cartels that are invading our country."
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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BREAKING: Senator Brian Strickland, state AG hopeful...was talked over by KSU students? No, seriously, this man-child is claiming to be "silenced" because of kids talking loudly... With an ego that fragile, no wonder he wants the state to crack down on speech he doesn't like.

#gapol #galeg

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Twitter Screenshot: "Brian Strickland For Georgia @StricklandForGA Bullying, intimidation, and vandalism in an attempt to stifle freedom of expression cannot and will not be tolerated in our state. When I’m attorney general, I will ensure conservative voices are not silenced on our campuses."
October 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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It is utterly insane that there are people who look at this moment and convince themselves that fascism isn't here, or that the prevailing common sense is somehow "incitement" or "violence." We do not have to live like this!

Video credit to chicagocritterrr
CW: Violence

#gapol #galeg
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Notable that like most Republicans, Kennedy outright rejects the objective reality of the authoritarian regime we currently suffer under and calls criticism of the regime "incitement to violence."

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Twitter Screenshot: "John F. Kennedy @johnfkennedyga Today the AJC reports that Stacey Abrams' organization New Georgia Project is shutting down. While it's good that this massive scam of an organization is done for, Abrams has already started her newest scam and she's now live with ads saying President Trump has ushered in an "authoritarian regime.” Let's be clear about this: she's started a new fundraising scam and she's encouraging radical Left violence by suggesting President Trump is an authoritarian."
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Multiple prominent Georgia Republicans casually calling the New Georgia Project-a non-partisan voter initiative to empower racial minorities-a "scam." Name a more iconic duo than Republicans and racism.

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Twitter Screenshot: "Brian Strickland For Georgia @StricklandForGA Another failure to add to the resumes of @staceyabrams and @ReverendWarnock. As your next attorney general, I’ll fight to ensure these radical leftist groups aren’t allowed to act like they’re above the law" Twitter Screenshot: "John F. Kennedy @johnfkennedyga Today the AJC reports that Stacey Abrams' organization New Georgia Project is shutting down. While it's good that this massive scam of an organization is done for, Abrams has already started her newest scam and she's now live with ads saying President Trump has ushered in an "authoritarian regime." Let's be clear about this: she's started a new fundraising scam and she's encouraging radical Left violence by suggesting President Trump is an authoritarian. When I'm Lt. Governor, we will strengthen our ethics laws to keep repeat campaign finance offenders from being allowed to run new scams over and over again."
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Felt and heard! Sometimes you just gotta let the creative juices flow, especially with the state of the world
Qemu kernel test running in Windows terminal: displayed are an array of ASCI characters in a variety of colors
October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Now, pray tell, what is a large gathering of Georgia General Assembly members doing at the gala of a far-right, dark-money, illegal-lobbying, SPLC-recognized hate group? (also known as Frontline Policy, a Project 2025 policy fellow)

#gapol #galeg

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Twitter Screenshot: "Frontline Policy @FrontlineGA Last night, we hosted our first-ever Frontline Macon Gala! It was a powerful evening celebrating the momentum and bold action of Frontline! Our keynote speaker, Scott Jennings, delivered an incredible message, and President Cole Muzio shared how Frontline is Leading the Way, driving real change and standing unapologetically for our values across the state. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who attended, supported, and sponsored this special night. You helped make our first Macon Gala a true success. Now onto our Johns Creek Gala this Thursday! #Frontline #LeadingTheWay #FrontlineGala #MaconGA"
September 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Apparently, it's considered conservative "common sense" to ignore constitutional law on the state and federal levels and violate court orders? Also, I'm no expert...but shouldn't an attorney general be familiar with the failed legislation they're trying to defend in court?

#gapol #galeg

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Twitter Screenshot: "Brian Strickland For Georgia @StricklandForGA When liberals attack common sense conservative laws — like the ban on taxpayer funded transgender surgeries — we need an attorney general who fights to win!"
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Just absolute clownery from the Republican members of the Georgia General Assembly.

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Twitter Screenshot: "Houston Gaines @houstongaines Last year, we led on cracking down on illegal immigration. What we passed in the State House ensured complete state & local cooperation with ICE—and now with a federal government that actually enforces the law, we're seeing the results. ATF Atlanta @ATFAtlanta Today, @ATFAtlanta joined HSI, FBI, DEA, ICE, GSP and other agencies in a major immigration enforcement operation at the Hyundai mega site battery plant in Bryan County, GA, leading to the apprehension of ~450 unlawful aliens, emphasizing our commitment to community safety. #ATF"
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Republicans keep insisting this is about fiscal responsibility, but the law in question does not even allow inmates to pay for their own healthcare!

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Article Screenshot: "Ezie told The 19th that the bill’s sponsors indicated during hearings that incarcerated trans people would not be allowed to pay for treatment themselves, either. Her team has also heard this from their clients, she said. The 19th reached out to the Georgia Department of Corrections to confirm whether incarcerated trans people can pay for these procedures themselves."
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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During the legislative session, Georgia Republicans were reminded again and again in every hearing that SB185 and it's policies of stripping trans inmates of healthcare were unconstitutional at the state and federal levels.

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#gapol #galeg
Twitter Screenshot: "GAGOP @GaRepublicans The House of Representatives should pass Articles of Impeachment against Judge Calvert. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok BREAKING: Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Victoria Calvert issues injunction ALLOWING transgender prisoners in Georgia to receive taxpayer funded s*x change surgery"
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Furthermore, the state law violated much more than the settlement terms set nearly a decade ago; codified the barbaric practice of forcibly shaving trans women's heads in an effort to institutionalize this cruelty.

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Article Screenshot: "In late 2015, Doe began testosterone blocker therapy. She received a prescription for hormone replacement medication two months later. For four years, Doe says she received a small portion of the care she needed, and as a result, some of her distress was relieved, and her gender dysphoria symptoms reduced. She developed breasts and gained weight in her hips, thighs, and buttocks. The growth of her body hair slowed. Yet still, the GDC housed her with men and refused to allow her access to female commissary items, like makeup, nail polish, or a wig. So Doe tailored her clothes and made homemade nail polish out of wax. But Doe's lawyers say GDC officials took those items away. When Doe grew her hair out, GDC staff allegedly held her down and shaved her head."
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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In other news, Libs of TikTok and Stephen Miller are inciting stochastic terrorism against the district judge who blocked the GAGOPs unconstitutional ban on healthcare for incarcerated trans folks.

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Twitter Screenshot: "Stephen Miller @StephenM Georgia passed a law prohibiting taxpayer funding "sex changes" for inmates and an unelected Biden judge has ordered Georgia taxpayers to fund them regardless, saying the Constitution requires it. The Democrat Party does not build or sustain, it only destroys. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok BREAKING: Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Victoria Calvert issues injunction ALLOWING transgender prisoners in Georgia to receive taxpayer funded s*x change surgery"
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Cissupremacist bullshit strikes again! Trans folk "feel" under attack? We are fighting for our damn lives! Between the rise in stochastic terrorism, stasi state violence, and legislative attempts to expel us from societal participation...

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Screenshot from the article: "More than 100 people gathered at Idaho Capitol steps on Friday evening for the second annual Boise Trans March to rally for LGBTQ+ rights in Idaho — a state where these groups feel under attack."
September 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The party of "guns don't kill people" insists that cell phones actually kill? 😂

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Screenshot of a tweet: "GA AG Chris Carr @Georgia_AG "Prisoners with contraband cell phones are killing innocent Georgians."
September 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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"A platypus woman?"
"PERRY THE PLATYPUS WOMAN?
A platypus wearing a fedora on the backdrop of a wetland
August 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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This abject criminal cruelty is what the GAGOP unanimously backed and celebrated. This lawless party of unconstitutional disorder cannot be reformed or worked with. It cannot be allowed to stand

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Twitter Screenshot: "GAGOP @GaRepublicans Today's @Georgia Democrat Party ladies and gentlemen! They will die on the hill of protecting taxpayer funded sex change operations for criminals in prison. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok. Georgia Democrats staged a walk-out to protest a bill which would block tax dollars from being used for s*x change surgery for inmates in prisons"
August 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This is what governor hopeful and current state AG Chris Carr is defending.

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Twitter Screenshot: "Chris Carr @ChrisCarr_Ga Progressives are suing to try and block Georgia’s law that prohibits taxpayers from funding a prisoner’s sex change. Only in the woke left’s America is this even up for debate. Georgia taxpayers will never foot the bill for a prisoner’s sex change on my watch. I’ll fight this insanity all the way to the Supreme Court."
August 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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The most prominent state elected Republicans are tripping over themselves in swearing fealty to a guy who can't even spell the name of the state he's running for!
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Mike Collins’s launch video for his US Senate run against Jon Ossoff has a misspelling of Georgia as “Georiga”
August 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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I suspect the ethics scandal is only beginning with the new backing of Georgia's premiere dark-money and illegal lobbyist group Frontline Policy (affiliated with Project 2025, ADF, and the Heritage Foundation).
Tweet from the head of Frontline Policy (Georgia dark-money group with ties to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation, and ADF), David "Cole" Muzio: "Everyone who knows the Kings would agree that Janelle is a great political benefit to Kelvin, and that has to do with her talent - not anything nefarious. I look forward to a robust race for SOS, but I only see a spouse doing her job and a candidate doing his here. #gapol"
August 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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According to far-right lobbyist group Greater Georgia, senator Jon Ossoff is responsible for *checks notes* a police riot and military occupation in California? Only lobbyists can be this confidently wrong...
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Screenshot of tweet from lobbyist group "Greater Georgia" "❌On condemning violent lawlessness, Ossoff is off the grid. ❌ On protecting our borders, Ossoff is out for lunch. ❌ On public safety policy for Georgians, Ossoff is out of touch. @Ossoff , how long will you continue to remain silent?"
June 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp plans to sign trans sports and bathroom ban bill SB1 "The Riley Gaines Act" on Monday, 4/28, at 1PM

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"FRONTLINE" "THE RILEY GAINES ACT TO BE SIGNED MONDAY" A picture of Georgia Govornor Brian Kemp, signing legislation into law "On Monday, Govornor Brian Kemp will sign landmark legislation protecting Georgia's girls. SB1, sponsored by Senator Greg Dolezal and known as "The Riley Gaines Act" ensures girls' sports and spaces remain exclusive to girls – free from confused males.
April 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Next up, SB39--restrictions on adult care! Senator Blake Tillery has claimed many reasons for this legislation, ranging from "stopping the state from paying for child sex changes" to "protecting Georgians from radical gender ideology."

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Senator Blake Tillery, a Caucasian redhead, in the Georgia State Senate chamber, holding a copy of Melania Trump's memoir
March 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Next up, SB30, a full-on ban on gender-affirming care for young trans Georgians, with bill author Senator Ben Watson having changed his stance in previous years of wanting to, "take a pause," restricting care solely to puberty blockers; to now conflating the same blockers with lobotomies.

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Senator Ben Watson in the press pool, behind him are protesters waiving the trans flag, a handmade sign that says "CIS AND PISSED, STOP ATTACKING TRANS YOUTHS", and another that says "Protect Trans Rights!"
March 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM