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The @ajc just finished a weeklong series involving deep dives about major policy issues dividing @staceyabrams and @briankempga. Here comes a thread ... #gapol
.@jsalzerajc wrote about a rift over state spending, which is among the biggest contrasts in a race with plenty of them. #gapol
politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
.@MaxBlau explored two starkly different approaches to rural policies through the lens of a small southwest Georgia town that lost its rural hospital and is struggling without widespread access to high-speed internet. #gapol politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
.@ty_tagami delved into each candidate’s education agenda, highlighting one of the most important factors in the race #gapol politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
Next, a story about the social issues that helped each candidate win their primaries, but have receded into the background during the general election #gapol politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
And here we have a piece from @dwickert on the competing visions to tackle traffic and improve transportation across the Peach State #gapol politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
And today a piece about how the relationship between Georgia government and its capital city could transform under the next governor. #gapol politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
Earlier, we reported in-depth stories on how each candidate would handle criminal justice policies ... #gapol myajc.com/news/state--re…
... and the debate over expanding Medicaid and other healthcare-related issues. #gapol politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
We’ve also done separate podcasts on these issues, produced by the amazing @briafelicien #gapol itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pol…
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A federal judge just issued a 43-page ruling with a split decision involving rejected ballots in the Georgia governor race. #gapol
The judge denied @staceyabrams request to count provisional ballots that were cast outside their county of residence, and accepted her request to require all counties to accept absentee ballots with errors or omissions in voters’ birthdates. #gapol
It’s not immediately clear how many ballots the ruling will effect. Gwinnett County was already ordered to accept absentee ballots with birthdate errors, and county officials said more than 300 could be affected. Kemp’s campaign pegged the number at around 400. #gapol
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The state just released details of its unsuccessful bid to land Amazon’s second headquarters that were previously shielded by state law from being disclosed to the public. #gapol
The state’s incentive package would have topped $2B for the project, including a $100M state investment in the site the company chose. #gapol
The biggest incentive would come from a boosted “mega project tax credit” that would have been valued at $1.3B+ for HQ2. #gapol
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A federal judge just issued a 56 page order that could affect thousands of provisional ballots in Georgia's race for governor. #gapol
The order by Judge Amy Totenberg blocks the Secretary of State from certifying the election until Friday and directs state and local officials to conduct a review of many of the provisional ballots. #gapol
The state also has to provide new, rolling updates of why provisional ballots were rejected and to set up a hotline for voters so they can determine whether their provisional ballots were counted. #gapol
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For some of us, too, it /IS/ all men, or has BECOME all men. Saying “Not All Men,” then, is telling us our experience isn’t real, which— fun fact— makes you one of those men.

Instead — 👏🏼 ACTIONABLE ADVICE AHEAD 👏🏼 (thread)
Apologize for your gender (leave the part where you blame society for how you’re socialized until later— she may even bring it up herself! We know!), thereby acknowledging & validating her experience, and ask yourself or even her (!) How can I make THIS experience better?

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Hang on, I have to get a beer.

And dinner— it’s not /just/ bc of this thread! 🤣
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Here’s a #thread about #judges and #judges’ opinions. I don’t want to name names. I’m hoping Twitterland will get the word out. It’s important, to that small audience at least. It’s about a lack of awareness and humility 1/
So there’s this emerging cadre of judges who write opinions that seem clever and erudite and get some adoring attention. But here’s the thing. At a conference of pretty bright academics of various persuasions and we have two things we seem to all think about those opinions 2/
The first is a little catty; the second is deadly serious. They both matter. (And I’m not naming names of judges or academics but you know who you are.) 3/
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When people say Buhari hasn’t achieved anything, we’d be here to show you the facts & figs.

Let us take few of his achievements despite oil selling at an avg of $53.32pb compared to 2010-2014; of oil selling at an avg of $99.99pb.

#Thread.
For clear perspective, when APC took over power, 24 states could not pay salaries, GDP declined from avg 6% to 2%.

The Buhari govt had to extend ₦1.9 trillion to states to enable them meet their salary obligations and over ₦600bn in budget support facility.
The Buhari administration had to offset debts/liabilities inherited to the tune of ₦7 trillion due pensioners/salary arrears, JV cash calls, Paris Club overdeductions, Oil Subsidy debts, refund to states for road, contractors etc.
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THREAD: The race for #GAGov is not over, and our fight will not end until every last ballot is counted, until every voice is heard, and until every vote is valued. #CountEveryVote #gapol

So, for today, here’s how you can help @staceyabrams and #TeamAbrams:
SUPPORTERS: We are using Hustle to contact voters and hear their stories of the challenges they faced while voting. Sign up for a few hours TODAY to Hustle (send texts) for us: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #CountEveryVote #gapol
LAWYERS: We need varied types of legal assistance at different times. Can you sign up to offer your services, and we’ll contact you if we can use your assistance? Add your name and experience here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #CountEveryVote #gapol
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I had another thought about John McCain: Americans have a weakness for following electoral politics like sports. McCain ran for President twice, reaching the finals — the general election — only on the second try, in 2008.
2. The 2008 race — the one McCain, burdened by the Bush administration’s toxic unpopularity, had next to no chance of winning — is the one most Americans remember. But his 2000 primary challenge to Bush was more significant. It was a turning point.
3. G. W. Bush, then the governor of Texas, had a big advantage over McCain as a former President’s son. He inherited most of his father’s donors, and had enthusiastic support among white evangelicals. He entered the race as a near-prohibitive favorite for the GOP nomination.
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