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20 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Next up, @ossoff and @ReverendWarnock will be sworn in, cementing Democratic control of the Senate. They’re set to take office around 4:30 this afternoon.

It’s been a long, strange ride. #gapol #gasen
How it’s going
Here goes
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19 Jan
“@Ossoff will be sworn in using a book of Hebrew scripture once owned by Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, who led Atlanta’s historic synagogue The Temple...”
The rabbi was a key MLK ally who encouraged ATL’s Jewish community to fight for civil rights and oppose hate & intolerance. #gasen
Rothschild’s synagogue was bombed in ‘58 by white supremacists angered by his opposition to segregation; it was a turning point in ATL. Civic leaders rallied behind him, and Jewish Atlantans who were wary of getting involved in politics woke up. the-temple.org/bombing
You can draw a line between Rothschild’s leadership during the civil rights era and @ossoff’s election this month as the first Jewish US senator in Georgia history — not just symbolically. Ossoff earned his bar mitzvah from The Temple about 20 years ago. #gapol #gasen
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19 Jan
The Jolt: Georgia officials are expected to certify Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s runoff victories today, setting up a swearing-in as early as Wednesday. #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/polit…
More jolt: Rep. @NikemaWilliams has filed a bill that would bar Trump from stepping foot inside the U.S. Capitol ever again. “President Trump has shown time and time again that he is a danger to our democracy and a threat to the country.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
And don’t miss out on this item: Congrats @1PatriciaMurphy! #gapol
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14 Jan
Georgia @GovKemp tries to set a new tone at the state Capitol after a divisive election, endorsing a revamp of the citizen's arrest law and calling for an end to ‘harmful’ misinformation. #gapol ajc.com/politics/kemp-…
Georgia Democrats don’t buy it. House Minority Leader James Beverly says the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid and more aggressively contain the virus has repercussions: “We cannot afford to stand by when Georgia rises in the ranks of these shameful metrics.” #gapol Image
“These measures do not prevent fraud. They prevent democracy.” Georgia Democratic state Sen. @elenaparent on @GovKemp’s call for new voter ID requirements for absentee ballots following GOP defeats in November and January. #gapol Image
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14 Jan
Georgia @GovKemp opens his State of the State honoring the lives lost to the pandemic: “Those great Georgians may be gone, but they will not be forgotten. We will win this fight against COVID-19 and their legacies will live on for generations to come.” #gapol Image
@GovKemp This might as well be a message to Kemp's fellow Republicans: “There are some who want to look to the past, assign blame, settle old scores, and relive and relitigate 2020. Today I think we should take the advice of those wise farmers. Let’s clear the fields and start planting.”
@GovKemp The loudest and most sustained ovation -- by far -- has gone to Dr. Kathleen Toomey, the state's top health commissioner. "God sent Georgia the right person at the right time," Kemp said. #gapol
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7 Jan
Just in: Republican Kelly Loeffler concedes defeat to Raphael Warnock #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/polit…
Says Loeffler: “Rest assured: the fight to advance the American Dream is far from over. The fight to protect conservative values is far from over. And the fight against socialism and the radical agenda of the left is very far from over." #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/polit…
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7 Jan
This Georgia Republican, who tried to overturn the results of the election yesterday, is trying to shift blame. What happened:

Angry Trump supporters gathered in DC, egged on by Trump and allies to descend on the Capitol. They did. A violent mob then attacked the building.
Oh, and some must have also gotten the notion that a revolution was underway. Not sure how that happened.
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