(Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)
The death of the Georgia Republican Party following the 2020 election has been greatly exaggerated. The state has been under the microscope nationally since the 2018 gubernatorial contest when Stacey Abrams lost by over 50,000 votes. Since then, she has been the poster child for non-existent voter suppression in the state and has never conceded the race. Legacy media outlets have given her a platform to spread her lies without challenging her assertions. Democrats take her claims at face value, promoting the idea that Governor Brian Kemp stole the election by executing the Georgia law that requires cleaning up the voter rolls.
Do Democrats Have a Realistic Path Forward on Their Voting Bills?
As Republicans across the country restrict voting and federal legislation stalls in Congress, the left’s eyes are on Joe Manchin.
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, and Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the Senate discussed the For the People Act.Credit.Photos by Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times; J. Scott Applewhite, via Associated Press
May 11, 2021, 6:43 p.m. ET
The Senate on Tuesday took up the For the People Act, a sweeping bill to overhaul the country’s election system, the first step in what will probably be a long and winding legislative process. Democrats are faced with not only the all-out resistance of Republicans, but also the hesitation of their own 50th vote, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, the lone Democrat in the chamber who hasn’t signed on as a sponsor of the bill.
Innovation Nation: In conversation with Paul Desmarais III The Financial Post s Kevin Carmichael talks with Paul Desmarais III, the next in line to lead the family behind Power Corp. of Canada
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Senator tours Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
Sen. Raphael Warnock tours Phoebe By Avery Jacobs | May 4, 2021 at 7:19 AM EDT - Updated May 4 at 10:18 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On Monday, Senator Raphael Warnock came to Albany, pushing for an expansion of Medicaid in rural Georgia.
Warnock toured Phoebe and saw their innovation center, where they train doctors and nurses with realistic mannequins.
Warnock said he is concerned about hospitals closing in rural Georgia. He claimed his lobbying helped provide $2 billion to expand Medicaid in Georgia. But now it’s up to the state legislature to sign on, which lawmakers have said no to.
Sen. Warnock visits Waverly Hall to discuss rural broadband issues
Sen. Warnock visits Waverly Hall to discuss rural broadband issues By Brennan Reh | May 4, 2021 at 9:14 AM EDT - Updated May 4 at 9:14 AM
WAVERLY HALL, Ga. (WTVM) - According to Senator Raphael Warnock, 10-percent of Georgians donât have any real connection to broadband and about 38-percent of residents in the state depend on one company for broadband connection. Sen. Warnock visited Waverly Hall Telephone Company, WavCom, in Waverly Hall Mon. afternoon to discuss rural broadband issues during one of his several stops throughout the state this week.
He says the Waverly Hall community is an example of how more work needs to to done to build out rural broadband. Sen. Warnock says rural broadband is something they somewhat addressed in the American Rescue Plan with $7.1 billion, but says it is something that definitely needs to be emphasized as they work on an infrastructure program for the American Jobs Pl