I have a conspiracy theory about Trump’s former Atlanta lawyer, hear me out...

On metro Atlanta ballots: New property tax breaks for seniors? Three ballot measures would establish new homestead exemptions for homeowners over 65.

The Pentagon will impose new restrictions on reporters covering the Defense Department, requiring them to pledge not to gather or use any information that had not been formally authorized for release or risk losing their credentials to cover the military. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

I wrote something about all the kudos (from media & think tanks) that Atlanta's Dickens Administration has been receiving recently about its affordable housing activities. (Good thing I am physically in Chicago.)

Celebrity attorney Ben Crump convened ex-Forest Cove tenants to sue their old landlord, Millennia Housing Management. He also floated a RICO prosecution against the company. For @atlantaciviccircle.org: atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/09/11/b...

Housing Justice League debuts ambitious housing policy vision for Atlanta The group’s “Housing First” platform urges the city to define affordability based on local income metrics.

Cop City RICO motions hearings Sept. 8, 2025, live thread. Live video stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJvX...

I spent yesterday in Ellabell, Ga., reporting on how the Hyundai plant has transformed the community, how the ICE raid has affected its residents, and what it all means for the small town's future.

Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov wants a federal watchdog to scrutinize living conditions in Section 8 apartment complexes — and the agency that oversees them. For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Housing advocates back Ossoff’s proposed probe of Section 8 inspections The measure won bipartisan support from the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee last month. 

Exclusive: The Pentagon has been planning a military deployment to Chicago as President Trump says he wants to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major cities, officials familiar with the matter said. https://wapo.st/477Gs66

New England NIMBYs offer a special level of cruelty www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/25/m...

America’s democratic system depends on the public’s understanding that law is bigger than politics, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues. But now, Trump is sending a clear message that he is willing to go after his enemies and undermine that system.

Texas is expected to be where IRS’ new stance on religious leaders endorsing candidates will matter most, one expert said. More than 200 megachurches call Texas home. “Texas will be the epicenter for testing all these ideas out,” the expert said.

Trump's exec order reflects not only the admin’s disdain for the unhoused, said @anthonymkreis.bsky.social, but also a fundamental misunderstanding of the structural drivers of homelessness, from income inequality to a lack of mental health care and affordable housing. For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Two new resolutions put negligent landlords on notice across Atlanta: Make long-overdue repairs or be forced to sell your assets to the city. For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

NEWS: Federal judge finds that Alina Habba is NOT lawfully performing functions and duties of U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. Judge Matthew Brann disqualifies Habba from prosecution of two criminal defendants who challenged her appointment

After the IRS said it would allow religious leaders to endorse candidates, @fortworthreport.bsky.social identified at least three churches in Texas whose leaders openly praised the IRS decision.

Two new resolutions put negligent landlords on notice across Atlanta: Make long-overdue repairs or be forced to sell your assets to the city. For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Angela Blackmon won't turn on her A/C, worried it could start “another fire in the fuse box.” Her neighbor’s doesn’t work at all. The temperature in their apartments crept up toward 90 on Sunday — and Atlanta’s heat wave will only worsen this week. My latest for @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Angela Blackmon won't turn on her A/C, worried it could start “another fire in the fuse box.” Her neighbor’s doesn’t work at all. The temperature in their apartments crept up toward 90 on Sunday — and Atlanta’s heat wave will only worsen this week. My latest for @atlantaciviccircle.org:

🧵: New details on CDC shooting suspect Joseph White: Cobb County police were dispatched to the Whites' home three times over the last year to address Kenneth White's concerns for his son's mental health, according to incident reports I obtained.

🧵: New details on CDC shooting suspect Joseph White: Cobb County police were dispatched to the Whites' home three times over the last year to address Kenneth White's concerns for his son's mental health, according to incident reports I obtained.

"His apparent obsession with anti-vaccine conspiracy theories seemed to come out of nowhere about a year ago, she said. Mr. White would launch into unrelenting monologues about it on her front porch, describing a vast and confusing conspiracy."

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

I spent this morning talking to the CDC shooting suspect's neighbors. They said he was polite, helpful and OBSESSED with vaccine conspiracy theories. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Just saw Sean Spicer in a commercial for an extended auto warranty company...

I spent this morning talking to the CDC shooting suspect's neighbors. They said he was polite, helpful and OBSESSED with vaccine conspiracy theories. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

NEW: The Emory shooter thought the Covid-19 vaccine was to blame for his medical problems, NYT confirms, so he shot CDC buildings, killing a police officer in the process. Our latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

via @thatseankeenan.bsky.social "The Emory shooter thought the Covid-19 vaccine was to blame for his medical problems, NYT confirms, so he shot CDC buildings, killing a police officer in the process."

What happened today at #Emory & #CDC should outrage us all. We once settled our disagreements through debate—but now, fueled by misinformation and disinformation, we are more divided than ever and innocent lives are being lost. The state of affairs in our country is truly heartbreaking.

NEW: The Emory shooter thought the Covid-19 vaccine was to blame for his medical problems, NYT confirms, so he shot CDC buildings, killing a police officer in the process. Our latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

Police have not yet explicitly said whether the Emory shooter was targeting the CDC, although Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens alluded to the suspect's concerning online behavior. Here are photos taken by a CDC employee from inside the office.

UPDATE: A DeKalb County police officer was killed during a gunfight with the shooter.

I'm covering the Emory shooting. Check out the latest here. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

Trump's exec order reflects not only the admin’s disdain for the unhoused, said @anthonymkreis.bsky.social, but also a fundamental misunderstanding of the structural drivers of homelessness, from income inequality to a lack of mental health care and affordable housing. For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Legal experts foresee challenges to Trump’s anti-homeless order “There are many clear violations of the right to due process, and the legal community is prepared to challenge many parts of this order.”

A few hundred protesting at Atlanta’s ICE office

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ICYMI: Trump wants to jail and institutionalize people for being homeless...

“It’s a prelude to dystopia,” said housing advocate Tim Franzen. “Imagine internment camps and deportations to other countries. There’s going to be a real segregation of these people from society.” For @atlantaciviccircle.org, a look at Trump's new directive to further criminalize homelessness:

“It’s a prelude to dystopia,” said housing advocate Tim Franzen. “Imagine internment camps and deportations to other countries. There’s going to be a real segregation of these people from society.” For @atlantaciviccircle.org, a look at Trump's new directive to further criminalize homelessness:

New Trump edict aims to criminalize homelessness. What’s that mean for Atlanta? “It’s a prelude to dystopia,” said local housing advocate Tim Franzen.

Trump’s Name Is on Contributor List for Epstein Birthday Book www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

This is total ass just on its face, but the whole "go ahead and arrest anyone with a mental illness" is going to get wild when they start defining any class of people they don't like as mentally ill

The president just issued an executive order to curb "Crime and Disorder on America's Streets" Its primary target: unhoused people share.google/1JD7LxJ9oW2r...

The family of Cornelius Taylor, the unhoused man fatally struck by a bulldozer during an Old Fourth Ward encampment sweep, is suing the city of Atlanta, alleging that the tent city’s clearance was conducted with reckless abandon. atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/07/18/c...

Atlanta Housing real estate czar Alan Ferguson is resigning. Though it's unclear what's next for him, he said, “It was my decision.” “I haven’t been fired from a job since I worked at Captain D’s in high school," he joked. "And even they hired me back.”

The family of Cornelius Taylor, the unhoused man fatally struck by a bulldozer during an Old Fourth Ward encampment sweep, is suing the city of Atlanta, alleging that the tent city’s clearance was conducted with reckless abandon. atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/07/18/c...