The “averted a mass shooting” framing—as if it was a certainty—is problematic. It’s certainly what APD wants reported, but news orgs should approach it with more nuance. The potential alleged shooter obviously needed intervention, but saying he was going to shoot is pre-crime shit.

When you are a local public affairs news outlet and you put out what certainly appears to be a paid PR piece glorifying a developer whose favorite book is…(wait for it) The Fountainhead. saportareport.com/atlanta-base...

It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.

We really don't have to pretend Charlie Kirk wasn't an abhorrent person, even if you disagree with the political violence used to oppose him.

Unfortunately, no live thread for the Atlanta City Council today. I caught covid over the weekend, and I’m still under the weather.

In a small personal victory, I finished my newsletter for Thursday two days in advance (except for the section that will be about a hearing happening tomorrow). I was incentivized to write in advance because of other stories I have to write this week, but I'll still take the dub.

That’s a wrap for today. We’re looking at a year of RICO trial coverage ahead of us. We need your support to do this type of coverage. Become a monthly donor today to help ACPC fully cover the Cop City RICO trials. Atlpresscollective.com/support-us

Don't be collaborationist media.

Newsrooms: Don't publish mass shooter manifestos.

First reported by @atlpresscollective.com, Atlanta City Councilmember Andrea Boone, daughter of Civil Rights leader Joseph E. Boone, filed a motion to ban warming centers from 1000 feet of a school Monday, when the entire city mustered two warming centers in an area of 134 sq. mi. It passed 10-1.

Council voted to Fund PAD. Funding for Cop City failed to pass. Task force recommendations that would hurt the OIG were held in committee. A $1.5 million contract to a lobbyist was sent back to committee. This is the craziest council meeting.

The environmental benefit of Atlanta Streets Alive is the cops cars idling at every intersection.

The environmental benefit of Atlanta Streets Alive is the cops cars idling at every intersection.

I (and ACPC) are now at The Other Place. http://matt.http://atlpresscollective.com and http://atlpresscollective.com respectively. I'm not sure how much longer we'll be posting content here, but I'm personally preparing to throw in the towel on this site I've loved for almost 17...

The Finance/Executive Committee meeting just concluded. Once again, the committee did not introduce legislation for a Policing Alternatives and Diversions Initiative contract.

Can I justify spending my own money to go report on DC protests before (and likely during) Trumps inauguration?

Harris lost Georgia by ~116,000 votes, coincidentally about the same number of people the Cop City Vote campaign said signed the referendum that the Democratic mayor of Atlanta didn’t let come up for a vote. The referendum itself isn’t why Harris lost. (cont)

X stopped working on my phone, and the iPad app we’re forced to use on desktop is barely functional. This is probably a good day for that.

I’ll let national pundits talk about national voting trends. I’m looking at local votes. Harris underperformed Biden in both Fulton and DeKalb Counties, losing about 10,000 votes between the two. Nota bene: Votes are still being counted; these numbers will change slightly.

Here we go again.

Why am I still getting political robocalls?! Polls closed 12 minutes ago. I voted two weeks ago.

To celebrate @NewsMatch kicking off, I became a (long overdue) monthly donor to @thexylom. Consider supporting them too — every little helps! They’ve got a sweet 3x match going for all donations in November and December. https://opencollective.com/thexylom

I wasn’t a believer in horseshoe theory until my Rastafarian neighbors put up Trump signs.

Hello beautiful

Two once-in-a-lifetime hurricanes in two weeks seems pretty bad for the whole continuing civilization thing.

The Rockdale County Facebook page posted an update Thursday afternoon with an FAQ.

The latest BioLab update from any officials I could find was ~9 p.m. Wednesday. That’s pretty incredible, considering that most of Wednesday night’s updates were basically, “You may wake up to a chlorine cloud outside your home if you live in the metro area.”

Boil water advisory and chemical fire haze. Welcome to ATL.

It’s a race between the efficacy of the pump to keep as much water out vs. the inevitable power outage and flooding that will follow.

The mayor’s chief of staff is wearing a “Stand with OIG” pin after launching a task force to neuter the office of inspector general has the same vibe as cops kneeling during the 2020 protests then launching tear gas five minutes later.

I didn’t realize I’d spend most of my vacation on the flight

Went from my twitter feed being a lot of leftists happy about Harris and likely to vote to chilled in the past 12 hours. Maybe I’m mentally oversampling my bubble (add the UAW and maybe not), but I think the horse race will be close and that’s no one’s fault but the dems.

It appears that ATLScoop was either banned off instagram or removed their account.

The Olympics ending with a Survivor style transcontinental montage from Tom Cruise was unforeseen

It appears the new Dem presidential strategy is to turn out center-left voters instead of catering to Republicans, which is honestly surprising.

If I were an Olympics announcer I would not say “shout out to [Narendra] Modi”

I think I’m ready to be a professional shot put commentator. I just learned the rules while watching it today. But I’m ready.

Cop City Judge Calls Mishandled Evidence by State AG ‘Gross Negligence’ from @mthigs at Capital B Atlanta https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/cop-city-rico-prosecution/

Cmon starlight I’m looking for the twisters Deadpool combo, not the double Deadpool

Thank you, AmEx, but I don’t think I’ll be using this offer.

Biden won’t be stepping down as president.

It’s Joever

“The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you, my resolve has never been stronger.”

We’ve got props folks!

Reminds me of the awkward open to silicon valley. https://youtu.be/Otc8CboPT2s?si=zPWZGOzvuj7vHWGL

Hulk’s wearing a wig right?

I’ll never get over how the commentators are treating this all as if it’s completely normal to have Hulk Hogan introduce a presidential candidate at a convention.

I apparently missed that Russel Brand was at the RNC.

God bless the fact checkers trying to keep up.

I didn’t make my girlfriend watch the RNC with me. I showed great restraint.