Greatest closing in American political history

“We Own This City” is so damn good

I can’t handle Chip Caray AND Paul Byrd.Just awful #BravesonTV

Arming domestic abusers, just as the framers intended … MTG belongs in an eternal dunk tank mediaite.com/politics/you-h…

When Loretta Lynn heard the White Stripes were fans, she invited Jack White to dinner. She was 72, he was 28. She mentioned she had a bunch of new songs but no record deal, he offered to produce and she knocked out this brilliant album IN ONE TAKE. #RIP youtube.com/watch?v=11tjR5…

“Well, fellas, guess I’ll be going now. Unfortunately, Ray’s stupid kid choked on a hot dog and now I’ve been robbed of my dream twice. So that’s just great. Really great.”

Hallelujah! This is the best news of the offseason

The killing of #TyreNichols mirrors a case six years ago in middle Georgia. Eurie Martin was beaten to death who were harassing him after he asked a white homeowner for water on a hot day. The cops were acquitted. atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-a…

Good news for the AJC. Leroy Chapman Jr. is a steady hand and a pro’s pro. Solid boss, solid person. Congrats!

FIVE WEEKS. That’s how long The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Russia. The world needs to know about this atrocity. Today is World Press Freedom Day, so please join us in demanding his release. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime

A Thorny Question in Atlanta: Could You Serve on Trump’s Jury? By me, Christian Boone, Anna Betts and Rick Rojas, for The New York Times: nytimes.com/2023/08/15/us/…

Three down: Kenneth Chesebro accepts plea deal for his role in what Georgia prosecutors call a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election in favor of Trump, promising to testify truthfully against other defendants ⁦Richard Fausset⁩ ⁦Christian Boone⁩ nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/…

Why is Fulton County allowing Donald Trump to profit from his infamous mugshot? open.substack.com/pub/reporterat…

So I'm debuting a new venture, ReporterATL on Substack. You'll get original reporting and insights from a veteran journalist with an offbeat sensibility. (And while my first post involves Donald Trump, most that follow will not). Check me out reporteratl.substack.com

Race, class, and alleged cover-up, an outrageous witch hunt and a conspiracy theory that persists. Eleven years later the #KendrickJohnson story remains wildly misunderstood. Forget what you think you know -- here's the true story of a murder that wasn't open.substack.com/pub/reporterat…

from "shining city on a hill" to "dominant predator" is a good measure of the GOP's descent

Hipster hunchback is all the rage!

Wonder if the DOJ will continue investigating attacks on Teslas? #ElonMusk

America hasn’t been perfect. It’s made grave mistakes. But there is no country that has ever done more for improving the world. It breaks my heart how unappreciative Americans across the ideological spectrum are of that. Much of the left rejects we’ve ever been good for the

I’ve told this story before, but it’s a good time to share it again. Terry Pendleton told me he was standing at the batting cage with Andruw Jones once when we were in San Francisco, and Willie Mays walked up to them and said to Andruw, “You’re the best center fielder I’ve seen.”