Steven Peach is Associate Professor of History at Tarleton State University. This interview is based on his new book, Rivers of Power: Creek Political Culture in the Native South, 1750–1815 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]
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New York Times poll: Trump leads Biden in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
Here is Shane Goldmacher at The New York Times: President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states one year before the 2024 election, suffering from enormous doubts about his age and deep […]
Jenna Ellis flips in the Georgia election fraud case. Gives an emotional apology.
First Sidney Powell took a plea deal. Now Jenna Ellis, a former Trump attorney, has taken a plea deal. She was Giuliani’s right-hand woman in attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Learn more about her here. Ellis cried through a […]
Election denier Sidney Powell just flipped
This is huge. Sidney Powell was “in the room where it happened.” She is now working for the prosecution in the Georgia election fraud case against Donald Trump and others. Here is CNN: Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty […]
Trump is the only president in American history with a mugshot
He is also back on X (Twitter); On the day he surrendered at the Fulton County Jail, Trump tweets that he will “never surrender.”
Jenna Ellis jumped on the Trump train. Now she has a mug shot.
Jenna Ellis is perhaps the best example of an evangelical Christian who built her entire career and public persona around Donald Trump. No one knew who she was before 2017,. She was homeschooled, attended Cedarville University (she later transfered to […]
Trump plans to release a 100-page report on the Georgia election fraud claims
If Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell appears in the footnotes of this report I don’t know whether I am going to laugh or cry. 🙂 Here Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan at The New York Times: Hours after former President Donald […]
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to Donald Trump: “The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen”
Today the governor of Georgia responded to a Trump post on “Truth Social”: Here is Richard Luscombe at The Guardian: Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, insisted on Tuesday that the 2020 presidential election in his state “was not stolen” in […]
Fulton County, Georgia grand jury indicts Donald Trump. That’s #4. Evangelical lawyer Jenna Ellis also indicted. (UPDATED)
Trump may be done-in by the political philosophy of federalism. Since this Georgia indictment is a state charge, not a federal indictment, Trump cannot pardon himself should he win in 2024. Ironically, it may not be Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, […]
Will more congregations with women pastors leave the Southern Baptist Convention?
It appears the answer is yes. Here is a press release from First Baptist Church of Gainesville, Georgia: Dear Church Family, Our storied congregation has, throughout its history, partnered with organizations that complement the unique identity and work of First […]
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Wehner: Herschel Walker is a “perfect candidate for a fallen party”
Here is Peter Wehner at The Atlantic on the GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate from Georgia: There have been plenty of awful candidates in American political history; what sets Herschel Walker apart is that he’s a wreck in so […]
The Christian Right rallies around Herschel Walker
Here is Brian Kaylor at Word & Way: On the morning after an explosive news report that U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker paid for a girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, the Georgia Republican attended a closed prayer event at First Baptist Church in […]
A lot has changed since Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams met in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
It’s Kemp and Abrams again in Georgia. Here is Annie Linskey and Josh Dawsey at The Washington Post: Though the names on the ballot in November will be the same, the political landscape has shifted significantly over the past four […]
“First off, let me be very clear tonight, the election in 2020 was rigged and stolen”
This is how Trump-endorsed Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue started his Sunday night debate with current Georgia governor Brian Kemp. Here is Brittany Gibson at Politico: David Perdue made his intentions clear right out of the gate: In his opening […]
The Georgia Historical Society reopens with major upgrades
The Georgia Historical Society research center just reopened after a $5 million upgrade. This looks like great news for researchers and historians of Georgia. Here is a taste of Benjamin Payne’s piece at The Current: The Georgia Historical Society’s research […]
The 2022 Georgia governor’s race is heating-up
Remember Brian Kemp’s 2018 campaign ad for Georgia governor?. If not, watch it here: Kemp defeated Stacy Abrams in a very close and controversial general election in November 2018. In April 2020, Kemp issued a stay-at-home order after learning for […]
Sidney Powell goes on the show of a 7 Mountain Dominionist and says Democrats murdered people in Georgia to cover up stealing the 2020 election
Andrew Wommack is a Seven Mountain Dominionist. He believes that Christians must gain control of the seven spheres of cultural influence: Business, Government, Media, Arts and Entertainment, Education, Family, and Religion. When Christians control these spheres, Jesus Christ will return. […]
More on that blasphemous pro-Trump bulletin board
We posted about this blasphemous billboard last week. Heather Greene at Religion News Service has more: The billboard is situated on a well-traveled commuter route in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, near the border of Tennessee. Historically known for being the site […]
Kentucky expands access to voting
While Georgia and other states are restricting the right to vote, Kentucky is expanding it. Here is Tim Elfrink at The Washington Post: As Republicans in more than 40 states have pushed bills to restrict voting after former president Donald Trump’s November […]