State Natural Resources board thwarts public participation with end of livestream option
The Board of Natural Resources met in downtown Atlanta earlier this year. The panel livestreamed its meetings during the pandemic but dropped the virtual option last year. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Board is responsible for Georgia’s state parks, coastal resources, wildlife resources including regulation of hunting and fishing, and environmental…
Federal judge blocks Georgia from enforcing ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors
A federal judge has put Georgia’s ban on hormone treatments for transgender minors on hold. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Georgia families contemplating hormone therapy for their minor transgender children will have more time to make a decision after a federal judge temporarily blocked Georgia’s ban on the treatments Sunday. Georgia’s Senate Bill 140 went into effect…
Fulton prosecution of Trump, allies reason ‘why the RICO statute was invented’
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis unveiled a grand jury’s charges against former President Donald Trump and 18 others as part of a wide-ranging RICO case. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 8 a.m. Aug. 21, 2023. The high-profile 2020 election interference case presented by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis against former…
Russian Spacecraft Crashes Into the Moon, “Ceases to Exist”
VOYAGE TO THE MOON, 1902 (LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE), directed by GEORGES MELIES. Copyright MELIES. Credit: MELIES/Album/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Russia’s space program, commonly known as Roscosmos, is employing some impressive verbal gymnastics to explain the failure of its pilotless spacecraft…
Project Veritas Founder Is Under Investigation, and the Organization Is In Shambles
Paul Hennessy/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Right-wing trickster James O’Keefe, who has spent more than a decade creating deceptive videos aimed at embarrassing liberals, is under investigation in New York following accusations that he misspent funds of the organization he founded, Project Veritas.…
Chris Christie Wants a Federal Probe of Cop City Protesters
John Arthur Brown/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former New Jersey governor and current Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie wants the federal government to come down hard on protesters who are trying to stop the construction of a police training facility in Atlanta, commonly…