I am glad the gubernour found a solution... Georgia Governor Suggests Voters Waiting In Long Lines Order Uber Eats https://www.huffpost.com/entry/geor...es-order-uber-eats_n_606df616c5b6c70eccad0776
Cons in Georgia: We assure you Mr. President, the election was the most secure in history. Also cons in Georgia: We must restrict voting to ensure election security
Brian Kemp is blaming Stacey Abrams for MLB moving its All-Star Game to Colorado — but she wanted to keep it in Georgia https://www.alternet.org/2021/04/georgia-voting/
Donald Trump Gets Dragged After He’s Pictured With Diet Coke Again Amid His Coca-Cola Boycott https://hollywoodlife.com/2021/04/09/donald-trump-diet-coke-photos-boycott-coca-cola/ Donald Trump appeared to be photographed by a bottle of Diet Coke, despite urging his followers to ‘fight back’ and boycott Coca-Cola six days prior. This is the second time he’s been pictured by the soda. Donald Trump appeared to be caught red-handed with the red-wrapped soda bottle — again. Yes, we’re talking about Diet Coke, a beverage from the very same company that Trump called for his supporters to boycott after Coca-Cola’s CEO denounced Georgia’s controversial new voting bill. The Diet Coke bottle could be seen on the table where Trump was eating lunch at his private golf club, the National Golf Club Jupiter in Florida, on April 9. You can see the photo here, which was taken amid Trump’s golfing day with South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. (More at above url)
What's more important democracy or a couple days of work? The MLB boycott has served its purpose by calling attention to the power grab in Georgia! There is a cost to everything worthwhile. The cost here is a bargain compared to what is to be gained.
Stacey Abrams Reiterates Opposition to Georgia Boycott Over New Voter Laws: ‘My Message Is Stay and Fight’ https://variety.com/2021/scene/news/stacey-abrams-georgia-boycott-1234948505/ Stacey Abrams has set the record straight: she was not offered a position in the Biden White House, nor has she made a decision about her next political campaign. “I know there’s a governor’s race coming up, but I’m working on making sure we have democracy in Georgia,” she said Friday during “Women in Focus: Women, Big Tech and the Future of Hollywood,” a panel hosted by Chapman’s Dodge College and Glamour magazine. Abrams emphasized her belief that boycotts over the Peach State’s recent voter legislation laws will hurt more than help marginalized communities. “My deep concern that is if we call for a boycott, the very people who are helping change the nature of economic opportunity and political opportunity will leave us behind,” she said. “So my message is stay and fight. Come and lift up your voices and join us.” Featured alongside Abrams were Eva Longoria, Samantha Bee, Glamour editor-in-chief Samantha Barry, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke and Walt Disney Television chairman of entertainment Dana Walden. Time magazine’s Janice Min moderated. “I do think big tech has the ability to democratize access and creation and distribution, but it’s not going to do it of its own volition,” Abrams said, noting the connection between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. “There’s going to have to be intentionality, management and accountability to make it so.” Part of that democratization includes diversifying creators along the production pipeline, all the way up to the most powerful gatekeepers. “[Diversity] programs have to lead to jobs… it has to lead to ‘now I’m on a show and I’m writing now,’” Longoria explained. “There’s a hierarchy in Hollywood. You have to come through the rungs of the ladder, not only for yourself, but for union stuff. You can’t be a first AD until you’ve been a PA, so we have to teach that infrastructure to communities of color.” Given the conversation around power and hierarchy, the panelists discussed so-called “cancel culture” and agreed on the needed emphasis on humanity and forgiveness (which does not apply to Rep. Matt Gaetz, Bee said). Abrams laid out an essential list of steps: remorse, restitution, redemption. “You’ve got to give people a way to come back because often when they come back, they are better people for it and they do even more because they’re constantly in the process of restitution,” Abrams said.