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Some in Georgia GOP seek purity test as Trump appears at convention in aftermath of indictment

A right-wing Republican Party faction in Georgia is seeking to punish GOP officials it considers ideological traitors by banning them from future primary ballots

The Independent UK

Fascism, free speech and Cop City

Clampdown on protests in Atlanta's Cop City isn't an isolated local issue — it's about America in 2023

Salon

‘Cop City’ protest lawyers challenge use of domestic terrorism statute

Attorneys for protester argue law is unconstitutional restraint on free speech as legal defense fund organizers also arrested

The Guardian - US

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Arrest of ‘Stop Cop City’ bail fund organisers is ‘alarming escalation’ of police retaliation, activists warn

Three people behind legal aid group supporting Atlanta protesters charged with money laundering and fraud

The Independent UK

Hyundai and LG announce $4.3 billion plant in Georgia to build batteries for electric vehicles

Hyundai and LG Energy Solution say they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant in Georgia

The Independent UK

Kemp, Netanyahu meet to boost Israel-Georgia ‘synergy’

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gov. Brian Kemp met for roughly an hour Sunday at the Israeli leader’s Jerusalem office to discuss U.S.-Israeli relations, the threat of a nuclear Iran and economic development opportunities in Georgia.

Tribune News Service

Kemp’s trade mission to Israel launches at tense time

JERUSALEM — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and a delegation of state leaders arrived in Israel on Saturday for a weeklong economic development mission amid domestic turmoil over a proposed judicial overhaul and a fresh cease-fire that ended a bloody conflict with militant groups.

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Georgia’s mental health hotline is a national leader. Some worry about its expansion.

Georgia’s new 988 mental health hotline service, which launched last summer, was recognized on Friday as a model for other states. But some Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature say last-minute budget cuts made by the governor’s office could hamper the planned expansion of 988.

Tribune News Service

Pence allies create super PAC to bolster likely presidential bid

The “Committed to America” PAC can raise unlimited donations.

Axios

Pence allies launching super PAC to back former vice president's expected 2024 candidacy

Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination

The Independent UK

Mike Pence might run for president. So supporters are launching a super PAC to fund it

As former Vice President Mike Pence weighs whether or not to run for president in 2024, his backers are putting money up to fund a run.

WEKU

Hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff

Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.

WEKU

Trump rages after sexual abuse verdict but legal woes have only just begun

Investigations are mounting, making it harder for the former president to spin his troubles as persecution by liberal elites

The Guardian - US

Despite cracks in Republican gun-rights wall, differences between states widen

There have been a few cracks in the predictable pattern of Republican-controlled states loosening gun laws while Democratic states tighten them in recent weeks

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Fortune

Why there will be no winners in the never-ending war between Disney and DeSantis

Every governor in the country, Republican or Democrat, would be thrilled to have Disney make these investments in their state–except Ron DeSantis.

The Independent UK

Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law creating a new commission empowered to discipline and remove wayward prosecutors

The Guardian - US

Georgia governor signs bill that allows removal of district attorneys

Law that is seen as thinly veiled power grab sets up commission with power to investigate complaints against DAs

The Independent UK

Georgia's Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to steer the Republican Party away from Donald Trump and his 2020 election lies, but his state party shows little interest in moving on

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Tribune News Service

Patricia Murphy: Brian Kemp takes the lead for Republicans trying to get past Trump

You wouldn’t think that stating the obvious would look so much like a profile in courage, or at least a profile in candor. But that’s exactly what it is for today’s Republican Party, which is facing a third presidential election with Donald Trump at the top of the pile and…

Ballotpedia

The race to be the next mayor of Philadelphia

Welcome to the Monday, April 17, Brew.

Tribune News Service

Kemp makes case for anyone but Trump in 2024

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump on Saturday as he urged national Republican leaders to set aside the former president’s obsession with his 2020 election defeat and focus on issues that can attract broader support.

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Governors issue 14 executive orders from April 3-9

Nationally, governors issued 14 executive orders from April 3-9. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) led the field with three each, followed by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) with two. Governors in 41 states issued the fewest orders with zero.

Tribune News Service

Stacey Abrams has a new gig: professor at Howard University

WASHINGTON — Former candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams, who remains one of the Democratic Party’s most recognizable figures, will serve as Howard University’s inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics.

Tribune News Service

In Georgia, DeSantis finds an enthusiastic GOP reception

About two dozen Republican Georgia state senators gathered in the state Capitol’s second-floor lobby on Thursday, still bleary-eyed from the previous night’s legislative chaos.

Tribune News Service

Nedra Rhone: Limiting gender-affirming medical care doesn’t ‘safeguard the bright, promising futures’ of Georgia’s trans youth

When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill last week that prevents health care providers from providing certain hormones or surgical treatment to children to align with their gender identity, Rebecca Stapel-Wax said the news stopped her in her tracks.

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