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<p>He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.<br>—</p><p>A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice, bureaucratic red tape has him at his wit’s end.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-pathways-brian-kemp-luke-seaborn-testimonial-video?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-pathways-brian-kemp-luke-seaborn-testimonial-video?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-medicaid-pathways-brian-kemp-luke-seaborn-testimonial-video?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a></p>

<p>The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public<br>—</p><p>Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/deloitte-georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-campaign?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/deloitte-georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-campaign?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/del</span><span class="invisible">oitte-georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-campaign?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/marketing/" rel="tag">#Marketing</a> <a href="/tags/consultant/" rel="tag">#Consultant</a></p>

<p>Hurricane Helene is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, and has devastated areas of Georgia and the Carolinas too. Garden &amp; Gun has created this list of local and regional organizations that are providing help, with details on how to donate. </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/xU9baA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/xU9baA</a></p><p><a href="/tags/hurricanehelene/" rel="tag">#HurricaneHelene</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

<p>Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.<br>—</p><p>Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.</p><p>Despite an outcry over increased arrests in Tennessee, two states — Georgia and New Mexico — followed its lead by passing laws that will crack down harder on hoax threats.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sch</span><span class="invisible">ool-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>

<p>Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year<br>—</p><p>Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>On Dec. 7, we’re taking you to Albany, Georgia, and telling a story as we never have before.</p><p>In a new 5-part series, ProPublica’s Ginger Thompson pursues one question: “Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?”</p><p>Sign up to get this story as soon as it publishes: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/newsletters</span><span class="invisible">/the-big-story</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a></p>

<p>What lengths will a hospital go to in order to become the only game in town — and what does it mean for the patients?</p><p>Read Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series debuting Dec. 7 on ProPublica.</p><p>➡️ Sign up to get this investigation in your inbox as soon as it&#x27;s published: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/newsletters</span><span class="invisible">/the-big-story</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a></p>

<p>For the residents of one Georgia town, the name “Phoebe” dominates the economic, political and health care landscape.</p><p>On Dec. 7, see what it’s like to be sick in a hospital town.</p><p>✉️ Sign up to receive this investigation in your inbox: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/newsletters</span><span class="invisible">/the-big-story</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a></p>

<p>The story of Albany, Georgia, is the story of American health care.</p><p>Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.</p><p>Sign up to get it in your inbox: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/newsletters</span><span class="invisible">/the-big-story</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>📽️ WATCH: The most powerful institution in Albany, Georgia, is its hospital: Phoebe Putney Memorial. Yet for decades, the city’s residents have suffered some of the nation’s worst health disparities.</p><p>“Sick in a Hospital Town,” our new 5-part series, drops tomorrow, Dec. 7.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvl7TOp7aXk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvl7TOp7aXk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvl7TO</span><span class="invisible">p7aXk</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/investigation/" rel="tag">#Investigation</a></p>

<p>In Part 2 of “Sick in a Hospital Town,” we look at how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, became the only hospital in town — and grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-two/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>NEW: In a five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” ProPublica’s Ginger Thompson pursues the question:</p><p>Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?</p><p>Start with Part 1 here: <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-one/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-one/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-one/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a></p>

<p>“We had soiled beds, waiting rooms with holes in the chairs, mounting sepsis issues and had just laid off 200 qualified nurses,” a former Phoebe executive recalled, “but we had a new logo.”</p><p>Read Part 3 of our &quot;Sick in a Hospital Town&quot; series:<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-three/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-three/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-three/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>When a well-off, widely respected pillar of the community and member of the hospital’s board can’t get the care he needs at the town’s only hospital, it raises the question: Who can?<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> USA picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@thexylom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thexylom</span></a></span> - Non-profit science news site based in Atlanta</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://defcon.social/@AtlantaFilmCriticsCircle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AtlantaFilmCriticsCircle</span></a></span> - Group of film critics based in Atlanta</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://glammr.us/@georgiamuseum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgiamuseum</span></a></span> - Art museum of University of Georgia</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.beer/@BeerGuysRadio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BeerGuysRadio</span></a></span> - Podcast &amp; radio show about craft beers, based in Georgia</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@sandbox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sandbox</span></a></span> - Hackerspace in Atlanta</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://genealysis.social/@IGHRGenealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>IGHRGenealogy</span></a></span> - Genealogy courses from Georgia Genealogical Society</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@ajcnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ajcnews</span></a></span> - Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper</p><p>🧵 1/4</p>

<p>Why do some Albany, Georgia, residents turn to a free clinic for care when the main institution in town is the region’s largest hospital?</p><p>Watch our new documentary: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9pWMK9fDQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9pWMK9fDQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9pWM</span><span class="invisible">K9fDQ</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a></p>

<p>Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says<br>---</p><p>Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at least $54 million on administrative costs alone.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-pathways-medicaid-work-requirement-gao-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-pathways-medicaid-work-requirement-gao-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-pathways-medicaid-work-requirement-gao-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a></p>

<p>I Started Covering the COVID-19 Crisis in Albany, Georgia. This Moment Made Me Realize There Was a Bigger Story to Tell.<br>---</p><p>The virus had killed about 38 people, most of them Black, by April 2020. But when a white judge died, local officials made sure to announce her name.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/albany-georgia-covid-19-crisis-phoebe-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/albany-georgia-covid-19-crisis-phoebe-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/alb</span><span class="invisible">any-georgia-covid-19-crisis-phoebe-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a></p>

<p>Ahead of the FBI’s raid of an election center in Georgia, the prosecutor overseeing the investigation met with several Trump lawyers, including Ed Martin and Kurt Olsen, who helped the president try to overturn the 2020 election.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tho</span><span class="invisible">mas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>The FBI’s search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, GA, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fbi</span><span class="invisible">-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>

<p>The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia<br>---</p><p>Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kev</span><span class="invisible">in-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>

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<p>WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him.</p><p>But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgCsj9nDZQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgCsj9nDZQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgCsj</span><span class="invisible">9nDZQ</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>New lecture video &quot;Black Georgians, Spanish Florida, and the Seminole&quot; freely available at the Georgia Archives YouTube page; you can access this from the Archives&#x27; homepage. </p><p>From the beginning of the Revolutionary War to the eve of the First Seminole War in 1817, hundreds of people of color in Georgia and, to a lesser extent, South Carolina crossed the borders and boundaries separating the Lowcountry from Spanish coastal Florida and from the Seminole. This counter-narrative in American history is a potent reminder of the strength of Black resistance in the post-Revolutionary South and of this community’s ability to shape the balance of power in a contested region.</p><p>Dr. Paul Pressly is the author of &quot;&quot;A Southern Underground Railroad: Black Georgians, Spanish Florida, and Indian Country&quot; from the University of Georgia Press. </p><p><a href="/tags/spanishflorida/" rel="tag">#SpanishFlorida</a> <a href="/tags/seminole/" rel="tag">#Seminole</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/peopleofcolor/" rel="tag">#PeopleOfColor</a> <a href="/tags/undergroundrailroad/" rel="tag">#UndergroundRailroad</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://georgiaarchives.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>georgiaarchives.org/</a></p>