Peach Pundit Podcast: Trump Indicted! MTG Assaulted! Democrats Fight! Legislative Session Over! Baseball is Back!

Topics this week included:

The Trump Indictment and what it may mean for Fulton DA Fani Willis.

Congresswoman Greene goes on 60 Minutes, and visits New York.

IA Polls shows Trump with a big lead, after a post-indictment boost.

Budget fight goes late, Kemp takes a shot during Senate Address

Coleman Baker Passes 

Ban on Zuckerbucks

 -Why did the "Promise Scholarship" bill fail?

McLaurin v. Mainor

Kemp vetoes tuition cap bill.

Buckhead City's Bill White heads for the hills

BASEBALL IS BACK BABY!

Buckle Up Buttercup, Sine Die approaches.

The Promise Scholarship Account bill gets a debate on the House floor.

Kemp weighs in to support it.

Rep Lydia Glaize says the quite part out loud.

Kemp signs SB140.

Burt Jones supports sports gambling

FY24 budget goes to Conference

Jason's DC Roundup

Gop County Convention wrap up... Special shout out to Lisa Adkins, the 11th District GOP Chair who is being attacked by the GRA for something she didn't so - I was there

The resignation of Charles Jones

Stacey takes on gas stoves

A recording exists of Donald Trump asking David Ralston to call a special session to overturn the election

Trump reverse course on mail in ballots

Kemp signs $1B tax relief bill

The Duncan Rule

Emotional Hearing on Sb 140 -- The Transgender treatment bill

Ossoff and Warnock on Cop City

Will Wade has seen enough, it's time to put Dale Murphy in the Hall of Fame

House Governmental Affairs Committee holds hearing on ranked choice voting bill.

Rep Tish Naghise passes away

Is Senator Ossoff missing a golden opportunity?

Domestic Terrorism at "Cop City"

House passes $32.4B FY2024 budget... and it includes money for a cold case unit at the GBI

Bill to restrict transgender treatment to adults passes Senate over objections from Religious Right

Republicans pass bill to create oversight over incompetent District Attorneys

Senator Dolezal's school choice bill passes by 10 votes

Rep Ballard's Literacy Bill passes House

Fulton Grand Jury Foreman had a lot to say, and she might be a little weird. 

Geoff Duncan and Butch Miller take an overseas trip on their way out of office.

MTG wants the nation to get a divorce.

House Democrats reject rank-choice voting in favor of plurality elections.

Speaker Burns leads more mental health reforms

Senator Ben Watson wants to reform certificate of need aka CON.

Former President (and one time Georgia Tech student) Jimmy Carter is in hospice

As Jason was out enjoying time with family, we invited former Georgia Republican Party Chairman John Watson to join us. Watson gave us his thoughts on the current state of the state's GOP and how we should move forward.

Other topics include:

Senator Setzler renews RFRA debate

Coleman Baker Act update

Senate passes measure to build statue of Clarence Thomas at the Gold Dome and Senator Emmanuel Jones loses it.

Senator Anavitarte's TikTok bill passes out of committee

Clint Dixon and Josh Bonner drop companion bills that would prevent gender treatments for minors

Danny Chastain defeats Sheree Ralston in runoff to replace the late David Ralston.

Sam Watson leaves the House to become a Senator.

Race to replace Danny Rampey (accused of stealing meds from his nursing home residents) will go to yet another freaking runoff.

3 judge panel recommends to the State Supreme Court that  former House Whip Christian Coomer be removed from the bench

Two people announce intention to seek the GAGOP chairmanship who are not named David Shafer (Rebecca Yardley and Dennis Futch)

That UGA poll found that 0% of black Georgians experienced problems voting

Dems say Georgia is too racist to host an All Star Game but want to host their convention here

Fulton DA Fani Willis hints that indictments are coming in the Trump phone call case.

Tyre Nichols beaten to death by police on Memphis.

A new AJC Poll shows Governor Kemp is strong and other interesting results.

Rep. John Carson introduces a bill to expand school choice.

Fulton DA Fani Willis isn't ready to indict, and doesn't want testimony released.

Former GA Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan joins CNN as a contributor.

With apologies to 'Field of Dreams' Is this hell? No, it's Georgia.

Kemp in Davos

Debt Limit

Hank the Conspiracy Theorist

Wayyyyy too early prediction for 2026 Governor's Race

We were back at full strength as a giddy Jason rejoined us.

Topics this week included:

Winners and losers in the wake of the U.S. Speaker's Race

Fulton Trump Grand Jury wraps work

Stacey Abrams tells Drew Barrymore she's likely to run again

But her group could get fined in Washington state.

The Fairtax to get US House vote (Buddy Carter Barry Loudermilk)

Georgia General Assembly begins, slowly.

In which we allow Pye the opportunity to gloat about UGA football

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