Morning Reads: 2.18.2025
Today is Legislative 18 and Peach Pundit’s Hero, State Rep Dale Washburn, will have his bill to eliminate speed zone cameras heard in committee. We haven’t chanted, “Go Dale! Go!” this much since number 3 was dominating.
Delta jet flips over upon landing in Toronto. It took some lefty .02 seconds to blame Trump for firing FAA employees.
If you watch only one thing today, make it this minute and a half video of CNN’s Brianna Keiler’s reaction when Frank Luntz tells her people love what Trump is doing.
DOGE finds 4.7T in untraceable payments. This doesn’t automatically mean they were fraudulent, just keep that in mind as Fox News stokes your outrage.
WABE pulls the plug on Politically Georgia. The live broadcast will go dark at the end of the month.
State Rep. Scott Hilton singlehandedly takes down Democrats criticism of Chris Carr’s lawsuit.
Tariffs lead to higher prices. That’s just the way it is. Nothing anyone says will change this. But here is the state’s economist to remind us.
The lawsuit Mr Hilton refers to, Texas v Becerra, is asking that section 504 be rules unconstitutional, which would indeed cause it to no longer exist.
In addition, the funding for special needs students is provided through the Department of Education and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which is wholly separate from Section 504.
So his assertion that adding trans kids or children with gender dysphoria to section 504 to give them protection from discrimination would somehow take resources away from special needs kids is a bold-faced lie.
I do have a hard time trying to understand why so many conservatives, especially ones who label themselves as a “Servant for Christ” have such a fucking hard-on against trans people. Apparently attacking the marginalized makes them feel stronger? I better not call him out on that, though. Those upper middle class chair warming desk jockey white boys like to cry about how badly they are “persecuted” for their beliefs. Of course, what’s actually happening is that they’re being held accountable for not following Jesus’ teachings.
I’ll leave him with a little bible lesson. Matthew 25:40 “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters, you did for me”. Remember, Mr. Hilton, that at the end of the day it doesn’t matter to your god hoe often you went to church, how much you put in the offering plate, how much of a so-called patriot you were, or how much you proclaim to be his follower. What matters is what you did to help those with less power than you. And punching down is a bad look.