Georgia
Kamala Harris camp bullish on its ‘battleground’ strategy ahead of Trump’s Georgia rally
The presidential race is likely to be decided in a handful of swing states, and Saturday began with a Kamala Harris aide expressing confidence her campaign can make the case in those electoral battlegrounds over Donald Trump.
With the former president and his running mate Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance headed Saturday to Atlanta, Harris for President Battleground States Director Dan Kanninen noted in a memo to “interested parties” the presumptive Democratic nominee had already been there and done that — and signed up people willing to work for Harris’ election in the process.
“Last weekend, we mobilized the campaign’s biggest organizing push yet across the battleground states to talk directly to the voters who will decide this election. And, we didn’t stop there. The momentum continued this week. We saw over 1,000 Georgia volunteers sign up to get involved with the campaign at the Vice President’s rally in Atlanta,” Kanninen contends.
This is, he adds, part of a larger effort beyond the Peach State, in which “volunteers have placed 2.3 million phone calls, knocked 172,000 doors, and sent nearly 2.9 million text messages to voters in battleground states.”
The ultimate meaning of those engagement metrics remains to be seen with more than 90 days before votes are counted, but Kanninen is confident nonetheless that “Harris is strong in both the Sunbelt and the Blue Wall — with multiple pathways to 270” due to “grassroots engagement” and “strong enthusiasm” borne out by the data, which include 62,000 volunteer shift signups, with more than half from first-time volunteers.
Kanninen asserts Harris’ campaign is putting in resources the other side isn’t matching.
“Trump is running a flailing campaign with no vision for the future, his brand new running mate is depressing Republican enthusiasm, and with only three months until Election Day, his campaign still lags far behind in the infrastructure needed to win in key battleground states. For example, in Nevada, Team Harris has 13 offices, while Trump has just one. In Pennsylvania, we have 36 coordinated offices while Trump has just 3. In Georgia, we have 24 offices while the Trump team didn’t open their first until June.”
Georgia, of course, could be the ultimate battleground, as evidenced by Trump and Vance heading to Georgia State University Saturday afternoon and Harris’ own visit to Savannah slated for Friday.
The GOP nominee is projecting confidence ahead of that event.
“24 HOURS UNTIL WE UNLEASH HELL,” asserted Trump in an email sent to supporters Friday, The Hill reported. “At this time tomorrow, Crooked Kamala’s worst nightmares come true.”
A PollingPlus (InsiderAdvantage and Trafalgar Group) Georgia survey released Friday reveals Trump up 49% to 47% in a margin-of-error race in what the pollsters say is “likely the bellwether state” in the election, with analysis seemingly corroborating Kanninen’s points.
“The emergence of Kamala Harris flipped prior demographic trends in the state. Senior voters moved more to the Trump column, while independent voters drifted more towards Harris. African American voters appeared to consolidate behind Harris, while Trump enjoyed a large lead among white voters,” the pollsters assert.
Other recent surveys show even a closer race.
Polling released a couple days ago from Bloomberg-Morning Consult shows a 47% to 47% tie in Georgia. The survey, which took other battleground states into account, showed Harris up in four of them (Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin) and Trump leading in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
The fight for the battlegrounds continues Tuesday in one of those states Trump leads, meanwhile, with Harris to announce her running mate in Philadelphia. Perhaps coincidentally, Gov. Josh Shapiro is among the leading contenders for that No. 2 spot.
For his part, Trump posted to Truth Social Friday that he’s agreed to a Fox News debate with Harris in the Keystone State with a “full arena audience.” But Harris hasn’t agreed to that proposal yet.
Georgia
Will Georgia lawmakers revive any bills left unfinished in 2025?
Lawmakers have hundreds of leftover bills from last session. Here are some that could see traction in 2026.
State representatives toss papers in the air at the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Atlanta on Sine Die, Friday, April 4, 2025, the final day of the legislative session. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)
As Georgia lawmakers soon head back to the state Capitol, they already have a pile of bills awaiting them from last year.
The Georgia General Assembly operates on a two-year cycle, meaning any legislation filed last year is still in play for the 2026 session.
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Georgia
Federal defunding of public media raises concerns for Georgia stations from viewers, educators
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — More than $1 billion in federal funding is being pulled from public media nationwide, money that supports more than 1,500 television and radio stations across the country.
For nearly six decades, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) helped deliver children’s programming, public affairs reporting and emergency information to homes across the state. Shows like “Sesame Street” introduced generations of children to letters, numbers and social-emotional learning.
“I loved learning, and having educational programming right there made a big difference,” said Bailey Matthews.
In Georgia, the cuts are raising concerns about jobs, children’s educational programming, and access to news and emergency alerts, particularly in rural communities.
Educators and child development experts say programs featuring puppets as characters can be especially effective for young learners.
“Kids see a puppet as a living character, and that makes learning easier,” said Beth Schiavo, executive director for the Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts.
Congress voted last year to defund CPB through the Rescissions Act of 2025, clawing back $1.1 billion that had already been approved. This week, CPB’s board voted to dissolve the organization entirely.
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Some Georgia Republicans who supported the move say the decision comes down to federal spending priorities and concerns about political bias in public media.
“The news that these entities produced is either resented or increasingly tuned out and turned off by most of the hardworking Americans who are forced to pay for it,” said former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
The loss of federal funding has immediate financial implications for Georgia stations. Georgia Public Broadcasting says CPB funding made up about 10% of its budget, or roughly $4.2 million this year.
At Atlanta’s WABE, the city’s PBS affiliate and main NPR affiliate, they must replace $1.9 million — about 13% of their annual budget.
Both GPB and WABE say they are not shutting down but acknowledge the loss of federal support means relying more heavily on donations and community backing moving forward.
“Public radio, to continue to be funded, allows for us to meet the needs of people who live in news deserts,” said NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher.
Former Georgia Teacher of the Year Tracey Nance said the impact extends beyond broadcasting. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute estimates more than 77,000 Georgia teachers have accessed GPB educational content more than four million times.
“It is absolutely providing essential services — not a luxury, but essential services that provide a foundation that all kids deserve,” said Nance.
Nance is calling on state lawmakers to use the state surplus to intervene.
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Georgia
Georgia Deports Citizens of 6 Countries, Including Azerbaijan
Employees of the Migration Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, as part of recent special operations, have deported 13 citizens from Turkmenistan, Iran, Cuba, Türkiye, Thailand, and Azerbaijan.
According to the information released by the ministry, the Migration Department carried out comprehensive immigration control measures in close coordination with the relevant departments, The Caspian Post reports, citing local media.
It is noted that, under current legislation, deported persons are prohibited from re-entering the country.
According to official statistics, the total number of foreign citizens deported from Georgia last year was 1,311.
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