Folks were upset when Illinois State Police showed up at an ICE protest in Chicago. Some questioned why Pritzker would do so. Were the state police now siding with ICE? The answer to why the ISP showed up can be found in federal judge’s ruling about the federalization of Oregon National Guard in Portland. In […]
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No community likes to lose jobs, and the 1100 jobs lost with International Paper closing two mills in the Savannah area is going to be painful. But let’s stop pretending that International Paper has been a good neighbor, because this just isn’t true. International Paper has been one of the largest industrial users of water […]
Buddy, I have a question for you: Do you believe in the rule of law? I ask this question because we elected you to Congress to be our representative among Congressional lawmakers. That’s what Congress is, you know: lawmakers. Yet in the few months since Trump has been in office, he and his cohort have […]
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Dear Buddy Carter
I was going to write to ask if you support the rule of law, but I was sidetracked by your latest newsletter. I was also going to write that appearing on ultra-conservative podcasts and radio shows and a carefully staged tele-town hall will not take the place a live town hall, but then I read […]
Your constituents want to hear from you. Out on Nextdoor, I counted two separate change.org petition campaigns demanding that you have a live town hall. Folks in Tybee are getting together a group request for the same. I imagine if I looked further out, I’d find similar efforts up and down the coast. Your constituents […]