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Why a county where the Ku Klux Klan once operated should worry Trump today

Forsyth County once kicked out all of its Black residents and the Klan tried to keep out Black people. Now, a not insignificant slice might vote for Kamala Harris

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Asian American Activist Leads Democratic Mobilization In Georgia

Kannan Udayarajan's response to Sen. Perdue's remark sparked political mobilization in Forsyth County's Asian American community, impacting Georgia's elect...

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A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

An author's clash with a Georgia school district over a brief mention of homosexuality in a presentation highlights the reach of conservatives' push for what what they call parents' rights

The Independent UK

Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so

Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it

The Independent UK

6 activists challenged 89K Ga. voters

Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law

Salon

The new Daughter of the Confederacy

The Southern Pride of Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Brickbat: Reading Is Fundamental

In Georgia, the Forsyth County school system has agreed to pay the legal fees of a group of mothers who sued to overturn a system policy that banned them from reading books from school libraries at school board meetings. The settlement came after a federal court issued an injunction against…

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In Georgia’s US Senate runoff, candidates campaign in unlikely places

On a chilly Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign bus rolled into a park in Cumming, deep in the heart of Forsyth County. Nearly two-thirds of voters in this reliably Republican exurb backed Warnock’s opponent, Herschel Walker, in the general election.

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Federal judge orders schools in Ga. county to allow profanity at meetings

ATLANTA — People who speak at school board meetings in Forsyth County can swear at board members but must keep it smut-free.

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False claims, threats fuel poll worker sign-ups for midterms

False claims about the 2020 presidential election by former President Donald Trump and his allies are spurring new interest in working the polls in Georgia and elsewhere for the upcoming midterm elections, but for different reasons

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Challenge to N.C. Statute That Bans Lies About Candidates

Grimmett, Ralston Lapp Guinn Media Group & Josh Stein for Attorney General Campaign v. Circosta (M.D.N.C.), filed yesterday, seeks to invalidate N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-274(a)(9), which makes it a crime: For any person to publish or cause to be circulated derogatory reports with reference to any candidate in any…

Reason

Georgia voters showed us these 3 things about the fall election

NPR asked 36 people in Democratic-leaning Gwinnett County and Republican-leaning Forsyth County, Ga., what's on their minds heading into the midterms. Their answers are relevant to the entire country.

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Kemp's Georgia bill-signing tour aims to end Perdue's hopes

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is projecting strength and gathering endorsements from fellow Republicans on a bill-signing tour

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Kemp to sign GOP school bills on race, book bans and parents' rights

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp will travel to the Forsyth County school district Thursday morning to sign into law multiple education bills that Democrats fought against, his office said.

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Caught With His Pants Down: Barefaced Cheek Of Fleeing 120mph Drugs Suspect

The drugs suspect was later found to have a stash of class-A drugs, firearms and a fake ID.

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'Atlanta’ hinted at the haunted history of Lake Lanier. But what’s the real story?

The season 3 premiere began and climaxed at an unnamed version of the storied, memeified Georgia lake. The real history is just as dark.

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