Fresh off its own battle over Religious Liberty, the City of Atlanta announced via Mayor Kasim Reed that it would be banning publicly-funded trips to North Carolina following its passage of a controversial transgender-bathroom law. Atlanta joins cities such as New York and Seattle in boycotting the state, and will likely rub salt in the wound as it courts some of the businesses put off by the law, which critics say is discriminatory. More business at home is a good thing, but cutting ties with one of our closest neighbors sees the city’s ship DRIFTING…
New York man arrested over threats to Mike Collins
Georgia law enforcement officials traveled all the way up to Buffalo, New York this week to arrest a man charged with making death threats to U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and his son-in-law. The suspect faces two counts of terroristic threats. “No American should have to worry that their home could be the next Butler, Pennsylvania or Utah Valley University,” said Collins after the arrest, referring to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and attempted assassination of then-candidate Donald Trump. He went on to condemn the campaign rhetoric of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who he’s running against, for inciting violence. DRIFTING…
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