Political and Economic Shifts in Georgia: Conventions, Candidates, and Corporate Influence

Geor­gia’s polit­i­cal land­scape is heat­ing up with key GOP con­ven­tion dates and the emer­gence of can­di­dates for the state exec­u­tive board. There’s a deep state strat­e­gy to influ­ence deep red coun­ties, with Catoosa and Chero­kee coun­ties notably hold­ing cau­cus­es inde­pen­dent­ly of GOP rec­om­men­da­tions. Local par­ty con­trol is con­test­ed in Catoosa coun­ty. And, the cur­rent state GOP chair Josh McK­oon is seen as unpre­pared for the 2026 polit­i­cal chal­lenges.

Eco­nom­i­cal­ly, the arrival of ICE at the Hyundai plant has sparked dis­cus­sions on labor con­di­tions and union­iza­tion. Mean­while, the CDC has under­gone sig­nif­i­cant lay­offs, cut­ting over 1,000 jobs. In leg­isla­tive news, a con­cern­ing bill is mov­ing through the Geor­gia leg­is­la­ture, aim­ing to cre­ate a school secu­ri­ty data­base for chil­dren, rais­ing pri­va­cy and sur­veil­lance issues. More details on this bill are expect­ed soon.

• Key Con­ven­tion dates. The can­di­dates for the state exec­u­tive board. There is a deep state machine in the state. They have a plan to take over deep red coun­ties. 
• Coun­ties are hold­ing their cau­ca­sus off the dates sug­gest­ed by the GOP. Catoosa and Chero­kee coun­ties being dis­cussed. The Catoosa coun­ty estab­lish­ment wants to take the par­ty away from the cur­rent chair. 
• Josh McK­oon does not have the abil­i­ty to meet the chal­lenges we will be up against in 2026.
• ICE was at the Hyundai plant yes­ter­day, hun­dreds were run­ning and jump­ing fences. Bri­an Kemp brought them over here and gave them enor­mous tax breaks and they were going to employ so many peo­ple but they didn’t have the water need­ed. The area was already stressed for water needs. The Kemp admin­is­tra­tion wrote into the bud­get $650M for water low inter­est loans. Watch this, what you are about to see is this being the rea­son­ing for union­iz­ing Hyundai. 
• Mass lay­offs at CDC. More than 1000 employ­ees were fired over the week­end. 
• There is a bill going through the Gold Dome to build a data­base for our chil­dren under the guise of school secu­ri­ty. More infor­ma­tion on it tomor­row.