Kemp’s Immigration Push, Fani Willis Ruling, and Election Security Updates

This pod­cast cov­ers Georgia’s ongo­ing leg­isla­tive ses­sion into key devel­op­ments. It high­lights the recent death of the Labor Com­mis­sion­er and Gov­er­nor Kemp’s noon appoint­ment of a suc­ces­sor, along­side the CDC office reopen­ing caus­ing traf­fic dis­rup­tions. A judge ruled Fani Willis vio­lat­ed the Open Records Act, order­ing her office to pay over $54,000 in fees and release with­held doc­u­ments, rais­ing ques­tions about her poten­tial removal. Kemp seeks approval for 1,100 state offi­cers to enforce fed­er­al immi­gra­tion law under the 287(g) pro­gram, spark­ing spec­u­la­tion about his sud­den stance on immi­gra­tion and upcom­ing vot­ing sys­tem reforms. The pod­cast also pre­views a con­tentious House vote on a lit­i­ga­tion pro­pos­al, with Kemp mak­ing con­ces­sions amid sex traf­fick­ing con­cerns, and warns of bill amend­ments poten­tial­ly dilut­ing pub­lic pri­or­i­ties. Elec­tion secu­ri­ty takes focus with efforts to exit the ERIC sys­tem and shift pow­er from Sec­re­tary of State Brad Raf­fensperg­er to the elec­tion board, along­side SB144’s pas­sage under Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and HB268’s threat to parental rights vote in the Sen­ate. Final­ly, it cri­tiques Georgia’s run­away state spend­ing, con­trast­ing a $38 bil­lion real­i­ty with a $30 bil­lion infla­tion-adjust­ed bench­mark.

• Our leg­isla­tive ses­sion is hap­pen­ing. 
• Unfor­tu­nate­ly our Labor Com­mis­sion­er died from a bat­tle with can­cer sev­er­al months ago. The gov­er­nors have the priv­i­lege to appoint a new labor com­mis­sion­er at noon. 
• CDC office opens back up and will cause traf­fic in the area. 
• Fani Willis vio­lat­ed Open Records Act judge rules that the office must pay more than $54000 in attorney’s fees and turn over doc­u­ments it with­held for months in vio­la­tion of GA Open Records Act. Will we final­ly see that she will be removed from office. This should be addressed. 
• Kemp seeks approval for state law offi­cers to enforce fed­er­al immi­gra­tion law. NOW? This is after you know that the NGOs were pro­cess­ing the ille­gals in the Atlanta air­port mov­ing them through. 1100 offi­cers will be trained under the pro­gram known as 287(G) to bet­ter assist in iden­ti­fy­ing and appre­hend­ing peo­ple in the US with­out per­mis­sion who pose a pub­lic safe­ty risk. Is Kemp turn­ing? Is this going to be the Kemp that signs the leg­is­la­tion that changes the vot­ing sys­tem in Geor­gia. This plan has been in place for some time for Kemp to par­tic­i­pate in. 
• Kemp eyes con­ces­sions as House vote nears on lit­i­ga­tion pro­pos­al. This is a set up. They will take cer­tain parts of bills and push them into oth­er bills. There are peo­ple con­cerned with sex traf­fick­ing and a lot of peo­ple push­ing back in the house. There is a hear­ing on this at 3pm today. The gov­er­nor has made con­ces­sions to win over waver­ing House Repub­li­cans. The scope of changes are unclear. The bill is expect­ed to hit the floor on Thurs­day. They are going to give you the impres­sion that all these things are impor­tant in the House. Now the gov­er­nor has said that he will call a spe­cial ses­sion. Bo Hatch­ett has put in an amend­ment in the Sen­ate. Now if the House alters the bill it will have to go back to the Sen­ate. If the house pass­es with­out changes it goes to the gov­er­nor’s desk. The house has to make it look like they are tak­ing you seri­ous­ly. Watch these deals hap­pen. The parts of this bill that you want removed will get pushed into oth­er bills. 
• There will be a moment on remov­ing the state of Geor­gia from the ERIC sys­tem. You have proven to the law­mak­ers that they don’t have a leg to stand on to get out of ERIC. Hope­ful­ly gov­er­nor Kemp will sign it. Hope­ful­ly Brad Raf­fensperg­er will fol­low the law. WE have sev­er­al laws that Brad Raf­fensperg­er doesn’t look at. We are try­ing to move the pow­er from under the Sec­re­tary of State to the board of elec­tions. If you have been work­ing on elec­tion secu­ri­ty it is very impor­tant to pay atten­tion this after­noon. 
• Remem­ber that SB144 could not have come to the floor with­out Lt Gov Burt Jones. It has passed the House and Sen­ate. All you can do is call the gov­er­nor to veto. Google RFK Jr, Mon­san­tos, roundup, glyphosate tol­er­ant crops. Roundup ready tol­er­ant crops. The crops are designed to with­stand the poi­son. 
• Action Alert for HB268 is the bill that pri­or­i­tizes state author­i­ty over parental rights, it is not about school safe­ty. 
• Our state spend­ing is out of con­trol. This graph rep­re­sents spend­ing for the last decade. The red line is spend­ing each year. The green line would be if we mere­ly increased spend­ing with the rate of infla­tion over the same peri­od. If spend­ing at the rate of infla­tion the Geor­gia spend­ing should be under $30B instead it is at near­ly $38B