The Georgia Hour, episode 173: Georgia’s “Weasel” Candidate Unmasked, Education Crisis Exposed, and GOP Infighting Heats Up!

In this fiery episode of The Geor­gia Hour, host BKP dives deep into the under­bel­ly of Geor­gia pol­i­tics, deliv­er­ing a no-holds-barred rant on cor­rup­tion, edu­ca­tion­al fail­ures, and the 2026 pri­maries. Kick­ing off with a scathing take­down of State Sen­a­tor Greg Dolezal—branded “the weasel” for his slip­pery tac­tics and Chica­go roots—the host accus­es him of inflat­ing his resume by claim­ing cred­it for the Lak­en Riley Act while push­ing a “hard-right” plat­form in his lieu­tenant gov­er­nor bid. Draw­ing from a fresh Sub­stack exposé by Scott Howard, BKP high­lights Doleza­l’s alleged ties to shady oper­a­tives like Bran­don Phillips (a dis­graced GOP strate­gist with a crim­i­nal past linked to tire-slash­ing and ani­mal abuse), his betray­al of MAGA prin­ci­ples through anti-Trump alliances, and whis­pers of invest­ments in the infa­mous First Lib­er­ty Build­ing and Loan Ponzi scheme that fleeced senior cit­i­zens. The host demands full trans­paren­cy from Dolezal and all can­di­dates on any Frost fam­i­ly dona­tions, vow­ing no one com­plic­it in the scan­dal should hold office.

Shift­ing to edu­ca­tion, the episode con­trasts Geor­gia’s dis­mal rankings—38th in the nation for K‑12 performance—with Mis­sis­sip­pi’s “Mir­a­cle” turn­around since 2013. Thanks to reforms like the Lit­er­a­cy-Based Pro­mo­tion Act empha­siz­ing phon­ics, direct instruc­tion, and teacher train­ing in read­ing sci­ence, Mis­sis­sip­pi surged from 50th to tied for 6th in fourth-grade read­ing scores. The host laments Geor­gia’s bal­loon­ing $13.3 bil­lion FY2025 edu­ca­tion bud­get (up $1.4 bil­lion), which has risen 13% per pupil after infla­tion adjust­ment over the past decade, yet yields no results—blaming crony­ism where funds “fall off the table into friends’ pock­ets.” BKP slams State Super­in­ten­dent Richard Woods for pri­or­i­tiz­ing cur­sive over real reforms, refus­ing to endorse him and call­ing for a leader who’ll “speak truth to pow­er” amid bud­get sur­plus­es that could make Geor­gia No. 1 in edu­ca­tion, not just busi­ness.

Legal fire­works erupt as Ful­ton Coun­ty Supe­ri­or Court Judge Scott McAfee recus­es him­self from the Trump elec­tion inter­fer­ence case (involv­ing Giu­liani, David Shafer, Shawn Still, and Kath­leen Lath­am), giv­ing 14 days to reas­sign it—effectively killing it in Ful­ton and unlike­ly to move else­where due to DA bud­get hur­dles. The host pre­dicts this clears the deck for fed­er­al DOJ action under Ed Mar­tin, urg­ing view­ers to watch FBI moves post-dead­line.

On the Demo­c­ra­t­ic front, a sold-out Carter-Lewis gala in Atlanta fea­tured Illi­nois Gov. JB Pritzk­er and May­or Andre Dick­ens, plot­ting a “tougher, defi­ant” anti-Trump strat­e­gy for 2026. Mean­while, ex-Lt. Gov. Jeff Dun­can assem­bles a pow­er­house team for his guber­na­to­r­i­al run, includ­ing Kamala Har­ris spokesper­son Michael Tyler, strate­gist Josh Marcus—signaling nation­al fundrais­ing mus­cle.

GOP Sen­ate pri­ma­ry dra­ma inten­si­fies: Derek Doo­ley hauls in $1.8 mil­lion (with $1.7M cash on hand), boost­ed by Kemp allies like ex-Syn­ovus exec Jim­my Blan­chard and super PAC ads, posi­tion­ing him as Kem­p’s proxy if Trump stays neu­tral. Mike Collins coun­ters with $1.9M from 40,000 small-dol­lar donors ($47 aver­age) across all 159 coun­ties and 50 states, plus a $1M con­gres­sion­al trans­fer ($2.4M on hand)—but needs big whales to sus­tain. Bud­dy Carter self-funds aggres­sive­ly but has­n’t report­ed Q3 totals yet, while incum­bent Jon Ossoff sits on $15.5M. Warn­ings of a “cost­ly, nasty” race and ques­tions Kan­diss Tay­lor’s silence on endors­er Stew Peters’ inflam­ma­to­ry com­ments about assas­si­nat­ing Char­lie Kirk.

Wrap­ping with GRA scan­dals, the host blasts the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Assem­bly for 61 ethics vio­la­tions tied to First Lib­er­ty dona­tions via Brett Frost V’s PAC, demand­ing res­ig­na­tions from lead­ers Alex John­son and Nathaniel Dar­nell for enabling the scam. Alaba­ma probes deep­en, impli­cat­ing Frost fam­i­ly donors in con­ser­v­a­tive cir­cles. Final­ly, Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene’s lat­est tweet blasts “good ol’ boy” GOP con­trol for high tax­es and poor edu­ca­tion rank­ings, hint­ing at her wild­card influence—no endorse­ments yet, but she’s “blow­ing holes” in the estab­lish­ment.

Clock­ing in at a rapid-fire hour, this episode is a must-lis­ten for Geor­gia politi­cos: a clar­i­on call to clean house, demand account­abil­i­ty, and pri­or­i­tize kids over cronies. Tune in tomor­row at 8 AM for more unfil­tered truth!