Matt Scott - ACPC

@R_A_Belcher @ajc @AP Richard Belcher… McCarthyism defender and somehow a GFAF honoree. Wild.

⁦@ajc⁩ runs an ⁦@AP⁩ story hyperventilating piece about how FL will teach McCarthy. It quotes scholars horrified at the move but doesn’t have one mention of the US’s Verona Project which verified the dangerous degree of Soviet penetration here

Today, Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara becomes the fifth-longest-jailed journalist in US history, unseating William Farr of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, who was jailed for 46 days for refusing to reveal sources in 1972. A thread: atlantaciviccircle.org/2025/07/31/mar…

@R_A_Belcher That's a pretty myopic question. It betrays a broadcast media centric view. Rural communities heavily depend on public media for news, with local radio stations frequently being the only local media those communities have.

Will we miss it?

@micahinATL @atlanta_press Now we need to raise money to do all the work researching the documents we requested and start requesting more!

@AndreaChavezTre @Claudiashein Hola, @AndreaChavezTre . Soy Francesca D'Annunzio, periodista del @TexasObserver. Le escribo porque estoy trabajando en una nota sobre la colaboración de autoridades policiales en Chihuahua y TX. ¿Podríamos hablar? Sígame para que pueda enviarle un mensaje directo Gracias!!

.@APStylebook is “deported” the right word for when the U.S. removes a U.S. citizen from the country?

Ryan Millsap is capping for literal Nazis.

To the folks who are saying things like “we’ll vote in 2026,” what makes you think we’ll have a legitimate vote, if any, again?

A coup happened. As in past tense. An oligarch took America’s treasury department and American’s PPI.

👀: Because of Trump’s federal grant freeze, homeless services providers like @PartnersForHOME have been cut off from funding. PFH can't even log into HUD's online grant disbursement system. More to discuss tomorrow, @waberosescott?

@staceyhopkinsga @atlcouncil @SaviProvisions The CEO said in interviews at the time they expected the store to open in March — Not 25Q2. That doesn't seem likely, given the lack of progress to date. I’m reaching out to Savi now to see what they say

@MattACPC @atlcouncil @SaviProvisions Appreciate that. This is the only info to be had on this: investatlanta.com/about-us/news-….

Just a reminder about food access in SW Atlanta, @atlcouncil. Where you at, @SaviProvisions?

@staceyhopkinsga @atlcouncil @SaviProvisions Lemme see if I can get a freelancer on it

@MattACPC @atlcouncil @SaviProvisions It closed about a month ago with no notice.

This reminds me of a chant Cop City folks did after the referendum that pointed out similarities between Trump and Dickens. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

We're out folks. I'm saddened. This platform was largely where I cut my journalism teeth. I'll miss live tweeting for y'all here. I'm at the other place too: matt@atlpresscollective.com

Council member Overstreet is trying to do damage control with task force chair Justice Leah Ward Sears about the perception (based on some hard facts reported by @atlanta_press ) that the task force was a “fix” to launder legislation thru council to defang the OIG.

@DiegoAlcalaPR What details are you looking for?

Looking for help. How can I track how the details of a FEMA grant used by a town to purchase surveillance equiptment?

The establishment is terrified.

When you go back to watch committee meetings you missed and @mustache_fatwa shows up on screen with that fantastic mustache. What a treat.