Micheal Garza

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Will lawmakers end the practice of allowing Georgians with disabilities to be paid subminimum wage? • Georgia Recorder A bipartisan measure that would phase out a program that allows employers to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage – including less than $1 an hour – is gaining traction in the Senate. A...

“This bill is about dignity and fairness, ensuring that people with disabilities are paid at least what we consider the bare minimum wage for all of the workers,” said the bill's sponsor. #gapol

Our group of canvassers out Saturday knocking doors from Kennesaw to downtown Marietta ahead of Tuesday's special election for Cobb County Commission District 2 and District 4. Almost everyone we talked to committed to going out and voting, and we even signed up a few new volunteers.

Handful of rural Georgia Republicans join with Dems to give full Medicaid expansion another go • Georgia Recorder A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a deca...

A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a decade of firm GOP resistance.

Graphic of weekend canvass event for Cobb County Commission

There is a special election in Cobb County that will determine the balance on the county commission. Turnout is key in these and we'll be knocking doors Saturday at 1:30pm to turnout Democrats for this election. Election day is 2/11. Early Voting starts 2/1. www.michealgarza.com/event/se_0201/

When it's 21 degrees outside...

My favorite thing about Bluesky is that I see the things I want to see in my feed, not curated content force fed to me by an algorithm.

Especially when it has some of the most restrictive election laws in the nation.

Some of these numbers are fascinating - the no leans are much closer policy wise to the Dems with exception of abortion rights and same sex marriage. And that tracks because Latinos make up a large amount of that group. I'm from there and agree - the state doesn't deserve all the hate.

Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out. The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining…

Texas’ maternal mortality review committee is forbidden by law from reviewing women’s deaths that are considered abortion-related. This could include some miscarriage care, officials told ProPublica.

By 1980, when his presidency ended, Carter had completely transformed the federal bench, appointing 41 women and 57 racial minorities as federal judges—a 500% increase in the number of women serving on the federal bench and a nearly 200% increase in the number of nonwhite federal judges.

Carter Names Record Number of Minorities to Federal Bench

Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy.
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You should place these around the TV while she's watching the 4th showing of Christmas Story. Just keeping adding more as the day goes on.

The nearly 10-foot-long probe has made 22 orbits around the sun, allowing it to swoop ever deeper into the corona. And while doing so, the spacecraft has been continually picking up speed. On this close flyby, the probe reached some 430,000 miles/hour making it the fastest human-made object ever.

While I never had the fortune to meet Senator Fork, the work he did for this state should be a model for every sitting and aspiring legislator.

A faint writing, the text is in Latin and it reads: Domina magistra felhin date mihi licenciam in hac nocte vigilare cum magistra adalu et ego vobis ambabus manibus confirmo atque iuro ut per totam noctem declinare volo aut legere aut pro seniore nostro cantare Valete et ut peto facite. (Abbreviations have been resolved in this transcription).

Sometimes working with manuscripts gets us really, really close to the people from the past allowing us to hear their voices. This is a story of a letter from a schoolgirl to her teacher, written probably sometime at the end of the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century. A thread 🧵 #medievalsky /1

We share a Kroger card with my MIL and the fight over who gets to use those points is real.

An image shot from my drone, looking down at the conical summit of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala. A powerful eruption has just started, with an ash cloud rapidly rising and expanding above the summit. Several boulders are launched high above the cloud. The left half of the mountain and cloud are bathed in rich golden light from the Sun that has just risen above the horizon. The right side is cast in shadow. In the distance, thousands of feet below the action, lush green forest is just barely visible.

The very first second of a powerful eruption of Volcán de Fuego, bathed in golden light by the rising Sun. Shot at close range via drone at nearly 13,000 ft.

Government has the power to make a positive difference in the lives of Americans and it should be filled with people who believe wholeheartedly in that principle. We are being reminded daily of an incoming administration unqualified to meet the moment.

Former Abundant Life school coach calls for gun reform after mass shooting Sports coach, Mark Martinez, paid tribute to the students at the school while calling for gun reform across the U.S.

"This is a USA problem. What other developed nation deals with regular school shootings? Let's do what those other nations figured out years ago.” - Mark Martinez, former football, basketball, and track coach at Abundant Life Christian School

When you think all hope is lost, remember that seven years ago the state of Alabama elected a Democrat and a civil rights attorney to the US Senate.

Thousands of women left the state for elective or medically necessary abortions since Georgia enacted one of the country’s strictest abortion laws. Three of those women spoke with @samantha-hogan.bsky.social and me about their experiences.
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How Democrats can win Georgia, one losing race at a time If Harris wins the swing state's votes, it could be thanks to a crew of no-hope local candidates.

The expansion of their work and supporting rural county parties in 2026 will be the key to building a better Democratic party that is connected the people we want to represent and how we are going to win elections statewide. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Not only did they recruit candidates to run in safe Republican seats throughout GA, but they offered substantial direct fundraising support - something generally not available to candidates outside of the Democratic party's target districts. I was one of the many candidates they maxed out in 2024.

Map of Georgia showing party shifts in the 2024 Presidential election including where Fighting 50 candidates were running.

A lot of orgs tout winning %s of the candidates they endorse. But this post sings the praises of an org (Fighting 50) that endorsed NO winning candidates in 2024. Their state house candidates ran in unwinnable red districts in GA and bucked the red shift in swing states.

"From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with 11% nationwide during the same time period, according to an analysis by the Gender Equity Policy Institute." www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

"Please dad, don't make the bed."

Immigrants’ Resentment Over New Arrivals Helped Boost Trump’s Popularity With Latino Voters Across the U.S., Latino immigrants who’ve been in the country a long time felt that asylum-seekers got preferential treatment. “Those of us who have been here for years get nothing,” said one woman…

NEW: Across the U.S., Latino immigrants who’ve been in the country a long time felt that asylum-seekers got preferential treatment.

“Those of us who have been here for years get nothing,” said one woman from Mexico who has lived in Wisconsin for decades.

"Research shows that trans people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to be the victim of a violent crime. We salute our colleagues across the media who are working tirelessly to make that number even higher."

Gun Safety Resources | Be SMART Use these resources to learn more about the Be SMART campaign and how you can help spread the Be SMART message of secure firearm storage.

If you're visiting family members’ homes with your children this holiday season, now is a perfect time to #BeSMART and ask about the presence of any unsecured guns.

Here's a guide to help you start the conversation: