Sean Keenan

Zoning Review Board green-lights Kirkwood housing for homeless seniors “We’re talking about people who are sleeping in parking lots, as we get ready to debate parking spaces.”

The neighbors said NO.

The zoning board said YES.

Housing for homeless seniors moves forward in Kirkwood.

My latest for @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com

wired.com/story/social...

Trump’s campaign against ‘left-wing’ media finds a new target: Apple News Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson wrote a letter to Apple that warned the company its choice of articles in Apple News could violate the law.

Apple News is the latest media property to be warned by a Trump-appointed regulator over charges of liberal bias. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he’s “not the speech police” but warned Apple that its choice of articles could violate the law.

Zoning Review Board green-lights Kirkwood housing for homeless seniors “We’re talking about people who are sleeping in parking lots, as we get ready to debate parking spaces.”

Zoning Review Board green-lights Kirkwood housing for homeless seniors

“We’re talking about people who are sleeping in parking lots, as we get ready to debate parking spaces.”

Zoning Review Board green-lights Kirkwood housing for homeless seniors “We’re talking about people who are sleeping in parking lots, as we get ready to debate parking spaces.”

The neighbors said NO.

The zoning board said YES.

Housing for homeless seniors moves forward in Kirkwood.

My latest for @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Georgia lawmakers push big tax hike on mega-homebuyers, as Trump waffles on reining them in “Trump’s tweets and recent executive order have definitely helped my cause,” one Republican state representative said.

Georgia lawmakers push big tax hike on mega-homebuyers, as Trump waffles on reining them in

For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Georgia lawmakers push big tax hike on mega-homebuyers, as Trump waffles on reining them in “Trump’s tweets and recent executive order have definitely helped my cause,” one Republican state representative said.

Georgia lawmakers push big tax hike on mega-homebuyers, as Trump waffles on reining them in

For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

The Cher / Luther Vandross thing is about to become the biggest meme

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In Minneapolis, an Atlanta-based journalist sees a warning for America An ex-CNN reporter turned independent journalist, Nick Valencia traveled from Atlanta to Minneapolis to report on immigration enforcement. But the tactics he saw federal agents use on protesters and p...

The police tactics @nickvalencianews.bsky.social encountered in Minneapolis were not exceptional responses to demonstrations. They were routine.

America should find this bone-chilling — the First Amendment at the end of a gun barrel.

My latest for Atlanta Magazine:

In Minneapolis, an Atlanta-based journalist sees a warning for America An ex-CNN reporter turned independent journalist, Nick Valencia traveled from Atlanta to Minneapolis to report on immigration enforcement. But the tactics he saw federal agents use on protesters and p...

The police tactics @nickvalencianews.bsky.social encountered in Minneapolis were not exceptional responses to demonstrations. They were routine.

America should find this bone-chilling — the First Amendment at the end of a gun barrel.

My latest for Atlanta Magazine:

"Existing housing, people that own their homes, we're going to keep them wealthy," Trump said. "We're going to keep those prices up. We're not going to destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."

F.B.I. Agents Search Election Center in Fulton County Over 2020 Vote

We've got the latest on the feds raiding Fulton's elex hub

👀: Georgia state Rep. David Clark pitches renaming a mountain after Trump

(Pic by a local lobbyist)

My Senator Raphael Warnock voted for the Laken Riley Act, which requires the detention, without bond, of non-citizens who committed certain crimes, which has led to over 17,500 people being detained or turned over to ICE:

www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

A Shocked Nation Watches Minneapolis Killings: ‘Something Needs to Change’‘

“It’s kind of like living in your own world and living in a second world at the same time. We drove through a snowstorm to get to our family’s house and celebrate dad’s birthday, and then we’re back to the television, watching America fall apart.”

By a big team of journos, myself humbly included:

Winter Storm Debilitates the South, Encasing Cities in Ice and Snow

Winter Storm Debilitates the South, Encasing Cities in Ice and Snow

Our latest:

How two hardy North Dakotans were almost thwarted by an ice storm.

They booked the trip two years ago. He retired two weeks ago. Their ship sets sail for Antarctica on Tuesday morning. But the #winterstorm barreling east across the US nearly derailed their great voyage from the Great Plains to as south as they could go.

My latest for @nytimes.com:

And reach out if you have any Atlanta-specific news to share!

Live Updates: U.S. Winter Storm Starts Spreading East

Keep up with our reporting on the #winterstorm here:

Atlanta ICE protest

What will Trump order to rein in Wall Street landlords mean for Georgia legislation? “My administration will take decisive action to stop Wall Street from treating America’s neighborhoods like a trading floor."

Trump wants to crack down on Wall Street landlords gobbling up single-family homes. What might that mean for the Georgia lawmakers who want to do that, too?

For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

What will Trump order to rein in Wall Street landlords mean for Georgia legislation? “My administration will take decisive action to stop Wall Street from treating America’s neighborhoods like a trading floor."

What will Trump order to rein in Wall Street landlords mean for Georgia legislation?

“My administration will take decisive action to stop Wall Street from treating America’s neighborhoods like a trading floor."

Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

🚨: Holy corpo landlord crackdown, Batman!

Trump issues exec order restricting Wall Street investors' homebuying

(I wonder what this means for GA legislation to limit institutional investors' impact on markets here — or if it nullifies the need)

Legislators' novel push to rein in giant housing investors is faltering Bills to limit Wall Street's influence in local markets met staunch opposition, including from a former attorney general.

Ultimately, though, that effort mostly fell apart.

With Trump's blessing, will the Georgia GOP push these bills forward? Or will the legislature see this exec order as reason to abandon them?

Are state lawmakers warming to a crackdown on Wall Street homeownership? “There are over 300 metro Atlanta areas where big companies own over 50% of the single-family rental market.”

Last year, it seemed like Georgia lawmakers (even Republicans) were hot for reforms to regulate corpo landlords — at least in the early days of the legislative session...

Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

🚨: Holy corpo landlord crackdown, Batman!

Trump issues exec order restricting Wall Street investors' homebuying

(I wonder what this means for GA legislation to limit institutional investors' impact on markets here — or if it nullifies the need)

What Atlanta’s homeless services leaders want from Kemp’s $50M grant "Let's have the World Cup's legacy be providing housing and services that get and keep folks off the streets."

What Atlanta’s homeless services leaders want from Kemp’s $50M grant

"Let's have the World Cup's legacy be providing housing and services that get and keep folks off the streets."

Fulton shortchanges homeless services for Atlantans in FY26 budget proposal “On Dec. 10, at what we thought was a planning meeting for 2026, the county dropped a bomb on us."

To local homeless advocates, there is a glaring omission in Fulton County’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget: Over $2 million to provide supportive services to 230 formerly unhoused Atlantans is nowhere in sight.

For @atlantaciviccircle.org:

Fulton shortchanges homeless services for Atlantans in FY26 budget proposal “On Dec. 10, at what we thought was a planning meeting for 2026, the county dropped a bomb on us."

Fulton shortchanges homeless services for Atlantans in FY26 budget proposal

“On Dec. 10, at what we thought was a planning meeting for 2026, the county dropped a bomb on us."