Peach Pundit Podcast

We trimmed down the agenda tonight to talk about two big issues: Democrats grab two PSC seats. Affordability is a winning issue for the Dems. Voters are disappointed in Trump's economic performance. Wake-up call for the GOP. Tucker Carlson interviews Nick Fuentes, and a war breaks out. Ben Shapiro breaks it all down. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon here. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

Jon Ossoff is playing a dangerous game as the Left issues threats. The Feds are shutting down SNAP - The impact on Georgia There is a PSC election happening, and turnout is low. Is the GAGOP Chair focused on the right things right now? The special election to replace the late Rep. Mandi Ballinger is a sprint. Rep. Marcus Wiedower resigns - a special election will soon be held. Despite the Cop City controversy, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is cruising to reelection. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon here patreon.com/peachpundit. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

In this episode, Scot Turner interviews Joseph Kirk, the Election Supervisor for Bartow County and President of GAVREO. They discuss the intricacies of election administration, the role of GAVREO in supporting election officials, and the importance of maintaining voter confidence and integrity in the electoral process. The conversation also touches on recent legislative changes, the challenges faced by election officials, and the ongoing debate surrounding voting technology and early voting practices. Kirk emphasizes the need for continuous improvement in election laws and the importance of collaboration among election officials to ensure fair and efficient elections.

Topics this episode include: Trump's big win in the Middle East The passing of State Rep Mandi Ballinger. Early has begun in the race for the Public Service Commission. Special elections to replace Esteves and Hutchinson may drive up Dem PSC votes.  YR's get gross in group chat. Erickson vs Walsh Georgia Young Republicans React Scot's Former seatmate in the House is running for Secretary of State America First does not mean America Only - Lifting up Rich McCormick

Jason Pye returned to give us an update on the Federal Government Shutdown. Other topics in the episode include: MTG flips, now supports Obamacare subsidies. Sen. Josh Hawley adopts the Left's position on wages. Herschel heads to the Bahamas, Bill White to Belgium. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​

Topics in this episode include: MTG is not suicidal. Dolezal jumps into LG race. Mud flies. GRA's President fired for links to the Frostopus. State Ethics Commission adds GRA as defendant in GRA PAC probe.  AJC's take on Kemp's office internal reaction to ICE Hyundai raid. We hope you are surviving the federal g'ment shutdown. Playoff baseball is back.

Topics in this episode include: Raffensperger jumps in. Darkhorse Dean. Duncan the Dem. Fani Willis is out. MTG renews calls for a "peaceful national divorce" and, joins with Carlson and Owens with bizarre claims about "The Jews" and Charlie Kirk. One week later, we take stock of our country after Kirk's assassination. Quantas poll on the US Senate race. Conservatives push back on Bondi over hate speech comments. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon here. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

TPUSA leader Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. Corrections Corner: Scot and Buzz correct some items from last week's podcast.   Hyundai Plant Raid. ICE shows up at the $12.6B megasite, thousands of Georgia jobs on the line, and a leaked doc says at least one detainee had a valid visa. Hyundai and its suppliers believed they were operating within the rules. SCOTUS fast-tracks tariffs case. High Court puts the tariff fight on the rocket docket for early November.  What’s the beef with Dick? A third Republican jumps into a race against State School Super Richard Woods. SOS Race: After Sterling jumped ahead of his boss, announcing a run for SOS, Atlanta media gave us the headline that Raffensperger will run for a higher office. We're shocked! A GoFundMe for an SEB member? The background story. MTG’s non-endorsement tour. She’s “not inspired” by the GOP fields for Governor or Senate and isn’t endorsing. Queenmaker status on pause, drama not included.    Guard to D.C. Kemp sends Georgia troops to back Trump’s policing push.

Former State Representative James Mills now serves as the Executive Director of the Georgia State Elections Board. On August 28th he told the Blue Ribbon Committee on Election Process that we should go back watch the video of the last SEB meeting so we could see how dishonest the SEB Chairman, John Fervier, is. So we did. And guess what...

State Election Board Gone Wild by Peach Pundit

A special, single-subject episode about State Election Board member Janelle King's testimony to the State House Blue Ribbon Committee on Election process left Scot dumbfounded.

Buzz was out of town attending the State Policy Network's annual conference where we expect he will return with a plethora of conservative solutions to all of our problems. In the meantime, Cole Muzio of Frontline Policy Council filled in and joined the conversation. Topics: A little about Cole and his work at Frontline Policy Council Derek Dooley fumbles the abortion issue in AJC interview SD21 Special Election Results - Media coverage of results belies media bias. Fulton County Commissioners adopt the Catoosa County GOP view of court orders Cracker Barrel tries to avoid becoming Bud Light Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon here. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

oney! Money everywhere! Some in tax credits. A lot in the Senate District 21 Special Election. Some in the OBBB and more in the state income tax - which the Georgia Senate wants to abolish. Topics this episode include: Marvel leaves Georgia and heads to the U.K. Will the Senate propose eliminating the income tax?  The Vances will be in Georgia this week. An update on the Special Election in Senate 21...election day is this Tuesday Mike Collins kicked off his campaign with a special observer in the crowd. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon here. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

Campaign Round up: Mike Collins organizes in 159 counties Jim Kingston at $1m Houston Gaines at $500k in 24 hours David Clark surprises everyone by announcing for LG Burt Jones gets that Trump endorsement Carr sues Burt Things we don't want to talk about but have to: Loomer- MTG cat fight Duncan's appearance on Politically Georgia Don't forget to sign up got the Dodgeball fantasy draft

Topics this episode included: A quick report from Bristol, TN - Scot was there for the Speedway Classic. Geoff Duncan is now a Democrat. Michael Thurmond is running for Governor. Did the Frostopus ensnare former GOP Chief David Shafer? Is MTG having a Zell Miller moment? Scot argues with people on Facebook about Tariffs; they think he has TDS. Which is why this Erickson post hit home with him. ICYMI, Derek Dooley announced a run for U.S. Senate. As Scot mentioned, we want to have some fun inspired by Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Let's draft Georgia politicos for dodgeball teams. If you're interested, say so below, or get in touch with Scot. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon here. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

Scot and Buzz are back. What a week it's been. No summer doldrums in Georgia politics this year! Topics in this episode include: As with the Senate race, MTG will not run for Governor. The GrizzardBot opines. Mike Collins jumps into the race for Senate. Dominoes fall as Rep. Houston Gaines announces run to replace Collins. Where are Raffensperger and Dooley? Frostopus update: GRA's Nathaniel Darnell is the subject of multiple investigations in the Frostopus case. State Ethics Commission files initial complaint against GRA PAC. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

Scot and Buzz were joined tonight by former State Representative and former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, BJay Pak. Pak shared his expertise on how alleged Ponzi scheme cases usually play out. We hope you find it enlightening, because we sure did. Other topics included: John King drops out of the U.S. Senate race. Is Derek Dooley jumping in? Where is Governor Kemp in all this? Kelvin King is running for SOS. Carr's complaint against Jones is tossed.

Atlanta did the All Star Game right even if MLB did Atlanta dirty Frost Update - Raffesnperger's call to return cash sounds familiar House Study Committee on Election Processes holds first meeting - Salleigh Grubbs takes it personally Peter Hubbard is the Dem Nominee for PSC Kemp tells agencies to brace for Federal cuts Trump ups ante on Russia, will he be able to bring MAGA along? STOP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!!!!!111

Scot and Buzz are back, and they've gone country! Not really. However, we have a lot to say about all the wild events that have occurred over the past two weeks. Topics this episode include: GOP Party Influencers, the Frost Family, are in a world of hurt. Burt Jones is running for Governor. Who else might run? Senate Rumor Update: Collins, Dooley, Raffensperger? MTG and Kandiss Taylor traffic in outrageous conspiracy theories. Duncan flirts with running for Governor as a Democrat. Epstein is still causing problems. Early Voting started this week for the Democratic runoff for PSC. Please be sure to like and subscribe for free to Peach Pundit the Podcast™ wherever you listen to podcasts—some people like Spotify, some like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, or Amazon. We are on all of them and many more, so listen however you prefer. Turn on your notifications so you never miss an episode. ​ If you are inclined to offer financial support to Peach Pundit voluntarily, you may sign up to be a Patreon here. In the second tier, you are invited to watch our recording sessions live, giving you extra, unedited content. And trust us, it is worth it.

Pye was away which means we got unapologetically patriotic around here. Topics: Iran, Israel, the B2, bunker busters, and potty mouth POTUS Rep Panitch joined House Republicans to be all kinds of Patriotic MTG's whole world view is nothing more than platitudes and our enemies love her for it Buddy Carter goes for the Orange Lips award by nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize More PSC legal challenges over elections Jim Kingston's $500k haul Let's chat about RCV in NYC for just a second