Thomas Wheatley

@thomaswheatley

articles editor. Former: . Cinnamon! twheatley@atlantamagazine.com

Atlanta
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    Jun 9

    When dozens of voters bring chairs to their polling precinct because they expect to be there for hours, that right there is a broken elections system. Let’s talk to people about their chairs!

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  2. 4 hours ago

    “We have the greatest respect for the journalist Glenn Greenwald used to be...”

    Intercept EIC Betsy Reed sent me this statement regarding the departure of , saying there's a "fundamental disagreement over the role of editors in the production of journalism and the nature of censorship."
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  3. Retweeted
    Oct 16

    : New book from Prof. Robert Hockett : Financing the Green New Deal. Reviewer and Nobel Laureate says, “Anyone who wants a sustainable future will have to develop means of assuring it that are as creative and ambitious...as these.”

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  4. 23 hours ago

    “You shouldn’t do everything that your handlers in Washington tell you to – because you’ll lose your soul along the way.”

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  5. Retweeted
    Oct 28

    how it started: how it's going:

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  6. Oct 28

    Decided to check in with my friends from the thread this morning.

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  7. Retweeted
    Oct 28

    Move over, 404. Atlanta to get a new area code for first time in a decade

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  8. Oct 28

    Let the Jedi mind tricks begin!

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    Oct 28

    Since the 1950s, suburban planning has been dominated by winding roads and disconnected streets. But in Texas, new developments are rediscovering the virtues of the grid

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  10. Retweeted
    Oct 27

    Proud to announce this partnership with . Connect2Vote will help get folks to the 99 precincts across Clayton, Fulton and DeKalb that are not served by our buses or rail on Election Day.

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  11. Oct 28

    This is nuts.

    The FEC official in charge of policing inaugural and campaign spending attended Donald Trump’s—and then didn’t investigate him. (Even though she’d investigated Obama.) Stay for the Don McGahn details. Crazy stuff from &
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    Oct 28

    Looking for a tool to help you with your online open source investigations? Then check out the Bellingcat Online Investigation Toolkit, with tools organised into tabs for easy discovery

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    Oct 27

    ICYMI: The families of Rayshard Brooks, Jimmy Atchison and Deaundre Phillips were outside Atlanta City Hall yesterday as their attorneys called on officials to change how the city handles police brutality lawsuits.

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    Oct 26

    I analyzed 30 news articles about Trump and Biden's climate policy exchange at the last debate. All 30 discussed how Biden's climate policy could harm the oil industry. Only five discussed how Trump's climate policy (nothing) could harm all of us.

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  15. Oct 26

    I’m sorry but if someone wrote this about me on a wall I’d just say “eh, whattaya gonna do?”

    Apparently if you disagree that vouchers is the only way to solve poverty this is what happens. Some on the left always try to bully their way through politics & caricature the right as evil (or scum) for merely disagreeing. I’m afraid that sort of politics just doesn’t work
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    Oct 26

    If you’re in Georgia and have been procrastinating, don’t wait until Thursday/Friday to vote.

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  17. Oct 25

    🎶Ooo heaven is a place in DeKalb County🎵

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  18. Oct 25

    And before we get sidetracked the “it is never going to happen” or “how will we pay for it” debate we gotta come up with ideas and decide what we fight for.

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  19. Oct 25

    I’ve spent the pandemic reconnecting with Atlanta by bike and foot and discovering new places outside (and seeing environmental injustice firsthand). I’m looking forward to this.

    Our responsibility is to achieve all we want for ATL; that the city is affordable for people of all means, that there is opportunity here for everyone to be successful on their own terms, that mobility options abound & we have a public realm that is beautiful and inclusive...
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    Oct 24

    Seems as if Georgia’s DPH wasn’t in control of early pandemic data given to the public: Behind Georgia’s Covid-19 dashboard disaster

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    Oct 18

    Outstanding commitment to local journalism by .

    On the front page of today's , you'll find my investigation about how Georgia taxpayers may end up footing a $76 million bill because of one man's ill-fated plan to secure hundreds of millions of Medicaid dollars for nursing homes rural Georgia.
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