Thomas Wheatley is mostly on Bluesky these days
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@Axios Atlanta reporter. Sign up👇Forever indebted to @pecannelog. @thomaswheatley dot bsky dot social
Atlanta
Joined May 2008
The government shutdown is hitting the courts, as of today: “The federal judiciary no longer can maintain paid operations. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia remains open but is operating without funding.”
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Always a pleasure to share the stage with my amazing journalism colleagues and friends at the annual Atlanta Press Club debates! Tune in tonight at 8pm on WABE 90.1 to listen along as @rahulbali, @PatrickQuinnTV and I quiz City Council president candidates. #atlpol
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@FJessieTweets , @thomaswheatley and I are handling the mayoral debate. Y’all check us out on Thursday. #gapol
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RIP, Atlanta journalist and lawyer Matthew Charles Cardinale
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❤️ https://t.co/og2w8ycQB6
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The @atlcouncil president race has become a rare citywide flashpoint — a test of the political ripples from Atlanta's public safety training center, also known by opponents as "Cop City."
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The contest between Marci Collier Overstreet and Rohit Malhotra has become a rare citywide flashpoint.
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Atlanta drivers love speeding up and blocking folks who are trying to change lanes or merge on to the interstate.
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"I began recording and captured the agent barking back at the woman. 'Adios,' he said, over and over, pressing toward her as if warning her to back away. When she didn’t, he grabbed her. The rest ... has been memorialized online."
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I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive...
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I don’t think there have been this many cranes downtown in my lifetime. 8 right now
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At approximately 8:45 pm the UGA Police Department Communications Center received a call of a shooter in the area of the UGA Library. Officers quickly responded and searched the area. A preliminary investigation suggests the event was a hoax, but officers remain in the vicinity
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@milo_phd Great work by @ribunchreports!
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“I would call it stealth—where the idea is to move in silence,” said @milo_phd. “Where you are being active, you’re being strategic, but you just don’t feel the need to draw lots of attention... I would like to believe that is what Mayor Dickens is doing.”
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Black mayors in Democrat-led cities are at the top of the presidents list for federal intervention. But, so far, Atlanta has escaped his wrath.
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At a webinar tonight, Atlanta Beltline is sharing their recommendations for the location of transit stations in the Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast parts of the Beltline (and transit alignment in the NW). Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM https://t.co/1UwIyJIojo
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His campaign (?) website is live and says to "stay tuned for big updates on Vernon’s next mission to serve YOU!"
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The Official Website for Vernon Jones for Georgia
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Trump loyalist Vernon Jones, who has blocked me on here, has posted a video of himself walking around the Georgia Capitol with the caption "I stand ready to serve wherever I can to advance President Trump’s America First Agenda... STAY TUNED."
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ICYMI: Atlanta City Council member Jason Dozier has been hit twice by cars while biking in the city -- the most recent time with his 4-yr-old daughter in tow. The crash highlighted the risks of navigating Atlanta's car-forward streets on a bike. #atlpol
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Many say Atlanta has a long way to go before becoming a bikeable city, although city leadership has increased its focus on infrastructure, like protected bike lanes.
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Oakland Cemetery — the final resting place of Bobby Jones, Maynard Jackson, Kenny Rogers and others — is Atlanta's most exclusive place to spend the afterlife (burial plots have mostly only been available through private sales for roughly 140 years).
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The historic cemetery's new columbarium could be your actual forever home.
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Before federal regulators accused Brant Frost IV of orchestrating a $140 million Ponzi scheme, the Newnan businessman and his family built trust in conservative circles by tapping into something deeper than market pitches. He sold ideology.
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On-air pitches framed the investments in First Liberty business loans as part of the “patriot economy.”
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