Thomas Wheatley
@thomaswheatley.bsky.social
@axios Atlanta reporter / cherry tomato supporter
The Atlanta City Council 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." www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Atlanta City Council president race heats up with clash over training center, website
The contest between Marci Collier Overstreet and Rohit Malhotra has become a rare citywide flashpoint.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Atlanta City Council 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." www.axios.com/local/atlant...
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In every debate about extending public transit into a US suburban area, we always hear this.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In every debate about extending public transit into a US suburban area, we always hear this.
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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). www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Oakland Cemetery to sell new spaces for first time in 140 years
The historic cemetery's new columbarium could be your actual forever home.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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). www.axios.com/local/atlant...
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The original architect of Project 2025, the conservative blueprint President Donald Trump has closely followed since returning to the White House, is now drawing up his next plan to reshape Washington: launching a Republican primary challenge against U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina.
Paul Dans, ex-director of Project 2025, will challenge US Sen. Lindsey Graham in SC GOP primary
Paul Dans, Project 2025’s architect, is launching a Senate bid against Lindsey Graham in an effort to oust the longstanding South Carolina lawmaker.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The original architect of Project 2025, the conservative blueprint President Donald Trump has closely followed since returning to the White House, is now drawing up his next plan to reshape Washington: launching a Republican primary challenge against U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina.
Experts tell @axios.com the move could spur landlords who accept vouchers and are facing rising property taxes or upkeep costs to switch to market-rate tenants, short-term rentals or sales. The end result: more housing instability and fewer affordable units. www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Atlanta housing authority freezes rent hikes for Section 8 homes
Uncertainty over federal funding for housing is spreading to local governments.
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July 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Experts tell @axios.com the move could spur landlords who accept vouchers and are facing rising property taxes or upkeep costs to switch to market-rate tenants, short-term rentals or sales. The end result: more housing instability and fewer affordable units. www.axios.com/local/atlant...
The official TSA post-screening bench
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The official TSA post-screening bench
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Just in: Lt. Gov. Burt Jones enters Georgia governor’s race with Trump-aligned platform. Flush with $14 million in a campaign account, Jones is vying to become the GOP frontrunner — and land Donald Trump’s endorsement. #gapol
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Burt Jones enters Georgia governor’s race with Trump-aligned platform
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones joins the race for Georgia governor with $14 million in campaign cash.
ajc.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Just in: Lt. Gov. Burt Jones enters Georgia governor’s race with Trump-aligned platform. Flush with $14 million in a campaign account, Jones is vying to become the GOP frontrunner — and land Donald Trump’s endorsement. #gapol
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Benavidez, of @freepress.bsky.social, told @thomaswheatley.bsky.social @axios.com the case "is emblematic of a pervasive nat'l effort to undermine diversity of speech & to delegitimize the viewpoints of those fighting for equity, human rights, & progress generally." www.axios.com/local/atlant...
First "Stop Cop City" defendant goes to trial
The case could could set the tone for dozens of activists' cases.
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July 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Benavidez, of @freepress.bsky.social, told @thomaswheatley.bsky.social @axios.com the case "is emblematic of a pervasive nat'l effort to undermine diversity of speech & to delegitimize the viewpoints of those fighting for equity, human rights, & progress generally." www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Pornhub, Youporn and other adult websites, citing Georgia’s new age-verification law, went dark today. www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Adult sites go dark for Georgia residents
A law requiring users to verify their age has taken effect, spurring some sites to close access.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Pornhub, Youporn and other adult websites, citing Georgia’s new age-verification law, went dark today. www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Huge news about one of Georgia's natural wonders.
Historic land deal halts mining project next to Okefenokee Swamp
The move puts an immediate halt to a project that scientists and environmentalists had feared could irreparably damage North America’s largest blackwater swamp.
www.ajc.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Huge news about one of Georgia's natural wonders.
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The good part of the arrest report is that the officer notes what Guevara was wearing, but not what his clothes said ("PRESS"), or what we was doing (filming), or what he said when approached ("I'm press").
June 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The good part of the arrest report is that the officer notes what Guevara was wearing, but not what his clothes said ("PRESS"), or what we was doing (filming), or what he said when approached ("I'm press").
Council member @District4ATL Jason Dozier said the skybridge proposal is another example of the state building projects that are "antagonistic towards this idea of these properties being open to the people." www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Georgia Capitol's $10 million "hamster tube" hits city snag
Atlanta City Council members cite concerns over the proposed walkway's effect on Downtown pedestrian activity.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Council member @District4ATL Jason Dozier said the skybridge proposal is another example of the state building projects that are "antagonistic towards this idea of these properties being open to the people." www.axios.com/local/atlant...
"Could you conceive of the White House having what looks like a toilet paper roll sticking out of one side of it connected to another building for elected officials to waddle back and forth?" www.axios.com/local/atlant...
$10M Capitol walkway plan faces preservationist backlash
State officials say a new bridge boosts security and access. Critics call the plan a scar on Georgia's most prominent public building.
www.axios.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Could you conceive of the White House having what looks like a toilet paper roll sticking out of one side of it connected to another building for elected officials to waddle back and forth?" www.axios.com/local/atlant...
"The latest claim comes after Rippling alleged earlier this year that a staff member had been spying on behalf of Deel. The employee locked themselves into a bathroom and smashed their phone with an axe when confronted with allegations, according to their own testimony." 🪓
New spying claims emerge in Silicon Valley corporate espionage scandal
HR start-ups Rippling and Deel trade allegations their leaders directed efforts to steal company secrets from one another
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June 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"The latest claim comes after Rippling alleged earlier this year that a staff member had been spying on behalf of Deel. The employee locked themselves into a bathroom and smashed their phone with an axe when confronted with allegations, according to their own testimony." 🪓
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@thomaswheatley.bsky.social and I forgot to mention Friday that we're off today, so no Axios Atlanta newsletter today folks❤️
May 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@thomaswheatley.bsky.social and I forgot to mention Friday that we're off today, so no Axios Atlanta newsletter today folks❤️
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Today from me: Under Kelly Loeffler, the Small Business Administration is cutting staff, tightening lending standards, terminating programs for women and veterans, and barring loan applications from companies that have even one drop of non-American investment. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...
Under Trump, a Mainstay for Small Businesses Clamps Down
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May 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today from me: Under Kelly Loeffler, the Small Business Administration is cutting staff, tightening lending standards, terminating programs for women and veterans, and barring loan applications from companies that have even one drop of non-American investment. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...
“If it were $2 million, we'd have an easy Plan B. But this is $25 million," @atlantabeltline.org CEO Clyde Higgs told the Fulton County Commission.
Beltline WiFi and trail funding in jeopardy
Private donors may step in after "digital equity" grant gets clawed back and doubts linger over path to Lindbergh
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May 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“If it were $2 million, we'd have an easy Plan B. But this is $25 million," @atlantabeltline.org CEO Clyde Higgs told the Fulton County Commission.
The group said it planned to release the data within 48 hours.
Ransomware group threatens Cobb County data leak, shares images of apparent sensitive documents
Hacker group Qilin says it has 150GB of files from Cobb County, including autopsy photos, IDs and arrest reports.
www.axios.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The group said it planned to release the data within 48 hours.
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Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute.
We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5
We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5
April 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute.
We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5
We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5
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I went to the Natal Conference in Austin and wrote about the women drawn to the pronatalism movement — and those who are criticizing it for the far-right voices it's bringing into the tent www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/s...
The Women Who Think the World Needs More Babies
At a convention of the pronatalist movement, the relatively few women in attendance agreed: Motherhood needs a rebrand.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I went to the Natal Conference in Austin and wrote about the women drawn to the pronatalism movement — and those who are criticizing it for the far-right voices it's bringing into the tent www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/s...
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I learned about these famous pimento cheese sandwiches they sell for $1.50 at the Masters c/o @thomaswheatley.bsky.social, and now I really want one of those famous pimento cheese sandwiches they sell for $1.50 at the Masters. www.axios.com/local/atlant...
Why a $1.50 pimento cheese sandwich is a Masters tradition
Golf's most exclusive event boasts a Southern classic served in its own green jacket.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I learned about these famous pimento cheese sandwiches they sell for $1.50 at the Masters c/o @thomaswheatley.bsky.social, and now I really want one of those famous pimento cheese sandwiches they sell for $1.50 at the Masters. www.axios.com/local/atlant...
If you are a #CDC employee in metro Atlanta who was affected by today's cuts and you want to talk about the process or potential impact, please get in touch with me. thomas dot wheatley at axios dot com or DM a good contact.
April 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you are a #CDC employee in metro Atlanta who was affected by today's cuts and you want to talk about the process or potential impact, please get in touch with me. thomas dot wheatley at axios dot com or DM a good contact.
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Heatmap is absolutely killing it 🔥
PSA: Today we published an easily searchable, sortable list of the 400+ grants the EPA is trying to cancel, which was obtained by Senate Democrats earlier this week. heatmap.news/politics/sen...
Here Is the List of 400-Plus Grants EPA Is Trying to Cancel
Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the cancellations weeks ago, but the agency has refused to provide details.
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March 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Heatmap is absolutely killing it 🔥
Atlanta is the world champion of delayed alerts about street closures and boil water advisories
March 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Atlanta is the world champion of delayed alerts about street closures and boil water advisories