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Robin Kemp, Georgia election news maven!

If this story already has a thread here, forgive me and stick this onto it:

Some of you who have been here a long time will remember Robin Kemp. She has been more active in media than in poetry in recent years, and her Twitter coverage of the vote count in Clayton County, Georgia has itself become big news. Here's a story about it, and an interview, that's not behind a paywall:

https://www.motherjones.com/media/20...en-robin-kemp/

The Washington Post had an article as well. Congratulations, Robin!

Very inspiring! Thanks for pointing to this, Maryann. (And of course, well done, Robin!)

Loved this:

Quote:

It has an impact when you have reporters who are watching what is going on; politicians behave better.

I cannot express how deeply grateful I am to everybody for their support and their kind words and certainly for the donations, which were completely unexpected. I hope that they would see fit to support independent nonprofit news in their own locations. And I hope everybody understands that this is why you need to pay attention to what is going on with your local government—it does matter. Ask questions of your elected officials, don’t let them put you off. This is your government. It doesn’t belong to them. You just lent it to them for a minute.

Thanks for posting, Maryann. I first saw the WaPo article, which was good, but I'm glad this article is in Robin's own words:

Quote:

I figured this would be of interest to like five people, like other reporters around town. But I’ll be doggone, this thing went worldwide.

Cheers for you, Robin! Cheers cheers cheers!