Flock Blinks: Surveillance Giant Slashes Data Retention After 50 Jurisdictions Walk, Cams Destroyed
More than 50 agencies have canceled Flock contracts. Cameras are being smashed across 23 states. Now the surveillance giant is slashing data retention and restricting immigration searches — a grassroots revolt is working.
https://www.georgiarecord.com/business-ga/2026/08/14/flock-blinks-surveillance-giant-slashes-data-retention-after-50-jurisdictions-walk-cams-destroyed/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=flock-surveillance-backlash&utm_content=20260814_flock-surveillance-backlash
More than 50 agencies have canceled Flock contracts. Cameras are being smashed across 23 states. Now the surveillance giant is slashing data retention and restricting immigration searches — a grassroots revolt is working.
https://www.georgiarecord.com/business-ga/2026/08/14/flock-blinks-surveillance-giant-slashes-data-retention-after-50-jurisdictions-walk-cams-destroyed/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=flock-surveillance-backlash&utm_content=20260814_flock-surveillance-backlash
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19-year-old arrested for fatal shooting that killed 13-year-old in Atlanta
Investigators arrested Davion Curney on Friday for his involvement in the homicide.
@BurtJones_GA @GAHouseGOP @CapitolBeatNews
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Investigators arrested Davion Curney on Friday for his involvement in the homicide.
@BurtJones_GA @GAHouseGOP @CapitolBeatNews
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Georgia officials say new federal Medicaid rules threaten state’s partial expansion program
Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population.
@ajc @WhatmattersinG @RepBoBishop
Source: Georgia Recorder
Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population.
@ajc @WhatmattersinG @RepBoBishop
Source: Georgia Recorder
Chatham County emergency facility still unfinished as peak hurricane season nears
After years of anticipation, the walls of Chatham County’s long-awaited emergency operations facility are standing tall. But county officials remain elusive about the facility’s progress, even as another hurricane season advances without a storm-proof center. The Current GA reached out on June 13 to county commission Chairman Chester Ellis — as well as the Chatham Emergency Management Agency to speak with CEMA Director Dennis Jones and 911 Center Director Diane Pinckney — to discuss facility updates. County spokesperson Will Peebles replied via email, offering to organize interviews with the three officials. The Current has not confirmed an interview with Jones, Pinckney or Ellis despite multiple phone calls, voicemails and emails to Peebles.
@WarRoomGeorgia @GaRepublicans @WhatmattersinG
Source: The Current GA
After years of anticipation, the walls of Chatham County’s long-awaited emergency operations facility are standing tall. But county officials remain elusive about the facility’s progress, even as another hurricane season advances without a storm-proof center. The Current GA reached out on June 13 to county commission Chairman Chester Ellis — as well as the Chatham Emergency Management Agency to speak with CEMA Director Dennis Jones and 911 Center Director Diane Pinckney — to discuss facility updates. County spokesperson Will Peebles replied via email, offering to organize interviews with the three officials. The Current has not confirmed an interview with Jones, Pinckney or Ellis despite multiple phone calls, voicemails and emails to Peebles.
@WarRoomGeorgia @GaRepublicans @WhatmattersinG
Source: The Current GA
Georgia-based Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network
The company operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers and other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day. Thousands of law enforcement agencies in 49 states can search and share Flock’s data across jurisdictions to aid their investigations. Police have credited the technology as an important crime-fighting innovation that has helped locate missing people and track suspects in violent crimes. But some critics say its pervasiveness amounts to unconstitutional warrantless mass surveillance. Dozens of cities and agencies have nixed their relationships with Flock amid concerns that the data can be accessed for immigration enforcement or used in unauthorized tracking, after a flurry of examples surfaced of law enforcement officers misusing the technology for personal searches.
@RepBuddyCarter @WarRoomGeorgia @WaterCoolerGSU
Source: The Current GA
The company operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers and other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day. Thousands of law enforcement agencies in 49 states can search and share Flock’s data across jurisdictions to aid their investigations. Police have credited the technology as an important crime-fighting innovation that has helped locate missing people and track suspects in violent crimes. But some critics say its pervasiveness amounts to unconstitutional warrantless mass surveillance. Dozens of cities and agencies have nixed their relationships with Flock amid concerns that the data can be accessed for immigration enforcement or used in unauthorized tracking, after a flurry of examples surfaced of law enforcement officers misusing the technology for personal searches.
@RepBuddyCarter @WarRoomGeorgia @WaterCoolerGSU
Source: The Current GA
1 arrested in AM shooting that put Beach High School on lockdown
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Beach High School was on lockdown Friday morning following a shooting that occurred in the surrounding neighborhood. The Savannah Police Department (SPD) and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Police Department responded to secure the scene.
@SenatorWarnock @RepNaderHayes @GovKemp
Source: WSAV Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Beach High School was on lockdown Friday morning following a shooting that occurred in the surrounding neighborhood. The Savannah Police Department (SPD) and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Police Department responded to secure the scene.
@SenatorWarnock @RepNaderHayes @GovKemp
Source: WSAV Savannah
Sandy Springs police investigate Saturday morning double shooting on Roswell Rd
Two people were shot Saturday morning on Roswell Rd in Sandy Springs, as police investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
@ChrisCarrGA @BurtJones_GA @GaRepublicans
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Two people were shot Saturday morning on Roswell Rd in Sandy Springs, as police investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
@ChrisCarrGA @BurtJones_GA @GaRepublicans
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Georgia officials say new federal Medicaid rules threaten state’s partial expansion program
Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population.
@AtlantaFalcons @BurtJones_GA @ajc
Source: Georgia Recorder
Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population.
@AtlantaFalcons @BurtJones_GA @ajc
Source: Georgia Recorder
Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 14, 2026
Trevor Williams reports, when Belgian pharmaceuticals firm UCB announced its $2 billion investment in Gwinnett County this year, few Georgians knew the company had already been in the state for three decades. That changed when the “sleeping giant” awoke with a plan to create 330 more jobs at Rowen, a new development focused on life sciences innovation, said Mark Smith, head of government affairs. Jack Rutherfor reports, at a stately government building just outside the Gold Dome in downtown Atlanta, a little-known government technology authority occupies three of the seven floors. That agency is the Georgia Technology Authority . Best known for providing general IT services to other departments in state government, it now sits in the driver’s seat of rolling out and vetting Georgia’s use of artificial intelligence.
@AustinScottGA8 @GaRepublicans @ajc
Source: Georgia Trend
Trevor Williams reports, when Belgian pharmaceuticals firm UCB announced its $2 billion investment in Gwinnett County this year, few Georgians knew the company had already been in the state for three decades. That changed when the “sleeping giant” awoke with a plan to create 330 more jobs at Rowen, a new development focused on life sciences innovation, said Mark Smith, head of government affairs. Jack Rutherfor reports, at a stately government building just outside the Gold Dome in downtown Atlanta, a little-known government technology authority occupies three of the seven floors. That agency is the Georgia Technology Authority . Best known for providing general IT services to other departments in state government, it now sits in the driver’s seat of rolling out and vetting Georgia’s use of artificial intelligence.
@AustinScottGA8 @GaRepublicans @ajc
Source: Georgia Trend
Optimus previews digital twin of US freight network
Optimus Technology Inc. on Thursday previewed a digital twin of the U.S. freight network built to model how disruptions and structural changes ripple across corridors, facilities and commodities. The freight digital twin, called the Freight Intelligence Graph, is under development at the Austin, Texas-based company. The prototype models roughly 350,000 U.S. highway-network nodes and nearly 1 million directed road segments. It runs on top of Optimus’s proprietary freight data foundation. That layer maps more than 450,000 geocoded shipper and receiver roles across nearly 400,000 facility locations. It covers more than 500,000 distinct directional city-to-city corridor combinations.
@RepNaderHayes @Fox5Atlanta @mtgreenee
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
Optimus Technology Inc. on Thursday previewed a digital twin of the U.S. freight network built to model how disruptions and structural changes ripple across corridors, facilities and commodities. The freight digital twin, called the Freight Intelligence Graph, is under development at the Austin, Texas-based company. The prototype models roughly 350,000 U.S. highway-network nodes and nearly 1 million directed road segments. It runs on top of Optimus’s proprietary freight data foundation. That layer maps more than 450,000 geocoded shipper and receiver roles across nearly 400,000 facility locations. It covers more than 500,000 distinct directional city-to-city corridor combinations.
@RepNaderHayes @Fox5Atlanta @mtgreenee
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
Exclusive: Reps. Tenney, Malliotakis Warn Socialism Gaining Ground with Young Voters, Point to Mamdani Agenda
Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) are warning that socialist ideas are gaining traction among young Americans as the country heads toward the midterm elections, pointing to the education system, the appeal of “free stuff,” and the experiences of countries including Cuba, Venezuela, and the former Yugoslavia as they argue against bringing similar policies to the United States. Tenney and Malliotakis discussed the rise of socialism and left-wing politics in an upcoming episode of the Republican Study Committee’s Right to the Point podcast. Breitbart News obtained an advance transcript of the interview ahead of its release.
@Raffensperger @SenatorWarnock @BurtJones_GA
Source: Breitbart Immigration
Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) are warning that socialist ideas are gaining traction among young Americans as the country heads toward the midterm elections, pointing to the education system, the appeal of “free stuff,” and the experiences of countries including Cuba, Venezuela, and the former Yugoslavia as they argue against bringing similar policies to the United States. Tenney and Malliotakis discussed the rise of socialism and left-wing politics in an upcoming episode of the Republican Study Committee’s Right to the Point podcast. Breitbart News obtained an advance transcript of the interview ahead of its release.
@Raffensperger @SenatorWarnock @BurtJones_GA
Source: Breitbart Immigration
Deep Dive Into What's Really Going On In Georgia November Politics With BKP
L. Todd Wood sits down with BKP for a deep dive into what's really happening in Georgia November politics — not the mainstream media narrative. The real story from the ground.
https://www.georgiarecord.com/video/2026/08/15/deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp&utm_content=20260815_deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp
L. Todd Wood sits down with BKP for a deep dive into what's really happening in Georgia November politics — not the mainstream media narrative. The real story from the ground.
https://www.georgiarecord.com/video/2026/08/15/deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp&utm_content=20260815_deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp