NUKES ON BALLOT IN GA RUNOFF: Years overdue, billions over-budget

The two U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia on January 5th will determine control of the chamber, and may determine how much, if any, of President-Elect Biden's, and U.S. House Democrats', legislative agenda will be enacted in the next two years. But, as The Intercept reports, there is another important race on the same ballot. Incumbent conservative white Republican Public Service Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald faces a challenge by progressive Black Democrat Daniel Blackman. McDonald has wholeheartedly supported the Vogtle 3 and 4 atomic reactor new builds in Waynesboro, GA (11/20/20 aerial photo by High Flyer, above), including repeated "nuclear tax" hikes on consumers' bills, making GA's electricity some of the most expensive in the country.

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