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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I wish I could take credit for it, but a few Bird folks wrote it, doing a far better job than I could.

Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

"But we're here, as they say, to do our thing: to bitch and badger, carp and cry, and perhaps give Atlanta...a bit of honest and interesting and, we trust, even readable journalism," is possibly my favorite news passage of all time.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The “averted a mass shooting” framing—as if it was a certainty—is problematic. It’s certainly what APD wants reported, but news orgs should approach it with more nuance. The potential alleged shooter obviously needed intervention, but saying he was going to shoot is pre-crime shit.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

When you are a local public affairs news outlet and you put out what certainly appears to be a paid PR piece glorifying a developer whose favorite book is…(wait for it) The Fountainhead. saportareport.com/atlanta-base...

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Don't worry. I also said to myself, wait, what the fuck? We have an airport secret shopper program?

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We really don't have to pretend Charlie Kirk wasn't an abhorrent person, even if you disagree with the political violence used to oppose him.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Unfortunately, no live thread for the Atlanta City Council today. I caught covid over the weekend, and I’m still under the weather.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Was this just a shameless promotion of my newsletter? Maybe. Sign up here: atlpresscollective.com/newsletter I send out the Rising Report every other week. It typically includes content not published anywhere else, if you want more incentive.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

In a small personal victory, I finished my newsletter for Thursday two days in advance (except for the section that will be about a hearing happening tomorrow). I was incentivized to write in advance because of other stories I have to write this week, but I'll still take the dub.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Yeah, I definitely brain farted on that one. Thanks for catching it!

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

47% search, 33% direct for us. SEO slips are brutal

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 07/07/2025

That’s a wrap for today. We’re looking at a year of RICO trial coverage ahead of us. We need your support to do this type of coverage. Become a monthly donor today to help ACPC fully cover the Cop City RICO trials. Atlpresscollective.com/support-us

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Would Blau vs. GDOC not apply here?

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I assume you’re not talking about ACPC. I’m literally in the courthouse.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Don't be collaborationist media.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Rest, glad you got them down. We’re pretty sure this case is a misunderstanding of the Boolean operators and key words we requested.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Newsrooms: Don't publish mass shooter manifestos.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

NB: I absolutely would have called it a Nazi salute on that post if I wasn't trying to skirt the moderation system

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/12/2024

First reported by @atlpresscollective.com, Atlanta City Councilmember Andrea Boone, daughter of Civil Rights leader Joseph E. Boone, filed a motion to ban warming centers from 1000 feet of a school Monday, when the entire city mustered two warming centers in an area of 134 sq. mi. It passed 10-1.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Jason Dozier told the rest of Council he had two locations he wanted to use for his own any emergency services as situations arise, so he was the sole no vote.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

There wasn’t a rationale given. Amir Farokhi originally said he’d vote against it because he had a center he thought was within the banned distance, but the city attorney said that center was fine. So he voted for it.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Same board. They’re supportive of the OIG, except for the Atlanta Business League representative. I don’t think the gulch deal is under the OIG’s purview, unless some sort of illicit payment took place.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Right after I wrote this tweet, the Council reconsidered Cop City funding, and it passed.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Council voted to Fund PAD. Funding for Cop City failed to pass. Task force recommendations that would hurt the OIG were held in committee. A $1.5 million contract to a lobbyist was sent back to committee. This is the craziest council meeting.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

For kicks and giggles I deleted my _atproto for this account. We’ll find out the query time

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The environmental benefit of Atlanta Streets Alive is the cops cars idling at every intersection.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The environmental benefit of Atlanta Streets Alive is the cops cars idling at every intersection.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I (and ACPC) are now at The Other Place. matt.http://atlpresscollective.com and atlpresscollective.com respectively. I'm not sure how much longer we'll be posting content here, but I'm personally preparing to throw in the towel on this site I've loved for almost 17...

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

The Finance/Executive Committee meeting just concluded. Once again, the committee did not introduce legislation for a Policing Alternatives and Diversions Initiative contract.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Can I justify spending my own money to go report on DC protests before (and likely during) Trumps inauguration?

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

However, I think it is exemplary of *one* of the reasons Harris lost: Dems follow the same anti-democratic playbook at Reps, and I think voters have picked up on it.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Harris lost Georgia by ~116,000 votes, coincidentally about the same number of people the Cop City Vote campaign said signed the referendum that the Democratic mayor of Atlanta didn’t let come up for a vote. The referendum itself isn’t why Harris lost. (cont)

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

X stopped working on my phone, and the iPad app we’re forced to use on desktop is barely functional. This is probably a good day for that.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

DeKalb saw about 2500 blank presidential votes in 2020. In terms of percentage points, the difference is minimal, with about .05% more blank votes in 2024.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

DeKalb County actually released numbers for Cruz and West, so I’m speaking strictly of fully blank votes, not effectively blank votes in that county. With about 4,000 fewer total votes in 2024 than in 2020, 1,751 DeKalb voters left the top of the ticket blank.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

DeKalb was a different story. It effectively saw the same blank presidential vote numbers as 2020.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

In 2020, Fulton County had 4,115 votes blank at the top of the ticket. In percentage points, about .5% more of the 2024 electorate in Fulton left it blank.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

The most interesting stat is the number of folks who left the top of the ballot blank. In Fulton County, that’s 6,226 votes. Those could be blank or votes for Cruz or West, which Fulton isn’t reporting (because they’re treated as blank votes statewide).

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Fulton lost ~50,000 registered voters but turned out ~6,000 more voters in 2024. Harris underperformed Biden by ~1,000 votes, nearly a full percentage point. Trump gained ~5500 votes.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

DeKalb had ~4,000 fewer voters on Election Day 2024, though the County’s registered voter pool shrank by 47,000 voters. Harris received 299,039 votes to Biden’s 308,227 in 2024. Trump gained about 4,000 votes over his 2020 total in DeKalb.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

I’ll let national pundits talk about national voting trends. I’m looking at local votes. Harris underperformed Biden in both Fulton and DeKalb Counties, losing about 10,000 votes between the two. Nota bene: Votes are still being counted; these numbers will change slightly.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Now is a great time to support independent local journalism. l

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Why am I still getting political robocalls?! Polls closed 12 minutes ago. I voted two weeks ago.

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

To celebrate @NewsMatch kicking off, I became a (long overdue) monthly donor to @thexylom. Consider supporting them too — every little helps! They’ve got a sweet 3x match going for all donations in November and December. opencollective.com/thexylom

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Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

I wasn’t a believer in horseshoe theory until my Rastafarian neighbors put up Trump signs.

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