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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms *Atlanta’s Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is a household name for her authenticity and mama bear style of running the ATL, particularly through both COVID-19 and the early rioting that followed the killing of George Floyd. We’ve all seen her viral “Go home!” moment at a news conference, the looters that destroyed […]

Getty *Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is urging NBA fans not to descend upon the city for the upcoming All-Star Game. According to CNN, several NBA players have already made clear that they are hesitant to participate in the big event on March 7. On Tuesday, Bottoms noted her concerns about fans coming to town for […]

Tamron Hall and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms *On Monday’s “Tamron Hall,” Tamron speaks with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms who has clashed with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp over his decision to reopen select businesses while she continues to urge people to stay home. Among other topics, Tamron asked the mayor about recent reports that two prominent […]

*Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) has reportedly been tapped to serve as director of the Office of Public Engagement under the Biden Administration  A White House official confirmed to The Hill that Bottoms will replace Cedric Richmond, who left the White House last month. Bottoms will be one of President Biden’s top advisers in […]

Photo Credit: Twitter.com *Killer Mike and T.I. are turning their attention to politics as the two rappers will advise new Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on her first-term agenda and her Administration’s recruitment. The 38-person team – which also includes CEOs, religious leaders, and educators – will be tasked with advising Mayor Bottoms as she finalizes her first-term […]

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (Getty Images) *Commenting on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp suing her for violating his ban on making face masks mandatory, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tells TODAY that “this filing of a lawsuit is simply bizarre, quite frankly.” She adds: “I don’t think it’s happenstance that this […]

[…] search and asked they could search me for drugs. I told them no. Be careful. — Eric Andre (@ericandre) April 21, 2021 He then tagged Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms asking for assistance. “@KeishaBottoms please help me,” the tweet reads. “They let me go. I’m on the plane in the air. I’m fine now but I […]

[…] Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is one of the first to lift stay-at-home restrictions, drawing criticism from around the country, including mayors within the state, like Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. In fact, in the midst of Georgia’s early re-opening efforts on April 24, 2020 officials reported more than 1,000 deaths related to coronavirus the SAME day! […]

*Friday evening, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on denounced vandalism in her city as “chaos” after demonstrations over the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police turned violent. “What I see happening on the streets of Atlanta is not Atlanta. This is not a protest. This is not in the spirit of […]

*Narrowly, black Atlantans delivered this (mayoral) election for Keisha Lance Bottoms. The vote was divided by race. Maps show that Bottoms’s victory came from predominantly black neighborhoods of Atlanta’s west, southwest, south, southeast and east sides. Norwood carried neighborhoods in the predominantly white northern half of the city. Strikingly, the numbers indicate poor voter turnout for […]

[…] VIP guests included our hosts for the advance screening, Walmart, represented by Regine Moore, Director of Multicultural Marketing, and, T.I. who attended with his children. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms brought her family and joined Moore and T.I. to introduce the film and welcome theatergoers. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and family including children, mother, sister […]

NEW ORLEANS, LA: Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 7, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence) *In early May, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced at a news conference that she would […]

[…] reflects on her big week on Dancing With The Stars, and explains how dedicating her dance to fiancé Jeezy helped get her through her anxiety. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms visits and gives her opinion on the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor and whether the transcripts should be released. She also talks about how […]

Mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms *Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ordered on Thursday the closure of all restaurants, bars, nightclubs, private social clubs, fitness centers, gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys and arcades within the city limits, reports AJC.com. Bottoms posted a copy an executive order declaring that the coronavirus pandemic presented “an extreme likelihood of […]

Mary Norwood and Keisha Lance Bottoms *Atlanta’s got 99 problems, and it looks like mayoral candidate, Mary Norwood, might just be one of them! Last week, Rolling Out got hold of a jaw-dropping audio recording where Norwood used racially coded language during a Buckhead Young Republicans meeting back in June 2017. After urging people not to […]