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75th Secretary @USNavy under @BarackObama . Fmr. US Amb. to Saudi Arabia & Gov. of #Mississippi . CEO @TheMabusGroup . Proud dad of 3 daughters

West Virginia, USA

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Ray Mabus

1 year

I nearly quit @Twitter bec/of new ownership & repugnant, hateful content being allowed & even encouraged. I didn’t post for 6 mo. But as long as US democracy is under attack-w/ lies &often w/ violence-, as long as women are being denied right to control their

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4 years

All this time that I’ve been asking my 3 daughters’ opinions on a wide range of things-who knew I could have been paying them as consultants?

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As a former Governor of Mississippi, we tried this once before:it’s called treason & it was done to protect slavery. Your ideas are as awful as your spelling

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Mississippi Republican calls for his state to ‘succeed from the union’ after Biden victory

The Magnolia State voted to remove the Confederate battle flag symbol from its own state flag earlier this year.

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She’s an ELECTION COMMISSIONER! Mississippi’s issues didn’t end with changing the flag

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Mississippi election commissioner: "I'm concerned about voter registration in Mississippi," the commissioner wrote. "The blacks are having lots (of) events for voter registration. People in Mississippi have to get involved, too."

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Politicizing our military. Btw, all white people

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. @realDonaldTrump walks from the White House to the Historic St. John’s Church that was damaged during a night of unrest.

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#HarveyMilk was a Navy diver (1 of toughest jobs there is)who was kicked out only for being gay. Made our Navy weaker. I named a ship after #HarveyMilk bec/ he represented our values & he served. Still trying to learn which branch #TuckerCarlson served in

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Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️

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So grim. Here’s #TuckerCarlson basically celebrating the homophobic murder of San Francisco Board of Supervisors official #HarveyMilk just for being gay and proud of it back in the day. Poor Harvey is dead, while evil Tucker is still spewing hate and fomenting hateful violence.

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So Governor Reeves was far,far too late in entering a stay at home order for Mississippi but right on time for Confederate Heritage Month. Very odd set of priorities. Btw, what heritage is celebrated for a war the south fought to keep slavery?

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Honoring a traitor, Lee, on the same day as one of the great American heroes is perverse and awful

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Mississippi is one of two states that officially honors Robert E. Lee on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. This state lawmaker wants to change that.

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Ali H. Soufan

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Confederate generals weren’t our founding fathers. They were the founding fathers of a defeated Confederacy. They were a bunch of separatists who seceded and betrayed their oath to this great nation sparking a civil war that caused the death of more than 618,000 people.

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Was the same thing said about @POTUS when VP for President Obama 2 years into first term? Seems like the impossible standard set for a woman of color in the role & media plays huge role in this narrative

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4 years

No masks, no social distancing

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not exactly an overflow crowd at Trump's speech in Florida

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. @DeptofDefense implementing this bigoted plan hurts the military & everything it stands for. Evidently it’s not enough to be able to do the job & be a patriot. This is a stain on our country & tells our children that merit has no place, while prejudice does.

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The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

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The military will begin enforcing President Trump’s restrictions on transgender troops on April 12, according to a Pentagon memo

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So Mississippi has a Space Force! Won’t pay teachers a living wage, fails in education, pitiful on health care, tries to deny women control over their own bodies, suppresses voting rights but at least has a Space Force

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Mary Perez

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Gov. Bryant about to sign executive order 1446, establishing MS Space Force within MS National Guard. @sunherald

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The reason @USNavy will hit 300 ships (& 308 in '21) is bc of ships I built in @BarackObama Admin. Trump Admin had nothing to do with it. Takes a long time to build & even longer to rebuild a shrinking fleet. Unless this admin keeps building at my pace, fleet will shrink again.

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Defense News

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The US Navy will hit a milestone ship count in 2020; pours money into sailors, subs and unmanned tech

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I absolutely did not issue anything like this. It started with Fordice, an overt White supremacist. My question for Gov Reeves is “so what” if 5 Governors have signed it. Doesn’t make it right.

@jallen1985

CONFIRM JUDGE SCOTT COLOM 👨🏾‍⚖️

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Tate told @kobeevance today the five governors preceding him proclaimed Confederate Heritage Month. False— @SECNAV75 did not. Tate said he signs that proclamation out of a commitment to the status quo, which explains why he doesn't proclaim Juneteenth or redecorate Statuary Hall.

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Katrina killed 238 Mississippians which was rightly viewed as a tragedy. COVID has, so far, killed 7,710

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With great respect for my former prof @tribelaw , I don’t think this is the issue. Media has held her to a very different standard than any other VP. She & her team have worked tirelessly to get that message out. Media has to do much,much better.

@tribelaw

Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️

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If this terrific picture is accurate, @djrothkopf , the vital need is NOT for more people to see her “up close” as you have but for @VP and her team to do a better job of projecting that picture to the nation as a whole!!!

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Bravo to the US House of Reps, especially to the 5 house Republicans who broke ranks in order to stand against the bigoted #TransMilitaryBan & to keep our military strong. Thank you @RepJoeKennedy for your leadership. #ProtectTransTroops

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House passes resolution opposing Trump’s transgender military ban | CNN Politics

The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday expressing opposition to the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members in the military.

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COVID is far deadlier to Mississippi than Hurricane Katrina was. Having the Governor leave the state as cases spike is as bad as if the Governor had left just as Katrina was hitting

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Scores of Mississippi governors were ardent segregationists but the fact it was a “tradition” or the ‘status quo” didn’t make it right or less hateful. The only heritages of the Confederacy as far as I can tell are slavery and treason.

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Just contributed to the Madison County Library. Mayor has said will withhold funds unless the library removes all LGBTQ books. Help the library stand up to bigots

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4 years

This is also @Foxnews making a hero out of a war criminal & ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ completely wrongly inserting himself into military justice system. So much harm to military& individuals

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In ‘87 my slogan for Gov was”Mississippi will never be last again.” @tatereeves used those words Tues.night. Difference is I actually did things to make it happen like education, health care (expanded Medicaid to the max), protecting environment

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Ray Mabus

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Please, please, please stop broadcasting these “briefings” live

@Amy_Siskind

Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈

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MEDIA STOP BROADCASTING TRUMP’S SO-CALLED BRIEFINGS LIVE!!! STOP GIVING HIM FREE MEDIA LIKE YOU DID IN 2016 TO LIE AND HOLD CAMPAIGN RALLIES!!!

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We’ve never had a female VP or a person of color VP & so many people need to quit, consciously or not, holding her to a very different standard than previous White, male VPs

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This is what SCOTUS' decision is doing to women across America: putting their lives at risk. It will get worse in the next few weeks when a fed'l judge in Texas decides whether to impose a nationwide ban on mifepristone, used for abortion & miscarriage. Women's lives are at stake

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#TransMilitaryBan is a direct attack on a minority group’s civil rights. It sends the message that ability doesn’t count & that prejudice wins. This ban erodes our democracy & will seriously weaken the #USMilitary . #ProtectTransTroops

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Perspective | Donald Trump’s ‘trans ban’ reverses more than 70 years of military integration

The military has long been at the forefront of integration. Not anymore.

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Lucky for me I had parents who encouraged me to read everything I could.

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After visiting Afghanistan 12x as @SECNAV75 , seeing sacrifices our troops made there, going to dignified transfers of our fallen warriors,handwriting letters to families of everyone lost there,this is most reprehensible thing I can imagine

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Charlie Savage

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EXCLUSIVE: A Russian spy unit secretly offered bounties to militants in Afghanistan for killing American troops, U.S. intelligence officials found. Trump and White House have known for months, but not authorized any response. w/ @EricSchmittNYT @mschwirtz

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The 1st duty of an elected official is to protect the people he leads. ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ understands that. ⁦ @govtatereeves1 ⁩ does not

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Gov. Tate Reeves, upset over Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, says he will sue

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said he will be among a group of GOP governors suing President Joe Biden over COVID-19 vaccination requirement.

mississippitoday.org

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William Winter, best Governor Mississippi ever had (1980-84), & a beacon for equality, inclusion, ethics & education has died. Mississippi & USA so much better because of his life & service

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Discriminatory & intolerant #TransMilitaryBan goes into effect today. The American principle has always been abt what you can do, not who you are. Implementing this policy erodes our democracy & seriously weakens our military. Proud to #SupportTransTroops .

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Controversial Trump administration ban on transgender troops goes into effect

The order keeps transgender troops from serving openly and blocks troops from receiving care should they transition to another gender

www.cbsnews.com

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Marines just announced that men and women will train together at boot camp. Only 3 yrs after I gave directive to do this. To get a Marine job, only requirement is ability to do the job—gender is irrelevant.

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@MississippiGovernor overriding local stay at home orders. Does he just want people to get sick and some to die? This is real

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4 years

Why I believe we must have a new Commander in Chief

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National Security Leaders for America

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“The hardest job I ever had to do when I was Secretary of the Navy was writing letters to the family members of the people that we lost in combat…” Trump has failed our vets. This November, vote for a commander-in-chief who gives our troops the respect they deserve. #VOTEBIDEN

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#AGBarr : corrupt as the day is long—and today is the longest day of the year

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Trump Fires U.S. Attorney in New York Who Investigated His Inner Circle (Published 2020)

The president’s move heightened criticism that he was purging his administration of officials whose independence could be a threat to his re-election.

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In 1972, my dad, who grew trees & drove a pickup in a town of 1000 in MS sent a little money to Congresswoman Shirley Chisom saying it was time to have a Black woman as President. It only took 48 yrs & my dad’s been gone for 34yrs but finally 1 on ticket!

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When Vietnamese refugees came to the US a sizable number came to the Mississippi coast. They became and still are integral to their communities and the state. My last year as Gov-1991-many of the high schools on coast had a Vietnamese valedictorian

@JRubinBlogger

Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱

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Predictably, the xenophobic MAGA crowd is now screaming “invasion” when it comes to making good on our promises to take in refugees. Same thing happened after Vietnam. Look how Ford handled it.

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One correction: “The Navy” didn’t name a ship after Harvey Milk. I did as Secretary of the Navy. The Navy made Harvey Milk resign for being gay. Now they’re building a ship named after him.

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The Navy made Harvey Milk resign for being gay. Now they’re going to name a ship after him.

Milk was forced out of the military in 1955 after his superiors questioned him about his sexual orientation. He later became one of the nation’s first openly gay elected officials.

www.washingtonpost.com

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2 years

My article arguing that, to weaken Putin, we have to move off fossil fuels.

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Former Navy secretary: The addiction to fossil fuels empowers Putin

Climate change is a national security issue. Our dependence on fossil fuels is a national security issue.

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Why isn’t @Mississippi doing this? This failure putting all Mississippians at risk. #coronavirus #covid19 #shelterinplace #mississippi

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Hogan, Northam, Bowser order residents in Maryland, Virginia, D.C. to stay at home

With caseloads rising, Maryland’s governor says strong measures are needed to avoid disaster for the federal workforce.

www.washingtonpost.com

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3 years

The first duty of leaders is to protect those they are responsible for. Huge fail here

@ashtonpittman

Ashton Pittman

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BREAKING: The board that oversees Mississippi's colleges has voted to prohibit the state's colleges and universities from mandating COVID-19 vaccines. Today's IHL vote comes after MSU and UM's faculty senates voted FOR vaccine mandates on their campuses.

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I was so proud & honored to name an entire class of @USNavy ships for @repjohnlewis . His name & legacy will be carried around the globe for decades. RIP John Lewis

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As someone who oversaw Walter Reed-Bethesda as SecNav, this is so true and so awful.

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Maureen Dowd

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When Trump walked through the doors, Walter Reed had a stellar reputation. As he walks out 72 hours later, its reputation is in tatters. There's nothing Trump can't ruin.

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For the CO of the USS Theodore Roosevelt to send letter pleading on behalf of his crew meant that the chain of command had failed him. You know that this wasn’t his first action but only done in desperation. He also had to know that sending the letter would likely end his career

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#AMPAgala2019 . Proud to state the obvious: those who are willing to serve are patriots regardless of gender, gender identity, who they love, where they’re from, what color they are

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"I'm straight, white, right-handed, and have blue eyes. And not one of those things says anything about my ability to be a Marine," says former Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus.

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So privileged to be on the Board of World Central Kitchen. Great team w/ inspirational leadership in Jose Andreas

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Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳

@chefjoseandres

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Thank you @Trevornoah and all of you who have supported @WCKitchen ’s work over the past years…None of what we do is possible without you standing alongside us! I am so humbled & grateful… 🙏💛 Happy Holidays!

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So proud to be on this incredible list. We must have a new Commander in Chief

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National Security Leaders for America

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We are former public servants who have devoted our careers, and in many cases risked our lives, for the US. We are generals, admirals, senior noncommissioned officers, ambassadors & civilian #NatSec leaders. We are 489 National Security Leaders for Biden.

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To the media: you are enabling this. Quit carrying these live! You are making the same mistakes as 2016 but this time with much more dire consequences.

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Talking through a pandemic: Trump uses words as a weapon in coronavirus response

The president’s on-air ubiquity is part of a deliberate White House strategy to place him front and center as the pitchman and public relations impresario, posing a challenge for Joe Biden and other...

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Proud to be a small part of this list of extraordinary people

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I’m so tired of @VP just lying & ignoring rules and speaking over women

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Just threw these into the garbage. I used to love Dilbert & how it skewered dumb, bad leadership. But now w/ the racist rant of its creator, I just don’t want them in my house any more

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Gutting public schools and rewarding private schools. This isn’t a choice. This is simply moving tax money to mostly wealthy Mississippians and trying to wreck our public schools. Many of schools getting money were seg academies

@LynnFitchAG

Lynn Fitch

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Whether it's public, charter, private, magnet, online, or homeschooling, parents deserve the right to choose the education that's best for their children. Join me in celebrating #SchoolChoiceWeek and help all Mississippians achieve their dreams.

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34 years ago today, I was sworn in as Mississippi’s 60th Governor. It was a day of so much hope & potential.

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4 years

Another great former military leader steps up. True to ⁦ @USMC ⁩ motto: #SemperFidelis #AlwaysFaithful

Former Marine commandant on nationwide protests: 'The time for being silent has passed'

Gen. Robert Neller wrote an open letter to Americans urging them to stand up for what is right in the wake of George Floyd's death.

taskandpurpose.com

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So much for the ‘pro-life’ rhetoric

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Mississippi's infant mortality rate reaches a five-year high, and we continue to lead the nation in highest rate of infant deaths.

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Proud to have named a ship #USNS Medgar Evers

@KamalaHarris

Kamala Harris

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Civil rights hero Medgar Evers fought to end segregation in Mississippi and secure our right to vote up until his assassination in 1963. Before his death, he said, “You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” Let's honor his life by continuing his fight for voting rights.

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What a travesty. Honoring treason and defending slavery.

@ashtonpittman

Ashton Pittman

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On this penultimate day of Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, state offices are closed to commemorate Confederate Memorial Day. The year is 2024.

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Welcome to apartheid,Jim Crow,segregation.Mississippi,w/ largest Black population in US,most lynchings,resisted integration&voting rights w/violence& worst racial history in country back to being overt about racism. Be ashamed Mississippi Legislature

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"Apartheid" in Jackson, Mississippi

The Mississippi House, a body dominated by white Republicans, voted Tuesday to create a separate court system and police force for portions of Jackson, Mississippi — the second-Blackest city in the...

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You could see the talent & the potential when she was my Senior Military Assistant. She has been spectacular at every level and in every job. Bravo Zulu for this nomination

@HASCDemocrats

House Armed Services Democrats

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. @POTUS 's historic nomination of Adm. Lisa Franchetti as Chief of Naval Operations, making her the 1st woman to hold that post if confirmed, builds on our diversity and strength, as does her wealth of experience, skill, and knowledge. Diversity is our greatest strength.

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Confederate heritage: treason, slavery, losing

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Happy Confederate Heritage Month to all the traitorous rednecks who celebrate. Or American Hamas as I like to call them

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⁦ @POTUS ⁩ just couldn’t miss a chance to harm our military & give comfort to our adversaries

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Trump Fires Mark Esper, Defense Secretary Who Opposed Use of Troops on U.S. Streets (Published 2020)

Mr. Esper’s removal was quickly followed by speculation that the president was not finished: The F.B.I. director and the C.I.A. director could be next, according to administration officials.

www.nytimes.com

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What a Commander in Chief should be

@MuellerSheWrote

Mueller, She Wrote

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I'm proud to have voted for President Biden. And I will be proud to vote for him again.

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Now even @NASCAR has banned the confederate flag. Come on @Mississippi it's way past time to take it out of state flag. Do it now. Exactly what are you waiting for?

@Kevinliptakcnn

Kevin Liptak

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As Trump shuts down idea of renaming Confederate-named bases, this statement just in from @NASCAR : "The display of the confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR events and properties.”

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Still no coverage of this @washingtonpost @nytimes . Why?

@grantstern

Grant Stern 

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No wonder America’s fentanyl problem exploded while Trump was in office! His “doctor” was ordering PLENTY of it for the White House.

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Of course Mississippi can afford it. It’s not a question of money. It’s decency, compassion, or the lack thereof in the state’s leaders.

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Mississippi Today

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New research shows that Mississippi Medicaid expansion would create thousands of jobs and increase the state’s GDP and population.

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Mississippi now has 1 of fastest growth rates of virus in US. Result of reopening too soon, not having state-wide mask mandate ¬ following science

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Gov William Winter has tried for so long to get this done & suffered so much abuse. So glad he was a witness to the change. He’s the standard by which all Governors, Mississippi and otherwise, should be measured

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Wished news orgs had focused on anything relevant. Carried “both-sides-ism”to absurd extremes & look were it’s gotten us

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Ashton Pittman

2 years

Yeah, a lot of us were warning this would happen 7 years ago. I wish news orgs like the New York Times had focused as relentlessly on the Supreme Court in 2016 as they chose to focus on Her Emails™.

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VoteVets

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Lies and disinformation split the ranks, hurt unit cohesion, and weaken America's national defense. Tucker Carlson is a self-professed liar. He must be banned from military installations.

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4 months

OTD 1988 I was sworn in as the 60th Governor of Mississippi. So much hope for the future of Mississippi then

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Ray Mabus

4 years

Proud to have named a ship for @repjohnlewis . A true American hero.

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Jerry Mitchell

4 years

#OTD 1961, future @RepJohnLewis was released after 40 days in #Mississippi ’s most notorious prison, #Parchman . Jackson police had arrested him & other Freedom Riders who dared to enter a “whites-only” area. #Courage #TuesdayVibes #TuesdayThoughts

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Ray Mabus

2 years

Best economy in decades. Lowest unemployment in decades. Billions going for great stuff through COVID relief funds. But Biden “badly needs a win.” Press badly needs perspective

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Analysis | Breyer’s retirement gives Biden a fresh opportunity for a badly needed victory

The pending retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer could be just the kind of diversion the president would welcome.

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2 months

Hamas is a terrorist organization & 10/7 cannot be justified in any way. Neither can the ongoing Israeli response which has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians including a great many children.

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3 years

First in everything you want to be last in

@MSTODAYnews

Mississippi Today

3 years

The Institutions of Higher Learning voted last week to ban public universities from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for students, faculty and staff. The move appears to make it the first higher education governing board in the country to do so.

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2 years

White male entitlement. A diverse group is a much stronger group-true in the military, true everywhere. If everyone looks alike, thinks alike, comes from same background, the that group is much, much weaker

@ashtonpittman

Ashton Pittman

2 years

Half of Mississippians are women. 40% of Mississippians are Black. And half of Mississippi press conferences look like this:

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Ray Mabus

5 months

Worse than the original. When you’re in a hole, stop digging.

@kaitlancollins

Kaitlan Collins

@kaitlancollins

5 months

Nikki Haley again addresses her answer on the cause of the Civil War:

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Ray Mabus

4 years

Finally! Finally!Finally! The right & just thing to do.

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Ray Mabus

3 years

Bigotry, pure and simple

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Gov. Reeves to Sign Anti-Trans Athletes Bill Despite Economic Risks

Transgender teen and adult athletes in Mississippi could be forced out of sports teams that align with their gender or give up sports altogether after the Mississippi House approved Senate Bill 2536,...

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Ray Mabus

4 years

Only cowards duck debates. In 1987, I won Democratic primary 65-35 yet had 2 debates w/ Mike Sturdivant. Was ahead all fall yet had 2 debates w/Jack Reed. You don’t want to debate bec/ you’re too afraid

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1 year

Wait, wait, I know this: Nothing

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Opinion | What Pete Buttigieg could learn from Ron DeSantis

The transportation secretary failed a key test of leadership in the aftermath of the East Palestine, Ohio, trail derailment.

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Ray Mabus

7 months

Big congratulations & Bravo Zulu to my former Senior Military Aide now CNO. 1st woman ever on Joint Chiefs!! Well earned and deserved

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Senate confirms three more senior military officers around Tuberville blockade

The officers confirmed included Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Biden’s choice to lead the Navy, who will become the first woman on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Ray Mabus

4 years

Walmart removes Mississippi state flag from display in stores Absolutely right, @Walmart . It’s the “right thing to do.”

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Ray Mabus

2 years

Here’s the link to contribute to the library that’s been threatened with loss of funds by the Mayor if they don’t remove LGBTQ books. Help them stand up to bigots. Friends of the Ridgeland Library - Madison County MS - Fund Libraries

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Ray Mabus

10 months

All this nonsense being put into NDAA. I was in charge of @USNavy & @USMC for 8 yrs. A more diverse force is a much stronger force. Not interested in our warriors &families, not interested in protecting country. Only political theater. Shameful

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Ray Mabus

3 years

I wrote this 4 years ago. Finally, some of these hateful statues are coming down.

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Former Mississippi Gov: Every Confederate Statue Must Be Removed—Forever.

'We must continue to confront our history while honestly examining our failures'

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Ray Mabus

2 years

Since my slogan was “Mississippi Will Never Be Last Again” we were obsessed with metrics & MS moved out of last place in every single category. 2 that I’m especially proud of:we got way,way better in infant mortality &moved from last to almost midway in teacher pay

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Toby Barker

2 years

@SECNAV75 What rankings were different when you were governor?

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Ray Mabus

4 years

Incredibly powerful @statement by @BishopBudde

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Ray Mabus

4 years

Congratulations on using the word “lies”. Keep it up

@CNNPolitics

CNN Politics

4 years

Fact check: President Trump lies about voter fraud while states, CDC encourage voting-by-mail as pandemic-friendly option

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Ray Mabus

3 years

Politicizing something that should follow science. Recklessly putting peoples’ lives in danger. Mississippi still a COVID top 10 state. Governor should know better. Leadership is following the science which is unanimously against this

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As Texas and Mississippi move to open ‘100%’ and lift mask mandates, health officials warn: ‘It’s...

Republican governors lifted mask mandates and coronavirus restrictions in Texas and Mississippi, inspiring backlash from health experts and Democrats.

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Ray Mabus

2 years

A powerful and great speech

@POTUS

President Biden

2 years

Ukraine and its people are on the front lines fighting to save their nation. And their brave resistance is part of a larger fight for the essential democratic principles that unite all free people.

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1 year

own bodies, as long as racism &anti-semitism are not only seen as acceptable or even celebrated by too many, as long as cruelty & corruption continues in Mississippi politics, etc, etc, I want to stay in the fight. We’ll see if it’s worth it on this platform

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Ray Mabus

3 years

What a great day-christening the USNS Harvey Milk. Celebrating someone who was previously excluded just for who he was

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Ray Mabus

2 years

Wow.Naked ambition openly playing the race card to appeal to those worried about White supremacy on decline.He says be careful-don’t want kids taught to be tolerant, inclusive or to learn about state’s shameful racial past(& too often now, its present)

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Auditor Targets Anti-Racist Mississippi Library Books: ‘A Cancer On Our Society’

Mississippi State Auditor Shad White is endorsing proposed legislation to ban educators from teaching “anti-racist” ideas in schools and accused libraries in the state of stocking “racist” books that...

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Ray Mabus

8 months

Again, so much for being “pro-life”

@jallen1985

CONFIRM JUDGE SCOTT COLOM 👨🏾‍⚖️

8 months

Life expectancy at birth in Mississippi fell from 73.7 years to just 71.9 years over the past 20 years. Babies born in Mississippi can expect to live 1.8 years less than they would have lived if they had been born in Mississippi 20 years beforehand. #SaveMississippi

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Ray Mabus

4 years

Get rid of this statute don’t glorify it.

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Ray Mabus

5 years

32 years ago today I was elected Governor of Mississippi. So much hope, so much optimism then. Such an incredible honor.

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Ray Mabus

1 year

Now 14 of original 24 states which refused to expand Medicaid have expanded. Mississippi still hasn’t for no good reason except perhaps cruelty

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Opinion | The GOP’s epic defeat on health care is laid bare in North Carolina

In Congress, Republicans want to slash Medicaid. At the state level, momentum is moving in the opposite direction.

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Ray Mabus

4 years

When I was #governorofmississippi I aggressively expanded #Medicaid bec/ gave access to health care to so many #Mississippians . Now esp rural areas struggling w/ #COVID bec/ of #Legislature & #Governor callous refusal to expand #Medicaid under #ACA .Shameful

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Ray Mabus

7 years

Anyone who wants to serve and is able to serve should be allowed to serve. That's America!

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