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Ashton Pittman

5 days

"—that nut job, Ashton Pittman, that works for the @MSFreePress , the head of the rainbow supremacy ... And I consider him the head of the Mississippi chapter of the Rainbow Supremacists—" A new bio line just dropped, I fear.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 months

This is the most foolass shit I've ever heard. I don't care if you have COVID, the flu, RSV or the common cold. STAY YOUR ASS AT HOME AND DON'T SPREAD THAT SHIT.

The Hill

@thehill

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The CDC is no longer recommending Americans to stay home after testing positive for COVID-19, a major shift in policy that comes as much of the country has moved on from the height of the pandemic.

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Ashton Pittman

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That isn't a smirk. It's called having lips.

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@Lea_Rebekka_

2 years

The smirk. She couldn't care less. Even holding hands again walking out. No class. Even now disrespecting #QueenElizabeth , traditions and protocol. Just there for the big historic shots and to testify her right of peddling her title, her right to exist. #MeghanMarkleGoHome

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 years

I talked to a friend today who very much knows who Zelensky is now, but had no idea that Trump's first impeachment was over an attempt to blackmail him. This context matters. And it should be in every American news report on him. Not everyone who is plugged in now was in 2019.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

12 days

Look at the frat boys in the background screaming, mocking, flipping her off, waving American flags. The hate—all because she and others are protesting against genocide—really sticks out. We've seen this before in Mississippi.

Justin Childs

@justinchildsMS

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So much hate, so much vitriol— just for standing up against the suffering of others.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

4 months

Every now and then we get the rare story about a Christian leader actually following the teachings of Jesus, and it often coincides with them being arrested. This is actual religious persecution of a Christian by the state. An actual violation of religious liberty.

NowThis Impact

@nowthisimpact

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Chris Avell, the pastor of Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, was arraigned in court on January 11 for charges related to building code violations after he kept his church open to provide warmth and shelter for unhoused individuals. He pleaded not guilty to the alleged violations.…

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10 months

Jason Aldean shot this at the site where a white lynch mob strung Henry Choate up at the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn., after dragging his body through the streets with a car in 1927. That's where Aldean chose to sing about murdering people who don't respect police.

Jason Aldean

@Jason_Aldean

10 months

When u grow up in a small town, it’s that unspoken rule of “we all have each other’s backs and we look out for each other.” It feels like somewhere along the way, that sense of community and respect has gotten lost. Deep down we are all ready to get back to that. I hope my new…

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11 months

Today: -Pat Robertson has died -Supreme Court has upheld voting rights for Black voters in Alabama -Trump is indicted in Miami -Cracker Barrel has fallen

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@ashtonpittman

2 years

NFL to Eminem: "DO. NOT. KNEEL." Eminem: "This opportunity comes once in a lifetime."🧎🏻

The Recount

@therecount

2 years

Eminem taking a knee for Kaepernick?

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@ashtonpittman

1 year

After suspending Kanye West for antisemitism, @ElonMusk has restored the account of Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, publisher of The Daily Stormer, the internet's largest neo-Nazi website.

Right Wing Watch

@RightWingWatch

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Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, who was booted off Twitter in 2013, has had his account restored.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

3 years

When women do their jobs too well:

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@ashtonpittman

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Fox News posted a TikTok from someone with "kkk" at the end of their handle.

Fox News

@FoxNews

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PROUD AMERICANS: Anti-Israel agitators silenced as Ole Miss students gather to sing the Star Spangled Banner.

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4 years

BREAKING: JFP confirms that Democrat Shanda Yates, a 38-year-old political newcomer, defeated GOP incumbent Bill Denny in the Mississippi House District 64 race 51%-49%. Denny has held that seat since 1987—when she was 6. Dems didn't even field a challenger in 2015. #MSelex

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 years

Watch the right-wing media try to turn the Highland Park massacre into a story about Black people in Chicago—rather than a story about a gun massacre in a 90% white suburb 30 miles north of Chicago.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

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A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine. Is this heart warming? (Video: @StaceyJSpiehler )

Governor Tate Reeves

@tatereeves

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The ‘protests’ at Ole Miss today. Watch with sound. Warms my heart. I love Mississippi!

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@ashtonpittman

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Rep. Mike Collins, R-Georgia, praises a video showing a University of Mississippi frat boy dancing like a monkey and making monkey noises near a Black woman student who was protesting for Palestine while other frat boys chant "lock her up."

Rep. Mike Collins

@RepMikeCollins

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Ole Miss taking care of business.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

5 years

If you’re more outraged by Nike canceling a shoe than by your government locking babies, children, and adults up in cages and telling them to drink out of the toilet if they want water, then it’s time to worry less about your soles and more about your soul. #WalkAwayFromNike

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

4 years

When Rosa Parks sat at the front of the bus, she didn't endanger other people's lives. She endangered whiteness. I know it is difficult for some people to separate the two, though.

Willie Geist

@WillieGeist

4 years

White House economic advisor Stephen Moore says Americans protesting stay-at-home orders are “modern-day Rosa Parks.” “I call these people the modern-day Rosa Parks — they are protesting against injustice and a loss of liberties.” @WashingtonPost

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 years

Tameka Drummer, 48, is now in the 14th year of a life in prison for being caught in possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana in Mississippi in 2008. What Russia is doing to Brittney Griner is evil. What America's "justice" system does to many of our own people is also evil.

Dan Price

@DanPriceSeattle

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If you think Russia sentencing Brittney Griner to prison for cannabis is wild, wait until you hear about the U.S. prison system

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 years

Jackson Public Schools announced that six schools are going ALL VIRTUAL this morning—but NOT because of COVID. They're going all virtual because they lack running water. Jackson, Mississippi, folks. A capital city in the richest nation on earth.

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@ashtonpittman

5 years

Donald Trump & the GOP for years falsely claimed Hillary Clinton used the Clinton Foundation for self gain. A judge just ordered Trump to pay $2million for violating charity laws by using Trump Foundation donations to help his campaign. It's a settlement.

Trump ordered to pay $2M in settlement over Trump Foundation lawsuit

President Trump has been ordered to pay $2 million to nonprofit groups as part of a settlement in a lawsuit alleging he used his charity’s funds for personal and political means.The New York S…

thehill.com

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1 year

Honestly, the fact that Florida has become this much of a fascist state this quickly without mass, unruly protests erupting is a bad sign for the future of freedom and liberty in America.

Florida’s Voice

@FLVoiceNews

1 year

#BREAKING : Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is revoking the Hyatt Regency Miami's alcohol license for hosting a "sexually explicit show with children present" The venue hosted "A Drag Queen Christmas" on Dec. 27, 2022

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 years

Just thought I'd see how things are going on Twitter tod— Good lord. 😳

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4 years

BREAKING: Mississippi overwhelmingly voted to end a Jim Crow-era "electoral college"-like system for picking governors, which was intended to dilute the power of Black voters. Mississippi will now choose top elected officials only by popular vote. #MSElex

Mississippi Votes to End Jim Crow Electoral College-Like System; Popular Vote to Choose Governor

Mississippi has voted to end a Jim Crow-era constitutional provision intended to dilute the Black vote and ensure white voters would be able to choose governors and other statewide officials. It...

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

3 months

Fanni Willis' affair is getting more media attention than a court finding that the GOP front runner raped a woman did.

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@ashtonpittman

3 years

On 9/2/20, Brent wrote, "I've never taken a flu shot and I'll never take a COVID shot." On 5/3/21: "Zinc & vitamin D regiment > Moderna and Pfizer" On 6/23/21: "This is Brent's daughter... dad died of COVID...PLEASE save your families this heartache. Go get your shot." 😞😔😔

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 years

This kind of hypocrisy is why I left evangelical Christianity. Y'all with make life hell for gay people. Y'all will harass women at abortion clinics. But y'all will coddle abusive men and portray them as victims while treating their actual victims as minions of the devil.

Ron Filipkowski

@RonFilipkowski

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Pro-lifers praying with Herschel this morning to put the armor of God on him to shield him from his own son’s truth bombs.

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3 months

If Kelly Clarkson lost weight because she was pre-diabetic, why do people care if she did it using Ozempic or through old-fashioned dieting? Our culture will shame people for being fat but then shame them for losing weight without enough "struggle" or "sacrifice."

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@ashtonpittman

5 years

WATCH: I counted 20 times Cindy Hyde-Smith looked down at the two large stacks of notes in front of her during just the first two questions. Candidates weren't supposed to bring notes in with them, but her campaign demanded & was given access to notes over an hour prior. #MSSen

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@ashtonpittman

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BREAKING: Authorities have released Mississippi civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson after she said Lexington Police "unlawfully" arrested her while she was filming a traffic stop. Before her arrest, she complained to the DOJ about Lexington PD.

Lexington Releases Civil Rights Lawyer Arrested Filming Officers

Authorities have released civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson after Lexington Police arrested her while she filmed a traffic stop.

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1 year

@WomenReadWomen If I found myself aligning more closely with the Taliban than with the woman who took a bullet to the head as a child while standing up for women's rights, I'd reconsider my beliefs and try to figure out where I went wrong. Just saying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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3 months

Donald Trump is the reason IVF is now illegal in Alabama. National media has gotta stop laundering this man's words when they contradict his actions.

NBC News

@NBCNews

3 months

BREAKING: Former President Trump calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect IVF services after state Supreme Court ruling.

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4 years

Mike Espy is polling better in his race against GOP U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi than Amy McGrath is against Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. Dems have donated $47.3 million to McGrath. They've given $1.35 million to Espy. He'd be MS's first Black senator since 1881.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

2 years

Six years ago this month, Hillary Clinton tweeted that "A Republican president could nominate as many as 4 Supreme Court justices" & linked a warning that it could lead to the end of Roe v. Wade. Her replies were filled with left-wingers accusing her of "fear mongering."

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@ashtonpittman

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The U.S. health care industry, in a single headline.

The Intellectualist

@highbrow_nobrow

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Goldman Sachs: Are cures bad for business?

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@ashtonpittman

5 years

Border agents took antibiotics away from her sick baby & detained them in a freezing cell called an icebox. When she asked for help, agents called her an “invader” who “wasn’t in a position to be asking for anything.” After 5 days, the baby had pneumonia.

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@ashtonpittman

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There's something awful about mocking a young woman for crying because the demand to commute for 3 hours a day to work an 8 hour/day job is too much. It IS too much. People deserve so much more time for friends/family/hobbies than the accepted U.S. work arrangement allows.

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@ashtonpittman

5 years

In 2016, Julian Assange declined to publish 68 gigabytes worth of leaked Russian docs that could have helped exposed the Russian government’s corrupt activities in Ukraine, even as it selectively leaked thousands of files designed to harm Hillary Clinton.

WikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign

The leak organization ignored damaging information on the Kremlin to focus on Hillary Clinton and election-related hacks.

foreignpolicy.com

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Ashton Pittman

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3 years

Can we be honest? A lot of the people who say "Blue Lives Matter," but what they mean is, "Blue Lives Matter so long as I feel like they serve the goals of white male supremacy." When they don't feel that "Blue Lives" are doing that, they turn against them...quite quickly.

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@JoshuaPHilll

3 years

MAGA and Proud Boys are fighting cops in DC tonight.

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2 years

Now we know what Elon Musk's vague tweet predicting escalating "political attacks" on him yesterday was about: his effort to discredit the story on this story (right), which he knew was coming.

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Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

11 months

No "I respectfully dissent" today. Jackson: "Because the majority's judgment stunts that progress without any basis in law, history, logic, or justice, I dissent." Sotomayor: "Because the Court's opinion is not grounded in law or fact ... dissent." #SCOTUS #affirmativeaction

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@ashtonpittman

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Joe Biden's first son, first wife and first daughter are buried in the cemetery you shouted across to ask if he'll pardon his only living son—a question he already answered with "No" yesterday.

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NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked to Brett Favre about getting state funds to pay the remaining $1.6 million he owed on a volleyball stadium at USM after the State stopped using welfare funds for the project. We have the text messages. 🧵

Texts: Gov. Reeves Talked to Brett Favre About Using State Funds For Volleyball Facilities

Brett Favre sought Gov. Tate Reeves’ help to get state funds to pay for millions he owed on a volleyball project at his alma mater.

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The University of Mississippi student who made the monkey noises at a Black woman has been kicked out of his fraternity. Phi Delta Theta announced his removal today. Earlier, the UM NAACP called on UM to expel Phi Delta Theta member JP Staples.

Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

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A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine. Is this heart warming? (Video: @StaceyJSpiehler )

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6 months

At least 9 precincts in Hinds County—Mississippi's most populous county and the home of the 83%-Black capital city of Jackson—have run out of ballots in the statewide election. The polls are set to close at 7 p.m., but court orders could keep them open.

Ross Adams

@radamsWAPT

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BREAKING At least 9 Hinds county precincts have run out of ballots, according to the clerk. Election officials are now scrambling to quickly print new ballots and rush them out to the polling places. It could be a long night this Election Day.

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11 months

Two Americas

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This is a wildly flattering portrait

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@ashtonpittman

4 years

So this happened today: A Black Mississippi State football player ran out onto the field carrying a Mississippi flag—a Mississippi flag free of our Confederate, slave-owning past.

Mississippi State Athletics

@HailState

4 years

HAIL STATE

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Taylor Swift began her career in country under the shadow of the Dixie Chicks being banned from country radio for speaking against Bush. This is the moment 5 years ago when she told her dad and managers she was done being polite and quiet about politics.

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Here's my biggest hangup with Mastodon: I don't want to be siloed into a server. I'm not just gay. I'm not just a journalist. I'm not just someone who enjoy music. I like interacting with all of you in one big chaotic space and exchanging thoughts on all these things.

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2 years

LATEST: 180,000 people in Jackson will be without safe water for drinking or even brushing their teeth "for an unknown period of time," Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in an emergency press briefing tonight. He warns: "DO NOT DRINK THE WATER."

‘Do Not Drink The Water’: Jackson Water System Failing For 180,000 People

The Jackson water system is failing and water across the city is entirely unsafe to drink, officials said.

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@ashtonpittman

5 years

We‘ve obtained photos from Cindy Hyde-Smith’s high school yearbook, revealing she attended a segregation academy set up so that white parents wouldn’t have to send their kids to school with black kids. The mascot even carried a Confederate flag. #MSSen

Hyde-Smith Attended All-White ‘Seg Academy’ to Avoid Integration

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith attended and graduated from a segregation academy that were set up so that white parents could avoid having to send their children to schools with black students, a...

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BREAKING: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issues statewide mask mandate. "I want to see college football. The best way for that to occur is for us all to realize is that wearing a mask, as irritating as that can be & I promise I hate it more than anyone watching, is critical."

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5 years

BREAKING: Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal conversations with Vladimir Putin, including taking possession of the notes of his own interpreter & instructing the linguist not to discuss what had transpired with other admin officials.

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@ashtonpittman

3 years

Megyn Kelly's The Delta Fall Plans Variant

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@ashtonpittman

4 years

The national press' sudden obsession with court packing is interesting. Where was that interest when McConnell blocked all of President Obama's federal court nominees from 2015-2017, allowing Trump to inherit 100 vacancies and pack the courts with (mostly white male) GOP picks?

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Let the record show that any Democrat who declines to answer the court-packing question should be credited with being in favor of it. Problem solved.

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NEW: A trans girl missed her graduation after a Trump-appointed judge allowed the school district to forbid her from attending the ceremony unless she wore male attire. She's lived authentically as a girl all through high school with no issue until now.

Trans Girl Misses Graduation After Refusing To Dress As Boy

A transgender Gulfport teen girl missed graduation at Harrison Central High after a judge allowed the school to force her to dress as a boy.

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I'm at the Marion County Library board meeting over efforts to ban "Heartstopper," which has now morphed into an effort to ban at least 14 other books. It is an extremely white crowd. I only see one Black attendee in the room. This is a 32% Black county.

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@ashtonpittman

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A whopping 73% of Mississippians voted FOR medical marijuana in 2020. The MS Supreme Court just struck the will of those voters down today—along with the ENTIRE ballot initiative process. They also killed initiatives already underway for early voting & Medicaid expansion.

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BREAKING: After one week, Pearl River Central High School has quarantined 40% of its entire student body. When classes began, the school board made masks optional for a more "normal" school year. Now, the entire school district is going virtual.

Pearl River High School Quarantines 40% Of Students In First Week, District Goes Virtual

An entire Mississippi school district is going virtual after Pearl River Central High School has ordered 40% of its student body to quarantine after just one week of classes. Classes began at the...

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@ashtonpittman

3 years

Emmett Till has been dead for 66 years and people still won't leave this forever 14-year-old boy's memorials alone.

Emmett Till Interpretive Center

@etic_tillcenter

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Today, we found out that the Emmett Till historical marker in front of Bryant’s Grocery in Money, MS, is missing. It appears to have been hit by a vehicle and removed.

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@g0ldf1nch @WomenReadWomen You honestly think that a woman who, as a child took a bullet to the head while standing up for women's rights, only supports trans rights because she bowed to social pressure? Be serious. Your misogyny is showing.

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NEW: Mississippi state offices remained open today on the Juneteenth federal holiday—even though officials closed state offices two months ago to celebrate the state's Confederate Memorial Day holiday.

Mississippi Closed State Offices For Confederate Holiday, But Not Juneteenth

State offices remained open in Mississippi during the Juneteenth federal holiday, even though they were closed for Confederate Memorial Day.

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2 years

NEW: We've published a MASSIVE timeline on the Mississippi welfare scandal focused on Brett Favre and the volleyball stadium state officials helped him build with millions in welfare funds. Read the texts and review the docs to see how it all went down:

Mississippi Welfare Scandal Timeline: Brett Favre and the Volleyball Stadium

More than $5 million in TANF funds went toward a volleyball-stadium project Brett wanted Favre and $1.1 million went to Favre himself.

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@ashtonpittman

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Frat bros at @OleMiss chant, "Lizzo! Lizzo!" and shout, "F**k you fatass, f**k you b*tch" at a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine. Do people really think these counterprotestors are doing it to support Jews?

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VIDEO: Staffers caught dragging, slapping, & pushing migrant children at a detention facility operated by Southwest Key (a nonprofit whose CEO makes millions on the backs of undocumented children). Full video as obtained by the Arizona Republic:

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2 years

Fantastic story on how a conservative white U of Mississippi law student who hoped to have a future in Republican politics is taking a Critical Race Theory class & calls it "the most impactful & enlightening course I have taken." From ⁦ @mintamolly ⁩:

Inside Mississippi's only class on critical race theory

As Republican lawmakers push to ban critical race theory, here’s how the class changed the mind of one conservative Mississippian.

mississippitoday.org

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@ashtonpittman

2 years

THREAD: In July 2017, Brett Favre met with Mississippi DHS Director John Davis and non-profit operator Nancy New. They would help him get millions in welfare funds to pay for a volleyball stadium at USM—where his daughter was about to play volleyball. 1/

In-Depth: How Brett Favre Got $6 Million in Welfare For A Volleyball Stadium

Brett Favre pushed the governor and a non-profit operator to fund an $8 million volleyball stadium. Millions came from TANF welfare funds.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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@ashtonpittman

6 months

Whatever happens in #MSGov tonight, Mississippi has a serious democracy problem and we need to reckon with how hard it is for so many to cast a ballot here. Too many were sent to the wrong polling places today, waited hours for new ballots to be printed, etc. This isn't OK.

Ashton Pittman

@ashtonpittman

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NEW: Mississippi's state election system has missing, incomplete, incorrect or outdated addresses for at least 92 voting precincts, our investigation has found. The state's online polling place locator relies on this data to tell voters where to go:

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A lot of Mississippians are trying to treat COVID with cow deworming meds. MSDH: "At least 70% of the recent calls (to poison control) have been related to ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers."

Man Hospitalized After Taking Livestock Ivermectin From Feed Store For COVID-19

At least one individual has been hospitalized in Mississippi after injecting ivermectin intended for treating worms in livestock, the Mississippi State Department of Health revealed today.

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NEW: Rep. Bennie Thompson sent a letter to the DOJ asking them to investigate whether or not former Gov. Phil Bryant directed $1.1 million in Temporary Assistance For Needy Families funds to his friend, retired NFL star Brett Favre.

Rep. Thompson Asks DOJ To Investigate Gov. Bryant For Favre Welfare Payments

Rep. Bennie Thompson asked the DOJ to investigate ex-Gov. Phil Bryant over welfare money that went to Brett Favre.

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BREAKING: An 8th grade Mississippi girl died this morning hours after testing positive for COVID-19. She attended classes throughout the week at a school that began with no mask mandate. Yesterday, Gov. Tate Reeves downplayed the danger to schoolchildren.

Mississippi 8th Grader Dies With COVID Hours After Reeves Downplays Child Cases

An eighth-grade girl died this morning in Raleigh, Miss., mere hours after testing positive for COVID-19. She had attended classes during the week.

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In 2012, Marco Rubio spoke right after actor Clint Eastwood, who spent 10 minutes on the RNC stage shouting at an empty chair.

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Brilliant move! No one is more in touch with the challenges & obstacles faced by everyday Americans than actors & celebrities.

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Only in America do public school teachers race one another to scrounge around on the floor to collect $1 bills in order to... *checks notes* fund their classrooms. This isn't heartwarming. It's dysfunctional, dystopian shit.

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NEW: Gov. Tate Reeves says that Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan is evidence that "the Democrat[ic] Party hates working people." But federal data shows a family air-conditioning business he co-owns received $191,217 in PPP loan forgiveness.

Mississippians May See Student Loan Debt Drop $10,000-$20,000

Hundreds of thousands of Mississippians could see their student loan debt significantly reduced or eliminiated.

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NEW: Former Gov. Phil Bryant is the target of a subpoena for information on how $5 million in TANF welfare funds that should've gone to Mississippi's poorest were instead used to build a fancy volleyball stadium that Bryant's friend, Brett Favre, wanted.

Gov. Phil Bryant Subpoenaed In Welfare Fraud Case Involving Brett Favre, USM

Phil Bryant was subpoenaed over communications related to Mississippi's TANF welfare scandal, a USM volleyball stadium and Brett Favre.

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NEW: The Mississippi State Auditor is demanding that Brett Favre return $828,000 he received in "illegally spent welfare funds" that should have gone to needy families. But Favre is not among the six facing criminal charges for the scheme.

Brett Favre Must Return $828,000 in 'Illegally Spent Welfare Funds,' State Auditor Says

NFL star Brett Favre must return $828,000 he received from welfare funds that should have gone to needy families, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White said in a statement today.

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At a Mississippi school, the children and family members of immigrants plucked out of their workplaces by federal agents in today’s historic #ICEraids weep, unsure when or if they’ll see their loved ones again. Their back to school week. Shared with permission from Miriam Sanchez

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@DerekJameson18 @AlexJaySINGER When they give you a raise 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

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This, as my pastor used to say, is a lie straight from the pits of hell.

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As a journalist, I have never kissed a subject at the end of an interview.

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White supremacists gathered around civil rights martyr Emmett Till's memorial today with a Mississippi Flag & a League of the South flag to film a racist propaganda video. The Emmett Till Interpretive Center's security cams at the now-bulletproof monument caught them. 1/

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@scttfrnks @nypost Uh, drag isn't new. There is no "rise of drag." There is a rise in conservative media being hysterical about drag and obsessing over it and constantly putting it in our faces every day to screech and cry and blame it for all societal ills.

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@elonmusk Decent people aren't going to remain on a platform that you turn into a cesspool of harassers, conspiracy theorists, Nazis and abusive misogynists (to name a few). You're purposefully setting out to destroy this platform to salvage your own man child ego.

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Kirstie Alley claims "more girls than ever are getting pregnant & abortion rates are out the roof," blaming sex education. Teen Pregnancy Rate 1990: 117.6 in 1,000 (historic peak) 2013: 43.4 (historic low) Teen Abortion Rate 1988: 44.0 (historic peak) 2013: 10.6 (historic low)

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I edited Trump's tweet to remove all the false parts.

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People who stood behind Trump for four years are suddenly complaining about "dark" and "divisive" speeches and you shouldn't even bother to assume any good faith or seriousness on their part.

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@PopBase Y'all seriously excluded the woman with THIS voice?

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10 a.m. today: President Trump will declare a National Emergency at the border. 4:20 p.m. today: In light of these grave circumstances, President Trump will depart for Palm Beach, Florida, where he will spend the weekend golfing at his private beach resort, Mar-a-Lago.

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Here’s Trump’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.)

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@PopBase And he's 100% correct.

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NEW: Democratic Mississippi US Senate candidate Mike Espy raised more in one day than any candidate in state history after Justice Ginsburg's death. His $500,000 weekend haul is more than triple what the GOP incumbent raised over a three month period.

Mike Espy Breaks Fundraising Record After Ginsburg’s Death as Hyde-Smith Backs Trump

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy raised more money on Saturday than any Mississippi candidate for federal office has raised in any one day in history, the campaign said. The record-breaking...

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In 2016, a host asked Hillary Clinton what’s something she always has in her bag. “Hot sauce,” she said. Critics claimed she said this to pander to black voters because of Beyoncé’s “hot sauce in my bag” lyric. But she has been talking about hot sauce in her bag for 20+ years.

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Celebrity media: "Taylor Swift is fat now that she's no longer starving herself to match our requirements." Same celebrity media: "Is Taylor Swift being fatphobic for the way she's discussing her past eating disorder & body dysmorphia? Why would she feel bad about her body?"

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After being labeled as “fatphobic” by people online, Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’ music video has been edited on Apple Music to remove scene which shows her stepping on a bathroom scale that reads “fat.”

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@JDVance1 Violent Crime Rate Per 1,000 residents: New York City: 5.31 Cincinnati: 8.43 Remind me which of these two cities you're from again?

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WOW. Lines to vote absentee ballot in Mississippi is NOT something we’re used to seeing. Huge. #MSSen

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People are standing in line outside the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson, #Mississippi , to vote absentee in US Senate runoff between Mike Espy & Cindy Hyde-Smith. Those who were in line before noon deadline will be able to vote. #MSsen

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John Harwood: "Why would (Kanye) do that?" President Obama: "He's a jackass." Still holds up 13 years later.

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She was speaking at the McConnell Center, named for Mitch McConnell, after being introduced by Mitch McConnell.

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“Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution.”

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If I were uber wealthy, I'd simply not tempt fate and visit the watery grave of the Titanic where John Jacob Astor learned how little ungodly wealth impresses the Atlantic abyss. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Billionaire Hamish Harding is reportedly one of the five people on board the missing submarine that was meant to take tourists down to see the Titanic’s shipwreck.

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After 7 years as governor, Phil Bryant’s Mississippi... -has the highest infant mortality rate in US; nearly 1% of infants born die shortly after birth -is #50 in clinical care for infants/kids -has the 2nd highest child mortality rate But we did pass some abortion bans. #msleg

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We will all answer to the good Lord one day. I will say in this instance, “I fought for the lives of innocent babies, even under threat of legal action.”

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NEW: Robert Foster, a Mississippi Republican businessman who ran for governor in 2019, says he wants supporters of transgender rights "to be lined up against (a) wall before a firing squad to be sent to an early judgment."

Ex-GOP Gov Candidate Calls For ‘Firing Squad’ For Trans Rights Supporters

Robert Foster called for the execution of political foes who support the rights of transgender people by firing squad.

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The racist hatred of Duchess Meghan Markle is so very unhinged that these people think the presence of lips is indicative of spite.

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