“In the first wave, Black and Brown people, including Choctaw people, bore the brunt of this pandemic. But ever since mid-summer, Black and Brown and Choctaw people stepped up. ... So now it’s time for white people in Mississippi to step up." mississippifreepress.org/6219/white-mis…
Today, Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs told me that "big parts of the white community" have not been as "compliant" in masking and social distancing.
Dr. Douglas Chambers: “White people are driving the COVID pandemic in Mississippi. They have been since June, but especially in the past six weeks. There appears to be a ‘white folks problem’ in Mississippi." mississippifreepress.org/6219/white-mis…
Most Mississippi voters required to vote in person on Election Day—with no mask requirements.
Chambers: “By then, we’ll be smack in the middle of the 2nd wave. And since white people are driving the pandemic, they’re going to suffer disproportionately." mississippifreepress.org/6219/white-mis…
Dr. Chambers: "Mississippi owes Black and Brown & Choctaw people a debt of gratitude, because if they had not done so, it’s very likely that our total caseload would be double. Right now we would be talking about 200,000 confirmed cases" & "6,000 deaths." mississippifreepress.org/6219/white-mis…
Increases in total #COVID19 cases in Mississippi yesterday:
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said he was surprised that so many Mississippians quickly "abandoned" wearing masks after Gov. @TateReeves ended the mandate two weeks ago.
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THREAD: Two days after a White House meeting with Vice President Pence, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves ended the mask mandate, hailing its success at beating back the summer surge & saying he trusted Mississippians would keep masking without gov't force. 1/ mississippifreepress.org/5988/mississip…
A week later, Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said the state's progress in the fight against COVID-19 was "unraveling" as Mississippians "rapidly" abandoned mask use.
On Thursday, Mississippi reported 1,322 new cases—the most in a single day since the summer peak on July 30.
It was the first time the state had reported 1,000 cases or more since the mask mandate took effect. MS reported 1,100 cases on Friday. 3/ mississippifreepress.org/6219/white-mis…
The Eric Trump Foundation told donors their money would go to a kids' cancer charity. Instead...
-$1.2 million went to the Trump Org
-$100k to the Trump Foundation
-$500k to Trump-connected charities, including 4 that paid to host golf tournaments on Trump courses
Forbes reported this story about Eric Trump in 2017, but most Americans have never heard of it.
There have been dozens of one-time reports about Trump kids, including Ivanka and Trump Jr, profiting off the presidency since 2017, but they all fizzle out. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…
It's telling that some outlets, 2 weeks before the election, are chasing stories about Hunter Biden that they know come from Russian disinfo campaigns like the one that got Trump impeached—and even publishing texts he sent from rehab.
NEW: “The only people interested in debates are reporters and losing candidates," U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said today when asked why she hasn't agreed to debate her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy.
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith: "The only people interested in debates are reporters and losing candidates." (WAPT)
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?
The press knows why Biden and others aren't answering the question, "Will you pack the courts?"
The courts are already packed with white men that McConnell ensured Trump would be able to pick when he blocked Obama's nominees. 2/
McConnell's blocking of Obama's nominees in 2015-2017 left so many vacancies that Donald Trump (who lost the popular vote by 3 million) appointed more judges in one 4-year term than Barack Obama (who won by 10 million in 2008 and 5 million in 2012) did in 8 years. 3/
NEW: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says Republicans are "coming guns loaded" and "packed" to fight any Democratic efforts to delay Amy Coney Barrett's hearings.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith vowed Republicans are "coming guns loaded" to stop Democratic efforts to derail the Barrett nomination while talking to anti-gay American Family Radio host Tony Perkins.
Hyde-Smith's campaign calls criticism of the remark "ridiculous" and says "she will defend Judge Amy Coney Barrett from the barrage of unfair attacks being thrown at her by the left.” mississippifreepress.org/6085/were-comi…
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