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22 Jul, 8 tweets, 4 min read
NEWS: Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch just asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying it recognizes "a right that has no basis in the Constitution."

“The stare decisis case for overruling Roe and Casey is overwhelming," she said.
mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…
Fitch: “By returning the matter of abortion policy to state legislatures, we allow a stunted debate on how we support women to flourish. It is time for the Court to let go of its hold on this important debate.” mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…
Fitch: “There are those who would like to believe that Roe v. Wade settled the issue of abortion once and for all. ... The national fever on abortion can break only when this court returns abortion policy to the states..." mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…
"Mississippi has stunningly asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe and every other abortion rights decision in the last five decades," says Nancy Northup of the Center for Reproductive Rights @ReproRights. mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…
"Their goal is for the Supreme Court to take away our right to control our own bodies and our own futures—not just in Mississippi, but everywhere."

"If Roe falls, half the states in the country are poised to ban abortion entirely." -@ReproRights.
mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…
Fitch, the first woman to serve as Mississippi’s attorney general, said in her statement today that women have professional opportunities and protections against sex and pregnancy discrimination today that they did not have when Roe was decided in 1973. mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…
Fitch: “In 1973, there was little support for women who wanted a full family life and a successful career. Maternity leave was rare. Paternity leave was unheard of. ... The flexibility of the gig economy was a fairytale."
mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…
“By returning the matter of abortion policy to state legislatures, we allow a stunted debate on how we support women to flourish. It is time for the Court to let go of its hold on this important debate," @LynnFitchAG says, urging SCOTUS to overturn Roe. mississippifreepress.org/13989/mississi…

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20 Jul
NEW: The Mississippi Lottery raised $59 million for public school education during its first fiscal year.

While that money will help fund pre-K and school supplies programs, it won't reduce the state's $272 million education funding gap. Here's why.
mississippifreepress.org/13923/lottery-…
The education dollars from lottery revenues are “outside MAEP,” the state's school funding program, @ParentsCampaign's Nancy Loome said.

Still, "you can’t minimize” what pre-K funds and money to help teachers afford classroom supplies will mean, she said. mississippifreepress.org/13923/lottery-…
“It’s very helpful for teachers to not have to pay for school supplies out of their pocket, which is happening now in many cases because schools are so underfunded that they are limited in the school supplies that the schools can afford to supply."
mississippifreepress.org/13923/lottery-…
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20 Jul
It's about damn time.

Sean Hannity is an awful person. But whether he did this because he's worried about losing money in stocks or because he realizes it's not good for business if his audience dies... this is good.

Some people who would've died will probably live bc of this.
And that should tell you how many people are dead today who wouldn't be if Fox News handn't pushed disinformation on COVID and masks and vaccines since March 2020 to promote a political agenda and keep viewers riled up and outraged for ratings and $$$.
Yes, I know Sean Hannity said stupid stuff before and after this clip. He's Sean Hannity. That's a given.

But he has millions of loyal viewers/listeners. It's almost 100% some will change their minds after hearing this one part where he urged them to get vaccinated.m
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20 Jul
NEW: Hattiesburg was struggling to convince more residents to vaccinate.

On July 9, local health leaders announced $15,000 in cash prizes exclusively for people who get vaccinated by Aug. 8.

Vaccinations there just had their best 10-day period in months. mississippifreepress.org/13872/hattiesb…
“For so long last year we waited. We sacrificed collectively, individually, through social-distancing measures & mask requirements. ... While early vaccination numbers were encouraging, we have ... come to a standstill," Mayor Barker said on July 9.
mississippifreepress.org/13872/hattiesb…
The week after Hattiesburg announced $15,000 in vaccine giveaways, the number of people receiving at least one COVID-19 vaccine was up week-over-week by:

-49% in Lamar County
-35% in Forrest County

Statewide, vaccinations were up only 18% as Delta surged.mississippifreepress.org/13872/hattiesb…
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19 Jul
"The belief that the South's past is only worthy of national scorn...shows how Black Southern activists have been erased from its regional memory," @ProfTDParry says.

This is ongoing! Look at news coverage of Mississippi changing the state flag. 1/
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…
Black activists & lawmakers fought alone for decades to change Mississippi's state flag.

Most white lawmakers came in at the last hour last year (or no more recent than 2015) to support changing the flag. Guess who media heaped most of the credit on? 2/ mississippifreepress.org/3710/you-white…
That's why we wanted to make sure at @MSFreePress to tell the stories of Black activists & lawmakers, young and old, who led the fight to change the state flag.

That doesn't mean white lawmakers deserve no credit. But don't erase the ones who led! 3/ mississippifreepress.org/13375/black-mi…
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18 Jul
This conveniently ignores that Nina Turner's opponent, Shontel Brown, is also Black.
This is an example of media framing a narrative. It could've instead been written as:

"The Congressional Black Caucus is going all out to support a Black candidate in Shontel Brown over frontrunner Nina Turner."

But either would've ignored the fact that both women are Black.
It's also pretty clear why the CBC is backing Shontel Brown.

Nina Turner publicly refused to support Clinton over Trump in 2016, said Black voters only backed her due to "brand loyalty."

She compared voting for Biden to eating "half a bowl" of "shit."
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17 Jul
Anyone know which hospital this Mississippi nurse works at?

She tweets she's refusing to wear masks despite an administrative order because "they DO NOT WORK!!!" (False; many studies show they are effective).

She has since deleted this tweet. Susanne B, RN, with usernam...@BrewerBSN's twitter bio in...
This is her bio pic. It's important to know if this is widespread at her hospital or isolated bc she and other nurses/doctors at that hospital are constantly in contact with vulnerable patients. This is a life or death issue in hospitals. Image
She tweeted that she's a traveling nurse and she's currently working at a hospital in Sioux City, Iowa.

But that doesn't explain her original tweet which implies she's "here in Deep South Mississippi."
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