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26 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Not only did Chuck Todd let Meghan McCain tell a lie on air without correcting her, but @MeetThePress then tweeted the lie as fact with no fact check. So here's a fact check:

Support for "Build Back Better" plan by poll:

Navigator: 66%
LCV: 73%
Data for Progress: 66%
SEIU: 65%
The Navigator poll was for Sept. 9-13; details here: navigatorresearch.org/wp-content/upl… Image
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) poll was in August; details here: climatepower.us/wp-content/upl…
Data for Progress poll was in August; details here: filesforprogress.org/datasets/2021/…
SEIU poll was for Sept. 8-11; details here: d3jpbvtfqku4tu.cloudfront.net/img/Hart-SEIU-…

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28 Sep
NEW: Overturning Roe v. Wade will "empower" women to pursue careers and raise children, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says. She says times have changed.

But there are a lot of reasons to think that's... not exactly true. So here's a thread. 1/
mississippifreepress.org/16319/overturn…
AG Fitch's claim about ending Roe v. Wade: “Think about...the babies that will be saved, the mothers that will get the chance to really redirect their lives. You have the option to achieve your dream goals and have those beautiful children as well.” 2/
mississippifreepress.org/16319/overturn…
Fitch claims changes since 1973 make Roe and abortion no longer necessary for women. She cites laws "addressing pregnancy discrimination, requiring leave time, (and) assisting with child care" as allowing women to pursue careers and "rich family lives." 3/
mississippifreepress.org/16319/overturn…
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25 Sep
Oh, the ways I love Kacey Musgraves:

🎵And my mama cried
When she realized
I ain't pageant material
I'm always higher than my hair
And it ain't that I don't care about world peace
But I don't see how I can fix it in a swimsuit on a stage 🎵
I mean, this woman knows southern society:

🎶Oh, I bet you think you're John Wayne
Showing up and shooting down everybody
You're classic in the wrong way
And we all know that you know the story 🎶
I mean, does she not?!

🎶If you ain't got two kids by 21
You're probably gonna die alone
At least that's what tradition told you
And it don't matter if you don't believe
Come Sunday mornin', you best be there
In the front row like you're supposed to 🎶
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24 Sep
NEWS: Remember Will Norton, the ex-University of Mississippi journalism school dean?

He resigned as the unearthed #UMEmails revealed exchanges with a donor who'd sent him photos of Black women students, calling them "African hookers."

Well, he's back. 1/mississippifreepress.org/16257/ex-dean-…
After the #UMEmails revealed racist, sexist & homophobic emails, Will Norton appeared to depart the university in May.

But now he's returned to the campus, serving as a senior fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. 2/mississippifreepress.org/16257/ex-dean-…
Donor: "Ole Miss (has) problems when Black hookers are working on Jackson Ave...I know what happens when a place is taken over by the wrong elements."

Then-Dean Will Norton: "I've been disappointed for a long time with the way this culture is going." 3/
mississippifreepress.org/16257/ex-dean-… screenshot of the quoted emails
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24 Sep
Y'all, I just ordered a BLT wrap from Subway.

I got home and it only had bacon in it.

I called Subway and told them my BLT was missing the L and the T.

They told me it's because I was supposed to specify that I wanted lettuce and tomatoes added to my BLT when I ordered. 😵‍💫
They replaced it for free (minor time and driving back costs aside). I don't blame the workers for it.

I'm just bewildered that someone in management decided the rule was not to put lettuce and tomatoes on BLT unless someone specified they want them added to their... BLT. 😂
And please don't @ the company, I've no interest in getting anyone at my local store in trouble assuming it was a local management decision that things work this way. I'm just amused.
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23 Sep
NEW: Two suburban Mississippi school districts are ditching mask mandates for 32,000 students, citing declining COVID-19 cases.

One superintendent said mask mandates had helped improve the situation enough to return to "a greater sense of normalcy."
mississippifreepress.org/16223/%E2%80%8…
While suburban Rankin County and Madison County schools are ditching mask mandates, the nearby Jackson Public School District is going in the opposite direction: Jackson will soon begin requiring COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing for all K-12 staff.mississippifreepress.org/16223/%E2%80%8…
Jackson Public Schools began the year with a mask mandate in place, while Rankin County Schools began with masks optional on Aug. 6.

By Aug. 10, Rankin Schools had to mandate masks amid a large boom in COVID-19 cases.
mississippifreepress.org/16223/%E2%80%8…
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23 Sep
There's nothing wrong at all with using gender neutral language.

But if you're going to quote a woman who was very specifically talking about women and the challenges women face in a sexist society, don't neutralize her words.
For the same reason, if I were quoting a late trans rights pioneer who was specifically talking about trans issues, I wouldn't dare replace "trans people" in a quote of theirs with, "[people]" for the purpose of being more inclusive to non-binary people.
Being more inclusive is good, yet I'm wary of changing other people's meanings and contexts generally (I mean, I'm a journalist).

The good news is that I can be more inclusive in my own language without doing that.
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