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14 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
In case you missed my appearance on Shepard Smith's @thenewsoncnbc this evening, here it is!
(I must invest in a better lighting setup for future appearances, whew).
Auditor Demands Brett Favre Return $828,000 in ‘Illegally Spent Welfare Funds’
mississippifreepress.org/16910/auditor-…
For more background, check out Anna Wolfe's archive on the DHS scandal at MS Today. She was the first to dig into the Brett Favre portion of the DHS story in March 2020 (when most of us in the news were laser focused on the coronavirus). Start here: mississippitoday.org/2020/03/05/the…

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17 Oct
Amid hysteria over the idea of Mississippi teachers teaching CRT, I'm reminded of the history coach* who, in front of Black students, said Black people would start turning against Mexicans for taking all the welfare money.

*he didn't want to teach, but was required to as a coach
Amid hysteria over CRT in Mississippi classrooms, I'm reminded of my high school American Law "teacher"/coach* who taught us that the Civil War was fought over state's rights, not slavery—a key Lost Cause myth taught since the early 1900s to rewrite the history of the Civil War.
Amid hysteria over CRT in Mississippi classrooms, I'm reminded of another history coach* who asked the only Black boy in the room if he'd support Colin Powell for President, then asked the only Black girl if she liked Condi Rice.

Then said: "Republicans ended slavery, you know."
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13 Oct
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.mississippifreepress.org/16910/auditor-…
Brett Favre received $1.1 million in Temporary Assistance For Needy Families funds from two non-profits whose owners have since been indicted on state and federal charges for their alleged role in the largest embezzlement scheme in state history.mississippifreepress.org/16910/auditor-…
This afternoon, Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolf reported that White's letter to Favre said the NFL quarterback "knew or had reason to know through the exercise of reasonable diligence that the expenditures were illegal and/or the dispositions were unlawful.”mississippifreepress.org/16910/auditor-…
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11 Oct
NEW: Andy Gipson, Mississippi's top agriculture and commerce official, spoke at an anti-vaccine rally on Saturday.

During his speech, Gipson, who is also an anti-abortion Baptist preacher, claimed the COVID vaccine contains aborted fetal tissue. FALSE.👇🏻
mississippifreepress.org/16832/ag-commi…
Commissioner Gipson: "You'll never hear it in the mainstream media, but these vaccines, several of them, are manufactured through the harvesting of aborted fetal cells. That is a scientific fact. Not a theory, it’s a fact."

That is not a fact. It is a lie.mississippifreepress.org/16832/ag-commi…
The lie that COVID vaccines contain aborted fetal tissue spread across right wing social media circles, amplified by James O'Keefe's extremist propaganda outfit Project Veritas.

It is unclear whether Commissioner Gipson knows his claim is false.mississippifreepress.org/16832/ag-commi…
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7 Oct
NEW: Since July, twice as many children have died of COVID-19 as during the prior 16 months combined. All were unvaccinated or ineligible for the jab.

But kids ages 5-11 may soon be eligible; Today, Pfizer asked the FDA approve the vaccine for ages 5-11.mississippifreepress.org/16765/pfizer-a…
“With new cases in the U.S. continuing to be at a high level, this submission is an important step in our ongoing effort against #COVID19," Pfizer said today.
mississippifreepress.org/16765/pfizer-a…
Among Mississippi children between the ages of 12 and 15 who are eligible for vaccination already, 30% are now fully vaccinated along with 34% of those between the ages of 16 and 17.

45% of Mississippians of all ages are fully vaccinated.
mississippifreepress.org/16765/pfizer-a…
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5 Oct
WLOX TV anchor Meggan Gray has lost her job after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Her employer declined her offer to get tested weekly for COVID, @CAnitaLee1 reports.

FYI: WLOX is owned by Gray Television, whose CEO is a major Trump & GOP donor.
sunherald.com/news/coronavir…
Other Gray Television anchors across the country have quit or lost their jobs over Gray Television's vaccine mandates in recent weeks, too.

In Nebraska, KSNB meteorgologist Tim Jones: adweek.com/tvspy/nebraska…
In Missouri, Gray Television fired KY3 reporter Linda Simmons for refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
adweek.com/tvspy/missouri…
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5 Oct
As @jallen1985 points out, this article is incorrect in asserting that @tatereeves has embraced natural herd immunity as a COVID solution.

Quoting Tate Reeves last July: "Herd immunity is not anything like a realistic solution in the short or mid-term. I wish it was." screenshot of The Nation Ar...screenshot of Tate Reeves' ...
A more accurate way to describe Gov. Reeves' approach to the pandemic since vaccines became available is "every man/woman/child/school district for themselves!"

Essentially: Get vaccinated, don't get COVID, if you do, don't blame the gov; blame yourself.
mississippifreepress.org/15063/gov-reev…
The result of the governor passing the buck & centering "personal responsibility," though, has been a shirking of social responsibility resulting in hospital failures & many, many more avoidable deaths (not to mention more permanent health issues).
mississippifreepress.org/15565/multiple…
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