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19 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Here's a quarter, call someone who cares. 🪙
It just hit me that I probably have some followers who don't know what the connection is between a quarter and making a phone call.
Looks like @AshaRangappa_ beat me to this one
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21 Oct
With Black people making up about 38% of the population, Mississippi is the blackest state in the nation.

Here is a photo of Mississippi's eight statewide elected officials.
If you want to understand how, in the blackest state in America, all 8 statewide elected leaders could be white, start here:

Systemic Racism Built Mississippi. Gov. Reeves Says It Doesn’t Exist.
mississippifreepress.org/11705/systemic…
A 2020 Mississippi microcosm: Election officials in Madison County quietly rezoned 2,000 Black & Hispanic voters out of a majority white precinct w/hundreds of parking spaces to a majority Black one w/35 spaces for 3500+ voters (3x what it served before).mississippifreepress.org/6492/madison-c…
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21 Oct
NEW: The American people “will be shocked to know how close we came to losing our democracy” once the the January 6th Committee reveals its findings, its chairman, Mississippi Democratic Bennie Thompson, told @maddow.
mississippifreepress.org/17082/rep-thom…
Rep. @BennieGThompson: "What would happen to you if you did what Mr. Bannon was doing? If you were a material witness in a criminal prosecution..., what would happen if you refused to show up, Do you think you would be able to just go about your business?"
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"There’s no question in the minds of the committee. We believe that Mr. Bannon clearly was one of the persons encouraging the insurrection to happen,” said @January6thCmte Chairman @BennieGThompson.
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18 Oct
NEW: Mississippians are offering tributes to former Secretary of State Colin Powell after he died of COVID-19.

Though vaccinated, Powell, 84, had multiple myeloma, which compromises the body’s ability to develop immune response to infections like COVID-19.mississippifreepress.org/16999/mississi…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker described Powell as “the embodiment of the American dream.”

“The son of Jamaican immigrants, he went to college on an ROTC scholarship and rose to become one of the most consequential leaders of our time."
mississippifreepress.org/16999/mississi…
A July study found that, among multiple myeloma patients vaccinated for COVID-19, just 45% "developed an adequate response, while 22% had a partial response."

At 84, Powell's condition and age greatly increased the danger of COVID-19 even with vaccination.mississippifreepress.org/16999/mississi…
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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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14 Oct
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’
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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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