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16 Nov, 6 tweets, 3 min read
NEW: Attorney General Lynn Fitch today asked a federal judge to block President Biden's vaccine mandate for workers in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and other LTCs.

They have already "gone above and beyond the call of duty," the Mississippi AG said.
mississippifreepress.org/18170/ag-fitch…
Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch: "Now, for no other reason than the President’s desire to check the box on universal vaccination, these heroes are being forced to choose between vaccination and their jobs."

MS has the highest COVID-19 death rate nationwide.
mississippifreepress.org/18170/ag-fitch…
On Friday, a Republican-appointed panel on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked another Biden vaccine mandate for companies with 100 employees or more.

The Biden admin says it will "likely cost dozens or even hundreds of lives per day.”
mississippifreepress.org/18170/ag-fitch…
COVID-19 has killed more than 750,000 Americans, including over 10,000 Mississippians. Data show the vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious illness or death and significantly cutting down on transmission.
mississippifreepress.org/18170/ag-fitch…
Fitch filed today’s lawsuit in conjunction with the Republican attorneys generals for Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia.
mississippifreepress.org/18170/ag-fitch…
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19 Nov
Jackson Public Schools announced that six schools are going ALL VIRTUAL this morning—but NOT because of COVID.

They're going all virtual because they lack running water.

Jackson, Mississippi, folks. A capital city in the richest nation on earth.
This marks the second day in a row that these six Jackson Public Schools have had to go all-virtual.

For background on the ongoing Jackson water crisis, start here: mississippifreepress.org/10153/under-th…
Here's the second part of @nickjudin's three-part series on the Jackson water crisis (follow him). mississippifreepress.org/10682/under-th…
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18 Nov
NEW: Mississippi's state auditor referred a case to the attorney general involving NFL's Brett Favre, wrestling's Ted DiBiase and others who received millions in allegedly illicit welfare funds.
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On Oct. 12, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White sent Brett Favre a letter demanding he pay the remaining $828,000 he owes to the state after he accepted $1.1 million in allegedly embezzled Temporary Assistance For Needy Families dollars to give speeches.
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Mississippi's ex-Human Services director, John Davis, allegedly helped facilitate the largest welfare fraud case in history. He's accused of moving millions in TANF funds to a non-profit run by Nancy New, who paid Favre and others millions for speeches.
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18 Nov
NEW: Mississippi's state auditor referred a case to the attorney general involving NFL's Brett Favre, wrestling's Ted DiBiase and others who received millions in allegedly illicit welfare funds to the state's attorney general. 1/
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On Oct. 12, Mississippi State Auditor sent Brett Favre a letter demanding that he pay the remaining $828,000 he owes to the state after he accepted $1.1 million in allegedly embezzled Temporary Assistance For Needy Families dollars to give speeches. 2/
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Mississippi's ex-Human Services director, John Davis, allegedly helped facilitate the largest welfare fraud case in history, moving millions to a non-profit run by Nancy New, who paid Favre & others for speeches.

Davis and New have since been indicted. 3/
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6 Nov
THREAD: 16-year-old Bryan Loftin sat in a wheelchair next to his mom and watched as Gov. Tate Reeves made his way around the restaurant.

The governor greeted every table in the room—except the one where the boy in the wheelchair sat with his mom. •1
mississippifreepress.org/17896/as-gov-r…
Christine Loftin was on a mission: She was there to confront Gov. Reeves for stalling the legislation to legalize medical marijuana.

Reeves once dismissed supporters of medical marijuana as "stoners." But for Bryan, it's a matter of life-or-death. •2 mississippifreepress.org/17896/as-gov-r…
Undeterred by Gov. Reeves' apparent slight, Christine Loftin and Bryan approached him from behind, making clear they wanted to speak with him.

But the governor kept his back turned and began walking away. •3
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5 Nov
NEW: When a federal court redrew Mississippi's congressional maps to make it comply with the Voting Rights Act, plaintiffs say, it inadvertently helped kill direct democracy—and a medical marijuana law voters approved in 2020.

They're asking for a remedy.
mississippifreepress.org/17927/mississi…
"Left to a state legislature unable to adopt a constitutionally compliant redistricting plan for the last thirty years …, the initiative petition rights of the people of Mississippi have been sideswiped and killed,” the motion says.
mississippifreepress.org/17927/mississi…
On Nov. 3, 2020, about two-thirds of Mississippi voters approved Initiative 65. If their wishes had been fulfilled, patients would have been able to begin obtaining medical marijuana to treat various illnesses starting in August.
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5 Nov
“Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates are one of the most shocking attacks on personal liberty in this country during my lifetime,” says Gov. Tate Reeves, who in 2015 presided over the passage of a bill to incarcerate tuberculosis patients who refuse treatment.
mississippifreepress.org/17791/reeves-m…
With Tate Reeves as Mississippi Senate president, the chamber unanimously passed the 2015 bill to incarcerate tuberculosis patients who refuse treatment.

But it never became law. It died in the Mississippi House on a 40-70 vote.
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