Share this page!

Ashton Pittman Profile picture
Twitter logo
1 Dec, 5 tweets, 3 min read
NEW: Anti-abortion activists waved pink flags with “JESUS” emblazoned in white outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic this morning even as state attorneys in Washington, D.C., urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. #SCOTUS
mississippifreepress.org/18536/america-…
Justice Sotomayor: "The (Mississippi 15-week abortion ban) Senate sponsor said we’re doing it because we had different new justices on the Supreme Court. … If people believe it’s all political, how will we survive? How will the court survive?”
mississippifreepress.org/18536/america-…
In 2019, Mississippi State Sen. Joey Fillingane, a sponsor of the 15-week abortion ban, told me that Trump’s 2018 appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court meant that “now would be a good time to start testing the limits of Roe.”
mississippifreepress.org/18536/america-…
Sen. Fillingane, a sponsor of Mississippi's abortion ban, to me in 2019:

“With a fifth conservative taking the seat of Justice Kennedy ... finally, we have five conservative justices and so now would be a good time to start testing the limits of Roe."
mississippifreepress.org/18536/america-…
You can support our work providing vital information to the people of Mississippi and beyond with non-profit, paywall-free journalism by following the Mississippi Free Press at @MSFreePress and, if you can, by giving a one-time or recurring donation to mfp.ms/donate.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Ashton Pittman

Ashton Pittman Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @ashtonpittman

Ashton Pittman Profile picture
2 Dec
NEW: During oral arguments on abortion, Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Alito implied that overturning Roe v. Wade could be like overturning Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 ruling that said segregation laws did not violate the constitution.
mississippifreepress.org/18565/justices…
Justice Kavanaugh suggested the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade the same way it overturned Plessy and racial segregation in 1954.

He also compared the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade to overturning sodomy laws and same-sex marriage bans.
mississippifreepress.org/18565/justices…
After comparing overturning Roe v. Wade to ending racial segregation, Justice Kavanaugh suggested that abortion should be a "state's rights" issue.

But state's rights arguments were the very ones used in defense of racial segregation.
mississippifreepress.org/18565/justices…
Read 7 tweets
Ashton Pittman Profile picture
1 Dec
Six years ago this month, Hillary Clinton tweeted that "A Republican president could nominate as many as 4 Supreme Court justices" & linked a warning that it could lead to the end of Roe v. Wade.

Her replies were filled with left-wingers accusing her of "fear mongering." screenshot tweet directed a...screenshot of December 2015...
For months, Mississippi abortion-rights organizers, anticipating Roe v. Wade’s downfall, have focused on boosting pre-existing efforts to teach people how to self-manage or perform their own abortions.
mississippifreepress.org/17132/organize…
The point of these tweets isn't to relitigate the 2016 primaries.

But when a woman was right about something, and mocked and ridiculed for it and not believed at the time, we ought to all be willing to admit that moving forward.
Read 5 tweets
Ashton Pittman Profile picture
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…
Read 5 tweets
Ashton Pittman Profile picture
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.
mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
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.
mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
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.
mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
Read 17 tweets
Ashton Pittman Profile picture
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/
mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
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/
mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
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/
mississippifreepress.org/18254/mississi…
Read 18 tweets
Ashton Pittman Profile picture
16 Nov
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…
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @ashtonpittman has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @ashtonpittman!

Read all threads by @ashtonpittman

:(