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14 Jan, 11 tweets, 6 min read
A new abortion bill filed in the #MSleg would expand Mississippi's prohibitions on abortion to ban all abortions including abortions necessary to preserve the life of the mother.

See: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/histo…
The bill would amend several a number of code sections, but I'll use the first section the bill would amend as an example.

The current text* of MS Code § 97-3-3 appears on the left, and the text as HB 580 would amend it appears on the right.

*casetext.com/statute/missis… ImageImage
Rep. Dan Eubanks, the bill's sponsor, has extensive opinions about vaccines in addition to his opinions about abortion.
E.g. here is a clip of Eubanks at an October 2021 rally against vaccines put on by an anti-vax organization where Eubanks is a board member.

Eubanks says not to let your pastor persuade you to rethink what you know, which is that vaccines are sinful.
MS House Speaker @PhilipGunnMS appointed Eubanks to vice-chair the elections, Cong. redistricting, and legislative reapportionment committees.

Gunn also appointed Eubanks to the agriculture, appropriations, constitution, energy, insurance, judiciary, and health committees.
Eubanks won his seat in the Legislature by challenging an incumbent Republican in a primary campaign overwhelmingly funded by @EmpowerMS.
WJTV and @TCBPubHealth had to film a segment last June debunking Eubanks' claims that COVID-19 vaccines caused thousands of deaths.
When the #MSleg considered taking down Mississippi's now-retired Confederate state flag in summer 2020, Eubanks and several of his colleagues filmed this video to speak out in opposition to the idea:
Eubanks voted "present" on whether to ratify statewide voters' and his own district's approval of the new flag.

"A representative democracy requires that those elected are to represent their constituents," writes Eubanks—who, I repeat, voted "present."
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This is Eubanks' campaign film.
Eubanks signed this December 2020 letter urging the Republican members of Mississippi's Congressional delegation to overturn the 2020 presidential election. ImageImageImage

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15 Jan
THREAD: Multiple Yazooans say the city is not providing ballots to absentee-by-mail voters ahead of its February 1 primary elections.

A citizen raised the issue at a city council meeting. There was no response. A subsequent response to the Herald does not address the issue. 1/
As set out in the @MississippiSOS training materials for municipal elections,* absentee ballot applications must be available 60 days before an election and absentee ballots must be available 45 days before an election.

*sos.ms.gov/content/docume… 2/
Since Yazoo City's primary elections are on February 1, absentee ballot applications should have been available by December 3, and absentee ballots should have been available by December 18. 3/
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13 Jan
THREAD: I invite everyone to compare/contrast HB 437* with SB 2113** and congratulate the Senate for producing a superior bill.

As opposed to the House bill, the Senate bill does not:

☑️ Prohibit speech vaguely or overbroadly
☑️ Impose costly regulatory requirements 1/5 ImageImage
☑️ Threaten undue and draconian enforcement measures
☑️ Exclude protection for ethnicity, religion, or national origin

*billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/histo…
**billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/histo… 2/5
Now, I don't think SB 2113 prohibits much of anything that actually occurs in Mississippi's public schools—and to the extent it might, any speech that currently, actually occurs but that SB 2113 would ban may not be what SB 2113's proponents imagine. 3/5
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10 Oct 21
Speaker @PhilipGunnMS appointed Rep. Jim Beckett—the sponsor of the bill that stuck MSians with a billion-dollar bill for the Kemper coal boondoggle—to chair the elections committee.

What's more, Rep. Beckett now also chairs Mississippi's joint redistricting committee.
When Beckett passed a bill to mandate big, dragnet voter purges through the elections committee this year, he told @RepZSummers—a member of the committee—that he would not consider any amendments.

The bill passed the House and died in the Senate.
Last year, when Rep. Omeria Scott tried to introduce an amendment to open all polling locations for voters in last year's elections, to reduce the length of voting lines in November, Beckett made barely-lucid remarks opposing the amendment.
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10 Oct 21
The sheriff of Adams County is upset that juries find his suspects not guilty. Let's discuss!
natchezdemocrat.com/2021/10/09/is-…
I was taught the standard is beyond a reasonable doubt. I don't know what "higher standard" the sheriff imagines. Image
Apropos of nothing, this is not a speedy trial. Image
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27 Sep 21
THREAD: @LynnFitchAG says overturning Roe would empower women because they would "get a chance to redirect their lives."

Fitch's remarks evoke fairytale language in her SCOTUS brief that turns a blind eye to burdens working women and families face throughout Mississippi. 1/
Fitch's brief argues that legal protections, social programs, and public benefits extended to women and families since Roe render parenthood unburdensome. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/1…

But how do Fitch's references to, for example, family leave and subsidized childcare hold up? 2/
154 economists filed a brief noting, among other things, that the United States is one of only two countries LACKING paid maternity leave, and that childcare remains unaffordable: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/1…

These points ring true in Mississippi. 3/
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2 Sep 21
THREAD: Today's protest against vaccines in Oxford appears to have been organized by Dr. John Witcher—an MD from Flowood, pictured below, with a lengthy history of ethical violations that resulted in his license to practice medicine being suspended in 2011. 1/
The MS State Board of Medical Licensure's investigative director filed charges against Witcher in an affidavit available here: gateway.msbml.ms.gov/File/fileDispl… 2/
The 2011 affidavit begins with a recitation of background information about Witcher's prior incidents, including arrests for domestic violence, trespassing, assault, and other charges. 3/
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