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@TheSWPrincess
May 21 • 8 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Mississippi Governor @tatereeves has a pattern of appointing wealthy donors to well paying, influential positions in the state government.
#SaveMississippi

Gulfport Memorial Hospital CEO Kent Nicaud wrote Reeves a $25,000 campaign check 3 weeks before Reeves appointed him to the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Kent’s wife Jenny Field Nicaud, an attorney, got a Reeves appointment in 2021 as an administrative law judge for the Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission. In that role, Jenny earns $120,768 per year. Image
The couple’s son Jourdan Nicaud, a well-known Gulf Coast restaurateur, is also a major campaign donor. According to a recent finance report, Jourdan wrote Reeves a $25,000 check about 2 weeks after his father was confirmed to the Gaming Commission by the MS Senate.
In 2021, the governor appointed Franc Lee, a consumer loan magnate and Reeves’ largest individual campaign donor, to the Gaming Commission.
Reeves appointed three campaign donors to the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees — among the state’s most powerful government seats — and two campaign donors to the Mississippi Community College Board in 2021. Image
Appointing wealthy campaign donors to influential seats is a clear pattern for Reeves. Image
sunherald.com/news/business/…
The caption for Kent should read: "as 2017 Gulf Coast Carnival Association King".
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May 23
There are different ways to reduce the national debt:

Republican plan: slash everything other than defense by 22% - Social Security, veterans' benefits, Medicaid, etc.

Democrats' plan: make the rich and large corporations pay their fair share. Don't cut benefits working people… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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People are talking about the price of produce going up due to Florida's new immigration law that requires employers to check worker status via E-Verify, bans undocumented people from getting IDs / drivers licenses & requires hospitals to report costs of care of undocumented… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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May 14
The mayor of El Paso said Friday that "we have not seen any big numbers" as compared to last week.

Migrants seeking asylum say a "whisper network" warned of possible punishments under Title 8, the law that was in place before Title 42 and is now being enforced again in its… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Under Title 8, people who repeatedly attempt to enter the U.S. illegally face penalties, including a potential five-year ban and criminal prosecution.

Title 42 had suspended those penalties, which led to an increase in the number of people who repeatedly crossed the border… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"At the end of Title 42, that would be eliminated, and so that was the fear, not being able to come and turn yourself in," she said.

Juan José Rivera, 25, a Colombian migrant staying in the area outside Sacred Heart church, said fear of deportation and punishment "motivated a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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May 12
In 1890, delegates at Mississippi's constitutional convention chose crimes that would cause a permanent loss of voting rights: bribery, burglary, theft, arson, perjury, forgery, embezzlement and bigamy.
#SaveMississippi

The delegates chose crimes they thought Black people were… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
𝟭𝟲% of Black MS residents of voting age can't vote due to these laws.

This was part of a larger plan to stop freed slaves (who outnumbered white men of voting age) from voting after the passage of the 15th amendment.

The process of getting the right to vote back is so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The law is so complex, and there's so much confusion around it that many people who haven't committed any of the qualifying crimes believe they can't vote, and have started the process to get their right to vote back.

Mississippi is still in the Jim Crow era.

It's past time for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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May 11
Last night, @CNN & #ChrisLicht gave Trump a free prime time campaign rally in New Hampshire, with 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 his supporters in the audience.

Did they recruit at Trump's NH rally last month?

Licht is says CNN "got answers" - from an all white, Trump supporting audience. Image
This was a strategy on CNN's part to generate talk, buzz, and outrage headlines for CNN.

They miss the traction they got when Trump was in office.

It's a ratings game for them. Image
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Mar 1
About the House hearing on #fentanyl on Tuesday, Feb 29th...

This woman is VERY angry that the Trump admin provided COVID aid and didn't watch her sons.

It's the government's fault for helping people during an economic crisis?

The GOP is wasting taxpayer money.
Source for info about Ms. Kiessling's sons:
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Source for info quoted from the CATO Institute:
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