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Hot take: Tacky is far worse when the wealthy do it.

Thinking of Qatar’s new base in Idaho.

l.m.a.o. too late

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority buff.ly/xDZMEto

it appears some need reminding: 1) indigenous peoples (native americans) are not immigrants 2) black americans are not immigrants

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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

We’re on it. Thanks, y’all, for all the uplift and donations. Can’t do this without you. 🥂

Wow, so censorship isn’t actually popular, eh?

Important context/factcheck added below the presidential post.

More than three-quarters of teens surveyed have negative views of the press, a new study finds. Read Carolina Abbott Galvão, www.cjr.org/analysis/bia...

Seriously, @nytimes.com? What are you platforming? Of course it has a woman as a co-author. I’ve been thinking a lot again recently about the Catalyst study findings about double standards women managers face in the workplace from many men *and* women—seeking to punish us for doing basics of job.

We imported 20 years of Jackson Free Press stories into mississippifreepress.org website. So much history + context not reported elsewhere: we changed journalism here (truth). Have fun searching! I have 4,735 pieces there! I suggest Frank Melton ones that riveted a city and led to two trials. 🙂‍↔️

While he’s president.

So much hardship to keep the Epstein files secret.

Page One. @theguardian.com #ICE

Pretty much my take on the AI industry’s effort to disrupt journalism and destroy good journalism, jobs and livelihoods.

President Donald Trump’s use of broad powers to impose his signature tariffs faced a barrage of skeptical questions at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that signal it may be ready to intervene.

I hope and pray for a world soon where groping and worse aren’t part of women’s realities.

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Unconscionable

The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce air traffic at many busy airports to maintain safety during the government shutdown, which has led to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers. n.pr/4oN8zwM

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(L to R) Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, "Pistol Packin' Mama," at Lockbourne AAF in Ohio. All were WASP pilots who had been trained on B-17 "Flying Fortresses." c. 1944. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...

“If I do not file a complaint, where does that leave all Mexican women?” Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday. www.jezebel.com/one-of-the-w...

I love to now know this

We’re planning a trip nyc, and I can’t wait ride the subway again. 💁🏼

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Undeniable: attacking the poor

She’s right about this and releasing the Epstein files right away

For perspective: There were 8 special elections for Mississippi Senate yesterday and 2 for Mississippi House. Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot. Democrats held the other 5 seats.

i love the mississippi free press because they have real websites i can link my mother to instead of "tweets" or "substacks", really glad they exist

Mississippi Democrats made significant gains in the legislative special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, flipping two Mississippi Senate seats, one Mississippi House seat and breaking the Republican super majority in the Mississippi Senate. Here's a look at the results in each district.

People over power, every damn day now for 23 years.

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Taylor notes that these wins were possible only because the Voting Rights required new maps that give Black voters fair representation in Mississippi: "If the Supreme Court dismantles these protections, we risk silencing the very voices that made last night's historic outcome possible," he says.

Ha ha. Having been edited into Guardian style in numerous stories for them, I get this.

Perhaps the top reason that law-enforcement should not wear mask and should display names and badge numbers at all times. Funny, that used to be a thing.

Mississippi Democrats flipped 3 legislative seats & broke the GOP's Senate supermajority, @ashtonpittman.bsky.social writes: www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

Sadly predictable. They can’t imagine disagreeing with him on issues, I guess. Feels like the racist response is ultimately bad low-road strategy, but y’all do y’all.

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

I’ll believe it when I see it. The bagels alone will keep them there.

Just imagine believing that empathy is a weakness. Good Lord.

Y’all, the man has invited a new kitten to come visit tonight and meet #CappBob. And he has a name picked out for her. 😬

Last night, watching the two governors-elect give speeches with all their lovely kids behind them, I couldn’t help think of JD Vance telling Ole Miss (white) women students to hurry up and get married and start having babies in his eugenical speech. Um, women can do both or choose to do neither.

Women did well yesterday.

The most valid question right now: