Mississippi's new social media age-verification law has now forced BlueSky to block Mississippi IP addresses. Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom. My new editorial:

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In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

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"We have an FBI director who received $25,000 for appearing in a film, executive producing a film, made by a Ukrainian-American-Russian who worked on a propaganda project that was financed, in part, by Vladimir Putin's office." "Why this isn't a bigger story, I don't know."

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Trump is sharing national secrets about China with Elon Musk — so here’s👇🏽a reminder that Elon’s conflicts of interest are off the charts and he might as well be telling those secrets directly to China: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY9n...

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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

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1. The far right is falsely spreading that a new study shows that surgery "doubles depression" for transgender people. This is an egregious misreading of the study, which does not look at transgender people before and after surgery. Subscribe to support my journalism. Lets dig in.

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about? VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media

The 24 Hour Economic Blackout Friday February 28th 2025 No corporate spending No gas No fast food #24houreconomicblackout *created this version because some of you queers won’t acknowledge anything in your feed that doesn’t have a dangly bit swinging at you.

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🗣️WATCH: “Pull your head up. We got this. We are in this together.” @tequilamjohnson.bsky.social gets a standing ovation in rural Tennessee as she points to the resilience of Black folks throughout history to say Trump is not a hurdle that 🇺🇸 can’t overcome.

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

WASH POST: “Musk’s DOGE is seeking access to a heavily-guarded IRS system that includes detailed financial info about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in 🇺🇸 — sparking alarm within the tax agency.” Alarmed yet? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

Google Calendar has removed key cultural events from their site including: • Pride Month • Black History Month • Holocaust Remembrance Day • Jewish Heritage • Hispanic Heritage • Indigenous People Month

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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

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Crockett: “I’m tired of the white tears. If you’re competent you’re not concerned. When you compare me to Greene/Boebert there’s no comparison… The only ppl crying are mediocre white boys beaten out by people that had to work much harder.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFp8K0M...

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GAGA. “Abracadabra”! The definition of “WE ARE SO BACK.” Truly giving the people what they want. A return to form! Also, making the whole world watch a full music video during an awards show in 2025? Cunty. I live. Already stuck in my head! (It’s out in 10 minutes!)

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One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.

The government has no right to decide what name or nickname your child goes by in class. The government has no right to pick out what clothes your child wears to school. This is not just an attack on trans children. It's an attack on personal choice. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...

Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

Trump’s “50 million for condoms in Gaza,” translated through an insanity filter, is actually a $60 million USAID package to provide contraception access in underdeveloped countries worldwide. $50 million to Gaza was allocated for medicine. If Trump is speaking he’s lying.

The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.

I know there’s a lot right now. But folks need to understand what this means. A suspension this long would mean people living with HIV lose their medicine for months. People around the world lose their PrEP for months, putting millions at risk of getting HIV. Drug-resistant strains could emerge.

🚨 A billboard has been spotted announcing Lady Gaga’s new album ‘Mayhem’ will release March 7th.

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An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

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The US president just attacked a female bishop for saying Christian things in a Christian sermon, calling her a "so-called bishop", not "smart", and "not very good at her job." And no one will blink an eye. It won't be a controversy or a big story. All normalized. Welcome to the next 4 years.

AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance. Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.