Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction. In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent." By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social

“Breaking the supermajority means restoring checks and balances—and ensuring that every Mississippian’s voice counts in their state government,” Mississippi Democratic Party Vice Chair Jodie Brown said in a party press release Wednesday morning.

OPINION: "I’ve thought about telling (my dad) about the numerous occasions and occasional setbacks. We weren’t the type to talk on the phone for hours at a time. Sometimes our calls would last a couple of minutes at most. But I found comfort in them," Assistant Editor Kevin Edwards writes.

President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding that states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings. The administration is threatening to punish states that don't rescind the payouts. buff.ly/RYfxOI7

What's happening in Sudan is horrific and deserves more of our attention.

With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”

What a pitiful man.

The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something? Wrote this on it earlier this week: inews.co.uk/news/world/b...

Far-right pastor Joel Webbon declares that Christian nationalists are allowed to impose their values on everyone "because we're right": "Christians don't have to tolerate degeneracy, and degenerates absolutely must tolerate righteousness or they need to go to jail."

Senate District 2 is one of six that were up for a special election Tuesday because a federal court ordered the State to create more Black-majority legislative districts earlier this year to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

1. If Jesus were alive today, we can surmise from his actions in the Gospels that porn stars & OnlyFans models would be among those he'd surround himself with. 2. This would only be a scandal if he were the kind of Christian who used "family values" as a fig leaf for bigotry. He's the opposite.

Nick Fuentes, a person who once called Adolf Hitler “awesome,” has more than 1 million followers on Elon Musk’s X. Now, he finds himself a central figure in an online battle over the future of the American conservative movement.

Rapid population growth in Lamar County is driving major changes as officials prepare for the county’s population to surpass 71,000 by 2030.

Anguilla, Mississippi, residents James Davis and his wife, Rita Johnson, have had a hard time getting food since they last received SNAP benefits in early October. The couple relies on $200 to $300 in monthly assistance.

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“We are restricted from demonstrating on university campuses, universities have been pressured to where they cannot even teach about the Palestinian cause. All of these issues erode our freedom," said Emad Al-Turk, Chairman of Mississippi for a Just World.

When a party has supermajority status in the Mississippi Senate, it can more easily override a governor’s veto, revive bills that died on legislative deadlines, propose constitutional amendments and execute certain procedural actions.

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Albert Camus (1913-60) Born in Algeria, he moved to Paris in 1940 and finished 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 as tanks rolled into the city. "A writer cannot put himself today in the service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it." #booksky #writingcommunity #authors

Fantastic quote for (real) writers. This should be true for journalists, but too often they’re just bland, inverted-pyramid stenographers chasing cheap clicks, sensationalism and another partisan horse race. So proud this isn’t the @mississippifreepress.org. I would never run such a newsroom.

Paramount is blacklisting actors opposing genocide in Gaza. What a world we’re living in.

It’a been an honor to serve the people of Mississippi and the nation with a new kind of honest, you-centered journalism. And yes, outstanding writing and photography matter. We do not dumb down stories or assume Mississippians won’t appreciate rich narrative or can’t reach over 400 words. And no AI.

Pro tip: Avoid “critics say”; it’s a vague generalization journalists should avoid.

Oh? I know this?

Uh, religious freedom, hello?

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

ICE used Olivia Rodrigo's song as a background of a video advocated for self-deportation for undocumented immigrants. "Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda." To which the admin threatened her and demanded she thank ICE. www.themirror.com/entertainmen...

I'm not ignoring a deadline. I'm hyper cognizant of it, I'm waking up in a cold sweat about it. I'm not doing things I'd rather do than work. I'm desperately wanting to start doing work I love and am good at, but can't begin, and instead loading up a flash game that's all I can manage to do.

Democrat Justin Crosby ousted incumbent Republican House Rep. Jon Lancaster in the Nov. 4 special election for Mississippi House District 22, flipping the seat.

Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a Republican-held seat. Her victory helped Democrats break the Republican Party’s supermajority for the first time in 13 years.

OPINION: "Students who learn to think critically are fully capable of deciding for themselves which ideas best describe the world around them," Raymond Barranco writes.

I’m not sure which is the worst part of ADHD, this or time blindness, but oof, yeah:

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate. It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. (Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)

“(Israel) has destroyed hospitals, destroyed universities, schools, everything in Gaza, for God’s sake, mosques and churches have been destroyed. … These are documented war crimes, crimes against humanity. This is genocide,” said Mississippi for a Just World Chairman Emad Al-Turk. buff.ly/2RrqhaJ

Variety is really proving his point there.

Um, @variety.com? That’s…not what that means. 😳 variety.com/2025/music/n...

Kate Barr, a lifelong Democrat, changed her party registration to run in the GOP primary against North Carolina incumbent Rep. Tim Moore. She says it’s the only way to compete for a gerrymandered seat whose boundaries were drawn to heavily favor Republicans.

And this is why Mamdani's first order of business will be to enact Sabrina Law.

No, because people need to understand the reality that much our judiciary has been turned into a political project. We need MORE literacy on our courts and the politics of our courts, not less. And also because people deserve to know when judges have integrity, party be damned.

LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

A federal judge has ruled that the partisan language the Trump admin added to the out-of-office emails of furloughed Education Department employees violates their First Amendment rights.

JUST IN: The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower-court order that said the government must fully fund SNAP food aid payments. buff.ly/xzMrojG

Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.

Four people are now in police custody related to the 2023 shooting death of Jackson State University student Jaylen Burns. buff.ly/30Nb8x7

Across Mississippi, organizations are providing food aid to residents amid the government shutdown and SNAP delays. Below are resources where people can find aid locally across the state as well as a list of places where people can donate food. buff.ly/Xbx4hj6

President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.

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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.