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This is a load of partisan bull.1. Mississippi—the only state that did not significantly expand voting access (a "scheme," the governor calls it) in the midst of the deadliest pandemic

NEW: I knew Charley Pride was a trail blazer as the first Black country superstar. But until I started writing this after learning of his death from COVID-19 earlier today,

You'll probably fail if you simply fight for the Democratic Party in the South. But if you fight for democracy in the South, which is what @staceyabrams did, you'll change

THREAD: Fitting that Gov. Kristi Noem, who jokes about COVID as she presides over the worst COVID-19 mortality rate on earth, cites Pres. Ronald Reagan.Reagan knew about HIV/AIDS in 1981,

Don't reply to a story of mine about Mississippi racism with, "Well, it IS Mississippi, so..."I don't report these stories so smug Californians/Michiganders et al., can hop on a high

Hi, this is a photo of Hillary Clinton the morning after the 2016 election, wearing purple (as is her husband) to symbolize national unity, red and blue alike, and declaring:

THREAD: Someone dared @ me saying to "get rid of" our pit bulls (Dorothy & Dru, below) because they "kill children."Let's set the record straight. The idea that pitbulls are

It's not really a redefinition. The right, especially in the South, has long used "socialism" & "communism" to mean "things that help Black & non-white people." That was true in

"You're a faggot & a traitor to Mississippi. I would not mind if you deep throated a revolver and repainted the wall with your own brains, but you probably oppose

As a white man from rural Mississippi, it's just bizarre watching all these newspapers around the country treat white right-wingers like exotic zoo animals who require study.https://twitter.com/sewellchan/status/1327644697720811520 When

THREAD: For the past few days, there's been a lot of talk (& reporting by me) about Republicans in Mississippi talking like the Dixiecrats who once ran MS (Rep. Price

Mississippi House Rep. Price Wallace: “We need to succeed [sic] from the union and form our own country."That tweet came in response to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' victory in

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