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Mississippi

Revising the invention of tradition(s): more on the Garrett Felber affair at U. of Mississippi.

2020-12-24
By: annieli
On: December 24, 2020
In: , Culture, DailyKosUniversity, Education, GarrettFelber, HigherEducation, Media, Mississippi, Race

This continues the diary of two days ago. Nostalgia is a coping mechanism at the place known for its association with William Faulkner. Oxford Mississippi isContinue Reading

“Everybody knows who he is, but they don't know what to do with him” Ole Miss fires a professor

2020-12-22
By: annieli
On: December 22, 2020
In: , BlackKos, CivilRights, Culture, Education, GarrettFelber, Media, Mississippi, PRISONINDUSTRIALCOMPLEX

As with most faculty politics, there is a subtext to the story of a professor fired for specious reasons. Garrett Felber was fired for failingContinue Reading

GOP lawmaker urges his state to 'succeed' from the Union in wake of Biden victory

2020-11-11
By: Aldous Pennyfarthing
On: November 11, 2020
In: , DonaldTrump, Election2020, JoeBiden, Mississippi, PriceWallace, Recommended, Trump

Some Mississippians want to secede from the Union? Okay, just kidding. We need all our states — even the ones that prevent us from passingContinue Reading

A white Mississippi elections official is 'concerned' with 'the blacks' and their voter drives

2020-07-03
By: SemDem
On: July 3, 2020
In: , gailharrisonwelch, Mississippi, Montana, Racism, SteveBullock, SteveDaines, VoterSuppression

Jones County Election Commissioner Gail Harrison Welch posted this nugget on her Facebook. Her defense is that she thought it was a private message.  I’m aContinue Reading

In Mississippi, There are “Blacks” and “People”

2020-07-02
By: dankoh
On: July 2, 2020
In: , Freudianslip, Mississippi, Racism, whiteprivelege, WhiteSupremacy

This was in the Hattiesburg (MS) American a couple of days ago, but just came to my attention: Mississippi election commissioner's social media comment aboutContinue Reading

Media Ignores COVID-19 “Reopening” Failures in AL, AR, MS, and SC.

2020-05-30
By: Merlin1963
On: May 30, 2020
In: , Alabama, Arkansas, Covid-19, Mississippi, Reopening

Seems the Media attention is all on Brian Kemp of Georgia and his reopening experiment with with the lives of his fellow Georgians during aContinue Reading

Will Bernie Suspend After Next Tuesday?

2020-03-07
By: dankoh
On: March 7, 2020
In: , 2020election, Bernie, California, Hillary, JoeBiden, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri

Back out on my limb . . . I’m getting used to it by now. I’m in my cups reading the tea leaves, or maybeContinue Reading

Democrat Beshear Leads for KY Governor; MS Race IS Close

2019-10-24
By: Mastergardener2k
On: October 24, 2019
In: AndyBeshear, JimHood, Kentucky, MattBevin, Mississippi, TateReeves

static1.squarespace.com/… Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has a sizeable lead in the Kentucky Governor’s race against unpopular Republican incumbent Governor Matt Bevin. According to aContinue Reading

2019 Governor Polls: Democrats Lead in Louisiana and Kentucky, Mississippi May Be Close

2019-08-30
By: Mastergardener2k
On: August 30, 2019
In: 2019elections, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi

http://www.theadvocate.com/… An Independent Poll for the Governor’s race in Louisiana shows Democrat incumbent John Bel Edwards with a lead over two Republicans for the OctoberContinue Reading

Taking cue from Pence, Mississippi governor candidate refuses to be shadowed by woman reporter

2019-07-10
By: Aldous Pennyfarthing
On: July 10, 2019
In: GOP, Mississippi, MississippiToday, RobertFoster

Oh, and he’s a Republican. I didn’t mention that in the headline? Probably because it wasn’t necessary. So, yeah, because Republican men apparently can’t controlContinue Reading

Emerson Poll: Trump Losing to Sanders, Biden, Warren, Harris, and Buttigieg

2019-06-25
By: Mastergardener2k
On: June 25, 2019
In: BernieSanders, ElizabethWarren, JoeBiden, KamalaHarris, Mississippi, PeteButtigieg, Trump

emersonpolling.com/… In a national poll released today by Emerson College Poll, Donald Trump loses to all Democratic rivals that were surveyed. Emerson found that Sanders andContinue Reading

GOP lawmaker allegedly punched his wife for undressing too slowly for sex

2019-05-23
By: Aldous Pennyfarthing
On: May 23, 2019
In: DougMcLeod, GOP, Mississippi, Recommended, Republicans, ViolenceAgainstWomen, WarOnWomen

How any Republican can get even one woman’s vote is beyond me. What they do in the halls of government is bad enough, and thenContinue Reading

Cindy Hyde-Smith attended 'segregation academy' to avoid newly integrated schools

2018-11-24
By: Aldous Pennyfarthing
On: November 24, 2018
In: CindyHyde-Smith, MikeEspy, Mississippi, Senate, Vote

The Jackson Free Press has published a blockbuster story about the Republicans’ too-racist-even-for-Mississippi Senate candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith. Seems she comes by her antebellum attitudes aboutContinue Reading

Karma about Jefferson Davis Defender of Slavery.

2018-11-21
By: Merlin1963
On: November 21, 2018
In: Confederacy, JeffersonDavis, Mississippi, Slavery, Union

I was thinking about defender of slavery and traitor Jefferson Davis tonight because of the Senate debate in MS, and I am not sure ifContinue Reading

Cindy Hyde-Smith: The Bob Uecker of lynchings

2018-11-12
By: DownstateDemocrat
On: November 12, 2018
In: , cindyhydesmith, Election, Lynching, MikeEspy, Mississippi, MSsen, Racism, Runoff

AUTHOR’S NOTE #1: This story does not make or imply any endorsement by Bob Uecker, the Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball, or the Miller BrewingContinue Reading

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