Cristen Hemmins

YouTube video by Northwest African American Museum Fannie Lou Hamer's Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Speech

61 years ago today Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer one of the most courageous activists of the Civil Rights Movement posed the question that echoes today with every migrant round-up by masked officers, as federal troops converge on D.C.,as institutions are threatened:

“IS THIS AMERICA?”

youtu.be/DFC1nc3IXBM

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Ed Note | State Law Compels BlueSky to Block Mississippi IPs Ashton Pittman writes about how Mississippi’s social media age-verification law prompted BlueSky to block access to Mississippi IP addresses.

My new editorial:

"Whatever the Mississippi Legislature’s intent, we now find ourselves in a place where we are now having to grapple with how to ensure we can stay connected with all of our readers, many of whom follow us on BlueSky."
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Trump's Labor Statistics pick has painting of Nazi battleship behind his desk Some people online claim the painting is of the USS New Jersey, but it's the Bismarck, as made obvious by the photograph it traces.

With this barrage of unbelievable news, sometimes you've got to step back, draw a breath, and say WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?

boingboing.net/2025/08/13/t...

This is A+ trolling

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Planned Parenthood is here for you. No matter what.

Rural Tennessee hospitals face issues from Medicaid cuts - Nashville Banner A rural Tennessee doctor discusses challenges facing OB-GYN's in the state, with Medicaid cuts and rural hospital closures impacting access to care.

“Those of us that practice in rural settings, we’re going to be here,” he said. “We’ll do it, regardless of what our resources. But there’s also the realization that we feel like the orchestra on the Titanic.”

Read my latest @nashvillebanner.bsky.social

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Fed-Up?
Show up to peacefully protest, #Mississippi.
Events are being organized.
In Oxford join a 30 minute protest!
This Friday, 8/15,
911 E. Jackson Ave, #Oxford Noon-12:30pm
#FightTheTrumpTakeover

Then Saturday 3-4pm at the DeSoto County Courthouse 2535 Hwy 51 South, #Hernando #Mississippi.

Scenes from our Lafayette Dems (Miss.) visibility event Saturday to protect our national parks and promote climate action at Bailey Branch park along highway 7.
#climatechangeisreal #climateactionnow #protectourplanet #protectourparks #protectouroceans #globalwarmingisreal☀️

Come out Saturday!

You’re invited! Please support this important local service, North Mississippi Rural Legal Services. This 501c3 program offers free, civil legal services and representation to the poor, elderly and disabled.

Join us this Saturday! There will be no marching at the rally, so bring a chair if you like & wave a flag or hold a sign.

There will be a Smoky the Bear birthday party at one end of the park from 9:30 to 10:30 AM, including a firetruck, forest ranger, and cake, so bring the kids.
#climateaction

This event is not sponsored by Lafayette Dems, but I’m helping spread the word. Come on out and bring the kids!

Join us this Saturday! There will be no marching at the rally, so bring a chair if you like & wave a flag or hold a sign.

There will be a Smoky the Bear birthday party at one end of the park from 9:30 to 10:30 AM, including a firetruck, forest ranger, and cake, so bring the kids.
#climateaction

This is what is happening right now.

Please join us! We want your input, east Tenn. More locations coming…

We want to hear from you! PPTNM is excited to present the Pink Horizon Listening Tour with our President and CEO Ashley Coffield, who will travel throughout Tennessee and North Mississippi to listen to supporters as we work toward a brighter future together. www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare...

I’m almost to my one-year “planniversary” and love working at PP. Please share these job postings with anyone for whom they are a fit!

Did you say “admitted to the bar in 2024?”

The DEI of it all. This is insane.

Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that’s over 30 years old The embryos were created in 1994, while the expectant father was still a toddler, and donated via a Christian “embryo adoption” agency.

The story about the oldest embryo resulting in live birth this week goes deeper than you can imagine. I've been covering this story for nearly a year. Stay tuned for more. #tnrepronews #reprorights #ivf #reproductiverights #fertilityjourney www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/29/1...

Can you please help me get this story out? Please share, email, text, Signal, sky write, snail mail everyone you know. This is the first, but it won’t be the last. wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/pregnant-w...

Exclusive: Pregnant Woman in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried (Updated) The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose "lifestyles" they disagree with

UPDATED: The woman at the center of my reporting speaks out. For the first time, she shares what it felt like to be denied prenatal care simply for being unmarried.

wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/pregnant-w...

#reprorights #reproductivehealth #tnleg

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(SOUND UP)

DAY 21 JULY 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

LIsten & Share
THIS IS REAL AUDIO

HE TELLS YOU LOUD AND CLEAR

Young GIRLS..CHILDREN

Howard Stern 2006

He'd stop at 12 year olds
It's upsetting to type this
This should infuriate you
Outraged
Media get on this !

Judge Blocks Mississippi Ban on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion A Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities is paused after a judge blocked it.

A Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities is on hold after a judge temporarily blocked it on Sunday.

Read the latest on the anti-DEI law, House Bill 1193.

I didn’t start out thinking there was some genuinely incriminating info about Trump in the DOJ files on Epstein but I’m definitely changing my mind!

Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California.

ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.

If only we could pass legislation like this.