Laura Mammina, PhD

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.

DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.

His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
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Critically Acclaimed Horror Film of the 2010s or Your PhD Program? 1. You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledg...

"A barely articulated sense of dread follows you wherever you go. Others cannot see it, and it may exist only as a curse, but it often manifests as the presence of an old white person."

The secret to my Alfredo sauce is white wine

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I am so, so sorry to hear this. Fergus was an absolute doll and it made me so happy when he showed up in my feed.

This part.

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

Meetings that could have been an email: “Mr. Hegseth “will use this engagement to provide D.O.D. most senior service members his intent for the department,” including guidance on new “military fitness standards and several other areas of interest.’”

Project 2025 Author Pushes Private School Vouchers in Mississippi Lindsey Burke, a Project 2025 author, promoted a federal school voucher program to pay for students to attend private schools while speaking to Mississippi lawmakers.

Lindsey Burke, author of the Project 2025 plan to overhaul the American education system, is pushing Mississippi leaders to adopt the Trump administration’s education plans to use public funds to support “school choice” initiatives like vouchers for attending private schools.

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‘A Wonderful Secret’: Trump Birthday Letter to Epstein Released Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump.

The letter bearing Trump’s name and what appears to be his signature includes text framed by a hand-drawn outline of a curvaceous woman.

“A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday—and may every day be another wonderful secret,” the letter says.

Seems like every year there’s a major gaffe by the AHA or someone high up in leadership there. It’s distressing given how much we need a unified opposition to the anti-historical forces on the right.

The fact that they even wrote that second sentence, let alone published it, is embarrassing.

AHA is fucking failing us with this absolute garbage.

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Bringing anything to the institution of masculinity other than the need to be acknowledged as "man"

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.

"Suppressing constitutional speech through vague prohibitions and the specter of financial retribution does not serve the public good—it undermines it," U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate wrote as he blocked Mississippi's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion.

One reason I can't get exorcised about the defunding of PBS is because it would take 4 rich Liberals 6 months to raise enough to cover the funding cut. They should do that. Yes I subscribe already but Liberal elites should fucking make themselves useful.

1. Release the Epstein files!

2. The Epstein files are sitting on my desk and I will release them very soon

3. There are no Epstein files and the case is closed

4. There are Epstein files but they are forgeries created by Obama and Hillary so if you like me you will never talk about them again

The truth is that higher education in the United States should be free and accessible, and people like Andreessen are the reason it isn't.

The truth is that people like Andreessen are advocating for segregation and discrimination for ideological reasons, not because it's fair for any students.

Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down

What?? How did I not know that his mom is my favorite director???

"Why do you care about the NYC Mayoral race? You live in Chicago."

Because the democratic establishment sucks, billionaires suck, landlords suck, Andrew Cuomo sucks, and if there's anything you need to know about me: I won't miss an opportunity to hate on a mf.

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Huge turnout at the #NoKings rally in Hattiesburg, Missisisppi today, wrapping up and down both sides of the streets around City Hall.

I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.” On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use. On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm. On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

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I also urge people to remember that trying to keep protest “peaceful” to pacify the very things people are protesting against is nonsensical. There is a book called Negroes with Guns by Robert F. Williams. It’s an account of a civil rights activist who wasn’t going to go about things passively.

Omg a NEW ONE?

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.

“The deletion of these two databases [Gender Studies and Race Relations] shall be permanent until such time as when the Legislature changes their position regarding the content of materials made available in Mississippi libraries.”
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In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.

"In other words, in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending."