The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has purchased and protected the barn near Drew, MS, where Emmett Till was brutally beaten and murdered. It will be preserved not merely as a structure, but as sacred ground. Read our open letter here: www.emmett-till.org/barn
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The opening page of Hunter Thompsonβs obit for Richard Nixon in Rolling Stone. The headline reads βRedbaiter Liar Warmonger Crookβ
The opening page for Hunterβs Nixon obit in RS.
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Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
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Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the stateβs tax credit donation program.
The Mississippi GOP's main project has been to roll back the civil rights movement, starting with the re-segregation of public schools. ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 mn over 6 years from state coffers.
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Prince Andrew to join Harvard's Institute of Politics.
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Let the campaigning begin.
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VIRGINIA CALLER: βAs a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in youβ¦ I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die... the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.β #TrumpShutdown
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time is a circle
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George Hardy, Tuskegee Airman Who Fought in Three Wars, Dies at 100
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
"If I see a Black pilot, Iβm going to be like, 'Boy, I hope he's qualified.'"
World War II: 21 combat missions
Korean War: 45 combat missions
Vietnam War: 70 combat missions
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The fact that Madmani did well with young Jewish New York voters just shows how antisemitic young Jewish New Yorkers have become.
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The Hunt for Red October > Spelling Bee
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Tweet from Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) says:
βNYC is f***ed if they elect Mamdani.
As bad as it is now, itβs only gonna get worse.β
Below the tweet is a graphic showing two side-by-side headshots. On the Andrew Cuomo with text βANDREW CUOMO 48%β. On the right Zohran Mamdani with text βZOHRAN MAMDANI 52%β.
Domestic terrorist Chaya Raichik is endorsing Andrew Cuomo.
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Let Andrew Cuomo Rape Whoever He Wants
Should abusers really be prevented from having power?
By Annie Lowrey
if The Atlanticβs editors were honest about their political opinions:
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screenshot of the headline of a NYT Opinion piece
Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk
By Maureen Dowd
April 30, 2016
once again maureen dowd can get bent
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The Progressive Case for Sexual Harassment
-NYT tomorrow
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okay Andrew now let's try "can you tell us why you left your last job?"
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On this day inΒ 1963
On this day in 1963, NAACP leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
On this day in 1963, NAACP leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
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ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
One morning, sitting in an immigration office in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen found himself transformed. A day before, he was a welding foreman, a husband and father of four.
Now, he was a detainee, bound and shackled in a detention shuttle in Tennessee.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...
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For a word game, the Bee really hates words.
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Joe Biden speaking at a lectern in front of storm destroyed buildings with several people standing behind him
When a disastrous tornado struck Mississippi in March 2023, President Biden approved FEMA aid for the state within two days.
But a month after Gov. Tate Reeves requested help for mid-March 2025 tornado victims, President Trump still has not approved the request.
Read more: buff.ly/XYhMyCx
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Cuomo Scandal Generator
Click the button on this page to randomly generate one of Cuomoβs many, many scandals! Fun!
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Using "antisemitism" as a cudgel to punish universities and force them to comply. Right out of the authoritarian playbook. Orban drove Central European University out of the country.
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On this day in 1960, Vanderbilt University expelled James Lawson for taking part in a sit-in in Nashville.
buff.ly/C8zYsRO
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Dem base: "Oh my god, Trump is acting like a king! Please raise the alarm!"
Democrats: "Too complicated. No way to explain this to normie voters."
Dem base: "OH MY GOD HE LITERALLY JUST CALLED HIMSELF A KING"
Democrats: "A distraction. We should talk about the complicated policy stuff."
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