#mississippi

An interesting side quest for those closely following the #Mississippi Senate results: The race featured an independent candidate named Ty Pinkins who is a black former Democrat. Did he take votes from Scott Colom or Cindy Hyde-Smith? He says the latter, and might be right:

Here's Marc Elias on the ballot fight: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/live-updates-mississippi-senate-race-heads-toward-ballot-fight/ #Mississippi #Senate #midterms

#Senate in #Mississippi is another race we're all watching, of course. The state government kicked a bunch of blue voters, probably mostly Black people, off the voter roles. They had to vote with provisional ballots. The Nazis are going to try to challenge those-- I mean, they'd stop digging the hole they're in if they were wise, but Nazis are the definition of unwise. Anyway, I'm waiting to celebrate on that too until it's done and dusted. In the meantime... #midterms

#ScottColom was to be nominated #Federal #Judge in 2022. He was blocked. By #Mississippi #Republican #Senator #CindyHydeSmith Her reason: #Colom's support for #transRights So he ran for the #Senate If he wins, he will be the first #Black Senator from Mississippi since #Reconstruction (1875!). #MS is 37% black, highest % of black residents of any #USA state Now look at this #vote tally so far And tell me your vote doesn't matter

Fuck yeah! This is why I have been listening to Warnock throughout this whole mess and would love to see him as Majority Leader. Idk if he wants the job but he'd be a hell of an improvement. #Senate #Mississippi #Georgia

@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social Adding some hashtags for more visibility #Mississippi #USPol #USPolitics

There will be recounts and all kinds of lawsuits and God knows what but #Mississippi may well elect a Dem senator, Scott Colom! If that happens, then it might be due to Ty Pinkins splitting the Republican vote. On purpose. https://www.wtva.com/2026/11/04/what-i-actually-did-was-split-republican-vote-ty-pinkins-shares-why-he-stayed/#midterms

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I was just checking Mississippi. Looks about a 2,000 vote lead right now. 🤞🏻 #Colom #Mississippi

My heart goes out to all the people standing in these lines to vote. Every time I post pics like these I'm gobsmacked at their bravery and infuriated that they have to do this. God bless the southern blue voters, especially in nonwhite communities where it is exceedingly hard to vote. #Mississippi #midterms #VotingRights

🚨🚨🚨 #MISSISSIPPI: With the 2027 ACA Open Enrollment Period officially launched, the Trump Regime has posted final/approved rate hikes. Unsubsidized enrollees are looking at *another* 20.2% avg premium increase, to ~$981/month on average. acasignups.net/rate_changes...

After years and years of Republicans yelling that Democrats would take away people's burgers, Republicans have now taken away people's burgers. A MAGA senator in Mississippi told voters to "pick another protein." Her opponent, Scott Colom, just ran this funny ad showing Mississippians saying they'd rather pick another senator. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pick-another-protein-gop-senator-141811829.html#Mississippi #GOP #MAGA

“Pick another protein? Shiiiit I’d rather pick another senator.” 🔥 Great @scolom.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ad. #Mississippi

Mississippi River pollution is drifting 125 miles offshore and harming one of America’s healthiest coral reefs https://www.earth.com/environment/flower-garden-banks-mississippi-nitrogen/ #America #Mississippi #environment #river #coralreef #coralreefs #pollution

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1961, #Black farmer #HerbertLee was shot in the head, in public, before dozens of witnesses, by #Mississippi state legislator #EHHurst just for registering Black voters. Hurst claimed 'self-defence' against the unarmed Lee, and was acquitted the same day.

#Mississippi #USA #US Adding limestone to Mississippi River Basin farmlands acts as a major carbon sink, study finds Using a trove of historical records, researchers have found that a process known as agricultural liming stores more carbon in the soil than it emits, a finding that contradicts conventional emissions accounting https://news.yale.edu/2026/09/23/adding-limestone-mississippi-river-basin-farmlands-acts-major-carbon-sink-study-finds #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

The myth of “shared suffering” in Vicksburg turned history into faith—and faith into amnesia---for although the first war ended in 1865; the second one still shapes how Southerners see suffering, loss, freedom, sacrifice—and the redemptive struggle for truth. 1/20 Image: Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman dies with flair. Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS. Source: RoadsideAmerica. #history #Histodons #CivilWar #Mississippi #BlackMastodon #Photography #BlackAndWhite

#BeAVoter #EveryVoteCounts #Mississippi Oxford Mississippi OUR MISSISSIPPI. OUR FUTURE: THE OXFORD RALLY Friday, September 25 6 – 8:30pm CDT The Lyric Oxford 1006 Van Buren Ave Oxford, MS 38655 www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... OUR MISSISSIPPI. OUR FUTURE: T...

These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained --- Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be deported rather than wait in detention centers. https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detention-judges-habeas-petitions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Law #Immigration #ICE #Judge #Mississippi #Louisiana #Oklahoma #Minnesota

Adnkronos - ultimoratop: E' morta Cassandra Wilson, la grande voce del jazz americano (Adnkronos) - Aveva 70 anni. Due volte vincitrice del Grammy, la cantante e produttrice del Mississippi ha attraversato jazz, blues, folk, soul e pop. Nel 2001 Time l'aveva definita "la migliore cantante d'America" Cassandra Wilson has died, the great voice of American jazz. (Adnkronos) - She was 70 years old. Twice a Grammy winner, the Mississippi singer and producer had crossed jazz, blues, folk, soul, and pop. In 2001, Time called her “the best female vocalist in America.” #CassandraWilson #American #Grammy #Mississippi #America

In 1993 Brenda and Wanda Henson bought land outside Ovett, Mississippi, and opened a feminist, lesbian-run retreat and food bank in a county that made its feelings clear immediately. Somebody left a dead dog on their mailbox. They didn't leave. They ran the pantry. They kept the gate open, and over years the temperature around them changed — which is the least dramatic and most difficult kind of victory there is. Nobody photographs the long middle. That's the part where the root goes down. This runs on readers, not an ad network — no oligarch upstairs getting nervous about a sentence. If it's worth a morning to you: https://thistleandmoss.com/upgrade?utm_source=PixelFed&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS #QueerHistory #LesbianHistory #Mississippi #MutualAid #LGBTQ #QueerNews #History #Solidarity #TransRights #Feminism #Photography #DailyGathering