Ashton Pittman

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LATEST: Prevacus founder Jake Vanlandingham, Brett Favre's business partner, has pleaded guilty to federal crimes for misusing welfare funds. Prosecutors say he used Temporary Assistance For Needy Families funds on gambling, personal debts and more. www.mississippifreepress.org/biotech-comp...

Biotech CEO Pleads Guilty in Mississippi Welfare Fraud Casewww.mississippifreepress.org Jacob VanLandingham pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of wire fraud for improperly using welfare funds intended to develop a concussion drug.

Prosecutors have not accused Brett Favre of a crime or charged him with one in Mississippi's $88 million welfare scandal. www.mississippifreepress.org/brett-favre-...

Texts: Favre Questioned Legality of Welfare Funds He Receivedwww.mississippifreepress.org Retired NFL star Brett Favre questioned the legality of $1.1 million in payments he received from a state-affiliated nonprofit, texts show.

“Kamala Harris ... shouldn’t even be allowed to run for president, what she’s done. She’s committing crimes," says president candidate with 34 felony convictions. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

Trump says Harris shouldn’t be ‘allowed to run,’ recycling weird claimwww.msnbc.com For nearly a decade, Donald Trump has said those who stand in his way shouldn't be "allowed" to run for office. Kamala Harris has now joined the list.

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what not existing in the context does to a motherfucker

The reactionary billionaire propagandists love this clip, though of course they intentionally don’t mention the context, which is that Harris was speaking to a group of disability advocates, several of whom are blind.

President Biden says he is dropping out of the presidential race.

Misogynyland, here we go

🧐 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Thank you!

None of us "just fell out of a coconut tree"—even if some in the media act like it. My thoughts on the way the mainstream press has handled the Biden situation and the fact that we do exist in the context of all in which we live and what came before us. www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...

Editor’s Note | None of Us ‘Just Fell Out of A Coconut Tree’www.mississippifreepress.org “For the past few weeks, Americans have had front-row seats to a national press behaving badly,” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes.

NEW: In a video montage praising anti-“woke” college students, the RNC featured a clip that showed University of Mississippi students confronting a Black student—but cut it off just before it showed a man who made monkey sounds and gestures at her. www.mississippifreepress.org/rnc-uses-vid...

RNC Uses UM Protest Video, Clipping Out Racist Gesturewww.mississippifreepress.org An RNC video montage featured a clip from a University of Mississippi protest with a fraternity member’s racist gestures cut out.

In addition to the since-expelled fraternity member who made monkey gestures at the Black student, Jaylin Smith, other students at the protest chanted "Lizzo! Lizzo! Lizzo!" at her, mocked her size and made crude gestures. Here's the original report: www.mississippifreepress.org/as-students-...

As Students Protest For Gaza, Ghosts of UM’s Past Rise Againwww.mississippifreepress.org Mostly white, male protesters surrounded pro-Palestine protesters on the University of Mississippi campus, some engaging in racist antics.

It's wild that one presidential candidate's party is urging him to step aside and it's NOT the party whose nominee is a twice-impeached adjudicated rapist and 34x convicted felon who incited a deadly insurrection and has vowed to be a dictator. The parties are not the same.

A judge has removed one of defendant Brett Favre's lawyers in Mississippi's civil lawsuit over the welfare scandal. Judge Faye Peterson wrote said Favre’s New York-based attorney, Daniel Koevary, had violated rules for Mississippi civil court procedures. www.mississippifreepress.org/judge-remove...

Judge Removes Brett Favre Lawyers in Welfare Civil Casewww.mississippifreepress.org A Mississippi judge has removed one of the attorneys representing retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in the state’s civil welfare case.

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In Private Speech, JD Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” & Praised Alex Jones as Truth-Teller Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The VP nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business & culture. Full video here:

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Tellerwww.propublica.org Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business a...

NEW: Sen. J.D. Vance called Rep. Bennie Thompson an "absolute scumbag" and called to "kick his ass out of Congress" after the Trump rally shooting, citing a bill the Mississippi Dem introduced to strip Secret Service from imprisoned felons. The facts. 🧵 www.mississippifreepress.org/thompson-say...

Thompson: Trump Still Protected Under Secret Service Billwww.mississippifreepress.org Rep. Bennie Thompson rebuffed criticisms of his bill to strip Secret Service protections from convicted felons who are sentenced to prison.

I asked Rep. Bennie Thompson's office about his bill to strip Secret Service protection from convicted and imprisoned felons. “My bill would not have affected the Secret Service’s presence during this tragic event," he said. www.mississippifreepress.org/thompson-say...

Rep. Thompson says the bill to strip Secret Service from imprisoned felons "aims to clarify lines of authority when a protectee is sentenced to prison and is in the custody of another law enforcement agency. That does not apply to the former President.” www.mississippifreepress.org/thompson-say...

Thompson: Ban Secret Service For Imprisoned Presidentswww.mississippifreepress.org The Secret Service could stop protecting former presidents sentenced to a year or more in prison under a bill Rep. Bennie Thompson introduced.

Here's our report on the Secret Service bill Rep. Bennie Thompson introduced in April, in which he noted that a former president could soon face conviction and prison. Trump, convicted on 34 felony charges in May, hasn't been sentenced. www.mississippifreepress.org/rep-thompson...

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A reminder that Donald Trump has spent years fanning the flames and fomenting political violence. Recall 2016, when he said the "Second Amendment people" could stop Hillary Clinton's Supreme Court picks if she won. This era of violent political rhetoric should've ended in 2016.

A reminder of how Trump responded when a supporter broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and brutally attacked her husband with a hammer:

How Speaker Pelosi responded to today's shooting, in contrast:

It's so sickening and sad where we are as a country right now.

I'm thankful none of the people at the rally were hurt. He has endangered countless innocent people in this country by fanning the flames of hate for 9 years now.

The one thing that permeates conversations about the 2024 election right now is a sense of hopelessness. We're used to that in Mississippi. In fact, politicians wield hopelessness as a tactic here. To quote Harvey Milk, "You've got to give them hope."

Worried that a lot of people are willing to sacrifice our democracy and the rights of people like me in the name of political loyalty.

Vice President Trump...

It's telling how all the "small government" people in my life are elated at the idea of a king-like president who can freely commit crimes so long as he does so under the guise of "official acts" cloaked in the power of the presidency. This is how freedom dies.

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Misogynist trash like you on the left like you is why we are where we are.

In 2016, Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Wisconsin about the importance of the Supreme Court. She warned that 2016 was "make or break" for the court—and the country. National media—focused on her emails and Trump's antics—barely covered the speech. www.thenation.com/article/arch...

Hillary Clinton Just Delivered the Strongest Speech of Her Campaign—and the Media Barely Noticedwww.thenation.com Nothing sums up the high-drama, low-substance nature of 2016 race coverage more than the underplaying of a serious speech about the Supreme Court.

A lot of rich white men and powerful corporations are going to be stoked at the Chevron ruling. For the rest of us, who like to breathe safe air and drink clean water, it's a disaster. This is a Supreme Court for the rich and powerful, not for the people.