Mississippi's Democratic Attorney General, Jim Hood, prepared to run for Governor

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2018/09/04 · 15:25

Mississippi Attorney General James Hood discusses his state's role in the Federal lawsit against S&P for alleged financial fraud, Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Photo credit: Lonnie Tague for the Department of Justice — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood

At the Women for Progress Mississippi event held on August 29th, 2018 in Jackson, Attorney General Jim Hood says about running for Governor: “I’ve made up my mind to do it”. He is waiting for his wife’s okay before officially announcing.

Hood is the only state-wide elected Democrat in Mississippi, and he is relatively popular among voters. He has won four terms as a Democrat. A Mason-Dixon poll from December of 2017 showed his advantage over GOP Lt. Governor Tate Reeves:

Hood has the early advantage. Statewide, 43% of registered voters support Hood, while 37% back Reeves and a very significant 20% are undecided. Hood draws over 80% of Democrats, 14% of Republicans and leads 38%-33% among independent voters. WLBT News, Thursday, December 21st, 2017

The Jackson Free Press has the story here.

Mississippi elections: modest gains

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Wednesday June 07, 2017 · 8:41 AM PDT

2017/06/07 · 08:41

592d860bbb932.image.jpg — Weston Lindemann, new Ward 5 Alderman, City of Meridian, MS

Democrats in Mississippi made a few modest gains in municipal elections yesterday. One interesting outcome was the election of Weston Lindemann to Ward 5 Alderman in the city of Meridian. Lindemann, 20, is a part-time student and was one of the state’s two Bernie delegates. He managed to unseat a Republican incumbent, no small feat ‘round these parts. Also defeating a Republican was Democrat Fannie Johnson who won in Ward 3. Meridian re-elected their incumbent Democratic mayor as well.

The City of Philadelphia elected a Democratic mayor and Democrats won in Ward 4 and At-Large.

The City of Collins elected their first African-American woman as Mayor (Hope Magee Jones).

In Booneville, Democrats took all seats on the Board of Alderman as well as the office of Mayor.

And in Jackson, Chokwe Antwar Lumumba won the Mayor’s race with a stunning 93% of the vote. He is poised to continue the good work of his father, Chokwe Lumumba who was Mayor briefly before passing away in 2014.

More about the Jackson election: Jackson Free Press.

The Root also has a piece up about Lumumba.

Statewide election press release from MS Democrats here.

Trump's America, con't.

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Friday January 13, 2017 · 1:20 PM PST

2017/01/13 · 13:20

The Jackson Free Press and The Root are reporting that a Mississippi publisher wrote a column which appeared in MissLou Magazine on January 11, 2017, promoting a ‘Gangbanger’s Rodeo’ open to ‘gangbangers’ over the age of 13:

Rinaldi then explains in detail how this "rodeo" will work: "Open to all gangbangers with a .45 or 9 mm handgun. Limited to 20 rounds per person. Entry fee $100. Must be paid in cash in advance. No checks." The participants will then get in a circle and start shooting each other when the referee fires the starter pistol. They all kill or maim each other, and the last one standing gets $10,000. Free hot dogs and beer will be served, as well as fireworks. DJ Mortem, he writes, will provide live rap music.

Folks are getting mighty bold, eh?

The JFP article has photos of the actual column and Rinaldi’s response to their coverage of his column.

Historic African-American Hotel Vandalized in Meridian, MS

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Friday November 04, 2016 · 9:58 AM PDT

2016/11/04 · 09:58

Photo credit: Representative Charles Young, Jr.

The historic E.F. Young, Jr. Hotel in Meridian, Mississippi is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Last night, vandals spray-painted political messages on the building. Among the messages spray painted were, "Vote Trump," "Killery Clinton," and "You r homo." Three white juveniles were taken into custody and charged with property vandalism.

E. F. Young, Jr., became a prominent businessman in the 1930s. He operated the E. F. Young Hotel, which featured a beauty shop, two barbershops, and a shoe-shine parlor. The hotel was the only one in the area that served African-Americans. Locals recall Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., staying at the Young Hotel during one of his visits to Meridian. Young also started E. F. Young, Jr., Manufacturing, the oldest ethnic hair-care products company in the country. Source

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Three juveniles were taken into police custody around 8:45 Thursday night in Meridian for allegedly spray painting "Killery Clinton" on a local building.

The graffiti was found on the Charles Young Hotel on 5th Street. It was written multiple times on the building. That downtown hotel is owned by the family of Representative Charles Young, Junior. Police say charges were pressed on the juveniles. Source

More photos from Representative Charles Young, Jr. on his Facebook page.

A story is up at the Meridian Star also.

Deplorables wish 'women and blacks' did not have voting rights, complain about it publicly

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Wednesday October 12, 2016 · 7:18 PM PDT

2016/10/12 · 19:18

Thanks to ExpatGirl for her diary which inspired this image

Simultaneously incredible and horrifying, there are people out there who sincerely wish to repeal the 19th amendment (which gave women the right to vote), and other amendments — #repealthe19th is trending nationally.

The Jackson Free Press has a blog post up which opens a window into what’s being said. You know how it is, you know in the back of your mind that people say these kinds of things but it’s really amazing to see them ‘in the wild’. For example :

...one of the things I talked about with Jim DeMint was how we need to work to get more men out to vote, and encourage women to stay home...

I'm a woman and I totally agree. Women are destroying the west

why did we ever give the vote to women and blacks?

The blog goes on to say:

The post also contained calls for repeal of the 15th (gave blacks right to vote), 16th (federal taxation), 17th (electing senators by popular vote) and 19th Amendments (women right to vote) ... "NOW."

I hope they’ve got a big box of tissues ready for Nov. 9th, is all I gotta say. :)

If Josh Duggar had announced that he’s gay

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Saturday May 23, 2015 · 9:29 AM PDT

2015/05/23 · 09:29

Over at Deep South Daily they ask this question. What would folks like Mike Huckabee be saying about Duggar if he had come out as gay rather than as a child molester?

“I never believed that in such a short period of time, the culture in America would go into utter collapse,” Huckabee said. “If you had told me just a few years ago that one day the President of the United States would use his precious time in the Oval Office to call people up simply to congratulate them for being gay, I would say, ‘No, surely he’ll call a veteran and thank them for their service, for losing a limb or leg.'”

If TLC possessed one ounce of genuine compassion instead of the ersatz kind that exalts what should be condemned, they would be meeting privately with Josh Duggar to urge him in the strongest possible terms to pursue reparative therapy in the hopes of saving his life

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Mississippi: Anti-Personhood activist announces for State Senate District 9

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Friday February 27, 2015 · 8:42 AM PST

2015/02/27 · 08:42

Activist and all-around good guy Cristen Hemmins has announced her candidacy for State Senator, District 9. Hemmins played a huge role in the efforts to defeat a Personhood amendment to the state constitution.

www.facebook.com/cristenforsenate

(Apologies for only having a FB website link, her website is apparently under construction.)

http://www.salon.com/...

Mississippi: plaintiff in same-sex marriage case announces for State Auditor

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Friday February 27, 2015 · 8:35 AM PST

2015/02/27 · 08:35

"One of the plaintiffs who filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage is running for state auditor."

http://www.wapt.com/...

Pritchett is a civil engineer who owns her own engineering company in Flowood, MS.

www.facebook.com/pritchettforauditor

http://www.pritchettforauditor.com/

Vicki Slater announces for Governor of Mississippi

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Friday February 20, 2015 · 6:50 AM PST

2015/02/20 · 06:50

Madison Democrat Vicki Slater has tossed her hat into the ring. Saying that now-Governor Phil Bryant has "miserably failed", she says "today we begin to write a new history for our state."

http://m.msnewsnow.com/... (WLBT)

The Mississippi GOP is already on the attack, calling Slater a "Major Contributor to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Al Franken and Other Prominent Liberal Democrats."

http://www.msgop.org/...

Slater looks like a good choice to me. If everyone who voted against Personhood would vote for her, she'll win.

Polling shows that only 45% of Mississippians favor the re-election of Bryant:
http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/...

Slater's statement in its entirety is here:
http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/...

Her Twitter:
https://twitter.com/...

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/...

MS-Sen: McDaniel staffer among three being investigated

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Wednesday June 04, 2014 · 6:29 PM PDT

2014/06/04 · 18:29

"An official investigation has been opened into three people who were found locked in the Hinds County Courthouse hours after it was closed by election officials Tuesday after returns had been counted in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate."

The three gave conflicting accounts of why they were there. The three are Janis Lane, Scott Brewster, and Rob Chambers. Brewster is currently McDaniel's campaign coalition manager.

Hinds County Republican Executive Chairman Pete Perry says he recieved a phone call from Lane at 2 am saying she was locked in the courthouse and couldn't get out.

http://www.clarionledger.com/...

http://www.deepsouthprogressive.com/...

MS-Sen: More details emerging - Police claim Kelly and others began conspiring in February

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Saturday May 24, 2014 · 12:57 PM PDT

2014/05/24 · 12:57

In the ongoing story of MS Tea Party folks sneaking into a nursing home and taking photographs of US Senator Thad Cochran's (R-MS) ill wife, the police report has more details (as reported by the blog Jackson Jambalaya)

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/...

"The report claims Clayton Kelly, "Mark"*, John Mary, and others began conspiring in February to photograph Mrs. Cochran in her nursing home bed. They intended to use the pictures in an internet video attacking Senator Cochran. Kelly and two other suspects were arrested and charged. "

"John Bert also stated in some of the messages that an individual named "Mark" would be making the arrangements to have an individual, yet to be identified, call Clayton Kelly with detailed instructions on where to locate Rose Cochran's room within St. Catherine's Village. Messages furhter went on between John Bert and Clayton Kelly associated with John Bert asking on several occasions if there had been basically any progress made related to Clayton Kelly being successful at entering St. Catherine's Village."

"Investigator Vickie Curry testified at Kelly's preliminary hearing Thursday that he made three attempts to photograph Mrs. Cochran. "

Tea Party blogger arrested for sneaking into nursing home, photographing Cochran's (R-MS) ill wife

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Saturday May 17, 2014 · 12:02 PM PDT

2014/05/17 · 12:02

Clayton Kelly, a supporter of Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel, was arrested Thursday on charges of exploitation of a vulnerable adult.

"On April 26 Kelly posted a YouTube video “hit piece” containing the image of Cochran in the nursing home."

These are some sick mofo's, y'all.

http://dailycaller.com/...

http://www.clarionledger.com/... (has photo of Kelly)

Interesting update at the Clarion-Ledger: "U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign is questioning how Chris McDaniel's campaign manager, state Sen. Melanie Sojourner, apparently knew about Clayton Kelly's arrest before news of him allegedly sneaking into Rose Cochran's nursing home room and taking photos broke.

Cochran campaign spokesman Jordan Russell said Sojourner left a voice mail message for Cochran campaign manager Kirk Sims at about 7:45 a.m. Saturday, offering condolences over Kelly's alleged actions and assurance McDaniel's campaign doesn't condone it. Russell said Sojourner indicated she had been concerned over the incident since Friday night."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

http://www.politico.com/...

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