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“For centuries, insurrections were among the only tools enslaved people had for social change and, ultimately, freedom,” Deion Hawkins writes.
Accountability for the January 6th attacks “can only be found in the criminal justice system,” U.S. House January 6th Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Monday afternoon as he and the other eight members of the committee voted to refer former President Donald Trump to the U.S. Justice Department for prosecution.
U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced this morning. “I tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, and I am experiencing
Republicans in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District have nominated Brian Flowers, who has accused incumbent Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of “treasonous” activities, to run against him in November’s elections.
Brian Flowers, a Republican hoping to displace Democratic U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District, claims the incumbent is providing “treasonous assistance” in support of an “immigrant invasion.”
U.S. Rep. Michael Guest is defending his May 2021 vote for an investigation into the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol after his Republican primary opponent, Michael Cassidy, forced him into a runoff in Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District.
U.S. House Rep. Michael Guest, a Republican who has served Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District since voters first elected him in 2018, must defend his seat in a runoff after placing second to new newcomer Michael Cassidy in Tuesday night’s GOP primary.
Mississippi’s attorney general claims that “God selected this case” to overturn Roe v. Wade, referring Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. For years, Christian dominionists and their allies have sought to remake the U.S. Supreme Court in order to achieve their goals and establish God’s kingdom on earth. Ending legalized abortion is just one of those goals.
For decades, the Christian Dominionist movement has sought to remake earthly government in its image. This is Part I in an in-depth series exploring how Christian dominionists and their allies worked to get Roe v. Wade and abortion rights back before the U.S. Supreme Court—and how they used Mississippi to make it happen.
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