RASulton
@iwrite2praise.bsky.social
Business Owner; Jackson, MS resident; MS Delta raised; Jackson State University educated; Proud resident of the House of Alpha
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BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Mississippi’s Supreme Court district lines must be redrawn to ensure Black people in the state don't have their voting power diluted.
August 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Mississippi’s Supreme Court district lines must be redrawn to ensure Black people in the state don't have their voting power diluted.
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🚨 WE WON! A few years ago, fresh out of law school, I joined a lawsuit as 1 of 4 plaintiffs suing the Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners over Mississippi’s Supreme Court election map-which violated the Voting Rights Act.
After 3 years of litigation, today we got the news: WE WON!
After 3 years of litigation, today we got the news: WE WON!
Federal judge rules Mississippi Supreme Court districts dilute Black vote, must be redrawn - Mississippi Today
No Black person has ever been elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court without first obtaining an interim appointment from the governor, and no Black person from either of the two other districts has ...
mississippitoday.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
🚨 WE WON! A few years ago, fresh out of law school, I joined a lawsuit as 1 of 4 plaintiffs suing the Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners over Mississippi’s Supreme Court election map-which violated the Voting Rights Act.
After 3 years of litigation, today we got the news: WE WON!
After 3 years of litigation, today we got the news: WE WON!
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This superintendent took a failing Delta school district to a ‘B’ rating. Now, she’s leaving
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
This superintendent took a failing Delta school district to a ‘B’ rating. Now, she’s leaving
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
mississippitoday.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This superintendent took a failing Delta school district to a ‘B’ rating. Now, she’s leaving
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
Davis, a native of the Mississippi Delta, soon learned she had a particular gift for turning failing schools around.
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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
Happy Juneteenth!
Did you know that the State of Mississippi had a majority Black population until the late 1930s?#TheMoreYouKnow
Did you know that the State of Mississippi had a majority Black population until the late 1930s?#TheMoreYouKnow
June 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy Juneteenth!
Did you know that the State of Mississippi had a majority Black population until the late 1930s?#TheMoreYouKnow
Did you know that the State of Mississippi had a majority Black population until the late 1930s?#TheMoreYouKnow
Mississippi Black History that you didn’t know:
June 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Mississippi Black History that you didn’t know:
But I thought the economy in MS was booming?!
State revenue is anemic even before recent income tax cut takes effect
Column: It appears likely that the state will end the fiscal year on June 30 collecting less revenue than it did the previous year for only the sixth time since 1970. And new tax cuts and revenue hits are on the way.
Column: It appears likely that the state will end the fiscal year on June 30 collecting less revenue than it did the previous year for only the sixth time since 1970. And new tax cuts and revenue hits are on the way.
State revenue is anemic even before recent income tax cut takes effect
Column: It appears likely that the state will end the fiscal year on June 30 collecting less revenue than it did the previous year for only the sixth time since 1970. And new tax cuts and revenue hits are on the way.
mississippitoday.org
June 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
But I thought the economy in MS was booming?!
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More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
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Here’s the thing, if they are picking up folks working in the country illegally, I’m going to need to see some white guys also being arrested for employing people working illegally in the country.
Otherwise, it’s just racism.
Otherwise, it’s just racism.
May 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here’s the thing, if they are picking up folks working in the country illegally, I’m going to need to see some white guys also being arrested for employing people working illegally in the country.
Otherwise, it’s just racism.
Otherwise, it’s just racism.
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Voting activist Stacey Abrams is among headliners at “Medgar Evers at 100: A Legacy of Justice, a Future of Change” June 27-29.
Celebrating Medgar Evers’ legacy with ‘a clarion call to the next generation’
Voting activist Stacey Abrams is among headliners at “Medgar Evers at 100: A Legacy of Justice, a Future of Change” June 27-29.
mississippitoday.org
May 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Voting activist Stacey Abrams is among headliners at “Medgar Evers at 100: A Legacy of Justice, a Future of Change” June 27-29.
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Slashed funding to the state’s health department will impact community health workers, planned improvements to the public health laboratory, the agency’s ability to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and preparedness efforts for emerging pathogens, like avian bird flu.
Amount of federal cuts to health agencies doubles - Mississippi Today
Slashed funding to the state’s health department will impact community health workers, planned improvements to the public health laboratory, the agency’s ability to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and...
mississippitoday.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Slashed funding to the state’s health department will impact community health workers, planned improvements to the public health laboratory, the agency’s ability to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and preparedness efforts for emerging pathogens, like avian bird flu.
Consider this Mississippi:
April 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Consider this Mississippi:
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Former trusties in the Rankin County Detention Center consistently said that the program saved their lives. But some questioned the power wielded by the officials who oversaw it.
mississippitoday.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Former trusties in the Rankin County Detention Center consistently said that the program saved their lives. But some questioned the power wielded by the officials who oversaw it.
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I am sorry but I dont trust Shad white, he is politically ambitious, I am pretty sure many politically connected want this thing to disappear but we will see what happens
March 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I am sorry but I dont trust Shad white, he is politically ambitious, I am pretty sure many politically connected want this thing to disappear but we will see what happens
At what point is this Sheriff going to be forced to resign?
“You’re his property”: A local sheriff in Mississippi staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve the grounds, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found.
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March 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
At what point is this Sheriff going to be forced to resign?
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“You’re his property”: A local sheriff in Mississippi staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve the grounds, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“You’re his property”: A local sheriff in Mississippi staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve the grounds, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found.
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ICE agents arrested Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil and sent him to a prison in Jena, La.
Homeland Security officials and Trump have indicated that the arrest was over his role in organizing protests against Israel's war on Gaza last spring at Columbia University.
Homeland Security officials and Trump have indicated that the arrest was over his role in organizing protests against Israel's war on Gaza last spring at Columbia University.
Answering Questions About ICE’s Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Homeland Security officials and President Donald Trump indicated that Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest was directly tied to his role in protests over Gaza.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ICE agents arrested Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil and sent him to a prison in Jena, La.
Homeland Security officials and Trump have indicated that the arrest was over his role in organizing protests against Israel's war on Gaza last spring at Columbia University.
Homeland Security officials and Trump have indicated that the arrest was over his role in organizing protests against Israel's war on Gaza last spring at Columbia University.
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“Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump turns White House lawn into car lot for megadonor Musk
It’s easy to get inured to the corruption, but hawking Teslas on the South Lawn was among the most obscene events in White House history.
www.msnbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The real reason the Regions building in downtown Jackson, MS is being sold at auction:
www.costar.com/article/2009...
www.costar.com/article/2009...
www.costar.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The real reason the Regions building in downtown Jackson, MS is being sold at auction:
www.costar.com/article/2009...
www.costar.com/article/2009...
What if the 117k adult residents in Jackson, MS, stopped spending money in the suburbs for an entire week? How would that impact those economies?
February 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
What if the 117k adult residents in Jackson, MS, stopped spending money in the suburbs for an entire week? How would that impact those economies?
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106 years ago this week, the US Army realized that it was hiring unqualified, uneducated, illiterate job candidates because of racial preferences…
White men
White men
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
106 years ago this week, the US Army realized that it was hiring unqualified, uneducated, illiterate job candidates because of racial preferences…
White men
White men
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Rankin County deputies regularly entered homes without warrants, beat people to get information and illegally seized evidence, a former deputy said.
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February 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Rankin County deputies regularly entered homes without warrants, beat people to get information and illegally seized evidence, a former deputy said.
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Sen. Roger Wicker says Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” as Defense Secretary. The real "rookie mistake" was Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith voting to confirm him in the first place.
We deserve leaders who put our security first—not politicians who rubber-stamp incompetence. #TyPinkinsForUSSenate
We deserve leaders who put our security first—not politicians who rubber-stamp incompetence. #TyPinkinsForUSSenate
February 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sen. Roger Wicker says Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” as Defense Secretary. The real "rookie mistake" was Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith voting to confirm him in the first place.
We deserve leaders who put our security first—not politicians who rubber-stamp incompetence. #TyPinkinsForUSSenate
We deserve leaders who put our security first—not politicians who rubber-stamp incompetence. #TyPinkinsForUSSenate