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December 23, 2009
Daily Journal – Childers predicts X-mas eve vote to be rejected
Daily Journal – Childers predicts X-mas eve vote to be rejected TUPELO – U.S. Rep. Travis Childers of Booneville predicted Tuesday the House will reject a Senate proposal for health care reform slated for a Christmas Eve vote. “It’s ever-changing, by the hours,” said the Booneville Democrat. Childers also said he expects the bill to…
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December 23, 2009
Nunnelee – Washington is no longer a place for a Conservative Democrat
Washington is no longer a place for a Conservative Democrat Today’s announcement by Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith to switch to the Republican Party confirms what many people already knew, Washington is no longer a place for a Conservative Democrat. I serve with a number of conservative state legislators who are able to hold fast to…
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December 23, 2009
HotLine – Democrats say no more defections – GOPer’s hint at more
HotLine – Democrats say no more defections – GOPer’s hint at more Expect GOPers to suggest that the next to flip may be Reps. Walt Minnick (D-ID), Bobby Bright (D-AL) and Travis Childers (D-MS). All 3 represent deep red districts, and all 3 vote with their party 80% of the time or less — a…
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December 23, 2009
MIM – Similarities in AL-05 and MS-01
Similarities in AL-05 and MS-01 The two districts are in the Northern portion of their state and are largely rural. MS-01 has Memphis that has created the Desoto county suburbs. AL-05 has Huntsville and Chattanooga, TN which have given life to suburban living. But that is the exception rather than the rule. In addition to…
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December 23, 2009
Emory University prof. speculates Childers next Dem. defector
Emory University prof. speculates Childers next Dem. defector “This has to be a calculation that it’s going to be easier for a congressman to have a career as a Republican than a Democrat, even if it means joining the minority party, [and] that really is quite astonishing,” says Merle Black, a political science professor at…
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December 23, 2009
FLASH – Senator Alan Nunnelee to appear on Salter show to discuss Parker Griffith GOP switch
According to a Sid Salter facebook post, State Senator and announced GOP candidate for MS-01 Alan Nunnelee will be on Sid’s statewide show today. They will be talking about the magnitude of former “Blue Dog” Democrat Parker Griffith from the Huntsville area of Alabama and what ramifications that decision could have in the MS-01 race,…
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December 23, 2009
The Top Five Sports Stories of 2009
The Top Five Sports Stories of 2009 As a young athlete growing up in Philadelphia and running for an Olympic track coach of a father, I was always taught that it’s not how you start out in a sporting event – (or life for that matter), but how you finish, that really counts. Having said…
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December 22, 2009
U.S. files motion to dismiss apportionment.us suit – argues Constitution allows for fixed size
U.S. files motion to dismiss apportionment.us suit – argues Constitution and Supreme Court allows for fixed size Background on the suit filed by an Ole Miss student in Oxford can be found here. Plaintiffs are voters in five states who claim that the Constitution requires the House of Representatives to expand in size to either…
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December 22, 2009
“Blue Dog” Rep. Parker Griffith from AL now becomes a red dog – switches to GOP
Officials: House Democrat will switch to GOP Freshman Democratic House member Parker Griffith of Alabama is switching to the Republican Party, his office said Tuesday, another blow to Democrats facing a potentially tough midterm election. Griffith, 67, was narrowly elected last year from a region of northern Alabama that includes Huntsville and Decatur. President Barack…
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December 22, 2009
Alabama Rep. switching to GOP
Alabama Rep. switching to GOP POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican. According to two senior GOP aides familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place this afternoon in Griffith’s district in northern Alabama. Griffith’s party switch comes…
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December 22, 2009
Disbarment notice for Dickie Scruggs, Zach Scruggs and Sid Backstorm in MS Lawyer Mag
Disbarments Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs of Oxford, Mississippi was permanently disbarred by the Supreme Court of Mississippi in accordance with Rule 6 of the Mississippi Rules of Discipline (MRD). Mr. Scruggs tendered a plea of guilty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to one count of conspiracy to corruptly…
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December 22, 2009
SH – Lott jumping back into politics; Ex-senator will give support to some candidates
Lott jumping back into politics; Ex-senator will give support to some candidates “I cannot stay on the sidelines. I’m not going to ever run for office again but I will be in the arena,” he told the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce at Friday’s Morning Call. “I still have a lot of fight left in me.”…
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 21, 2025
Mississippi lawmakers react as SNAP work requirement modifications take effect
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Alcorn’s Sound of Dyn-O-Mite to represent Mississippi in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Daniel Tyson
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November 20, 2025
Amazon investing $3 billion in Warren County data center campus
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Daniel Tyson
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November 18, 2025
Toyota investing $125 million in Blue Springs plant
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Daniel Tyson
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October 30, 2025
Mississippi senators hear concerns from farmers as state’s agriculture industry struggles
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Matt Friedeman
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November 23, 2025
Hard work of evangelism
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Susan Marquez
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November 21, 2025
It’s not Thanksgiving for Chef Austin Sumrall without his Oyster Hand Pie
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Alistair Begg
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November 21, 2025
Preaching the Kingdom of God
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Kimberly Ross
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November 21, 2025
The political right needs to exorcize its Fuentes’ demons
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Sid Salter
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November 19, 2025
Term limits: Why small rural states like Mississippi lose when seniority is forced out
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Jill Ford
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November 18, 2025
Keep opportunity in Mississippi: Put AI to work
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