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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘
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Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old child, is dead after a Mississippi police officer shot into a car and killed him. Family members say his mother was holding him in the passenger seat.
The officers were responding to a shoplifting call over a box of diapers at the Senatobia Walmart.
Whew, truth
NEW from Senatobia re the Kohen Wiley police shooting.
True. Also both punished for it, which is still women’s reality in our country. Perpetually relegated to being sidelines critics of the often-lesser men with the power, control (of the microphone and narrative) and the toys.
Mississippi boy Haley Barbour’s vision and agenda finally coming to fruition. Don’t forget too easily. Read this for the seeds of so much coming to fruition now:
NEW: Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits.
In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline.
A Mississippi police officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart while responding to a shoplifting call.
The Mississippi Youth Media Project has returned to the MFP offices for the summer of 2026. These brilliant young people will spend the summer investigating the systemic and historic causes of gun violence and vet common solutions. Read their work at jxnpulse.com.
Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
Important news: Georgia Republicans will NOT draw new political maps after all right now. They were supposed to do it in a special session starting today, but legislative leaders nixed that.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
With anti-Black racism, no Black life is safe. Not even a baby. Not even a baby. Not even a baby. His name: Kohen Kartier Wiley.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
at least we still have outlets like the @mississippifreepress.org who know how to write a headline
Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘
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this may well be the defining joke of our era
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Two things I respect most about Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris is they don’t cower to men, and they speak the truth even when it’s unpopular! Hillary’s latest interview was nothing but the truth!
