New statement released by the Jackson County DA on August 18,2019

No specific events are mentioned but I imagine it’s in response to the letters Crump and Co released to the press in the last few days.

Nice to see a new official statement on why she has not spoken about the case in an effort to counteract the narrative that the official investigation is anything but fair and thorough.

If anyone can provide a link to the direct statement, I’ll edit this post.

 

 

By lowering taxes on millionaires, billionaire, and corporations, Trump and the Republicans have blown a huge hole in the budget to the point America is on the road to insolvency.

The only way to remedy the situation is to cut government spending to make up the shortfall. So when they imply their cost-cutting is good for  the budget, it is an out and out lie; it benefits only them!

Every dollar slashed from Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, other healthcare discounts to make private plans affordable, SNAP benefits for the indigent and hungry children, educational subsidies,  veteran’s benefits, food banks, and the entire social safety net goes directly into the pockets of Trump and his heartless plutocrat friends.

Stop and look for a minute at your budget, it wasn’t always this way. Just a short while ago Americans lived a reasonably secure life with opportunity available for all those who would work hard for their families.

What happened? Trump/Republican lies and their assault on you, and yours.

See this –Boldface mine:

 

Trump’s $500/month Social Security cuts will go nuclear in Alabama: report.

the largest economic impact in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others.

Story by Adam Lynch • 13h • 2 min read

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AL.com reports that the deep-red state of Alabama is one of the impoverished states lining up for a beating from presidential inaction from the White House it created in the last election.

“Barring action from Congress, millions of Americans who depend on Social Security could see their benefits cut by as much as 24 percent in 2032,” reports AL.com. “The deep cuts would average about $500 a month.”

One-in-five Americans – 63 million in total – are slated to lose monthly income if Social Security’s retirement program gets a 24 percent cut today, said AL.com. And for Alabama, this will mean an average cut of $486.

Total benefit cuts would top 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 40 states with the largest economic impact in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others

“The latest projections from the Social Security Board of Trustees show that the reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund are set to run out in the fourth quarter of 2032. After that point, Social Security would only be able to pay 76 percent of promised benefits,” AL.com reports.

Meanwhile, the Big Beautiful Bill that Trump and Republicans passed is preparing to deliver more immediate pain from an entirely different angle, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

“At the time of the OBBBA’s passage, it faced widespread criticism from Democrats. A July 2025 Quinnipiac poll found that 44 percent of Americans thought the bill would hurt rather than help them personally. The same month, longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted on Fox News that the bill could pose problems for his party in the next round of elections.”

“I think it'll have a huge impact on 2026, because, remember, as these changes, particularly the Medicaid changes, come into effect, they’re going to have, people are going to be losing their coverage,” said. Rove.

 

Meanwhile, voters are not buying into the tax cut Republicans and Trump touted during the bill’s passage.

“In a separate survey by Winning the Issues, part of the GOP-aligned Winston Group, almost half of U.S. voters did not think the bill prevented a tax increase on them and their families. That was a key part of Republican messaging as they campaigned to pass the bill last year,” reports CS Monitor.

“We’ve seen some Republicans run ads calling this essentially a tax cut, but that’s not how people feel,” said Julie Alderman Boudreau, the director of research at left-leaning Navigator Research. “This [bill] is a huge liability ... for any Republican on the ballot in 2026.”

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Auditor White reports $10.9 million in misspent funds in past fiscal year while $1.1 million, including only $18,000 in misspent welfare funds, was recovered.

In the last three days, President Trump has worked tirelessly to sabotage our relationship with South Korea, all while heaping words of praise on Kim Jong Un, who is actively conspiring with our enemies to destroy American interests and hegemony. Everything that Roger Wicker has worked for decades to achieve as a classic Reaganite Neoconservative Republican and chair of the Senate Armed Services is being shredded apart and tossed out with the trash. Not to mention the ongoing situation on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

I'm looking at buying a DIY fixer upper in Lumberton and was hoping I could some real answers about living in the general area for two elders in their 60's.

I have a chance to buy a 3 bed 2 1/2 bath on one acre next to the High School sight unseen except via video of a friend that lives there and owns a business. She fell in love with it and says while it needs repairs, it's very doable.

Can anyone tell me a few things about life there? Are the people friendly? How is the crime? Property theft? What is the best hospital in case of an emergency?

And I know this sounds crazy...but what about wildlife in town. I'm only blocks from the downtown area, but know I am currently in New Orleans, and I've read that rattlesnakes and bears can be an issue? I've lived in the swamps 3/4 of my life, but inquiring minds want to know!! Like...should I keep a shotgun handy? I'm mostly worried about my dog on the property getting hurt or my significant other getting hurt as he has dementia.

Anything else I should be aware of? What's the best town nearby to shop at? Anything else that you can offer would be wonderful before I sign closing papers!!

Thanks SO much y'all for any and all suggestions. ( edited for typos)

Looks like the District Attorney gave the family a deadline to turn over Nolan's cell phone.

>According to the legal team’s correspondence, no date or time for that examination was ever set. Instead, on Aug. 12 at 11:51 p.m., the District Attorney’s office sent a letter directing the family to deliver the phone to her office by 9 a.m. on Aug. 14, less than 48 hours later. Nolan’s parents were outside Mississippi when that letter was sent and were not scheduled to return before the deadline.

The *Sun Herald* has requested copies of the DA's correspondence from the family's legal team. The family' attorney's response letter to the DA is attached at the end of the article. It reads in part:

>Third, the parties have not yet agreed upon a forensic protocol addressing, at a minimum, the scope and method of the examination, chain of custody, preservation of the forensic extraction, access to resulting forensic data, treatment of information outside the agreed scope, retention of the extraction, and return of the device.

I can't help but wonder if the DA didn't actually agree to a joint examination of the phone or have an agreed upon forensic protocol. It seems odd that a DA would allow a victim's family to have a say on the terms of examination of evidence in a law enforcement investigation. That's just not really how things work. Imagine a scenario where a known murder had occurred. The DA would not have an agreed upon forensic protocol with the victim's family to examine the victim's phone. That would be ridiculous.

I also can't help but wonder if the District Attorney has been sympathetic to the family and wanted to give them a chance to turn over the phone without having to get a search warrant so she's just requested it several times but now she needs the phone because it's getting close to the point of presenting the case of grand jury so she needs the phone so she finally gave them a deadline to turn it over in a short timeframe. I just doubt that short deadline came out of thin air.

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I learned a lot of Mississippi history from my grandmother. She was born in Mantee, MS during the Great Depression. She lived in a 1 room house with 3 sisters. She would tell me how they had dirt floors, an outhouse, a well, and so on.. They went to school in a one room schoolhouse that catered to all grades, When she wasn’t in school she was picking cotton. After her passing I regretted not writing down the stories she told me. It’s history that will be forgotten in time.

She lived a truly fascinating life. She went from having basically no rights to becoming the manager of K-Mart and later Sears. She raised 4 children by herself while dealing with an infamous ex-husband that worked for the MHP during a very dark time. Because of that, even after he left she would find hand written death threats, get bricks through the window, and the kids had to check their closets before bed to make sure no one was hiding in there.

I could write a book just pertaining to her marriage and divorce. She got countless calls asking to use my late grandmother’s name and likeness in movies and television. She always said ‘no’ because she didn’t want to tarnish the family name. After he left my grandmother didn’t sign the divorce papers for some years and he was illegally married to two other women at the same time. I could ramble about this stuff forever, but I’ll spare you.

My point of this post- Ask your elders about their lives. Record it. Write it down. These are pieces of history that may be forgotten otherwise.

Moved here almost a year ago and I haven’t been able to find any employment, I’m good with customer service positions like waiting tables, or online jobs in the same field. I am also well versed in middle management. I’m 19 and I’m excited to save up for higher education, as I only have a high school diploma to my name outside of my resume.
Hope I hear something back

Previously unreported federal inspection found serious failures in how facility reviewed uses of force, raising new questions about oversight of expanding detention system.

Read more here.

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>As it would for the typical U.S. Census taker, the work of counting bears in the woods starts with a clipboard and a blank piece of paper.

>Armed with this equipment — along with bear spray and, perhaps more importantly, tick repellent — a team of researchers has been fanning out to hundreds of survey stations set up across western Connecticut this summer to collect data on the area’s resident population of black bears. Their goal is to conduct the first scientific survey of the state’s bear population in over a decade.

>The project is a collaboration between the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Carnivore and Population Ecology Lab at Mississippi State University, which has conducted similar population surveys of black bears for several other state wildlife agencies.

>Instead of trying to locate bears in the wild, the survey relies on hair samples collected in barbed wire traps, which can be used to identify individual bears based on their DNA. Researchers will later come up with a population estimate based on how many different bears they identified and how often those bears showed up in the samples across different geographic areas.