Notices by Ashton Pittman (ashton@journa.host), page 2

Since 2013, Mississippi’s Republican leaders have rejected more than $10 billion from the federal government that could have been used to expand Medicaid, even with the federal government offering to cover between 90% and 100% of the cost.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30094/mississippi-health-care-faces-looming-disaster-medical-group-warns-lawmakers

The 12 Republican-led states that refused to expand Medicaid accounted for 74% of all rural hospital closures between 2010 and 2021, an American Hospital Association report found last year.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30094/mississippi-health-care-faces-looming-disaster-medical-group-warns-lawmakers

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LATEST: Despite warnings that 54% of rural Mississippi hospitals are in danger of closing, Gov. Tate Reeves cautioned lawmakers against using state funds to save them.

"Keeping inefficient systems is not a good answer,” he told @KayodeCrown@twitter.com.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn reiterated to @KayodeCrown@twitter.com that he is "not in favor of Medicaid expansion," even though Mississippi's top medical leaders say it could save dozens of ailing rural hospitals.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

Still, Speaker Gunn said he's reviewing the so-called "Arkansas model" to see if it is “a viable solution,” while reiterating that he opposes "Medicaid expansion."

But the "Arkansas model" is a version of Medicaid expansion that includes work requirements.https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

Important point: A lot of times when we talk about "rural hospitals" and "rural voters," people assume you're referring to white people (such as in the midwest).

But in Mississippi, "rural" very often means Black (such as the majority Black rural Delta).
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30116/crisis-mode-as-hospitals-close-mississippi-lawmakers-mull-band-aid-fixes

Banning someone because they incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol or because because they instigated acts of terrorism against a children's hospital is different from banning someone because they reported things that hurt a billionaire CEO's delicate feelings.

TFCTMTT.

It appears Elon Musk had this Twitter Spaces discussion about his censoring of journalists shut down.

It didn't just end. The metadata and all the information about it was wiped.

There were upwards of 40,000 people in this conversation which was highly critical of him.

Join this space to discuss Musk's banning of journalists https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yNxaNwdboqKj

The Space just got shut down mid conversation not long after Musk made an appearance and left quickly in a huff saying, "Journalists will not get special treatment."

Reminded: Elon Musk has a transgender child.

He uses this platform to promote accounts that specialize in terrorizing transgender kids to the point of suicide.

He's not only a general POS, but he's a POS father.

NEW: Doug Evans, who tried Curtis Flowers for murder 6 times, lost an election for a Mississippi judge seat.

The Supreme Court vacated Flowers' sixth conviction, with Justice Kavanaugh citing Evans' “determined effort to rid the jury of black individuals.”https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29420/doug-evans-who-tried-curtis-flowers-for-murder-six-times-loses-election

“In the six trials combined, the State struck 41 of the 42 black prospective jurors it could have struck,” Justice Kavanaugh wrote in a 7-2 majority opinion.

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, joined in part by Justice Gorsuch.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29420/doug-evans-who-tried-curtis-flowers-for-murder-six-times-loses-election

After the Supreme Court ruling, Doug Evans said Flowers would “have to be retried” a seventh time, but later recused himself.

In September 2020, AG Fitch announced that the State was dropping the case against Flowers. He'd spent 23 years in prison.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29420/doug-evans-who-tried-curtis-flowers-for-murder-six-times-loses-election

Curtis Flowers is currently suing Doug Evans, accusing him of “malicious prosecution, abuse of process and false imprisonment.” In September, a federal judge stayed proceedings in that civil case until May 2023.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/15556/curtis-flowers-sues-district-attorney-after-six-murder-trials-23-years-in-prison-citing-racist-conduct