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applegrove

(129,960 posts) Wed Nov 5, 2025, 05:20 PM Nov 5

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News from deep red Mississippi:

âœ¨ The tides are turning in the Deep South.

Democrats just flipped TWO seats and shattered the GOP supermajority: proof that no place is beyond change when people rise up and vote for progress. ðŸ’™ #BlueWave
— WatchYourRepsSC (@watchyourrepssc.bsky.social) 2025-11-05T20:45:16.447Z

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News from deep red Mississippi: (Original Post) applegrove Nov 5 OP

Here's the story WarGamer Nov 5 #1

She is So Sweet! TY nt Cha Nov 5 #2

"Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along." Tactical Peek Nov 6 #3

Awesome, and it would so massive if so saw blue surprises next year overcoming gerrymandering too Jbraybarten Nov 6 #4

Mississippi has paper ballots for the first time in 35 years questionseverything Nov 6 #5

WarGamer

(18,226 posts)

1. Here's the story

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 05:23 PM

Nov 5

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-mississippi-vote-gop-supermajority-10994762

It's good news... but kinda pending on what SCOTUS does to the VRA.

Cha

(316,457 posts)

2. She is So Sweet! TY nt

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 07:36 PM

Nov 5

Tactical Peek

(1,401 posts)

3. "Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along."

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 10:27 AM

Nov 6

GO, MIS-SIS-SIP-PI, keep rolling along,
GO, MIS-SIS-SIP-PI, you cannot go wrong,
GO, MIS-SIS-SIP-PI, we're singing your song,
M-I-S,
S-I-S,
S-I-P-P-I.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go,_Mississippi

Jbraybarten

(170 posts)

4. Awesome, and it would so massive if so saw blue surprises next year overcoming gerrymandering too

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 10:30 AM

Nov 6

questionseverything

(11,529 posts)

5. Mississippi has paper ballots for the first time in 35 years

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 01:22 PM

Nov 6

They are not hand counted but at least there is paper to count now and the new counters are open source so that’s better than corporate, secret software

Baby steps

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