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 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

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 The Mississippi Center for Public Policy issued the following press release. 

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It appears someone got some shuteye at the Gluckstadt Sonic before taking out Gluckstadt's railroad crossing Wednesday night.  

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The first experience that comes to mind is the ending of one of my favorite movies, Field of Dreams.

 
"Hea, Dad? You want to have a catch"

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 The Police Activity Youtube channel just dropped nearly 30 minutes of police body cam footage shot immediately after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.  The video can be watched at Youtube.  

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 One of the all-time great movies is coming to Jackson for not one but TWO days in August.  Yes, Lawrence of Arabia, the same movie spoofed in Full Metal Jacket, is showing August 11 and 12.  Peter O'Toole, Anthony Quinn, Claude Rains, Omar Sharif, and Obi Wan Kenobi make up what is truly an Allstar cast.  Throw in a killer soundtrack and what you have is a cinematic masterpiece.  

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 Just when you think the news from Butler can not get any worse, a new tidbit of information comes out that casts the Not-So-Secret Service in a light that is none too flattering. Whistleblowers claim that  not only did the Secret Service not deploy a drone at former President Trump's rally, the Secret Service rejected offers of drone assistance from local law enforcement agencies.  

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It'a all a conspiracy.  Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba blamed this website's coverage of the Smith-Wills Stadium lease on - wait for it - a grand conspiracy.  Yup.  Move over birtherism and trutherism, we now have us a new one.  Watch the video.  

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The Mississippi Supreme Court hearing for Carlos the Clown has been rescheduled for August.  Presiding Judge Leslie King decreed yesterday: 

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 The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following statement. 

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Another domino fell in the DHS scandal today when Brett Favre's business partner, Jacob Vanlandingham, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court today.   

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SAN FRANCISCO— Whenever I'm in a new city always go to the front desk of the hotel and ask, “Where is the best independent breakfast joint?” I tell them, “I want to go to the place where the old men are sitting around a table every morning talking about sports and politics.” It never fails, that's the place I'm going to learn more about a city or town. That's also the place where I will typically get the most authentic local breakfast.

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 An account of a pit bull attack in Ridgewood Park appeared on social media this week.  Actually calling it a "pit bull attack" is somewhat misleading as the attack involved not one, not two, not three, but four pit bulls.  Of course, the victim got no help from JPD.  She posted: 

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The easy political comparison to President Joe Biden’s decision to with withdraw from the 2024 U.S. presidential race is to point to incumbent Democratic President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s decision not to seek the presidential nomination of his party in the 1968 campaign.

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 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

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 Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle resigned her position.  The Wall Street Journal reported:

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Although it's small consolation, the state of Mississippi will pay Anthony Fox $75,617 for his wrongful incarceration.   

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Drugs and mental health cases continue to plague the streets of Jackson as exhibited in the video posted below.   This episode took place on Woodrow Wilson. Warning: Psychological & physical nudity present in video.

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Just watch this clip from the Secret Service hearing this morning.

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 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press briefing right now.  The presser is streamed below. 

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 The husband of the missing Latasha Coleman was killed in a shootout yesterday at the McDowell Road Shell Station in Jackson.  However, Mrs. Coleman probably would. not have been missing and presumably killed if not for Hinds County Court Judge Johnny McDaniels.  

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 It looks like we got ourselves a porch pirate in Belhaven. 

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 The Jackson Police Department issued the following statement. 

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 President Joe Biden announced he is withdrawing from the 2024 Presidential election.   

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"I think in our seecular society we've so secularized our approach to God and everything else that gradually what used to be the Lord's Day become part of a weekend. What used to be something we said, "Lord, I love you", now we're literally saying "Lord, I love you less. I love me more. My pleasure is more important than your worship.... Maybe we need a new hymn book for modern Christians. Instead of singing "I surrender all", we sing "I surrender some." Instead of singing "There shall be showers of blessings, it shall be "sprinkles of blessings". "Fill my cup, Lord" should be changed to "fill my spoon, Lord. "Have thine own way" might be changed to "Maybe some of the time," preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard as he discussed the holiness of the Sabbath.    The 1996 sermon is posted below. 

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“Three months before the end of his presidency, Donald Trump quietly issued Executive Order 13957, allowing the conversion of some federal civil service jobs to excepted service under a new classification, Schedule F,” reported a Spring 2024 Cato Institute publication. “If a position was reclassified, the president could fire its occupant at will and install a successor without going through the civil service hiring and placement process.

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It's been thirty years since Scamba, I meant Simba, graced the cinema. Yup, the Lion King will be playing at local theatres next week. Nature, diversity, ghosts, and Darth Vader. What else do you need for the perfect movie? The showtimes are posted below. Be sure and check the AM's and PM's as they are kid-friendly.

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 Falkor escaped The Nothing and returns to the big screen next week. If you want to watch this blast from the past, check out the showtimes posted below.

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 The oral arguments in Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Carlos Moore, Municipal Court Judge are postponed.  The proceeding was scheduled for Tuesday but Mr. Moore asked for a continuance due to a death in the family of his attorney, Terris Harris.  

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 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement.

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 United States Senator Roger Wicker issued the following statement. 

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Rest in peace, hero, rest in peace.  You were what we should all aspire to be.   

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Last Call is apparently not just for alcohol.   

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Had Donald Trump tilted his head the other way, the bullet that clipped his ear would have killed him. America was half an inch away from a major civil crisis.

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 The Hinds County Economic Development Authority issued the following statement. 

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For no good reason that I can remember, I recently decided to give my good friend ZeroBear PolyBear a shot at authoring one of my weekly posts. Here it comes:

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 Maggie, Bert, Walt, Woody, Rube, and the rest of the gang are back in this edition of Throwback Thursday.  Enjoy. 

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 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

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 State Treasurer David McRae today announced Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) investments earned 9.5 percent in FY2024, far exceeding the 5.75 percent targets.

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 Rudy Warnock filed an unopposed motion to continue his trial scheduled for August 5.  U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has not ruled on the motion. 

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The City of Jackson issued the following statement. 

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 Think comparing Butler to Uvalde is a wee bit extreme? Guess again.  The Daily Muck reported some rather chilling information about Secret Service negligence and incompetence that took place Saturday: 

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 Insurance Commish Mike Chaney issued the following statement. 

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The late Dau Mabil's widow won another round in the fight over an independent autopsy  of his remains.

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 It's time for Jackson Jambalaya's annual fund-raising drive.  Your support makes this website possible and it would not have made it this far without you. JJ led the way in reporting on the Jackson water crisis and covered stories the media would not touch, right.  However, the need for your support remains as strong as ever. 

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One of the more unique and unusual pleasures of my life is sitting in the stillness of one of our restaurant dining rooms at dawn before anyone arrives. I like to go in early, before anyone is there, and just “be” in the space. There is something about the solitude of that act in those rooms that inspires me.

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The Mayor often makes up facts as he goes along (state doesn't pay its water bills, anyone?) and Monday's press conference was no exception. 

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If we are the American people we are supposed to be we are this week pausing from the caustic political exchanges on social media and thanking God for the fact that the assassination attempt at the campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania did not end in a state funeral.

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Check out what Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle told ABC News.

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