Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
Allison Girvin, a seasoned media executive and award-winning journalist, has been named CEO of Shareblue Media, the number one digital platform for progressive news. Girvin begins her new role this July. Girvin joins Shareblue Media from NBCUniversal, where she launched the Business, Technology and Media Unit for NBC News and MSNBC, producing content for all […]
By The American Independent Staff - July 18, 2019
Following the horrifying shooting by a lone gunman during a congressional baseball team practice, the leaders in the House of both parties showed what it truly means to be connected as Americans. After leading the House in the pledge of allegiance, Speaker Paul Ryan offered powerful words of resilience and camaraderie. “We are united,” Ryan […]
By The American Independent Staff - June 14, 2017
This piece was co-written by Shareblue writers Tommy Christopher and Melissa McEwan. There are many ways President-elect Donald Trump could have responded when Rep. John Lewis publicly stated that he doesn’t regard Trump as a “legitimate” president. Any number of those ways would have been respectful, including silence. But Trump has publicly asserted that winning should inoculate […]
By The American Independent Staff - January 14, 2017
This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Tommy Christopher and Leah McElrath. While the Trump administration will attempt to argue the firing of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn resolves the questions of the Trump team’s ties with Russia, the opposite is true: the circumstances around Flynn’s “resignation” raise more questions and bring a fresh […]
By The American Independent Staff - February 14, 2017
In the 21 days since Donald Trump took office, there have been (at least) 21 notable victories for the Resistance: 1: Following massive protests and public outcry, Trump’s Muslim ban has thus far failed in court. 2: Uber’s CEO resigned from Trump’s economic council following outrage over the company’s attempts to capitalize on the upheaval created by the […]
By The American Independent Staff - February 10, 2017
This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Dianna E. Anderson and Ginger McKnight-Chavers. In an unprecedented move, several members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) testified before the Senate Judiciary committee at the Attorney General nomination hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions. These members were relegated by the committee’s schedule to the final hours of […]
By The American Independent Staff - January 12, 2017
Shareblue’s Executive Editor Jess McIntosh joined MSNBC’s Chris Hayes to talk about the vibrant and growing protests at town halls across the country. Despite the claims of Donald Trump and others on the right, these are not “paid protestors” — they are real people, with real concerns. HAYES: How do you understand what happened this week […]
By The American Independent Staff - February 24, 2017
This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Dianna E. Anderson and Alison R. Parker. Since his election, Donald Trump has attempted to shape himself as a “jobs” president, taking credit for numerous manufacturing decisions and new plants. But Trump’s “jobs jobs jobs” line will be completely undermined by a budget being modeled off the […]
By The American Independent Staff - January 19, 2017
This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Dianna E. Anderson and Tommy Christopher. The Donald Trump administration is setting up the United States for a major shift in foreign policy — one that stands to make us considerably less safe and secure than we have been under President Barack Obama’s leadership. His admiration for […]
By The American Independent Staff - January 16, 2017
Donald Trump’s campaign is built on lies, projection and hypocrisy. Case in point: Less than 24 hours after the Trump campaign pushes Melania out front to give an odd speech in a state they won't win… new Melania news: https://t.co/xKu3EMfDKy — Emo Desperado (@JoyAnnReid) November 5, 2016 https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/794723155034173441 Trump in immigration speech on 8/31: "Anyone […]
By The American Independent Staff - November 04, 2016
At a rally in Sanford, FL, Donald Trump once again attacked Hillary Clinton and President Obama over the Affordable Care Act. He specifically referenced reports of double-digit premium increases, in order to garner support for repealing the law from voters worried about their own health care costs. As with so many subjects, Trump played fast […]
By The American Independent Staff - October 27, 2016
Trump’s egregious Billy Bush bus revelations triggered an exodus from his campaign. But before that recording emerged, Trump had already amassed a litany of shameful words and deeds: 1. Fat-shamed and slut-shamed former Miss Universe Alicia Machado. 2. Body-shamed Kim Kardashian while she was pregnant. 3. Discussed having sex with Princess Diana weeks after she had died in a […]
By The American Independent Staff - October 24, 2016
In light of the New York Times bombshell that Trump may have paid no federal taxes after a massive $916 million deduction in 1995, one has to wonder if he was referring to himself when he claimed that half of Americans are freeloaders. Speaking to Sean Hannity in 2015, Trump said this: The problem we have right now—we have a society that sits […]
By The American Independent Staff - October 02, 2016
The memo issued by the DCCC’s Policy Department, recapping the 114th Congress, is brutal in its stark assessment of the failures of the Republican leadership to accomplish meaningful change on behalf of the American people. After setting a light schedule which “has the House on track to work the least number of days since 2007,” […]
By The American Independent Staff - September 30, 2016
Peter Daou has tracked the corporate media’s sustained and duplicitous effort to impugn Hillary Clinton’s honesty: Since the early nineties, the corporate media have used a seemingly innocuous interrogatory to create a self-fulfilling loop. By repeatedly asking whether Hillary has a trust and honesty problem, they have created the very issue that they pretend to objectively report on. Put simply: if you ask whether someone […]
By The American Independent Staff - September 23, 2016
The Pennsylvania Senate race is a close one, although Katie McGinty has been leading Pat Toomey by an average of 3.25 percent since August. In the final stretch, she’s focused on economic policy—a key concern of Pennsylvania voters, on which she and her opponent Pat Toomey have stark disagreements. https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/777897119155826688 https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/777924814451437569 On Friday, McGinty got […]
By The American Independent Staff - September 19, 2016