Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Please share with friends in North Miss.! Sept. 25th at the Lyric in Oxford, Miss. 021
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026CAMPAIGN RALLY ANNOUNCED: “Our Mississippi. Our Future.” Featured & guest speakers, live music & bar. Doors open @ 6pm w/live music set starting shortly after. All are welcome! RSVP www.mobilize.us/scottcolomfo... See you there 🫏 020
Reposted by Cristen HemminsLil A 🐴💙 @lilatheofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Republicans are in charge of the Senate Republicans are in charge of the House Republicans are in charge of the Presidency Republicans are in charge of the Supreme Court Republicans are to blame for everything 20256191624
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Join us on the Square this Saturday for #nokings. 000
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAshley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I understand why Putin wants to destroy America, and I can guess why Trump is helping him do it. But I'll never figure out why Congress is letting him get away with it. 64473911496
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 16/12/2025FINALLY BACK! Whew, nice to be able to be here again. (Mississippi embargo ended with age verification) 040
Reposted by Cristen HemminsSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/08/202561 years ago today Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer one of the most courageous activists of the Civil Rights Movement posed the question that echoes today with every migrant round-up by masked officers, as federal troops converge on D.C.,as institutions are threatened: “IS THIS AMERICA?” youtu.be/DFC1nc3IXBMyoutu.beFannie Lou Hamer's Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party SpeechYouTube video by Northwest African American Museum 431662655
Reposted by Cristen HemminsBluesky @bsky.app · 22/08/2025Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours. 24565590413988
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi. This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org. We ditched X for BlueSky early this year. And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof. I don't know what we'll do next. Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe. 30247912250
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025My new editorial: "Whatever the Mississippi Legislature’s intent, we now find ourselves in a place where we are now having to grapple with how to ensure we can stay connected with all of our readers, many of whom follow us on BlueSky." www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...mississippifreepress.orgEd Note | State Law Compels BlueSky to Block Mississippi IPsAshton Pittman writes about how Mississippi’s social media age-verification law prompted BlueSky to block access to Mississippi IP addresses. 9284118
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025UPDATE: It looks like @mississippifreepress.org will be able to continue posting to BlueSky through Buffer. But that still doesn't help all our followers in Mississippi who can no longer access BlueSky and may not use a VPN. So sign up for our newsletter: www.mississippifreepress.org/newsletters/mississippifreepress.orgNewsletter - Mississippi Free PressGet exclusive stories that look at context and solutions to systemic issues for Mississippi and the nation with these FREE newsletters. 28682339
Reposted by Cristen HemminsTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 13/08/2025With this barrage of unbelievable news, sometimes you've got to step back, draw a breath, and say WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK? boingboing.net/2025/08/13/t...boingboing.netTrump's Labor Statistics pick has painting of Nazi battleship behind his deskSome people online claim the painting is of the USS New Jersey, but it's the Bismarck, as made obvious by the photograph it traces. 1521972
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025This is A+ trolling 930282756430
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13/08/2025The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 9403267210436
Reposted by Cristen HemminsPlanned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi @pptnmcares.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Planned Parenthood is here for you. No matter what. 021
Reposted by Cristen HemminsRachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 12/08/2025“Those of us that practice in rural settings, we’re going to be here,” he said. “We’ll do it, regardless of what our resources. But there’s also the realization that we feel like the orchestra on the Titanic.” Read my latest @nashvillebanner.bsky.social nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/12/t...nashvillebanner.comRural Tennessee hospitals face issues from Medicaid cuts - Nashville BannerA rural Tennessee doctor discusses challenges facing OB-GYN's in the state, with Medicaid cuts and rural hospital closures impacting access to care. 13718
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Fed-Up? Show up to peacefully protest, #Mississippi. Events are being organized. In Oxford join a 30 minute protest! This Friday, 8/15, 911 E. Jackson Ave, #Oxford Noon-12:30pm #FightTheTrumpTakeover Then Saturday 3-4pm at the DeSoto County Courthouse 2535 Hwy 51 South, #Hernando #Mississippi. 010
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Scenes from our Lafayette Dems (Miss.) visibility event Saturday to protect our national parks and promote climate action at Bailey Branch park along highway 7. #climatechangeisreal #climateactionnow #protectourplanet #protectourparks #protectouroceans #globalwarmingisreal☀️ 020
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 08/08/2025You’re invited! Please support this important local service, North Mississippi Rural Legal Services. This 501c3 program offers free, civil legal services and representation to the poor, elderly and disabled. 010
Reposted by Cristen HemminsCristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Join us this Saturday! There will be no marching at the rally, so bring a chair if you like & wave a flag or hold a sign. There will be a Smoky the Bear birthday party at one end of the park from 9:30 to 10:30 AM, including a firetruck, forest ranger, and cake, so bring the kids. #climateaction 022
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 07/08/2025This event is not sponsored by Lafayette Dems, but I’m helping spread the word. Come on out and bring the kids! 000
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Join us this Saturday! There will be no marching at the rally, so bring a chair if you like & wave a flag or hold a sign. There will be a Smoky the Bear birthday party at one end of the park from 9:30 to 10:30 AM, including a firetruck, forest ranger, and cake, so bring the kids. #climateaction 022
Reposted by Cristen HemminsBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025This is what is happening right now. 557224187913
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Please join us! We want your input, east Tenn. More locations coming… 010
Reposted by Cristen HemminsPlanned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi @pptnmcares.bsky.social · 23/07/2025We want to hear from you! PPTNM is excited to present the Pink Horizon Listening Tour with our President and CEO Ashley Coffield, who will travel throughout Tennessee and North Mississippi to listen to supporters as we work toward a brighter future together. www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare... 011
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I’m almost to my one-year “planniversary” and love working at PP. Please share these job postings with anyone for whom they are a fit! 010
Reposted by Cristen HemminsSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Did you say “admitted to the bar in 2024?” The DEI of it all. This is insane. 16840121136
Reposted by Cristen HemminsRachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The story about the oldest embryo resulting in live birth this week goes deeper than you can imagine. I've been covering this story for nearly a year. Stay tuned for more. #tnrepronews #reprorights #ivf #reproductiverights #fertilityjourney www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/29/1...technologyreview.comExclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that’s over 30 years oldThe embryos were created in 1994, while the expectant father was still a toddler, and donated via a Christian “embryo adoption” agency. 1116
Reposted by Cristen HemminsRachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Can you please help me get this story out? Please share, email, text, Signal, sky write, snail mail everyone you know. This is the first, but it won’t be the last. wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/pregnant-w... 611491
Reposted by Cristen HemminsRachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025UPDATED: The woman at the center of my reporting speaks out. For the first time, she shares what it felt like to be denied prenatal care simply for being unmarried. wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/pregnant-w... #reprorights #reproductivehealth #tnlegwellsrachelm.substack.comExclusive: Pregnant Woman in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried (Updated)The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose "lifestyles" they disagree with 67717463
Reposted by Cristen HemminsPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 22/07/2025NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (SOUND UP) DAY 21 JULY 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES LIsten & Share THIS IS REAL AUDIO HE TELLS YOU LOUD AND CLEAR Young GIRLS..CHILDREN Howard Stern 2006 He'd stop at 12 year olds It's upsetting to type this This should infuriate you Outraged Media get on this ! 84749569
Reposted by Cristen HemminsHeather Harrison @heatherharrison.bsky.social · 22/07/2025A Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities is on hold after a judge temporarily blocked it on Sunday. Read the latest on the anti-DEI law, House Bill 1193.mississippifreepress.orgJudge Blocks Mississippi Ban on Diversity, Equity and InclusionA Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities is paused after a judge blocked it. 062
Reposted by Cristen HemminsChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/07/2025I didn’t start out thinking there was some genuinely incriminating info about Trump in the DOJ files on Epstein but I’m definitely changing my mind! 45986751022
Reposted by Cristen HemminsSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California. ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character. 327142594958
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025If only we could pass legislation like this. 031
Reposted by Cristen HemminsShannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 14/06/2025It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence. 230176304945
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Surely this can’t happen. But of course they want it to. 000
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025PATRIOT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 “No Kings” rally 11am today at City Hall. Oxford, Miss. JOIN US 051
Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Join us on the Square in Oxford tomorrow to say NO to fascism. Pres. Trump isn’t just sending the military into American cities as a power grab – he’s using it to distract from his funding bill that will rip healthcare from 16 million people. The right to peacefully protest is fundamental. 011
Reposted by Cristen HemminsPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty. 21465539117602
Reposted by Cristen HemminsEric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities. 25955645116803
Reposted by Cristen HemminsTaylor Darcy @tdarcy.wedissentmedia.com · 12/06/2025The same guy who tells us LA is on fire is at the Kennedy Center watching Les Miserables, and if that isn't ironic, I don’t know what is. 842623424
Reposted by Cristen HemminsArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025In no universe did Senator Alex Padilla “lunge” at anyone. This administration is full of pathological liars. 24174121603
Reposted by Cristen Hemminsdigby @digby56.bsky.social · 12/06/2025You wanyt a political stunt? I've got one for you right here: 812729
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/06/2025Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary." 1244311369417
Reposted by Cristen HemminsCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 12/06/2025What happened to Senator Padilla is absolutely DISGUSTING. Point blank, period. This shit is out of control. Another elected official disrespected while doing their job. (1/2) 1003319506947
Reposted by Cristen HemminsAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12/06/2025🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this 531176175489
Reposted by Cristen HemminsKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable." 287153703908