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Cristen Hemmins

@cristenhemmins.bsky.social
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Fighting for a better Mississippi. Lafayette County Dems chair 💙🗳️🇺🇸, PPTNM Philanthropy Advisor. Abortion is healthcare. She/her

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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Please share with friends in North Miss.! Sept. 25th at the Lyric in Oxford, Miss.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CAMPAIGN 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 🫏
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Lil A 🐴💙 @lilatheofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Republicans 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
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Join us on the Square this Saturday for #nokings.
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I 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.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
FINALLY BACK! Whew, nice to be able to be here again. (Mississippi embargo ended with age verification)
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
61 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/DFC1nc3IXBM
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Fannie Lou Hamer's Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Speech
YouTube video by Northwest African American Museum
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 22/08/2025
Unfortunately, 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.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
BREAKING: 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.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
My 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...
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Ed Note | State Law Compels BlueSky to Block Mississippi IPs
Ashton Pittman writes about how Mississippi’s social media age-verification law prompted BlueSky to block access to Mississippi IP addresses.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
UPDATE: 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/
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
With 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...
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Trump's Labor Statistics pick has painting of Nazi battleship behind his desk
Some people online claim the painting is of the USS New Jersey, but it's the Bismarck, as made obvious by the photograph it traces.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This is A+ trolling
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The 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.
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Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi @pptnmcares.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Planned Parenthood is here for you. No matter what.
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Rachel 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...
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Rural Tennessee hospitals face issues from Medicaid cuts - Nashville Banner
A rural Tennessee doctor discusses challenges facing OB-GYN's in the state, with Medicaid cuts and rural hospital closures impacting access to care.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Fed-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.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Scenes 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☀️
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Come out Saturday!
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
You’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.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Join 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
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This event is not sponsored by Lafayette Dems, but I’m helping spread the word. Come on out and bring the kids!
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Join 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
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is what is happening right now.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Please join us! We want your input, east Tenn. More locations coming…
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Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi @pptnmcares.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
We 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...
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I’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!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Did you say “admitted to the bar in 2024?” The DEI of it all. This is insane.
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Rachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The 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...
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Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that’s over 30 years old
The embryos were created in 1994, while the expectant father was still a toddler, and donated via a Christian “embryo adoption” agency.
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Rachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Can 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...
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Rachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
UPDATED: 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 #tnleg
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Exclusive: 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
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
NIGHTS 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 !
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Heather Harrison @heatherharrison.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A 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.
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Judge Blocks Mississippi Ban on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
A Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities is paused after a judge blocked it.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I 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!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Marco 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.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
If only we could pass legislation like this.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It 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.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Surely this can’t happen. But of course they want it to.
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Yay for my Dad! 💗💗💗
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
PATRIOT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 “No Kings” rally 11am today at City Hall. Oxford, Miss. JOIN US
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Cristen Hemmins @cristenhemmins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Join 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.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today 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.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Kristi 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.
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Taylor Darcy @tdarcy.wedissentmedia.com · 12/06/2025
The 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.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
In no universe did Senator Alex Padilla “lunge” at anyone. This administration is full of pathological liars.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
You wanyt a political stunt? I've got one for you right here:
Nowm in front of prisoners at the El Salvador gulag
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/06/2025
Don'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."
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 12/06/2025
What 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)
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Asha 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
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sen. 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."
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