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Yes, Mississippi, like many Southern states such as Louisiana, Texas and Georgia have a well known history of voter suppression. Still, Presley didn’t seem to be a very magnetic candidate and bragging about his anti-abortion credentials on the campaign trails was never going to do much to distinguish himself from the opposition candidate.

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Correct.  That's why it's CRUCIAL for Democrats to show up at the polls next election, as there are several swing states in contention.  It won't be a cakewalk, but I think we can do it.

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https://twitter.com/DougJones/status/1723867815931765116

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Well here you go. This article confirms what we’ve known all along:  there is an orchestrated effort by Republicans to get third parties like No Labels and independent candidates to run for President in order to dilute the votes of Joe Biden and put Trump back in the White House.  Sen. Steve Daines, the head of the RSCC spend months trying to persuade Trump to endorse the governor of West Virginia in a Senate bid agains Joe Manchin.  Here’s the quote:
“Daines argued to Trump that endorsing Justice could knock Manchin out of the race — and make the Democrat more likely to run for president, siphoning votes from Biden.”
Come on @JoeManchinWV, don’t take the bait!

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/09/inside-the-gops-operation-to-retire-manchin-00126472

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^ So much depends on an 81 year old man living another year. The saying "there are no atheists in foxholes" always annoyed me. Even when my son was crashing during birth I didn't pray, but you know what? I have started praying for Joe Biden. This poor man should be hanging out on Rohobeth Beach with his grandchildren. Meanwhile, he is stuck in an incredibly stressful job trying to save the free world from Trump. I cannot even imagine what four more years of Trump would do to this nation or the world. I want to believe that people are not this stupid, but I don't. I'm not sure they make an antidepressant strong enough to get me through another four years of that madman.

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https://pen.org/issue/book-bans/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/books/book-ban-rise-libraries.html

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P!nk gives away 2,000 banned books
at Florida concerts

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/1213317663/pink-gives-away-2-000-banned-books-at-florida-concerts 

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https://twitter.com/tobymorton/status/1724872533608919229

https://www.momsforliberties.com/app-landing-page

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