Ashton Pittman
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
News Editor @mississippifreepress.org •Writer 🖋️ •Film Shooter 📷 •Husband 🏳️🌈 •Pibble Dad 🐾 Opinions = mine
I don't think I've ever seen Donald Trump smile like this before. And is he rubbing Mamdani's arm???
Is he just that happy to be around someone who exudes celebrity and isn't named Kid Rock or Ted Nugent???
Is he just that happy to be around someone who exudes celebrity and isn't named Kid Rock or Ted Nugent???
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I don't think I've ever seen Donald Trump smile like this before. And is he rubbing Mamdani's arm???
Is he just that happy to be around someone who exudes celebrity and isn't named Kid Rock or Ted Nugent???
Is he just that happy to be around someone who exudes celebrity and isn't named Kid Rock or Ted Nugent???
And in case y'all need help avoiding him, this is what Clay Higgins looks like.
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
And in case y'all need help avoiding him, this is what Clay Higgins looks like.
What a wild Saturday.
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What a wild Saturday.
I really feel like Apple's AI text summaries should differentiate between when my husband is texting me a screenshot of some stranger's Facebook post and when he's texting me directly.
Because this notification was the first thing I saw when I woke up this morning:
Because this notification was the first thing I saw when I woke up this morning:
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I really feel like Apple's AI text summaries should differentiate between when my husband is texting me a screenshot of some stranger's Facebook post and when he's texting me directly.
Because this notification was the first thing I saw when I woke up this morning:
Because this notification was the first thing I saw when I woke up this morning:
If Bill Clinton's implicated, I'll simply have to burn my Bill Clinton shrine with all my Bill Clinton baseball caps and my Bill Clinton Bibles and my Bill Clinton t-shirts and my Bill Clinton playing cards and my Bill Clinton gold-plated coins and my Bill Clinton flags and my Bill Clinton shoes.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If Bill Clinton's implicated, I'll simply have to burn my Bill Clinton shrine with all my Bill Clinton baseball caps and my Bill Clinton Bibles and my Bill Clinton t-shirts and my Bill Clinton playing cards and my Bill Clinton gold-plated coins and my Bill Clinton flags and my Bill Clinton shoes.
Trump has never pushed Epstein files thing. He's repeatedly pushed to stop them.
But please do show me the point in the past 8 years where I didn't talk about Epstein.
But please do show me the point in the past 8 years where I didn't talk about Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump has never pushed Epstein files thing. He's repeatedly pushed to stop them.
But please do show me the point in the past 8 years where I didn't talk about Epstein.
But please do show me the point in the past 8 years where I didn't talk about Epstein.
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
Lots happening.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Lots happening.
Wow. She can be thin-skinned. I'm pretty sure my reply to her saying people in Mississippi don't read is what got me blocked.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Wow. She can be thin-skinned. I'm pretty sure my reply to her saying people in Mississippi don't read is what got me blocked.
Maybe because of this, I don't totally recall now.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Maybe because of this, I don't totally recall now.
And this is why Mamdani's first order of business will be to enact Sabrina Law.
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
And this is why Mamdani's first order of business will be to enact Sabrina Law.
Republican Mississippi Sen. Jeremy England responds to Democratic victories by calling on his party to do better reaching out to Black voters.
"Race alone should not be such a strong indicator of party affiliation
-and that has been a shortfall of my party, the Republican Party, for a long time."
"Race alone should not be such a strong indicator of party affiliation
-and that has been a shortfall of my party, the Republican Party, for a long time."
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Republican Mississippi Sen. Jeremy England responds to Democratic victories by calling on his party to do better reaching out to Black voters.
"Race alone should not be such a strong indicator of party affiliation
-and that has been a shortfall of my party, the Republican Party, for a long time."
"Race alone should not be such a strong indicator of party affiliation
-and that has been a shortfall of my party, the Republican Party, for a long time."
Mississippi Republicans respond to Democrats flipping 3 seats & breaking the GOP supermajority, saying Republicans "were the underdogs" due to court-drawn maps.
"It may make them feel better, but it doesn't change the conservative direction or policies in our state legislature led by Republicans."
"It may make them feel better, but it doesn't change the conservative direction or policies in our state legislature led by Republicans."
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Mississippi Republicans respond to Democrats flipping 3 seats & breaking the GOP supermajority, saying Republicans "were the underdogs" due to court-drawn maps.
"It may make them feel better, but it doesn't change the conservative direction or policies in our state legislature led by Republicans."
"It may make them feel better, but it doesn't change the conservative direction or policies in our state legislature led by Republicans."
"Last night's victory proves that Mississippi is no longer a foregone conclusion—we are a battleground state," Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor says in a statement this morning after Democrats broke the GOP Senate supermajority.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Last night's victory proves that Mississippi is no longer a foregone conclusion—we are a battleground state," Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor says in a statement this morning after Democrats broke the GOP Senate supermajority.
Mississippi Democrats look set to flip a third seat in the Legislature in tonight's special elections.
With 95% of the vote in, Democrat Justin Crosby leads Republican incumbent Sen. Jon Lancaster for House District 22 by a 53%-47% margin.
With 95% of the vote in, Democrat Justin Crosby leads Republican incumbent Sen. Jon Lancaster for House District 22 by a 53%-47% margin.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Mississippi Democrats look set to flip a third seat in the Legislature in tonight's special elections.
With 95% of the vote in, Democrat Justin Crosby leads Republican incumbent Sen. Jon Lancaster for House District 22 by a 53%-47% margin.
With 95% of the vote in, Democrat Justin Crosby leads Republican incumbent Sen. Jon Lancaster for House District 22 by a 53%-47% margin.
There's no public list of polling places, so we had to make a public records request for a list of polling places & contact election officials in all 18 counties involved in Tuesday's special elections to verify changes.
See a map and lists of changes: www.mississippifreepress.org/election-off...
See a map and lists of changes: www.mississippifreepress.org/election-off...
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There's no public list of polling places, so we had to make a public records request for a list of polling places & contact election officials in all 18 counties involved in Tuesday's special elections to verify changes.
See a map and lists of changes: www.mississippifreepress.org/election-off...
See a map and lists of changes: www.mississippifreepress.org/election-off...
Also: Don't miss Christina Steube's photos in the gallery from the progressive town hall that UM students held to counter Vance's event (and the drag show many attended afterward).
www.mississippifreepress.org/photos-jd-va...
www.mississippifreepress.org/photos-jd-va...
November 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Also: Don't miss Christina Steube's photos in the gallery from the progressive town hall that UM students held to counter Vance's event (and the drag show many attended afterward).
www.mississippifreepress.org/photos-jd-va...
www.mississippifreepress.org/photos-jd-va...
You can also use the maps in the @mississippifreepress.org candidate guides to see information about each district up for election.
For example, you can see that Senate District 2, currently held by Republican Michael McLendon, now has a 56.3% non-white population.
For example, you can see that Senate District 2, currently held by Republican Michael McLendon, now has a 56.3% non-white population.
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You can also use the maps in the @mississippifreepress.org candidate guides to see information about each district up for election.
For example, you can see that Senate District 2, currently held by Republican Michael McLendon, now has a 56.3% non-white population.
For example, you can see that Senate District 2, currently held by Republican Michael McLendon, now has a 56.3% non-white population.
NEWS: U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, is demanding that mega corporations answer for their part in Trump's demolition of the East Wing.
He sent demand letters to Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Google, HP, Meta & more.
Read the letter here: www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/u...
He sent demand letters to Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Google, HP, Meta & more.
Read the letter here: www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/u...
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
NEWS: U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, is demanding that mega corporations answer for their part in Trump's demolition of the East Wing.
He sent demand letters to Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Google, HP, Meta & more.
Read the letter here: www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/u...
He sent demand letters to Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Google, HP, Meta & more.
Read the letter here: www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/u...
When you're a liberal white dude and you're looking for a socially acceptable excuse to scratch your misogyny itch:
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
When you're a liberal white dude and you're looking for a socially acceptable excuse to scratch your misogyny itch:
If you see this purported JD Vance post going around, it is fake.
October 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you see this purported JD Vance post going around, it is fake.
I think it's heartwarming that we as a society set aside a whole national holiday to honor an unproblematic filmmaker like Chris Columbus. 😊
Good job, America.
Good job, America.
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think it's heartwarming that we as a society set aside a whole national holiday to honor an unproblematic filmmaker like Chris Columbus. 😊
Good job, America.
Good job, America.
These are the images the FBI put out as they search for suspects in the mass shooting at Leland's homecoming game:
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
These are the images the FBI put out as they search for suspects in the mass shooting at Leland's homecoming game:
Album of the year, for sure.
October 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Album of the year, for sure.
The online discourse around Taylor Swift is already unhinged right now (especially if you go to Threads or TikTok, which algorithmically boost misinformation and the most inflammatory bad takes).
Enter CNN, throwing fuel on the fire.
"It's finally open season on America's sweetheart."
Enter CNN, throwing fuel on the fire.
"It's finally open season on America's sweetheart."
October 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The online discourse around Taylor Swift is already unhinged right now (especially if you go to Threads or TikTok, which algorithmically boost misinformation and the most inflammatory bad takes).
Enter CNN, throwing fuel on the fire.
"It's finally open season on America's sweetheart."
Enter CNN, throwing fuel on the fire.
"It's finally open season on America's sweetheart."