Ashton Pittman
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A federal court ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1994 precedent in the case Heck v. Humphrey, authored by the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, barred Olivier from suing over the Brandon ordinance.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision.
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A federal court ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1994 precedent in the case Heck v. Humphrey, authored by the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, barred Olivier from suing over the Brandon ordinance.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision.
The evangelist, Gabriel Olivier, argues that the suburban Mississippi city's ordinance requiring protesters to be in a designated protest zone—and barring him from preaching over a loudspeaker within 100 feet of the amphitheater—violates his free speech, religious freedom and 4th Amendment rights.
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The evangelist, Gabriel Olivier, argues that the suburban Mississippi city's ordinance requiring protesters to be in a designated protest zone—and barring him from preaching over a loudspeaker within 100 feet of the amphitheater—violates his free speech, religious freedom and 4th Amendment rights.
Y'all this is absolutely bonkers. It's nearly midnight.
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Y'all this is absolutely bonkers. It's nearly midnight.
Guys... it's still going... I think it's time for another MRI.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Guys... it's still going... I think it's time for another MRI.
The president of the United States is on a poasting bender right now.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The president of the United States is on a poasting bender right now.
Imagine putting Ms. Rachel on this list (for opposing the slaughtering of Palestinian children) but not including Nick Fuentes or Elon Musk.
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Imagine putting Ms. Rachel on this list (for opposing the slaughtering of Palestinian children) but not including Nick Fuentes or Elon Musk.
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
My husband's pumpkin spice brioche cinnamon rolls (a Thanksgiving morning tradition).
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My husband's pumpkin spice brioche cinnamon rolls (a Thanksgiving morning tradition).
As an editor, this piece confirms and reaffirms many of the things I've been worrying about and on the lookout for in the last few years.
Thanks to @nickhunebrown.bsky.social, executive editor at @thelocal.to, for being so transparent and telling this story.
Thanks to @nickhunebrown.bsky.social, executive editor at @thelocal.to, for being so transparent and telling this story.
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
As an editor, this piece confirms and reaffirms many of the things I've been worrying about and on the lookout for in the last few years.
Thanks to @nickhunebrown.bsky.social, executive editor at @thelocal.to, for being so transparent and telling this story.
Thanks to @nickhunebrown.bsky.social, executive editor at @thelocal.to, for being so transparent and telling this story.
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.