Posted on Jul 3, 2024
She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail....
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When Anna Wolfe won the Pulitzer Prize for her dogged reporting on Mississippi’s welfare fraud scandal, she had no inkling she was soon going to have to contend with the possibility of going to jail.
But just over a year after she secured journalism’s top award for exposing how $77 million in federal welfare funds went to athletes, cronies and pet projects, she and her editor, Adam Ganucheau, are contemplating what to pack for an extended stay behind bars. Sued for defamation by the state’s former governor — a top subject of their reporting — they have been hit with a court order requiring them to turn over internal files including the names of confidential sources. They say the order is a threat to journalism that they will resist.
But just over a year after she secured journalism’s top award for exposing how $77 million in federal welfare funds went to athletes, cronies and pet projects, she and her editor, Adam Ganucheau, are contemplating what to pack for an extended stay behind bars. Sued for defamation by the state’s former governor — a top subject of their reporting — they have been hit with a court order requiring them to turn over internal files including the names of confidential sources. They say the order is a threat to journalism that they will resist.
She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail....
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As we love to say here "Thank God for Mississippi... (or we'd be the worst state)"
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney - Arkansas is right at 3 million, most of whom have never left the state.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Maj (Join to see) -
Southerners Have Closer Knit Families Than Other Places,
That May Be One Of The Reasons They Don't Leave The State
The Other, Perhaps Also Now, Is The Poverty Rate. They Simply Can't
Afford The Cash To Do Much Traveling. Nor Move Out Of The State.
But I Will Say This, "It's A Beautiful State With Year Around Acceptable Weather,
And A Pretty Nice Place TO Live."
Southerners Have Closer Knit Families Than Other Places,
That May Be One Of The Reasons They Don't Leave The State
The Other, Perhaps Also Now, Is The Poverty Rate. They Simply Can't
Afford The Cash To Do Much Traveling. Nor Move Out Of The State.
But I Will Say This, "It's A Beautiful State With Year Around Acceptable Weather,
And A Pretty Nice Place TO Live."
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Maj (Join to see)
A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney - We do have closer families, but I don't think that's the main or only hindrance. My family was very close and many of my generation left. All 5 of my generation left. Two moved back. All would come back for family events until my grandparents passed. Now the burden has shifted to my parents and the family groups shifted one down the tree. I still see my cousin (the one in Fordyce) from time to time, but not nearly as often as before. I haven't seen my older cousin in years.
The bigger issue isn't necessarily poverty, but it's in that area. People here aren't impoverished but if they lived elsewhere they would be. Of course, if they lived in selected other locations they'd have a better social safety net than here. And better infrastructure... And better healthcare... And better quality of life... And better education...
The bigger issue isn't necessarily poverty, but it's in that area. People here aren't impoverished but if they lived elsewhere they would be. Of course, if they lived in selected other locations they'd have a better social safety net than here. And better infrastructure... And better healthcare... And better quality of life... And better education...
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Maj (Join to see) -
~OOPS ~ Mia Culpa.
Your Reply Is Excellent, With Many Good Reasons As Well. I Should Have Noticed It Because, Here's One Of Our Situations Too,: When I Was At Osan AFB, Korea ~
I Had 1 Brother At Vandenburg AFB,CA ~1 More Living In Panama, ~ A Sister In Texas ~ Another In Califirnia ~ 1 Bro In Merchant Marines, Texaco Oil Ship Tankers ~
Our Mother In Michigan.~ YUP, I Took A Count: "None Present Sir. But I Know Where They Are".
~OOPS ~ Mia Culpa.
Your Reply Is Excellent, With Many Good Reasons As Well. I Should Have Noticed It Because, Here's One Of Our Situations Too,: When I Was At Osan AFB, Korea ~
I Had 1 Brother At Vandenburg AFB,CA ~1 More Living In Panama, ~ A Sister In Texas ~ Another In Califirnia ~ 1 Bro In Merchant Marines, Texaco Oil Ship Tankers ~
Our Mother In Michigan.~ YUP, I Took A Count: "None Present Sir. But I Know Where They Are".
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Once Again, History Repeats Itself:
Adolph, Strikes Again!
Speaking Of Such; Have You Ever Heard The Sounds
Of Someone Gasping For Breath And Trying To Breath,
And Wonder To Yourself, Of Course; ~ "Should I Or Should I NOT,
Release My Grip From Their Throat"?
Adolph, Strikes Again!
Speaking Of Such; Have You Ever Heard The Sounds
Of Someone Gasping For Breath And Trying To Breath,
And Wonder To Yourself, Of Course; ~ "Should I Or Should I NOT,
Release My Grip From Their Throat"?
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