Executive Director @MPAnewspapers. Tweets are mine only — random and generally nonsensical as they are.
Madison, MS
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The Post, mind you, is owned by one of the wealthiest men in America.
Michael Brice-Saddler (@TheArtist_MBS), a prize-winning reporter for the @washingtonpost, talked repeatedly with today's shooter for a story -- but then got laid off before he could write it. Now at the @washingtonsun he tells the story he couldn't before. washingtonsun.com/metro/dc/l…
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Definitely a “win ‘em with kindness and courtesy” kind of guy.
Thanks @Austin_Barbour. We both love our state and want what’s best for her. I’m confident we can find ways to work together for progress and be respectful when we disagree. God bless you and your family’s legacy of service.
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Layne Bruce 🤨 retweeted
In the small world that is Mississippi politics, Wicker has a longstanding connection to Colom - the senior senator is longtime friends w Colom’s dad.
In fact, Wicker and Wil Colom shared a ballot in 1987 - and both as Republicans
(The elder Colom lost for treasurer but Wicker won for state sen )
Congratulations to Senator-elect Scott Colom. Mississippi voters have spoken, and they have honored you with the privilege to represent the state we love. I look forward to working together for the good of Mississippi and the United States.
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith: On behalf of all Mississippians, I say thank you. For a quarter of a century, you have devoted yourself to public service. Mississippi farmers and outdoorsmen are better off because of you. Our rural hospitals, small businesses, and energy producers are more secure. You have protected our natural resources and championed our growing economy. I am grateful for your efforts to help Mississippi reach its potential now and in the years to come.
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This is one example of the values my parents passed down to me. I thank @cindyhydesmith for her service to our state. It was never personal to me. God bless her.
Scott Colom’s father: In victory you want to not be critical of other people. Cindy Hyde-Smith is a person who's been in service many years, and she's our competitor, but she's not our enemy. Scott's going to be her senator and her neighbor's senator, and he's not going to offer any criticism of her….
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Russ Hudson was not expecting to become famous. But his deadpan drawl in Scott Colom’s viral protein ad made him a Mississippi sensation. nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/el…
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Dan Hicks, the longtime voice of NBC Sports' golf coverage and Olympic swimming (and Hannah Storm's husband), has died at 64 following an acute illness. He spent 34 years at NBC, calling some of the biggest moments in sports, including Michael Phelps' historic run at the 2008 Olympics.
Me for @TheWrap : thewrap.com/media-platforms/…
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Scott Colom will defeat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN projects. cnn.it/4iEnxUo
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I forgot I tweeted this last year till someone reminded me. Aged well.
Any path Democrats have toward durable Senate majority requires making Mississippi a swing state. Yes, Mississippi.
Trump won there by almost 21%, but its population is 38% Black (with lower voter turnout).
Maybe not 2026, but they have to start now.
youtube.com/watch?v=8r_5xyM9…
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Republicans, you can't solve the problem if you're not honest with yourselves. Trump was a complete albatross. That shouldn't be hard to say.
Before Republicans reelected @LeaderJohnThune, they vented about what went wrong in the midterms. One senator told me most disgruntled senators ignored the real problem: Trump.
Only three senators blamed the president: Collins and Husted, who lost, and Paul, who has been at odds with the White House. More here...
puck.news/washington/2026/11…
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Thank you for the congratulations @tatereeves. I also look forward to working with you on the issues that matter to our state. Together, there’s nothing our beautiful state can’t accomplish. #MississippiMatters
Congratulations to Senator-Elect @scott_colom.
I hope to collaborate as we continue our very important work to support Mississippi families, grow jobs and wages for our people, and improve educational outcomes for our kids!
Layne Bruce 🤨 retweeted
The Democrats play the long game, and understand their true legacy is in the legislation they pass, and that never gets repealed.
By contrast, Trump loves executive orders, blithely shrugging off the fact that they can be repealed by the next president, and most of his team believe that a big part of their role is “owning the libs” by putting on a show.
Layne Bruce 🤨 retweeted
Very diplomatic statement from MS Gov. Tate Reeves on Democrat Scott Colom winning the U.S. Senate race
Congratulations to Senator-Elect @scott_colom.
I hope to collaborate as we continue our very important work to support Mississippi families, grow jobs and wages for our people, and improve educational outcomes for our kids!
Layne Bruce 🤨 retweeted
For almost my entire adult life I've heard elements of the GOP base blame failure on not being tough or aggressive enough. In the first two years of the second Trump term, they got all the aggression they could ever want, and the party got crushed at a level we haven't seen in more than 50 years.
So what happens next? With Stephen Miller and Jim Jordan, they double down on aggression. Nothing about those picks suggests the slightest sense that the MAGA base understands or even cares about what actually happened.
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Senator-elect Colom brought them up constantly (via @alldspeed)
They officially lost Mississippi.
The margin was under 5K votes, and voter anger over tariffs was the major issue in the state.
nbcnews.com/politics/rcna605…
I am proud of Sen.-Elect Colom for his win and on running an impressive campaign. Many folks — myself included — were late to realize his true prospects. That’s on us, not him or his team. Objectively, this is a truly historic time for our state.
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Sen. Hyde-Smith called Scott Colom to concede the race. She has also recorded a video thanking her supporters, conceding and wishing Scott Colom well as he becomes the state's next U.S. senator.
It's official: Mississippi has picked another senator.
mississippitoday.org/2026/11…
A word about Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. During a period of time when the media has often been vilified in many corners, the Senator was a friend to the local news industry. She helped add language to appropriations bills directing certain federal agencies to spend more of their ad dollars in local media, particularly local stations and rural newspapers. It was a bipartisan effort championed by the National Newspaper Association. She was always gracious in our meetings on this and other issues, and we remain grateful for her support.