Y'all Ain't Right: A Podcast About Mississippi Politics

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Robert Johnson and Brandon Jones, two Mississippians who met in the state legislature, host a weekly conversation about the biggest news stories in Mississippi and beyond.  New episodes every Wednesday.

  1. 3d ago

    The passing of Curtis Flowers, judge stops Trump’s TV ads, Elon Musk’s expensive “Hail Mary”

    Curtis Flowers, whose six trials became a national symbol of racial bias in jury selection, died this week in Winona at 56. Robert and Brandon reflect on his life and why district attorney and judicial elections matter. Also in this episode: A federal judge orders the Trump administration to stop airing its propaganda ads, Elon Musk doles out $276 million to save Republican majorities in Congress, corporate welfare in Mississippi, and Marjorie Taylor Greene slams President Trump as “America Last.” SHOW NOTES: New York Times obituary: Curtis Flowers, whose six trials became a symbol of racial bias in jury selection, dies at 56Mississippi Center for Justice statement on the passing of Curtis FlowersJudge orders Trump administration to immediately stop taxpayer-funded TV adsElon Musk becomes the biggest known donor of the midterm electionsMarjorie Taylor Greene responds to Trump’s “did I do something wrong?” email Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

  2. Oct 7

    Redistricting hearings are over, wild US Senate polls, Salsageddon, Republican ads go off the rails

    College students packed the final redistricting hearing at the Capitol. Robert and Brandon discuss what happened during the hearing, what Robert learned from the students who showed up, and whether lawmakers will still call a special session. Also in this episode: New NYTimes/Siena U.S. Senate polls show Democrats making substantial gains in places like Kansas. Robert and Brandon discuss what this could mean for the balance of power and take a look at two of the crazier Republican ads released in the past week. They also discuss how tomato tariffs could cause restaurants to abandon free chips and salsa, a special election in the Pine Belt and a free film screening in Ridgeland next Monday night.  SHOWNOTES: You can still send written testimony to the committee by writing Staff Counsel Ted Booth at ted.booth@peer.ms.gov NYTimes/Siena Poll of Likely Voters – Senate RacesTexas PAC is up with a new ad featuring Angela Paxton, Ken Paxton's estranged wifeCindy Hyde-Smith ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nDrPFl6fZMTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips and salsa at restaurantsJoin Robert and Brandon at a free community screening of the film "Citizens Revival" at the MALCO Renaissance Cinema Grill in Ridgeland at 7 P.M. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

  3. Sep 30

    Congressional candidate Cliff Johnson on Tylertown roots, political fundraising, and staying hopeful

    Robert is on injured reserve this week, so Brandon sits down with his friend Cliff Johnson, Democratic candidate for Mississippi's first congressional district, to discuss growing up in a Tylertown family of dairy and cotton farmers, his time at Mississippi College, building a campaign with baling wire and chewing gum when nobody hands you the manual, and why running has made him more hopeful. Plus a taxpayer-funded Trump ad during NFL games, Mississippi's new education waiver, and Scott Colom calls for a temporary ban on data centers.  SHOW NOTES:  Civil Rights attorney Cliff Johnson enters Congressional race as Democrats eye gains in Mississippi Scott Colom and Cliff Johnson joint campaign rally highlights key campaign promisesWhite House releases new taxpayer-funded ad describing ‘final battle’ U.S. Department of Education Approves Mississippi’s Returning Education to the States WaiverSenate candidate Scott Colom calls for temporary ban on data centers in MississippiElection Protection Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683)  Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

  4. Sep 23

    Voting Rights expert Amir Badat on growing up in Meridian, the SHIELD Act, and voter turnout

    Voting rights expert Amir Badat joins Robert and Brandon in the studio this week to discuss growing up in Meridian, the SHIELD Act, Mississippi's Secretary of State using Experian credit data to check voter rolls, new laws that make it easier to purge voters, and how midterm turnout could affect Mississippi redistricting. Plus: Rep. Bennie Thompson is pushing national Democratic groups to spend more money in Scott Colom’s Senate bid, Sen. John Kennedy’s Foghorn Leghorn impersonation, campaign finance laws, and a recap of the Ole Miss vs. LSU game.  SHOW NOTES:  Election Protection Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683)Inside the secretary of state’s $50,000 deal to use Experian’s unverified information that he said would ‘strengthen’ election integrityReport: Rep. Bennie Thompson demands national Dems get more involved in Colom Senate race \ Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

  5. Sep 16

    Robert goes to Natchez redistricting hearing, Trump's $5,000 bribe, Smithsonian loses Lonnie Bunch

    Robert attended the joint committee’s fourth redistricting hearing in Natchez. He explains what’s actually happening at these hearings and why Mississippi already did its worst to the maps a long time ago. Plus: the president bribes every American adult with $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress, Lonnie Bunch retires from the Smithsonian, shrimp boats on the coast stay docked because of fuel costs, and finally, Lane Kiffin's outsized personality takes over another week. SHOW NOTES: Robert Johnson quoted in the Mississippi Independent's story Black lawmaker says redistricting will exacerbate already bad systemWalter Brown, former legislator, speaking at the Natchez hearingTrump promises $5,000 dividend in convention speech, but only if Republicans winKathryn Watson for CBS News: Why you shouldn't bank on Trump's $5,000 dividends happeningClint Smith for The Atlantic: What Lonnie Bunch Told MeMaggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for the NYT: Inside Trump’s Ideological Fight With the SmithsonianWLOX: Mississippi shrimp value above average for the year, MDMR says The Clarion-Ledger: What happened with LSU, Lane Kiffin at SEC meeting Nick Saban told coach to keep Lane Kiffin ‘away from the sorority girls,’ per book, as reported in AL.com Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

  6. Sep 9

    Congressman Bennie Thompson on organizing at Tougaloo, redistricting, Trump, data centers and more

    Congressman Bennie Thompson spends his Labor Day with us in the studio to talk about his time as a student at Tougaloo, registering voters in Sunflower County with Fannie Lou Hamer, redistricting in Mississippi, the Donald Trump effect on members of Congress, data centers, Homeland Security, the January 6 Commission and more. Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

  7. Sep 2

    Trump renames a lake, Mississippi anti-DEI law goes back to court, cattle farmers are still beefing

    Robert and Brandon discuss the president's executive order renaming Lake Ontario, Mississippi’s confounding anti-DEI law, and how relaxing the tariff on foreign beef is causing more problems for cattle farmers. Plus the audit of the Hinds County DA’s office, special elections, Colom launches a “Where’s Cindy?” tour and more. SHOW NOTES: Google Maps switches to "Lake America" as Canada compares change to "SNL" skitMississippi Center for Justice heads to Federal Appeals Court to Defend Free SpeechMike McCormick's radio interview about how Mississippi cattle farmers angry with Trump over plan to import foreign beefLax recordkeeping prompts state audit of Hinds District Attorney’s Office, the first on record since 2013Jonathan Martin for Politico: The Republican Party’s Midterm Nightmare Is Taking ShapeSpecial elections set in two Mississippi state House districts to fill vacancies created by deathsScott Colom calls on Cindy Hyde-Smith to participate in debate and town hall before election Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

  8. Aug 26

    Moms for Liberty flame out in Florida, Farm Bureau turns on Trump, Colom rising, and more

    Robert and Brandon open by discussing big losses for Moms for Liberty in Florida school board races, then turn to Mississippi's first redistricting hearing in Tupelo and Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann's removal of Senate Democratic Leader Derrick Simmons from the joint redistricting committee.  Also in this episode: the debate over whether the UK is poorer than Mississippi, new national reporting finally catching wind that Scott Colom is making the Mississippi Senate race competitive, and why the president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau is furious with President Trump over dropping tariffs on imported beef. And finally, a rapid-fire sprint through the latest news: the field is set for the Hinds County DA special election, the end of a sixty-year desegregation order in Rankin County, two normie Republicans might be running for attorney general, and Hakeem Jeffries's meeting with nepo baby Jared Kushner. SHOW NOTES: Joint Committee on Redistricting Live Stream — Hearing #1 at ICC, Tupelo on August 18th Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and President Mike McCormick's statement in response to President Trump's Truth Social post Friday morning on foreign beef importsMoms for Liberty candidates falter in Florida school board electionsLt. Gov. Hosemann ousts top Senate Democrat from redistricting committee Is Mississippi really wealthier than the UK? in the New StatesmanFive candidates, not including appointee, running for Hinds County District Attorney Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to hello@yallaintrightpod.com

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Robert Johnson and Brandon Jones, two Mississippians who met in the state legislature, host a weekly conversation about the biggest news stories in Mississippi and beyond.  New episodes every Wednesday.

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