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Election Day is November 3rd. Robert and Brandon discuss the absentee voting process in Mississippi and go over the races you will find at the bottom of your ballot. They also talk about the latest campaign finance numbers. The guys watch the funny new ad from the Colom campaign and discuss whether it is helpful to have national Democrats on the campaign trail. They also talk about the poll published by Speaker Jason White and Jackson Mayor John Horhn’s State of the City speech. SHOW NOTES:  Mississippi absentee voting infoElection Protection Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE Madison Co. Schools calls data centers ‘transformational' Colom out-raises Hyde-Smith, but incumbent has more cash on handScott Colom’s “pick another senator” adFormer President Barack Obama Endorses Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom for U.S. SenateCook Political Report: There Is No ‘Blue Wave,’ but There Is a ‘Red Undertow’ Speaker Jason White’s poll shows voters oppose data centers and back restoring the ballot initiative2021 Poll from Chism Strategies and Millsaps: Mississippi Voters Favor Medicinal and Recreational Marijuana Legalization, Medicaid ExpansionJackson is 'rolling,' Mayor Horhn says in 2026 State of the City address Follow us on Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

Robert and Brandon discuss the appointment of attorney Assma Ali as municipal judge for the small town of Benoit, Mississippi, a story that should have been a non-event but instead led to a viral misinformation campaign and online harassment. Plus, they play a funny ad out of Texas that shows Ken Paxton stealing a thousand dollar pen. They wrap up by discussing redistricting, including a DeSoto County lawsuit, good reporting from the Mississippi Independent, and the legislature’s first redistricting hearing in Tupelo.   SHOW NOTES: A Muslim judge in the Delta and the long absence her appointment breaks: https://substack.com/home/post/p-210758213 Redistricting hearings across the state are open to the public: https://mississippitoday.org/2026/08/17/redistricting-hearings-mississippi-legislature/ Ken Paxton Steals Pens ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlHVxUMasu0 Send show ideas and complaints: [email protected] Follow Y'all Ain't Right on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Threads.

Robert Johnson and Brandon Jones discuss Robert's trip to Tunica for the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, dig into new polling showing President Trump underwater in 11 states he carried by double digits in 2024, and discuss why inflation and rising costs are at the top of voters' minds. Plus a new ad in the Mississippi Senate race from American Bridge PAC, Lynn Fitch's campaign announcement, a look at the 6 women who have won statewide office in Mississippi, and the full schedule for Mississippi's redistricting hearings set to start next week.   SHOW NOTES:  Trump's job approval falls to 33%: https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/55344-donald-trumps-job-approval-falls-to-33 New American Bridge PAC Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZq0DWrUxJY Send show ideas (and complaints!): [email protected] Follow Y'all Ain't Right on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Threads.

Robert and Brandon talk about what it means to hold political friends accountable as they discuss the guilty pleas of former Hinds County DA Jody Owens and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, how Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson's request for additional disclosures from data center developers put him at odds with the governor and speaker, and why Kentucky's governor is asking whether Mitch McConnell can still do the job. Plus, an update on Mississippi redistricting as hearings kick off across the state in the wake of the Supreme Court's Callais decision.

Scott Colom is closing the gap on Cindy Hyde-Smith heading into a Senate race that could be another Mississippi nail-biter, the Supreme Court's Callais decision just gutted the Voting Rights Act and cleared the way for a new round of redistricting, and the legislature racked up another multi-million dollar mistake, this time a typo that cost the state $15 million in hurricane-readiness funds. House Minority Leader Robert Johnson and political analyst Brandon Jones break it all down and ask how many mulligans Mississippi's legislature gets before voters demand better.

Mississippi House Democratic Leader Robert Johnson and political analyst Brandon Jones discuss the top stories in Mississippi this week: a chaotic special session, tragedy on the Gulf Coast, why victory in Watson v. RNC might be short-lived, and the complicated legacy of Lindsey Graham. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Twitter Send questions, concerns, and criticisms over to [email protected]

Y'all Ain't Right is hosted by Mississippi House Democratic Leader Robert Johnson and political analyst Brandon Jones. They discuss the top stories of the week. In this episode, Robert and Brandon introduce the show and talk about how their friendship started years ago in the Mississippi Legislature. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Email us at [email protected]