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Civics: That 2015 check from George Soros to one Scott Colom

Teddy Schleifer:

Al Jazeera:

Colom, 43, is a lawyer who has served as a Mississippi prosecutor since 2016 until this year. He is married to Nadia Colom and has two children. His identical twin brother, Andrew, played a major role in his campaign.

The politician was born in Columbus and comes from a family of lawyers. Despite having one of the largest populations of Black Americans in the country, there has not been a statewide elected Black official in more than 140 years in Mississippi.

In interviews, Colom has said he decided to run to “look out for the people”, especially on the issue of affordability. He accused incumbent Hyde-Smith of neglecting the state and “selling out” Mississippians.

In 2015, Colom became the first Black American to be elected as district attorney for the 16th Judicial District, which includes the white-majority counties of Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha.

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Glenn Greenwald:

They all seem like they were manufactured in a secret AI factory built by some sinister joint venture between Alex Sores and Reid Hoffman to create armies of blind partisan loyalists. Watch this for as long as you can bear it and you’ll see what i mean. And it seems like there are hundreds of them: a few new one introduced every month.

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