The Clay Edwards Show

The Clay Edwards Show – Veterans Day Edition | Can Today’s Soft Generation Win a War? + Mask Mandates Are Back & Nostalgia is a Lie
Happy belated Marine Corps birthday and Veterans Day to the real ones. While the rest of the country is busy being professionally offended, Clay and guest Zach Servis dig into the uncomfortable question: If World War III kicked off tomorrow and we had to draft regular civilians, do we still have the grit?
We’re back-to-back world war champs for a reason. Do Gen Z and the younger millennials have the testicular fortitude to storm the beaches, or have the phones, the pronouns, and the participation trophies broken them? Zach pushes back with a Jackson street perspective—kids out here with nothing to lose, already living in a war zone, might actually fight harder because they don’t have a soft life to protect. Heavy conversation on mental fortitude, soft generations, and what “purpose” actually does to people who feel like they have nothing.
Also on the menu:
Clarksdale School District is forcing masks on nearly 1,900 kids again because of “respiratory illnesses.” 2026 and we’re doing this. Did we learn nothing?
Jackson City Council looking at changing meeting rules after the latest Kenneth Stokes outburst. Accountability for thee, but not for me?
The Cindy Hyde-Smith vs. Scott Colom Senate race still hanging by a thread with affidavits and absentees. Smart money’s saying one thing—we’ll see.
Nostalgia is mostly a lie. We romanticize Blockbuster, payphones, paper maps, and cassette tapes, but we’d never actually go back. Meanwhile, we all claim we hate smartphones, social media, and streaming… right up until we have to live without them.
Zach Servis is the definition of an independent free thinker—community activist who actually does things instead of just protesting. Youth, grit, and zero interest in the usual script.
Like, subscribe, and drop a comment: Could your generation actually win a war if it came down to heart instead of technology?
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Shad joins after officially announcing his gubernatorial run. He lays out a straightforward platform built on eight years of audits: cut sweetheart deals and waste identified in the MOGE report, then use the savings to cut car tag fees, grocery taxes, freeze property taxes, and finish eliminating the state income tax without new fees. He argues working families need relief now and that Republicans lose when they only play defense (“I’m not the Democrat”) instead of offering specific solutions. Discussion covers the recent election results and whether to move left or double down, examples of documented waste (HIV-testing nonprofits spending on parties and Bud Light, Ole Miss DEI office exceeding the governor’s salary on social justice yoga and microaggression classes for engineers, the state plane, etc.), school choice, teacher pay vs. admin bloat, data centers (must pay their own power, local buy-in required, no fighting over property valuations), brain drain, and why Jackson’s recovery matters. Shad emphasizes courage over consultants and invites listeners to shadwhite.com.

Clay and Shaun dig into the Cindy Hyde-Smith vs. Scott Colom U.S. Senate race, with Colom holding a roughly 2,500-vote lead amid an abnormally high number of affidavit ballots (~17,000). They cover the lack of an automatic recount under Mississippi law, the practical difficulties of challenging thousands of ballots across multiple counties, and why a recount (if possible) would matter for public confidence either way. Shaun notes significant Republican crossover voting (~25,000) for Colom despite those same voters sticking with GOP congressional candidates, pointing to candidate quality, excitement gap, Hyde-Smith’s missed votes on Epstein files and the SAVE Act, and the viral “pick a protein” moment as factors. They also touch on Mississippi’s 82 counties, school district bloat, the Free State of Jones, and a few too-real stories from the legal world.

**Podcast Description – The Clay Edwards Show**
Clay opens with a rant on how quickly some folks forget just how bad things were before Trump, calling out ungratefulness over gas prices and groceries while warning that voting Democrat to fix high costs is like marrying a prostitute and expecting fidelity. He questions whether conservatives are pissed because America has gone too far right or because it hasn’t gone right enough, and floats whether Israel support is the new deal-breaker for some on the right.
**Hour 1 – Shaun Yurtkuran (1texlaw.com)**  Clay and Shaun dig into the Cindy Hyde-Smith vs. Scott Colom U.S. Senate race, with Colom holding a roughly 2,500-vote lead amid an abnormally high number of affidavit ballots (~17,000). They cover the lack of an automatic recount under Mississippi law, the practical difficulties of challenging thousands of ballots across multiple counties, and why a recount (if possible) would matter for public confidence either way. Shaun notes significant Republican crossover voting (~25,000) for Colom despite those same voters sticking with GOP congressional candidates, pointing to candidate quality, excitement gap, Hyde-Smith’s missed votes on Epstein files and the SAVE Act, and the viral “pick a protein” moment as factors. They also touch on Mississippi’s 82 counties, school district bloat, the Free State of Jones, and a few too-real stories from the legal world.
**Hour 2 – Shad White (Mississippi State Auditor, running for Governor)**  Shad joins after officially announcing his gubernatorial run. He lays out a straightforward platform built on eight years of audits: cut sweetheart deals and waste identified in the MOGE report, then use the savings to cut car tag fees, grocery taxes, freeze property taxes, and finish eliminating the state income tax without new fees. He argues working families need relief now and that Republicans lose when they only play defense (“I’m not the Democrat”) instead of offering specific solutions. Discussion covers the recent election results and whether to move left or double down, examples of documented waste (HIV-testing nonprofits spending on parties and Bud Light, Ole Miss DEI office exceeding the governor’s salary on social justice yoga and microaggression classes for engineers, the state plane, etc.), school choice, teacher pay vs. admin bloat, data centers (must pay their own power, local buy-in required, no fighting over property valuations), brain drain, and why Jackson’s recovery matters. Shad emphasizes courage over consultants and invites listeners to shadwhite.com.

**Clay Breaks Down Scott Colom Beating Cindy Hyde-Smith: Unforced Errors, the “Pick Another Protein” Viral Moment, and Why Enough Republicans Crossed Over**
Clay digs into the Mississippi Senate race and why Scott Colom is almost certainly headed to Washington as the junior senator. He reads Russ Latino’s take that Colom’s lead has held, the affidavits are counted, and Democrats had a strong night while Colom ran a well-financed campaign. Clay’s read: Hyde-Smith mostly ran on “I’m the Republican, so you have to vote for me,” which used to be enough but isn’t anymore. The “pick another protein” line (and the earlier lynching comment) became national punchlines—people in New York and Paris were quoting it—and she got bad advice on town halls, AI ads, and basic messaging. Plenty of disenchanted Republicans held their nose and crossed over rather than keep defending stuff they didn’t want to spin. Clay doesn’t trash her personally but says the campaign left a lot of people exhausted. If Colom wins, Clay says he’ll give him a chance and pull for him to deliver for Mississippi, because if the new senator fails, the state fails.

Mr. Willie (elderly black war veteran from Mississippi who’s lived through real 1950s/60s racism) called the show during the Ole Miss sorority girls discussion. His take: people need to start listening to their grandparents more than their parents. If someone walked by making monkey sounds at him, it never would’ve crossed his mind to get upset—because he’s not a monkey and they didn’t come from monkeys. His dad taught him to let people say what they want as long as you know they’re not telling the truth (the truth hurts). Only when they put their hands on you do you have a right to get upset. Clay notes Willie has seen actual Klan cross-burnings and real violence, not the modern digital-lynching / cancel-culture version of “racism,” and that a lot of people today should be embarrassed by how weak the outrage is over stuff like this. Willie and his wife are still in Chicago and hoping to get home soon.

**Clay Edwards Show #1330 | Ole Miss “Monkey Sounds” Meltdown (Wrong Girls Doxxed), Culture Cult Overreaction, Hyde-Smith vs. Colom Breakdown + Shad White for Governor**
Clay announces the show is going fully solo after thanking Creston for his time in the studio—better radio when it’s just one host talking to the audience instead of bouncing off a co-host. Then he digs into the Ole Miss sorority girls video that set the internet on fire: three white girls walking past an apartment making monkey sounds and gestures. The culture immediately identified the wrong girls (Alpha Phi members with similar names), blasted them, and ran with it until the sorority dropped a clear press release: those girls are not members, never were, stop circulating their names/photos/info. Clay reads the release, notes the fake arrest videos already circulating, and calls out the usual jump-to-conclusions + guilt-by-association response. He also shares Nikki James’ post agreeing that black people acting wild in public every day doesn’t get the same energy, plus the broader double standard on outrage (Kohen Wiley, black-on-black violence vs. this). Willie (elderly black veteran who’s seen real 1950s/60s racism) calls in to say this modern stuff wouldn’t have even registered with his generation.
Later: Senate race update. Clay reads Russ Latino’s take that Scott Colom is almost certainly the next junior senator, notes the “pick another protein” moment and other unforced errors that cost Hyde-Smith, and argues a lot of disenchanted Republicans crossed over. He also drops that Shad White officially announced for governor and will be on the show tomorrow at 8 AM. Quick mention of the 15-year-old white kid (Austin Payne) beaten to death by four black teens in Georgia while the media stays quiet, plus a short note on YouTube thumbnail/title feedback he got.
Timestamps roughly:- Solo show / Creston thanks- Ole Miss video + wrong girls + Alpha Phi statement- Nikki James post + double standards rant- Willie call- Hyde-Smith / Colom + Russ Latino- Shad White governor announcement- Austin Payne mention
 

**The Hideaway Halloween Mass Shooting: JPD Hypocrisy, a Shady Promoter, and How to Actually Stop This**
Two JSU students are dead and half a dozen more shot at the Hideaway Nightclub on Halloween night. Jackson’s police chief held a press conference and spent most of it pointing fingers at Rankin County. Clay Edwards, who ran a nightclub in the same city for the same crowd for 12 years without a single shooting, breaks it all down.
In this episode he covers:- The fumbled 911 call hours before the shooting that went nowhere- The shooter, Eddie Collier (Rankin County kid with a long rap sheet who was already on probation)- “Fly Guy Debo,” the promoter tied to a previous deadly event who then tried to host a “Stop the Gun Violence” rally- The alleged $20-to-the-bouncer video- JPD’s selective outrage about “soft on crime” systems- Why Clay never had these problems and what the city could actually do about shady promoters
No hand-wringing. No “thoughts and prayers” only. Just the receipts, the hypocrisy, and a concrete plan to make it harder for fly-by-night promoters to keep getting people killed.
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**Clay Edwards breaks down the Hideaway nightclub mass shooting in Jackson on Halloween night — two JSU students killed, seven wounded, and a whole lot of predictable mess.**
This is not a radio clip and not affiliated with WYAB. Just Clay, no co-host, no commercials, talking through what actually happened at the Hideaway (a special-events venue, not a traditional nightclub) when Eddie Collier allegedly opened fire during a Halloween party.
Two victims — 20-year-old Loveday Poindexter and 18-year-old Jada Henderson, a first-year JSU student who had been on campus about two months — were killed. Seven others were shot. Collier, 22, from Brandon (Rankin County), was charged with two counts of capital murder and seven counts of aggravated assault. High bond on the assaults, no bond on the murders. He had a criminal history, was on house arrest with an ankle monitor he allegedly wasn’t charging, and had just gotten out of jail in early October.
### What’s covered- Full disclosure: Clay is longtime friends with the Hideaway owner and has done parties and concerts there. His daughter, girlfriend, and sister went to a daytime true-crime event at the same venue the weekend before and felt completely safe. He does not pretend this is simple.- The alleged $20 paid to a security guard (with a promoter’s involvement) so Collier could enter with a gun after the club was already at capacity.- The Lyft driver who called 911 around 9:30–9:40 p.m. reporting a group of armed men outside talking about killing someone. The shooting happened roughly four hours later (~1:10–1:30 a.m.).- The girl who said Collier hugged her and told her what he was about to do — and the no-snitch culture that followed.- Why a Rankin County shooter fits the pattern Clay has been calling “culture rot,” including the ghetto-inferiority-complex angle from the suburbs/counties.- Clay’s 12 years running clubs in Jackson and why real off-duty police (not just bouncers) are non-negotiable if you want to actually stop this.- The city shut the Hideaway down. Part 2 will cover the mayor and police chief’s press conference.
Clay also notes one of the promoters involved previously had a shooting at another event he hosted (a young girl killed at Grants Landing) and later tried to host a “stop the violence” protest.
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**Mississippi Senate Race Chaos: How a Voter Roll Screw-Up May Have Cost Republicans**
Clay Edwards and attorney Shaun Yurtkuran break down the Cindy Hyde-Smith vs. Scott Colom race and the massive affidavit ballot mess that followed. Roughly 17,000 affidavit ballots are outstanding after Experian data—used under a 2023 election integrity law—incorrectly flagged legitimate voters as inactive, including people who’ve voted consistently for decades. The problem was known after a Lafayette County test run, yet it still hit statewide.
They dig into who is responsible (Secretary of State’s office vs. local election commissioners), the low postcard response rate, why the usual 150 affidavits per county ballooned, and whether this was intentional or just a costly incompetence. Plus: the perfect storm of candidate quality, voter apathy, crossover votes, and third-party candidates that made the race so close, and what a challenge in the U.S. Senate would actually look like.
No conspiracy theories—just a messy, bipartisan data failure with real consequences.