The Clay Edwards Show

MORE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A DOWNTOWN JXN CASINO / RESORT

1- Jackson, Mississippi close to landing a downtown resort style casino, we discuss the pro's & con's. As I suspected my listeners have a lot of strong opinions on both sides of the argument for and against it. 

RUSS LATINO ON THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI MAFIA (THE LANGSTON / BIDEN CONNECTION)

Russ Latino with the Magnolia Tribune calls in to discuss the North Mississippi Mafia (The Langston Crime Family) and their ties to Jim Biden. Will they get a pardon from Joe Biden on his way out of office, a story from Politico claims there's a recording of one of them saying he was promised a Biden pardon. This is the next great Mississippi political scandal.
Russ sticks around to talk about the ABC / Trump lawsuit and what it means for the media that decide to lie about people moving forward, we also discuss the Mississippi Today and them having to reveal their sources to Phil Bryant's attorney's.

INSANELY ACTION PACKED MONDAY SHOW (Ep #890)

1- Jackson, Mississippi close to landing a downtown resort style casino, we discuss the pro's & con's
2- Russ Latino with the Magnolia Tribune calls in to discuss the North Mississippi Mafia (The Langston Crime Family) and their ties to Jim Biden. Will they get a pardon from Joe Biden on his way out of office, a story from Politico claims there's a recording of one of them saying he was promised a Biden pardon. This is the next great Mississippi political scandal.
3- Russ sticks around to talk about the ABC / Trump lawsuit and what it means for the media that decide to lie about people moving forward, we also discuss the Mississippi Today and them having to reveal their sources to Phil Bryant's attorney's.
4- Chokwe and his JPD security detail blow through Rankin and Madison county red lights while also ignoring all other traffic laws Thursday night and it's all caught on film by none other than the one and only Kingfish at Jackson Jambalaya 

DOWNTOWN JXN CASINO, IT COULD REALLY BE HAPPENING!! (VIDEO)

I've been very vocal about my support for a casino in downtown Jackson, I 100% believe it's that it's going to take that type of development to salvage what's left of downtown after the last 30+ years of far-left, ultra-progressive Democrat, super majority control of Jackson. I still believe the delegations that represent the current casino cities will never allow it and I don't understand why we continue to pander to them. The majority of the casino's customers come from the tri-county area, so the tri-county area should benefit in the economic boom that comes from the casinos. Competition is good for everyone, it's not our responsibility to keep Vicksburg's casinos afloat.
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -A Mississippi House committee looking at ways to revitalize the capital city is going beyond blight discussions. They’re being given details of a plan that could have you sitting at a slot machine within a mile of the State Capitol. A group of five businessmen, including former Governor Haley Barbour are making their pitch to lawmakers that they believe can help reverse the economic trends of the capital city. “And that is a casino,” said William Richardson, one of the five members of the Capital City Forward Together team. But the idea brings forward plenty of questions. First, the location. “We are recommending a mile or so of the capitol that brings the jobs, that brings the people,” explained Richardson. “It restores the core of our city.” However, the group makes a few things clear: they don’t think it needs to be limited to a specific site. “Why we don’t come and say here’s the best site, we’re not qualified,” noted Richardson. “A casino company that’s paying the bill, they’re going to look at what their costs are.” And they are not recommending lawmakers put any state money into it. “We are not asking and I would discourage this committee, the whole legislature, you don’t need to give a casino any tax money,” added Richardson. “You don’t need to invest in it. They got the money.” So, why even come to the legislature with the proposal? The state law would need to be amended to allow for authorization of a casino in Jackson. Under this group’s proposal, they think only one should be licensed, and it should be with a current operator in the state. The final piece of their request would require the developer to pay an annual $10 million “Impact fee.” “Which is a secret way of saying you’re going to help fund additional growth,” said Richardson. It would operate as a revolving loan fund for others looking to invest in the city. “We have this opportunity sitting in front of us to do something about all this and bring in economic development without asking the taxpayers for a dollar,” added Richard McNeel, one of the five businessmen offering the proposal. The discussions will continue when the session begins next month.

FAFO FRIDAY (Ep #889)

Today's show was loaded with a ton of different topics from Polo being found guilty of murder in his retrial to talking about last nights roast of Kim Wade to giving out our first ever FAFO champion of the week award. There no no co-host today, just me going all gas, no brakes for 2 hours so I hope yall enjoy

THURSDAY - FULL SHOW (Ep #888)

1- Donald Trump to be Named Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ --Caitlin Clark bends the knee to the woke, black lesbian mob that runs the WNBA in her Time magazine interview that's connected to her being named "athlete of the year"
2- FBI Director Chris Wray to resign at end of Biden's term, one of the misperceptions about his 10-yr term is that it's a max 10-yr, unfireable 10-yr term.
3- MMA FIGHTER COLBY COVINGTON: "I wanna ask LeBron, what does he mean by ‘there’s no party like a Diddy party?'" "Is that the reason you left social media?" "LeBron you’re a f*cking scumbag and I hope you get locked up in the same cell with Diddy."

WEDNESDAY W/ SHAUN YURTKURAN (Ep #887)

LUIGI MANGIONE PRAISED BY THE LEFT / DANIEL PENNY PRAISED BY THE RIGHT, WHO'S IN THE WRONG?

THE DEATH OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT (Ep #886)

1- Daniel Penny (a real American hero) was found not guilty, BLM leader Hawk Newsome immediately threatens to burn cities down and all of America collectively say's FA-F'N-FO & TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN
2- Donald J. Trump says that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney should both go to prison for their roles in the January 6th committee
3- Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba used his most recent episode of “Ask Antar” to thank supporters and reassure residents the city of Jackson is moving forward even as he faces multiple corruption charges.

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - MAYOR LUMUMBA CLAIMS BEING PURSUED BY FBI IS NOT ANYTHING FOREIGN TO HIM

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba used his most recent episode of “Ask Antar” to thank supporters and reassure residents the city of Jackson is moving forward even as he faces multiple corruption charges.
In October, a federal grand jury indicted Lumumba, Ward Six Councilman Aaron Banks, and Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens in connection with a bribery scheme to bring a convention center hotel to downtown Jackson.
The comments mark only the second time the mayor has discussed the indictment since it was unsealed on November 7.
“People have been keeping me lifted up... sending me daily text messages, prayers, Scriptures, lifting up my family, not only in Jackson but around the country,” he said. “These are the moments that you’re taught who really are your friends and who support you, and I’ve been grateful for that support.”
Lumumba, dressed in a gray sweater and a black button-up shirt, reiterated statements he made outside of the Thad Cochran Federal Courthouse last month, that he was going to continue to fight the charges and work for residents.
“I don’t want anyone to be fearful for that,” he said. “I’m going to move around. I’m not going to walk around as if I’m guilty of something I am not.”
He pointed to the fact that after his arraignment, he went to Tampa, Florida, for the National League of Cities Centennial Summit “to seek solutions for the city” and to “appear for multiple speaking engagements.”
“[I want] our residents to know that, as I’ve said, ‘I’m not only innocent, but I’m going to fight those charges and I’ll let my attorneys handle that,’” he said. “I owe them a responsibility, and so I’m going to make certain I maintain and adhere to that responsibility.”
“We’re still working, we’re still meeting, we’re still seeking solutions to the problems that face Jackson residents every day... I’m grateful to have a team around me that can focus in.”
Lumumba is charged with conspiracy, federal program bribery, the use of an interstate facility in aid of racketeering, honest services wire fraud, and money laundering after he allegedly accepted $50,000 in bribes to benefit developers wanting to bring a convention center hotel to Jackson.
The developers, who claimed to be with Facility Solutions Team out of Hendersonville, Tennessee, turned out to be confidential human sources with the FBI.
The mayor told Director of Communications Melissa Faith Payne during the roughly 30-minute episode that this was not the first time he’s been investigated by the agency, and that he’s dealt with the FBI “my entire life.”
“We were often surveilled. To this day, I actually have FOIA documents to demonstrate that... I’ve seen my high school pictures in FBI documents, [pictures from] my mother’s funeral in FBI documents, details on my parents’ relationship in FBI documents,” he said.
“Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon to me... It’s not something I want for my children. I really have to question what family, or anybody, would justify that level of scrutiny, that level of investment, to follow a family that long,” he continued. “It is not something that is foreign territory to me.”
Lumumba is in his second term as Jackson’s mayor. He was first elected in 2017 and re-elected by a landslide in 2021.
He is the son of the late Nubia and Chokwe Lumumba, a civil rights attorney and activist who died in 2014, about eight months into his first and only term in office.

JAY-Z RAPE ALLEGATIONS, MICHAEL GUEST SIDES WITH BENNIE THOMPSON ON TIKTOK BAN (Ep #885)

Topics for This Episode:
1- RAP SHEET: Jay-Z has been accused of raping a minor at an MTV VMAs after-party in 2000, with Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly present. Jay-Z has denied these allegations and accused a lawyer of blackmail.
2- I stumble into a funny story about a time we almost got into a fight at a mexican restaurant with a guy that got offended at us cussing and acting up while at the same time he brought his kid to sit in the bar / smoking section so he could smoke
3- TikTok Ban: The Supreme Court has upheld the ban on TikTok, pushed by Representative Michael Guest and other Mississippi congressmen, including Bennie Thompson. I personally hold my representatives accountable for this decision, which I believe could push many American content creators and TikTok shop operators into unemployment due to unfounded fears about data privacy. Meanwhile, there's little action against other tech giants who have been selling our data to China for years.
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