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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche attempt to secure his confirmation and officials confirm the results of Nolan Wells' autopsy will be withheld pending presentation to a grand jury as fundraisers appear online for "targeted friends of Nolan Wells". 

Attorneys for the family of Nolan Xavier Wells announce plans to analyze audio from a distress call from July 4th and officials announce that autopsy results are finalized and pending review by a grand jury. 

The family of Nolan Xavier Wells holds a press conference at the National Urban League's annual conference in Nashville, where attorneys led by Ben Crump provide an update on the Nolan Wells case following the release of the distress call to Sea Tow released by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and Elon Musk sues Minnesota over a first of it's kind law banning "nudification" AI technology.

Questions still remain surrounding Nolan Xavier Wells' death as distractions (alleged alcohol and drug use) are propped up in the wake of the Sea Tow call audio release and reactions after the Texas State Board of Education voted to approve a mandatory K-12 reading list that includes Bible stories and passages for over 5 million public school students. 

Further audio analysis of the distress call to Sea Tow from the boat Nolan Wells went to Horn Island in on July 4th and interpretation of chatter from the background during the hold at the beginning of the call and on the day of Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral, Donald John welcomes Benjamin Netanyahu as the US plans to merge it's military investments with Israel's IDF. 

More questions surround the death of 18 year-old Nolan Xavier Wells after the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources releases a recording of a call made from a teen on a boat on Horn Island taking on water on July 4 around 4 p.m. to a private towing company, Sea Tow. In the recording, background sounds indicate a frantic situation on the boat. 

Following the report of the findings from the independent autopsy of the body of Nolan Xavier Wells, Jackson County's District Attorney, Angel Myers McIlrath, addresses concerns about the investigation of Nolan Wells' death and confirms the results of the initial autopsy will not be released until after the findings are presented to a grand jury.

Further review of the initial autopsy results for Nolan Wells from the independent autopsy commissioned by the teenager's family and comments from interviews of those who traveled to Horn Island with Wells on July 4th provide more questions than answers. 

Nolan Wells' family's attorney Ben Crump announces preliminary results from the independent autopsy ordered by the 18 year-old's family following his death after disappearing on July 4th following a boating trip to Horn Island. Crump notes that Wells' organs were not all turned over for the independent autopsy following the initial autopsy. 

Previous speculation that Donald John's administration was withholding US troop casualty numbers from the American public is confirmed when The New York Times reported that the Pentagon withheld information on dozens of U.S. military injuries and earlier strikes during the conflict with Iran. 

Nolan Wells is laid to rest in Ocean Springs, Mississippi at Centre Point Church after dying under suspicious circumstances following his disappearance on July 4th after last being seen on Horn Island.

Donald John attempts to justify his forthcoming election measures and further float the election fraud lies that he campaigned on in a prime time address not carried on major networks because of the false information presented. 

The director of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum attempts to clarify the cost offered to Nolan Wells' family for his funeral services and Donald John's picks for Attorney General (his personal attorney, Todd Blanche) and Director of National Intelligence (former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton) are grilled in Congressional Confirmation Hearings, highlighting their being underqualified for the positions they're nominated for. 

The Coast Coliseum attempts to charged Nolan Wells' family over $80K to hold his funeral and the family and their legal counsel meet with the Jackson County District Attorney, who revealed their investigation would be turned over to a grand jury. 

The family of Nolan Wells continues to search for answers as their recounting of the events surrounding the 18 year-old going missing contradicts official reporting of the course of events following July 4th. 

A week after the teenager went missing on July 4th at Horn Island, the friends of Nolan Wells break their silence as his family implores the public for more information surrounding the 18 year-old's death. 

An update on the Senatobia Walmart officer involved shooting that killed a 1 year-old and the family of Nolan Xavier Wells holds a press conference in New York with Ben Crump and Rev. Al Sharpton at National Action Network headquarters to call for information in the disappearance and death of Nolan Wells.  

The family of Nolan Xavier Wells hires attorney Ben Crump to represent them as they continue to plead for answers from anyone who may have been on Horn Island on July 4th as a parent of one of the people Nolan was with takes to social media to defend her son and dispute possible involvement in Wells' disappearance. 

The investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells continues as his family pleads for more information surrounding his disappearance and death following the first comments from officials.

Exclusive interview with a member of the United Cajun Navy taking part in a search party as Nolan Xavier Wells' family desperately pleads for any information on the missing teenager who was last seen on Horn Island on July 4th.

American fans applaud Team USA making it to the World Cup quarter finals ahead of the 250th birthday of America and the celebration of Independence Day is co-opted by partisan politics in the crumbling "Freedom 250" display in the Nation's Capital. 

A new Mississippi law goes into effect which mandates that minors accused of certain firearm-related offenses, such as violent crimes, drive-by shootings, and illegal possession tied to felonies, be tried in adult circuit court rather than youth court. 

Parents sue Snapchat for pushing adult material to children and the Supreme Court struck down Donald John's executive order that attempted to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who are undocumented or in the country temporarily, ruling that these children are automatically U.S. citizens under the 14th Amendment. 

Reactions after the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that upheld Mississippi's mail-in ballot law, which allows election officials to count absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive up to five days later. The justices determined that federal election laws do not preempt state laws that establish these ballot grace periods. 

Reactions to several coast shootings and Rip asked listeners why African American males tend to be the most lethal toward one another and discussion over possible solutions and the allure of criminality.

US Troops injured in an Iranian strike on a US base say Army officials ignored their request for more medical support before a deadly attack on their command post in Kuwait, but they were ignored.

Mississippi Democratic Party Chair, Rep. Cheikh Taylor and Harrison County Democratic Party Chairwoman Angela Trammel speak on the mass purging of the state's voter rolls and how the Democratic Party plans to counter the messaging of the MAGA contingency of Mississippi's Republican Party. 

Building Bridges Coalition founder Marquell Bridges speaks on the demands of the family of the 1 year-old killed in the officer involved shooting in a parking lot of a Senatobia, MS Walmart and Israel continues attacks on Lebanon despite the MOU stipulation that attacks would in as a condition of the ceasefire with Iran. 

Protests continue at the Senatobia, MS Walmart where an officer involved shooting following the report of a suspected shoplifting lead to the death of a 1 year-old baby in a car in the store's parking lot and the US touts the MOU with Iran despites rockets still being fired.

Breaking down the history behind Juneteenth, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool debacle,  and the conflicting reports about what's actually in the "memorandum of understanding" for a potential ceasefire deal with Iran.

The Administration announces a "Memorandum of Understanding" for a cease-fire in Iran which analysts are calling a massive concession for Iran as it includes an estimated $300 billion reconstruction and development fund, releases around $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets, leaves Iran in control of the Strait of Hormuz, and removes all sanctions imposed upon the country, allowing them to bring in billions more in oil revenue.

Donald John once again embarrasses himself and the country he represents at the Group of 7 summit in France when he walked into a round table discussion proclaiming "I'm the boss!" to laughs from his European counterparts and tensions in Iran remain high.

Reactions after a 1 year-old is shot and killed by an officer in a Senatobia, MS Walmart parking lot after the officer responded to the report of a shoplifting and jury selection begins in the trial of Payton Gendron, the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people and wounded three others in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New York on May 14, 2022.

Exclusive interview with the Mississippi 4th Congressional District Democratic Party Chair discusses the goals of the party ahead of November elections and the impacts of the purging of voter rolls and potential redistricting. 

Donald John prepares for his UFC 250 event despite concerns from UFC President Dana White over the outdoor conditions for his fighters and the potential for gnats and moths overrunning the Octagon and discussion on the odds for the NBA Finals.

Attorneys for Karmelo Anthony announce his appeal to his murder conviction in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, inflation in the US hit its highest level in three years, with the consumer price index rising to 4.2% annually, and the U.S. launched a second wave of airstrikes against Iran and in response, Iran claimed it targeted U.S. naval fleets, threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, and killed Indian sailors on an oil tanker. 

Donald John is booed on sight after New York Knicks fan implored him not to come to the play off game which the Knicks subsequently lost after a winning streak.

Karmelo Anthony (19) was found guilty of murder over the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet after Anthony was called under the tent by a friend on Metcalf's team and Metcalf and his twin brother told Anthony to leave and physically assaulted him prior to the stabbing. 

Trump storms off set in the middle of a Meet the Press interview when pressed for evidence of mass voter fraud after making allegations about California's elections and the war with Iran drags on as Iran and Israel trade fire in a major escalation marking the most serious military confrontation in months with strikes hitting areas in Lebanon and Iran despite U.S.-backed efforts to secure a ceasefire and push for nuclear negotiations.

Reactions after the conclusion of the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, the 19 year-old   convicted of murder on June 9 and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf after Metcalf and his twin brother assaulted Anthony in attempt to eject him from their team's tent during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas in April 2025.

A stark warning on the future of AI in modern warfare and the data center epidemic in America and Donald John threatens states in efforts to get access to their voter rolls to build a nationwide federal voter database. 

Grammy-winner Peabo Bryson dies and reactions after a South Carolina jury finds a store owner not guilty of murder in killing of Black teenager. The jury found Chikei Rick Chow not guilty. Chow shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia, South Carolina.

Protests after a North Carolina police officer charged with assault after video shows him repeatedly punching black woman during arrest. The officer, 22 year-old Karson Hyder, turned himself in to the Cleveland County Detention Center and was released on a $10,000 bond.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in another attempt at monumental propaganda, announces that plans are in place for a $250 bill featuring Donald John's portrait, and Rip once again floats an idea to curb some problems the homeless population faces and Right Wing Extremist groups go on parade. 

Reactions after a salutatorian calls out their school's administration after being "misgendered" and referred to by a "dead name" when being recognized online as the class's salutatorian in an online social media post and Israel's bombings in Lebanon puts potential peace between Iran and the US in jeopardy. 

Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, resigns citing her husband's ongoing health issues despite numerous reports of her firing following her testimony before Congress in which she refused to confirm the US did not have intelligence to indicate that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon. 

"Foundational Black American" ideology and how it applies to the two-party system in America is discussed and the $1.776 billion slush fund being intended for January 6th Insurrectionists is contradicted.  

Outrage builds as Donald John's MAGA Slush Fund (as the result of a settlement with his IRS) could go to January 6th Insurrectionists and Cuba's former Minister of Defense Raul Castro is charged with murder and conspiracy by the US Department of Justice. 

Reactions after details of Donald John's settlement with his IRS are revealed to include the condition that permanently bars the IRS from auditing the past tax returns of Donald Trump, his family members, and affiliated businesses.  This agreement allows the Trump family to avoid ongoing inquiries, including a high-profile audit over claimed losses on the Trump Tower in Chicago that could have cost more than $100 million. 

Residents weigh on the potential use of drones in local policing and Congressman Bennie Thompson speaks out on efforts to redistrict him out of office by State Auditor Shad White and Governor Tate Reeves.

Reactions to the U.S. national debt held by the public recently crossing a historic, psychological threshold, surpassing the size of the total U.S. economy. Federal data shows that public debt stood at $31.27 trillion against a nominal GDP of $31.22 trillion, equating to a debt-to-GDP ratio just over 100% for first time since the aftermath of World War II (when the ratio peaked at 106% in 1946) that America's national debt has outpaced its gross domestic product outside of brief, temporary pandemic-induced spikes.