Stacey J. Spiehler
@StaceyJSpiehler
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juvenile justice reporter. mama. sober. Ole Miss c/o 25. MISERABLE sports fan. Oxford, Mississippi's 8th funniest comedian.
Oxford, MS
Joined June 2016
Yo anyone from the 1390s on this app.
Does anyone remember America in the 90’s before all the immigrants arrived. I just want to go back in time!.
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Olympics announcer before Simone Biles’ floor exercise: “this is the kinda thing you’ll talk to your kids about.” . My dad, after Simone Biles’ floor exercise: “I guess I gotta talk to you about that floor exercise.” . Holding that in for 2 minutes won him the dad joke gold.
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The worst part of election season is when women have to tell their greatest traumas in order to beg for our right to live knowing that some ham-scented brother-cousin is calling her a baby killer.
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A counter-protester jumps up and down and hoots like a monkey toward a protester who was live-streaming on her phone at @OleMiss today. Chants of “lock her up” as the Dean of Students (@marsh_brent) and multiple law enforcement agencies regain order.
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@NotOwenMeany I told him this morning that I’d been laughing for 12 straight hours and he was beaming.
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🚨🚨Mississippians, check your voter registration status at 🚨🚨. Despite living in Oxford for 5 years and voting in every single election, mine was inactive. The circuit clerk fixed it and we spent some time sleuthing. 1/4.
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I know right. I have a couple uncles who were born at 6 months and miraculously survived! Just the sweetest thing, their mamas got pregnant on their wedding nights.
I know I am 73-years old, but. we didn't have sex before marriage, so therefore, there was no need for all these abortion clinics. We controlled ourselves. Is there some reason the women of "today" can't do the same thing? Truly, just asking. Opinions, appreciated.
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@theminardiparty @BCross052422 Lennon and Stella are happier without you and don’t even remember you at all.
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I knew the comments would make me defensive because the optics of this video are hell. The woman being yelled at is supportive, brave, and holds more intelligence and empathy in her little finger than that whole crowd. Whether or not you agree with her, SHE embodies UM.
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@theminardiparty @BCross052422 They didn’t even like you, look how they looked at you. Your ex was right to take them.
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JJ Pegues, all around amazing person and Swiss Army knife of the @OleMissFB Rebels, will serve as honorary mayor of Oxford on November 29th. Proclamation adopted at tonight’s Board of Aldermen meeting. @RobynTannehill @JeremiahPegues4
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Students, faculty and staff here have fought against old money and other strong forces to bring the reputation of this institution out of hell and I’m proud to stand alongside them. The students in this video, by contrast, forgot every word of the UM Creed.
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But because I had some mail sent to my family’s house for 2 weeks in 2022, a lever was pulled somewhere and I was dropped. @MichaelWatsonMS can you shed some light on how I was caught in the purge so people can know the importance of checking their registration? Thanks!. 4/4.
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Dear voice coaches and voice actors: . Southerners pronounce the letter R. We aren’t 19th century Carolinian aristocrats. Nobody says “Hattiesbuhgg” or “Hattiesboig” ffs. You ruin everything you touch.
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There’s a contingent of people who will just never care about women.
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@BRITT_PETR0 @RyanMarino @OutofOstrow2_0 @harryfisherEMTP @drsimonegold @DrJBhattacharya @DrAseemMalhotra @ZelenkoZev @P_McCulloughMD @stkirsch @RobertKennedyJr @DewsNewz @RWMaloneMD @RealAlexJones None of my family members have had those issues since getting vaccinated. Boom, my data cancels yours.
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It’s only interesting to someone not from the South.
Of all Walz’s titles, it’s interesting VP Harris keeps referring to him as “Coach” instead of “Governor”.
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Daddy I had to wait in line because the help wants shelter and food!!! Uggghhhhhh!!!!!.
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They on here hiding comments about how Brett Favre unapologetically stole money from poor folks in Mississippi.
Brett Favre on the talent coming from Mississippi: "Unfortunately a lot of our high school kids go elsewhere or Ole Miss, which to me is elsewhere."
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"There's nothin to do. I hate it here. If you don't go to college and you not thuggin, there's nothing to do once you turn 18. It's high school and NORD then nothin to do. This city is dyin.". -a young man explaining the high rates of youth crime in New Orleans.
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I’ve been caught 😫😫😫. Please let me explain!!!!! . I was called to do this story about 20 minutes before the event began. I was on the outskirts of campus, running errands with wet hair. A sight!.
Here's @StaceyJSpiehler from the @MSFreePress and the girl who intentionally went around the barricade to taunt to the frat boys plotting the whole thing out in advance. I know everyone will say none of that matters because of Monkey boys nonsense, but I think it's very relevant.
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@floridaman11112 @thedanholo @andrewschulz @hasanthehun Because the risk to the mother should be decided by the mother and her doctor, not by a legislative committee.
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@ashlee_leeee Because a politician shouldn’t have a say in what abortions are and aren’t medically necessary. Also, not even close to “everyone” agrees on what’s “appropriate.”.
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Really goddamn disappointed in the group of young men who chose to represent my university today.
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The well-regulated militia was in Pearl this morning.
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Guess I’ll keep adding thoughts. The protest was planned, and there was a barricade to protect the protesters. If anyone left that barricade and approached the counter-protest, they were told to get back in. LEOs were facing toward the counter-protesters otherwise.
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Lord, take any pain Teddy Bridgewater may ever feel and give it to Brett Favre.
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Oxford staple Ajax Diner is changing hands after Randy Yates’ legendary 27-year ownership. The new owner is developer Clay Scruggs. Congratulations to @randyajax for a hell of a run!
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Say hello to Bethea. She may not have very long to live, but she will have a very comfortable place to live with a full belly, a soft bed, and no pain, instead of under a shed. She’s my 26th foster.
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I’m sorry, but as an occasional comic, I would hang it up forever if I pulled off a bit this good. Like you can watch him weigh the risks and then go hard in the mfin paint. So satisfying.
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I didn’t have bills sent there, no utilities were in my name there, nothing. That was in 2022. I have voted in every single election since 2022. My voter ID has my new address. Everything is up to date. 3/4.
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My dad very inconveniently died 9 days before I was set to move from an apartment to a house in Oxford. Move out was July 22nd and wouldn’t be in my new place until August 8th, so I stayed with family and had all correspondence related to my dad’s death sent to their house. 2/4.
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An announcement I’ve waited so long to tell: my little boy (who is 6’4 and 18 years old) finished his GED program. He’s going to college in the Spring to pursue a career in video editing. If y’all knew what it’s taken to get here. Whew. I’m so grateful.
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@SaveJxn @MSFreePress How do you think reporters take statements in the field, Clay? Especially in loud environments?.
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Please do not seek out or interact with this person on my behalf. I am grateful to be an addict in active recovery for the last 3,027 days. I am grateful to be able to take advantage of comprehensive treatment for mental health.
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Don’t ever in your life tell me your state can’t afford to feed kids at school. Education is crime prevention. A full and happy tummy fosters a good learning environment.
Original cost of Alabama's mega-prison? $623 million. Estimated cost now? $1.25 billion. They're blaming inflation, design changes from court orders and "other factors affecting construction projects." And what factors are those? Does anyone really know?.
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If you’re tweeting videos of victims in New Orleans I hope you have diarrhea every day this year.
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And finally, my report for the @MSFreePress. Thanks to @nickjudin for co-writing and to Nick and @ashtonpittman for mentoring this young-old journalist.
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Seconded. I’ve never witnessed *in person* a mob of people that hateful, keyed up, and cruel.
Leaving Oxford now. I don’t think many ppl can fully comprehend how brave these UMiss for Palestine protesters were today. I’ve never witnessed in person a group of ppl be surrounded by hundreds of angry white ppl constantly berating them with hate.
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@SoftSide1 I picked up my first ever fospice today in honor of Rufus! She’s a beautiful girl named Bethea. She’s decompressing right now! . Rooting for Rufus!
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Why did you leave the sound off your video? Is it because someone called @d1princely the n-word before bleating like a goat?. Via Instagram/oldrowflorida
Update: Umanmielen spotted again crashing out after the game . (via: instagram/ oldrowflorida)
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When my baby was born 3 months early on a Sunday night I didn’t think to ask the neonatologist if he was in network. Got a bill 10 months later for $40,000. That’s my United Healthcare story!.
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Citing budget concerns, McDonald’s has let go of Ronald McDonald and the Hamburglar and replaced them with a new mascot who is both a clown and a felon.
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My unprofessionalism is ghastly. Now that my reputation is permanently tarnished I suppose shall go start a podcast.
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This did not happen at the University of Mississippi yesterday. At no point were any flags touched by protesters. These are students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill preventing a flag from hitting the ground during a protest earlier this week.
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I never in my life thought I’d see this in person. My god how incredible.
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@traceyw85679426 -you think abortion is murder.-you support abortion access.-you'll judge people who get abortion. I have no issue with that. I don't care what you think as long as you don't want to deprive me of medical care.
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I am proud of the work I’ve done during my college career. I am grateful for the merit-based scholarships I’ve received. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and seeking help is the most badass thing a person can do.
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@richdecamp @ElieNYC I'd hijack every speaker in that town and say that Brett Favre owes the poorest people of Mississippi $700,000 to this day. Where do I sign up? I'll go tomorrow.
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I have received so many kind DMs and replies in the last few days, as well as intriguing opportunities. I’m not ignoring them!. Please be patient with me! It’s finals week and I’m desperate for a good grade on this research project.
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@harryfisherEMTP Alex Jones is one of the worst people in human existence and I don’t say that lightly. Please drop the facade of Christian faith.
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Heartbreaking. We continue to water the tree of liberty with the blood of children instead of tyrants. It's never, ever too early to talk about common sense gun legislation.
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There’s a real time collapse of conservative support for the May 2nd counter-protesters happening on social media right now. Official accounts have deleted their posts in support of those students and replaced those posts with condemnations of racism. This is unreal.
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Statement on Thursday’s events from the Phi Delta Theta General Headquarters: .
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…did the moderator just… . I’m going to tear up a little.
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I lost my Daddy 2 years ago today. I love him, and I know I make him proud.
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You don’t have to sink as far as I did; in fact, I’d really prefer you didn’t! But no matter what, you can take your life back. Furthermore, you can turn your life into something incredible and show others that recovery is possible. Go write your redemption song.
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Brett only owed the state around a million dollars, which he could have easily returned with an apology then started the greatest PR tour of all times. Soup kitchens and food bank donation campaigns and whatnot. He chose… whatever all this is instead.
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I wish I could see my parents’ faces when they wake up to this 😂
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This is the world’s most correct opinion.
There was NEVER anything wrong with wired earphones. The tiny inconvenience of a thin wire was nothing compared to the fuckaboutery involved with wireless ones.
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Normally I’d curl my hair, don my smartest tweed suit, and put on my microphone box and the porkpie hat with my press credentials tucked under the ribbon. Here I am under normal circumstances:
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Time is sand slipping through my fingers. He’s 18 today and I feel like he was born yesterday and I feel like he was born 100 years ago. I’ll always be his soft place to land.
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This is a big effin deal.
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It is RIDICULOUS that my university is having to be on offense and restructure and rename departments because my state’s leaders have lied so much about the term “DEI.” Costing the state money because of a BS vendetta.
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The newsboy made a mint that night, I’ll tell you, but I kept one single copy for my personal benefit. It includes other interviews all obtained in the same shameful fashion.
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@alpha1906 Hang on now. Louisiana has the same voter suppression challenges as Mississippi, and they’re even redder. This is on the white people who voted, not on any majority of Black people who didn’t or couldn’t.
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I’m gonna hold your hand when I say this: members of the media are not a threat to democracy for reporting facts that cast your favorite candidate in a negative light.
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If you tip less than 20% today, you were always your mother’s least favorite child.
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Starving city resources leads to crime, especially in youth, according to research. Thinking about the young people in Baltimore who broke into the closed pool last July.
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I don’t know what non-Southern people on this app expect when they spit at my feet about Mississippi’s racism. Deference? An apology? Camaraderie? It’s so confusing. I’m not that guy. Please focus on the unchecked racism in your own backyard before I rub your face in it.
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Single moms don’t often get a win so I’m pretty excited for my baby boy to open his presents today. He deserves it.
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The replies to this make me feel less alone when I say I’m not afraid in Jackson and 3-5 anonymous bros bend themselves into twisty knots to tell me I actually am or should be.
Quick photo from deep inside the downtown Kansas City hellscape that people have been telling me about. I decided to see it for myself!
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I did it!! I made it to the end of a semester!!.
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Luckily I had my multi-use reporter tool to record my interviews, and a few minutes to dictate to my editor from the campus’ central press phone. They typed away into the night, a fog of Pall Mall muffling the sound of banging keys, and managed to make the evening presses.
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Slow down pal, I’ve been reliably told this kind of thing only happens in Mississippi.
🧵This is the crowd who surrounded the Gaza solidarity encampment at UChicago just a few hours ago. "Show your fucking face!" one man shouts as another smokes a cigar.
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One RT. Zero replies. Also, Mississippi doesn’t have early voting.
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Dollar General.
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I was struggling hard with my sobriety in late September 2016. Told myself I’d stay sober long enough to see the @Cubs win one more. Then long enough to see them win the division. Then the League. Then long enough to see the end of the Series. Still sober 8 years later.
8 years ago today, the @Cubs emerged victorious in one of the craziest games in #WorldSeries history to secure their first title since 1908! 🏆
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@RevJDubya I was anti-abortion going into that whole thing. I couldn’t justify my stance at all afterwards.
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If Trump was just elected president and y’all are still bumping your gums about Mississippi’s racism I just know it sounds like a marble in an empty Pringles can when you shake your head. The whole country is Mississippi and we’ve been telling y’all that.
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I sure do miss my Daddy today. A union steward who had me on picket lines and cussing at scabs when I was 8. Every ounce of advocacy in my body came from his genes. Solidarity forever.
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She died free. A queen.
Shannen Doherty finalizes divorce hours before death
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