Dana Criswell for Mississippi

12/08/2025

Mid-term elections are going to be difficult for Republicans. Tennessee's recent election is a lesson for Republicans if they will listen.

Republican Matt Van Epps won Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election this week. On paper, that sounds like a celebration. But the numbers say otherwise.Just over a year ago, Donald Trump carried this district by 22 points. Mark Green won it by more than 21 points in both 2022 and 2...

07/15/2025

In Olive Branch, objectors shouldered hefty litigation fees, underscoring a tilted scale favoring municipalities. It invites revenue-hungry expansions that may sideline minorities by weakening their electoral influence and forcing unwanted development.

04/23/2025

Lobbyist are experts at manipulating politicians. They never directly connect what they give a politician to a specific vote but you can bet how a politician votes affects how many perks they get in the future.

Thanks to a loophole in Mississippi’s lax lobbying laws, there is no public report to date of the expensive weekend in lobbying reports that are supposed to document spending on behalf of state employees.

04/23/2025

04/23/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/danacriswell/p/the-relationship-between-a-doctor-790?r=1w7aba&utm_medium=ios

"A government of laws, and not of men." John Adams

02/09/2025

In a jaw-dropping argument, the Department of Justice claims seizing $50,000 from a small business doesn’t violate property rights because money isn’t property.

02/01/2025

Very important case to watch, if the court decides money can be taken without due process then it changes how you protect your future.

In a jaw-dropping argument, the Department of Justice claims seizing $50,000 from a small business doesn’t violate property rights because money isn’t property.

01/28/2025

Within hours of his inauguration on January 20, President Trump signed an executive order titled, "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Referencing." President Trump stated in his order, "The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the nam...

11/11/2024

Call Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith - demand they support President Trump.

Trump is the President-Elect and we have brighter days ahead. But the Fight is not OVER! With the Republicans taking over the Senate, Mitch McConnell and his spineless Republicans are currently maneuvering behind closed,

11/05/2024

Like Trump or not, Harris can not be elected, she will destroy our country. Vote Trump today.

09/25/2024

https://open.substack.com/pub/danacriswell/p/the-drawbacks-of-large-solar-farms

Earlier this week, I attended a hearing about the proposed 2,000-acre solar farm in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

09/23/2024

https://www.danacriswell.com/p/life-vs-death-the-defining-choice

Today, we must ask ourselves: Are we a culture of life or of death?