The Clay Edwards Show

**Episode 1275 – Clay Edwards Show**

Clay celebrates his 49th birthday with a packed three-hour conversation featuring returning guest Zach Service (former Jackson mayoral candidate and community activist), Creston Birch (recently retired 30-year Clinton Police officer), and Andrew Gasser.

**Hours 1 & 2 with Zach Service and Creston Birch**

Zach details his newly filed First Amendment lawsuit against the City of Jackson. He was escorted out of a city council meeting while wearing a campaign T-shirt after absentee polls had closed, then later interrupted and restricted during public comment for criticizing a city employee. The discussion covers selective enforcement of rules, viewpoint discrimination, and relevant case law including *New York Times Co. v. Sullivan*.

Creston weighs in from a law-enforcement perspective on medical marijuana, DUI enforcement, probable cause, and the realities of impaired driving. The conversation expands into broader accountability issues in Jackson, including the stalled BioCrete/Metro Center workforce project, nonprofit and government friction, and the challenge of getting meaningful development done.

A major focus is the proposed data-center hub at Lake Hico (16th-section land). Zach and Clay examine the politics surrounding the site, private equity interests, the contrast with opposition to the nearby Forest Avenue proposal, infrastructure realities, and whether Jackson risks missing a rare large-scale economic opportunity while neighboring communities capture the benefits.

**Hour 3 with Andrew Gasser**

Clay and Andrew dig deeper into data centers—heat output, water use, cooling systems, long-term obsolescence risks, and the possibility of orbital alternatives. They discuss local impacts (including the Brandon project near Highway 18), community concerns, and the broader trade-offs between tax revenue, jobs, environmental effects, and quality of life.

The hour also covers fresh developments in the Nolan Wells case, including the NAACP joining the legal team and the family’s readiness for a joint forensic phone inspection, plus related questions about transparency and the investigation.

Raw, wide-ranging talk on free speech, local government accountability, economic development, and the future of Jackson.

Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Andy Gipson joins the show for a hard-hitting conversation on his day-one commitment to ban Sharia law and its influence in Mississippi by executive order or special session. Gipson doesn’t mince words about the threat he sees already present in the state, including a Muslim cultural center in Jackson, and draws clear distinctions between religious freedom and a competing legal system that he argues undermines the Constitution, women’s rights, and American values. The discussion covers foreign financing, taxpayer dollars, enforcement of existing laws against mutilation, polygamy, and related practices, plus Gipson’s broader vision for real economic development—including new sawmills and bringing jobs back to Mississippi.

**Podcast Description – Episode 1,274**

Clay Edwards and Creston Berch bring another unfiltered dose of reality radio in Episode 1274 of the Clay Edwards Show.

Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Andy Gipson joins the show for a hard-hitting conversation on his day-one commitment to ban Sharia law and its influence in Mississippi by executive order or special session. Gipson doesn’t mince words about the threat he sees already present in the state, including a Muslim cultural center in Jackson, and draws clear distinctions between religious freedom and a competing legal system that he argues undermines the Constitution, women’s rights, and American values. The discussion covers foreign financing, taxpayer dollars, enforcement of existing laws against mutilation, polygamy, and related practices, plus Gipson’s broader vision for real economic development—including new sawmills and bringing jobs back to Mississippi.

Clay also tears into the “entrepreneur” job-title crowd, lays out the personal lifestyle commitments required if you’re truly anti-data center, and breaks down the latest Southern Poverty Law Center scandal involving former CFO Heidi Beirich—secret payments to white supremacist informants and a reported affair with a neo-Nazi leader. The show digs into the definition of culture rot, Jackson’s current homicide pace tracking toward another high year, the $8 million bond in a child sexual battery case, free-speech standards in the live chat, and the ongoing media and activist rush to judgment in the Nolan Wells case.

No sugar added. No positive-solutions theater. Just the issues most people still won’t touch.

Tune in for the full conversation.

**Clay Edwards Show – Episode 1,273 with Creston Burch**

Clay opens by addressing a viral claim that his “brother” was involved in a Rankin County home invasion and standoff. He sets the record straight: he has no brother (half, step, or otherwise), calls out the usual online crew for running with the false story, and notes the irony of people eager to talk about someone else’s family when their own records tell a different tale.

The conversation shifts into a music-heavy stretch marking two milestones. Clay looks back 25 years to the Crazy 8 college nights and the old flyers that packed the place, then marks the 15th anniversary of Warrant frontman Jani Lane’s death. He shares personal memories of seeing Warrant open for Motley Crue, the Blood, Sweat & Beers tour at the Coliseum, and promoting them years later. That sparks a rundown of hair-metal history—how labels manufactured some of the late-era bands, the rise of copycat acts, Autograph’s unlikely shot opening for Van Halen after a jogging-buddy connection with David Lee Roth, Skid Row’s success during the Nirvana wave, Tesla, and more.

From there the show turns to the WNBA. Clay and Creston dig into the Sophie Cunningham incident, the Indiana Fever coach’s postgame comments, and the broader pattern of on-court physicality and off-court rhetoric. Clay questions the high rate of openly lesbian and “stud” identities in women’s basketball and softball compared with other sports, asks what is happening inside those locker rooms and programs, and ties it to larger cultural pressure around transgender athletes in women’s sports and the refusal to define basic terms.

The episode also covers the appointment of a Muslim municipal judge in Mississippi. Clay discusses the strong public reaction (including from people who usually stay quiet), questions how and why the selection happened, notes the limited power of a municipal bench, and points listeners toward a planned interview with the judge on another show for a closer look.

Throughout, the tone stays unfiltered: accountability, cultural double standards, free speech, and skepticism of narratives that ignore root causes or basic reality. Classic Clay Edwards Show territory—music nostalgia mixed with sharp takes on sports, crime, identity politics, and local power.

WHAT IS SHARIA LAW & IS IT COMING TO MISSISSIPPI? (Ep #1,272) With Assma Ali being the first Muslim judge appointed to the bench in the history of Mississippi we're forced to ask the question, who is Assma Ali and will she attempt to usher in Sharia law? Let's discuss and see what exactly Sharia Law is.

**Mississippi Appoints First Muslim Woman as Municipal Judge | Assma Ali Sworn In – Benoit, Not Ridgeland**

Breaking news: Mississippi has appointed its first Muslim female municipal judge (and possibly its first Muslim judge period). Assma Ali, a Ridgeland-based immigration attorney, was sworn in as municipal court judge for the tiny Delta town of Benoit on August 5, 2026.

The story exploded over the weekend with viral claims she had been named judge in Ridgeland. That turned out to be false. Ridgeland’s official page quickly denied any appointment. Ali’s own vague Facebook posts fueled the confusion before she deleted them and later posted the actual oath of office and town agenda confirming Benoit.

In this video I walk through:

This is the full breakdown with receipts.

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**Clay Edwards Show with Creston Burch – Episode Description**

Big updates on the Nolan Wells case dominate this episode. Sources indicate the Wells family and Ben Crump have not turned over Nolan’s cell phone to the Jackson County DA’s office despite requests, and they have declined or ignored an invitation to sit down and review the state crime lab autopsy and toxicology reports. The toxicology is said to show high alcohol levels, no cocaine, and likely THC. The autopsy is expected to list drowning or undetermined as the cause, with the manner of death remaining undetermined — a finding that does not equal homicide. Discussion covers the condition of the body after roughly 36 hours at sea and the ongoing narrative push around deleted messages and foul play.

Also covered: neighbors in Pascagoula have sued Judge Ashley Cole and Dr. Hudson over a permitted fence that allegedly blocks their harbor view, adding another layer of pressure on the family amid the broader case. Locally, the death of Taseya Fortune, found hanging behind an abandoned house on Road of Remembrance in Jackson, draws scrutiny of lynching claims. A person of interest living with her had already been arrested on an unrelated charge, with reports of a prior quarrel. Speculation about white supremacist involvement is examined against the emerging facts.

Additional segments touch on a widely circulated but false claim that a Yemeni immigration attorney was appointed municipal judge in Ridgeland (denied by both the individual and the city), plus ongoing WNBA drama involving Sophie Cunningham and former NBA players seeking to enter the women’s league.

Straightforward discussion of the facts as they stand, the incentives driving public narratives, and why some stories refuse to die quietly.

**Episode 1270 – FAFO Friday with Creston Berch**

It’s FAFO Friday and Clay is wearing pink on purpose.

Clay and Creston open with the long-running fight against the “Trans Kids Belong” messaging, revisiting the billboard Clay replaced years ago near Bass Pro in Pearl and reacting to Stephen A. Smith finally breaking ranks on a WNBA coach who wore the same slogan during a game against the Indiana Fever. They make clear where they stand: adults can live however they want, but kids are off-limits and biological reality is not optional.

The conversation shifts to the Madison Brooks case. The 19-year-old LSU student was gang-raped, dumped on the interstate, and killed by a vehicle. Her family and supporters asked to wear pink in court; the defense tried to ban it. The judge allowed plain pink clothing. Clay explains why he’s wearing a pink FAFO shirt today and questions the judge’s history involving her own son.

They dig into the newly public records on Christine Wansley (Nolan Wells’ mother). Documents show she lost custody of her three older children to their father, James Briscoe, in 2007–2008, was ordered to pay child support, and later saw temporary custody efforts fail before the case ended in shared custody. Clay walks through the timeline, the difference between legal custody and where the kids actually lived, and the selective outrage that elevates some grieving parents into civil-rights figures while others get ignored.

That leads to the death of 29-year-old Tasia (Tayshia) Fortune, found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in Jackson. Councilman Kenneth Stokes is already calling for federal involvement. Clay asks the obvious questions: has a crime even been established yet? Why the rush for outside investigators while the local department is still working the case? He contrasts the reaction with the relative silence around 15-year-old Chloe McDonnell, a Black girl shot and killed on a Jackson walking trail—another young life that didn’t fit the preferred narrative.

Along the way they touch the Rankin County gun and knife show, the so-called “gun show loophole,” private-sale background checks, and the difference between real accountability and performative outrage.

Straight talk, no sugar, FAFO Friday.

Jason Miller sits down live to talk the Crossing Dixon reunion — the first shows in 15 years (including tomorrow night at Cameron’s Garage / Cypress Point Resort with the Stevens Brothers), the old Coyote Wild days, getting signed to Broken Bow/Stony Creek, radio tours, Applebee’s gigs, why the band broke up, and whether new music is coming. Buck on production, Charlie Grant stories, set lists pulled straight from the old days, and why this time might be different.

**Episode #1269 – The Clay Edwards Show**  

Football is almost here, the culture war is still raging, and one of Mississippi’s classic country bands is back together after 15 years.

Clay and Creston open with the dog days of summer sports talk — Kyle Shanahan’s wreck and the media overreaction, week-zero bowl ideas, Ole Miss vs. Louisville in Nashville, and why State and Ole Miss both face tough roads while JSU keeps rolling. Then the show pivots hard into the Nolan Wells case: three of the Horn Island Four have retained Trump’s high-profile defamation attorney Edward Andrew Polcic. Clay reads the official statement, pushes the legal fund, and doesn’t hold back on the bloodlust, the misinformation, and what this has done to race relations in Mississippi. Also covered: the anonymous tip that triggered a nursing board investigation into Nolan’s mother after her public comments.

Hour 2 is pure music. Jason Miller sits down live to talk the Crossing Dixon reunion — the first shows in 15 years (including tomorrow night at Cameron’s Garage / Cypress Point Resort with the Stevens Brothers), the old Coyote Wild days, getting signed to Broken Bow/Stony Creek, radio tours, Applebee’s gigs, why the band broke up, and whether new music is coming. Buck on production, Charlie Grant stories, set lists pulled straight from the old days, and why this time might be different.

Straight talk, local heat, and a real conversation about the music business — all on the free-range human show.

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