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Jessica Pishko

@jesspish.bsky.social

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she/her Book on sheriffs & democracy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/ Repped by @rhaliterary DM for Signal or email [email protected] “Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 3h

Kind of amazing actually.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 5h

Don’t steal my lewk

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 6h

working on a beard in fact

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Yes a point I’ve been trying to make

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

The question isn’t whether ICE has become secret police or its functioning legally within very bad law. Very bad law made it possible for form secret police.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Why would the Trump DOJ not give a hoot about ppl convicted of welfare fraud going to prison for no good reason idk hmmm

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Yes I think so. Honestly, it IS a racial justice issue as some ppl are serving very long prison sentences for behavior that’s legal for others. But idk if scotus is eager to really look at this.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Hm what could that be idk just looking around for a reason why

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

I’m sadly not surprised but you know.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

One of my predictions after Bruen was this. (Noting how they are ready to legalize assault-style rifles but will absolutely do nothing for the many many people going to prison for “felon in possession”)

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Nice

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Good shirt

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Vote for @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social ‘s fantastic podcast.
He’s the real deal as you can see by the car video

Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Voting ends Oct 9

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting context!

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 9h

The FIRST TIME. Is Kevin Stitt going to be labeled antifa now?

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 10h

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Michelle Pitcher @michellepitcher.bsky.social · 13h

The Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed Robert Roberson’s execution, sending his case back to a lower court for reconsideration. He was scheduled to be executed in less than a week.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 9h

Turned out the "backlash to DEI" was just Jim Crow.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ too

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't seem to help them much, did it

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

Really alarming -- a move designed to subvert democracy and local sovereignty. I think these threats to jail politicians are not evoking the concern they should (esp among politicians!).
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Trump Calls for Jailing of Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor

The president in a social-media post says Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have failed to protect ICE.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway my book abt antifa is much better. You can preorder To Catch A Fascist here www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry about that

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing is scarier than how cops treat one of their own that they see as a traitor.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

I mean nationally, FOP has influence over policy and politics; I am sure that inside a department, there are different views but IDK how voiced they are.