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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · 5d

Memphis' jail has 200 more people in it this morning than it did last Monday after the President and the Governor unleashed 200 federal agents onto our streets to work w/ a police dept that has been found to routinely violate our rights.

Here's the front page of the @dailymemphian.bsky.social

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · 9d

Just like their local comrades, the occupiers park wherever they want. Never mind that it’s an active lane of traffic. This, while they execute a warrant on a hamburger at Huey’s, no doubt.

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · 11d

Whatever would we have done without these 219 "special deputized" federal agents?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 13d

So exhausting..

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Sep 8

What Trump's Secret Police did today.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 8

Trump: "Things that take place in the home they call crime....If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this is a crime."

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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · Aug 14

EXTREMELY excited to report that I have just purchased a gift subscription to the Onion for my local books-to-prisoners program (they also accept periodicals).

Support good journalism, give incarcerated people a chance to laugh. Win-win!

cc: @theonion.com

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · Aug 13

"Memphis is crying out for leaders who act with both head and heart, leaders who pray with their feet."

I have seen Tami Sawyer in action. She walks this talk. We need more like her.

Memphis Deserves Better From Its Leaders, including Me | Opinion

Whether they are watching CNN or Fox News, people see talking heads yelling at each other while the price of groceries creeps higher.

www.commercialappeal.com

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · Aug 8

“This happened because a whole chain of people did not do their jobs. Most of them work for the sheriff.”

Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · Aug 5

Memphis organization Just City dedicated $50,000 toward paying bail for low-level offenders on Friday in honor of Rockez McDaniel, a 33-year-old who recently died while awaiting arraignment in the Shelby County jail. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports.

Memphis organization dedicates $50K for bail for nonviolent offenders after man dies in jail custody • Tennessee Lookout

Just City dedicated $50,000 toward bail for low-level offenders in honor of Rockez McDaniel, who recently died in the Shelby County jail.

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Just City @justcity901.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out our latest email newsletter. Sign up and learn more at justcity.org

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Just City @justcity901.bsky.social · Aug 7

The Shelby County Jail is outdated, but an old jail should NOT be deadly anymore than a new one should.

Seven men have lost their lives in the jail this year alone - none of them because of the age of the building.

We need sweeping changes to leadership and policy before we build a new jail.

The proposed Cage City will not resolve our jail problem.

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · Jul 17

“Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

Helluva way to sign a birthday card.

Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · Jul 16

900 is a lot.

Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?

900?!

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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · Jul 15

What might one call a police-type force that insists on operating secretly in this way.

Zackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · Jul 15

In @theintercept.com, Debbie Nathan reports on ICE lawyers refusing to give their names in court - and immigration judges going along with it.

theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...

ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court

ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.

theintercept.com

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🎃👻 John BrooOoooOOOOooOoks 👻🎃 @johnbrooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

I don't care even a little bit about the Karen Read case but this part is important:

“The criminal legal system is full of inequities, and the fact the defendant in this case was able to post bail and wasn’t held in custody while the case was pending made a huge difference,” Diner said. “She was able to work directly with her lawyers in a way that people can’t from behind bars. She was able to give interviews and craft a public narrative that a person without means would be unable to do. All of that work helped contribute to the verdict, and that is a privilege that most people charged with second-degree murder do not have.”

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · Jun 17

I'm beginning to think the State of Tennessee doesn't prioritize human rights. nashvillebanner.com/2025/06/13/t...

Uncertainty looms as Human Rights Commission nears end date - Nashville Banner

The Tennessee Human Rights Commission is set to cease operations at the end of June, leaving many employees uncertain about their future.

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · Jun 14

We had a deal.

All of the current violence is because Trump pulled us out of the deal.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jun 14

Exclusive: This morning on a call with @michaelscherer.bsky.social, Trump claimed that Iran still wants “to make a deal”—then he ended the conversation to take a call from Putin.

Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First’ Means

The president told me he was optimistic about ending foreign wars—then he ended our conversation to take a call from Putin.

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · Jun 14

We defeat fascism on street corners in the rain. We defeat fascism in community centers on a Saturday morning. We defeat fascism by going wherever we have to go.

But it’s looking like we’re probably going to have to leave the house.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 14

Totally normal stuff

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · Jun 2

My friend @kerrycoeo.bsky.social is pretty good at rock n roll shows, but he's much better at writing and pitching good stories to good reporters. Check him out:

I broke my glasses in a mosh pit.

We fall down and we get picked back up again. 🤓

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · May 30

Andy Ogles has found his villian. The congressman from Maury County — under investigation for campaign finance problems — is targeting Mayor Freddie O'Connell with a congressional investigation over immigration. And Nashville is stuck in the crossfire.

Column: @scavendish.bsky.social

Nashville faces Congressional probe over immigration actions - Nashville Banner

Congressman Andy Ogles' threat to investigate Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell does Nashville no good on a number of fronts.

nashvillebanner.com

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Josh Spickler @joshspickler.bsky.social · May 24

“If we fail to adjust to what is actually happening around us — not just what we think is happening — it won’t just make us think our cities are more dangerous than they really are. It’ll sap energy for the reforms that can really make a difference.” www.vox.com/good-news-ne...

Something remarkable is happening with violent crime rates in the US

Americans remained scared of violent crime. The numbers tell a different story.

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