Josiah Bates
@josiahbates.bsky.social
Reporter at @thetrace.org
First book: IN THESE STREETS
New book in the works on the rise of elite police units
Thinking about crime, policing, journalism, and the NBA
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https://www.josiahbates.com
First book: IN THESE STREETS
New book in the works on the rise of elite police units
Thinking about crime, policing, journalism, and the NBA
🇯🇲🇹🇹
https://www.josiahbates.com
District 10 or for TV give me a 10 episode miniseries prequel to The Wire
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
District 10 or for TV give me a 10 episode miniseries prequel to The Wire
If recent events are any indication, journalism is in shambles. We all know it. But I still believe reporting like this will always matter. It'll always cut through the noise.
What to know about Damon Jones, the man at the center of two NBA scandals
After making more than $21 million across 11 seasons in the NBA, the NBA journeyman fell hard -- and, prosecutors allege, into a life of crime.
www.espn.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If recent events are any indication, journalism is in shambles. We all know it. But I still believe reporting like this will always matter. It'll always cut through the noise.
Ja’s buggin. You don’t put your finger in another man’s face like that
Klay Thompson is upset about Santi Aldama, who grabbed Cooper Flagg's leg while being on the floor, and later on Ja Morant puts his finger in Klay Thompson's face, which caused an altercation in the postgame
Also on Youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeuF...
Also on Youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeuF...
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Ja’s buggin. You don’t put your finger in another man’s face like that
I know everyone feels like some tide is turning but don’t forget these are still daily occurrences
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I know everyone feels like some tide is turning but don’t forget these are still daily occurrences
Every now and then I regret deleting my Twitter account
Sh*t like this reminds me why I did
Sh*t like this reminds me why I did
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Every now and then I regret deleting my Twitter account
Sh*t like this reminds me why I did
Sh*t like this reminds me why I did
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I am LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY at this meeting! Republican campaign consultants built their entire midterm strategy around making Mamdani into the devil incarnate and the face of Democratic Party, then Trump slobbers all over him today in the Oval!
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I am LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY at this meeting! Republican campaign consultants built their entire midterm strategy around making Mamdani into the devil incarnate and the face of Democratic Party, then Trump slobbers all over him today in the Oval!
Trump’s DOJ is diverting money meant for community violence prevention to law enforcement and immigration crackdowns. Important reporting by @bychipbrownlee.com for @thetrace.org
Trump Plans to Take Money From Violence Prevention to Fund His Immigration Crackdown
Grants meant to help violence prevention are being steered to local law enforcement — and recipients must cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
www.thetrace.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump’s DOJ is diverting money meant for community violence prevention to law enforcement and immigration crackdowns. Important reporting by @bychipbrownlee.com for @thetrace.org
Not long ago, we were told that the Right isn't inciting political violence in America
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Not long ago, we were told that the Right isn't inciting political violence in America
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
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Turns out that the $16MM payoff ABC made to Trump bought them only a few months' reprieve. Weird how that happens.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Turns out that the $16MM payoff ABC made to Trump bought them only a few months' reprieve. Weird how that happens.
I’ve been working on a little side project for a while. A friend and I wrote a pilot and decided to produce a short version of it. It's a proof of concept for a larger series we're developing.
If you’ve got five minutes, you should check it out!
#skyfilms #shortfilm #moviesky
If you’ve got five minutes, you should check it out!
#skyfilms #shortfilm #moviesky
Signals Short Film (Proof of Concept)
YouTube video by Signals Series
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’ve been working on a little side project for a while. A friend and I wrote a pilot and decided to produce a short version of it. It's a proof of concept for a larger series we're developing.
If you’ve got five minutes, you should check it out!
#skyfilms #shortfilm #moviesky
If you’ve got five minutes, you should check it out!
#skyfilms #shortfilm #moviesky
It seems I underestimated this squad. They hoopin
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It seems I underestimated this squad. They hoopin
Everything I know about this ish is against my will
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Everything I know about this ish is against my will
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Coons on Epstein files: "My hunch is that AG Bondi, having just been ordered on social media by the president to open an investigation into a series of high-profile Dems, will promptly say, 'No, there's an ongoing investigation, we can't disclose any of this,' and the president will back that up."
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Coons on Epstein files: "My hunch is that AG Bondi, having just been ordered on social media by the president to open an investigation into a series of high-profile Dems, will promptly say, 'No, there's an ongoing investigation, we can't disclose any of this,' and the president will back that up."
It's all fun and games till you actually gotta prosecute the case
BREAKING: Federal judge says Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured indictment against Comey.
Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case
A federal judge says the Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's all fun and games till you actually gotta prosecute the case
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A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of white men in Ahmaud Arbery killing
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago
abcnews.go.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun
Of course no one’s leaving. It was always bulls**t
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
cnb.cx
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Of course no one’s leaving. It was always bulls**t
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
My latest for @thetrace.org challenges a common narrative. That gun violence “starts in the home”.
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
He Patrolled the Neighborhoods Where His Sons Were Drawn into Violence
Despite Adlone Morris's best attempts, he couldn't keep his sons from joining a gang as teenagers. Now they all work to make Detroit safer.
www.thetrace.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My latest for @thetrace.org challenges a common narrative. That gun violence “starts in the home”.
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
That was a foul on Drummond
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
That was a foul on Drummond
Homie threw his career away for no reason
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Homie threw his career away for no reason
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Let’s recap simply and clearly: GOP does not want to extend ACA subsidies.
Dems had leverage via shutdown + pop opinion to force them to do it or continue holding out at great risk.
Dems squandered only leverage in exchange for a symbolic vote that will not lead to the extension of ACA subsidies.
Dems had leverage via shutdown + pop opinion to force them to do it or continue holding out at great risk.
Dems squandered only leverage in exchange for a symbolic vote that will not lead to the extension of ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Let’s recap simply and clearly: GOP does not want to extend ACA subsidies.
Dems had leverage via shutdown + pop opinion to force them to do it or continue holding out at great risk.
Dems squandered only leverage in exchange for a symbolic vote that will not lead to the extension of ACA subsidies.
Dems had leverage via shutdown + pop opinion to force them to do it or continue holding out at great risk.
Dems squandered only leverage in exchange for a symbolic vote that will not lead to the extension of ACA subsidies.
Idk how people can read these stories and just stay silent. Folks really think this sh*t ain’t gonna hit their doorstep if it stays unchecked
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Idk how people can read these stories and just stay silent. Folks really think this sh*t ain’t gonna hit their doorstep if it stays unchecked
Since 2000, gunfire has killed more than 800,000 people in the U.S. @fairrionam.bsky.social breaks down what experts say it'll take to reverse the trend by 2040
A Blueprint for Reducing Gun Violence by 2040, According to Experts
The JAMA Summit on Firearm Violence convened thought leaders from a wide array of disciplines to discuss ideas for preventing shooting deaths and injuries.
www.thetrace.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Since 2000, gunfire has killed more than 800,000 people in the U.S. @fairrionam.bsky.social breaks down what experts say it'll take to reverse the trend by 2040
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM