Josh Spickler
@joshspickler.bsky.social
Tennessean, instigator, Memphis' "leading disseminator of false information" but don't believe it, former public defender, ED at @justcity901.bsky.social go Grizz
Saturday night situation
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Saturday night situation
“Better Than Retail”
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Better Than Retail”
Wow. What’s this like? Our Democratic Sheriff in Memphis just signed on to 287(g), and our Democratic mayor is letting ICE agents ride along on patrol in Memphis Police cruisers.
Donald Trump carried Pennsylvania’s Bucks County in 2024. Last week, the Republican sheriff who’d partnered with ICE to aid deportations lost his reelection bid to Democrat Danny Ceisler.
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE
A populous swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Wow. What’s this like? Our Democratic Sheriff in Memphis just signed on to 287(g), and our Democratic mayor is letting ICE agents ride along on patrol in Memphis Police cruisers.
Mayor Young, Gov Lee, & President Trump all say that the Memphis Safe Task Force is necessary to combat violent crime. But apparently not on the weekends.
This chart shows hourly bookings for the month of October at the men’s jail at 201 Poplar Avenue.
This chart shows hourly bookings for the month of October at the men’s jail at 201 Poplar Avenue.
October 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Mayor Young, Gov Lee, & President Trump all say that the Memphis Safe Task Force is necessary to combat violent crime. But apparently not on the weekends.
This chart shows hourly bookings for the month of October at the men’s jail at 201 Poplar Avenue.
This chart shows hourly bookings for the month of October at the men’s jail at 201 Poplar Avenue.
What if we took all of the skeletons on front porches seriously?
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What if we took all of the skeletons on front porches seriously?
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Neither GG Jackson nor Jose Alvarado got in tonight’s game in which three players fouled out and over 20 guys played.
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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The Memphis Safe Task Force's goal was always to round up as many people as quickly as possible. Like a citywide ICE raid. It's fantastical for the Mayor to think he's going to convince 1,500 federal agents to solve homicides and do actual police work.
www.psrmemphis.org/mayor-young-...
www.psrmemphis.org/mayor-young-...
Mayor Young Tells Hispanic Leaders MPD Is Working With ICE - Institute for Public Service Reporting - Memphis %
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www.psrmemphis.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Memphis Safe Task Force's goal was always to round up as many people as quickly as possible. Like a citywide ICE raid. It's fantastical for the Mayor to think he's going to convince 1,500 federal agents to solve homicides and do actual police work.
www.psrmemphis.org/mayor-young-...
www.psrmemphis.org/mayor-young-...
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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
Here's the front page of the @dailymemphian.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
Here's the front page of the @dailymemphian.bsky.social
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.
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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.
Whatever would we have done without these 219 "special deputized" federal agents?
September 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Whatever would we have done without these 219 "special deputized" federal agents?
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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.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
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Reposted by Josh Spickler
What Trump's Secret Police did today.
September 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What Trump's Secret Police did today.
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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."
September 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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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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
Support good journalism, give incarcerated people a chance to laugh. Win-win!
cc: @theonion.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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
Support good journalism, give incarcerated people a chance to laugh. Win-win!
cc: @theonion.com
"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.
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
August 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"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.
I have seen Tami Sawyer in action. She walks this talk. We need more like her.
“This happened because a whole chain of people did not do their jobs. Most of them work for the sheriff.”
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.
tennesseelookout.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“This happened because a whole chain of people did not do their jobs. Most of them work for the sheriff.”
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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.
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.
August 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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.
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.
“Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Helluva way to sign a birthday card.
Helluva way to sign a birthday card.
July 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Helluva way to sign a birthday card.
Helluva way to sign a birthday card.
900 is a lot.
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
July 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
900 is a lot.
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What might one call a police-type force that insists on operating secretly in this way.
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...
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
July 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What might one call a police-type force that insists on operating secretly in this way.