The Memphis Holler
@memphisholler.bsky.social
Yelling the truth about the Bluff City
do memphis next— oh wait, we have spineless leaders who are more than happy to carry bill lee’s water
Trump threatened to re-deploy troops “when crime begins to soar again.”
Trump Says National Guard Withdrawing From Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland
Trump threatened to re-deploy troops “when crime begins to soar again.”
www.forbes.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
do memphis next— oh wait, we have spineless leaders who are more than happy to carry bill lee’s water
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ICE is not allowed to use deadly force unless someone is poses an immediate danger to themselves or others. So, I will take the claim that the people who were shot tried to run over the ICE agents with a large grain of salt.
December 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ICE is not allowed to use deadly force unless someone is poses an immediate danger to themselves or others. So, I will take the claim that the people who were shot tried to run over the ICE agents with a large grain of salt.
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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reminder that rogan et al are bad faith grifters
December 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
reminder that rogan et al are bad faith grifters
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MEMPHIS FLYER: “Nearly 6 of every 10 ICE arrests in Tennessee since Trump took office involve individuals with no criminal convictions...”
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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“We will show you [proof] [of] these concentration camps . . . [that] will be disgusting and you will say I have robbed you of your sleep. But these are the things which have turned the stomach of the world and set every civilized hand against Nazi Germany.”
—Robert H. Jackson, 21 Nov. ‘46
—Robert H. Jackson, 21 Nov. ‘46
aka concentration camps
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“We will show you [proof] [of] these concentration camps . . . [that] will be disgusting and you will say I have robbed you of your sleep. But these are the things which have turned the stomach of the world and set every civilized hand against Nazi Germany.”
—Robert H. Jackson, 21 Nov. ‘46
—Robert H. Jackson, 21 Nov. ‘46
aka concentration camps
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
aka concentration camps
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👀 NASHVILLE COP TO TN TROOPER: “I don’t care who you are, touch me again I’m gonna lock you up.”
Speaker Sexton’s speeding (30mph over) detail refused to pull over, then got in the officer’s face. Our GOP supermajority thinks laws don’t apply to them.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/body-ca...
Speaker Sexton’s speeding (30mph over) detail refused to pull over, then got in the officer’s face. Our GOP supermajority thinks laws don’t apply to them.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/body-ca...
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
👀 NASHVILLE COP TO TN TROOPER: “I don’t care who you are, touch me again I’m gonna lock you up.”
Speaker Sexton’s speeding (30mph over) detail refused to pull over, then got in the officer’s face. Our GOP supermajority thinks laws don’t apply to them.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/body-ca...
Speaker Sexton’s speeding (30mph over) detail refused to pull over, then got in the officer’s face. Our GOP supermajority thinks laws don’t apply to them.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/body-ca...
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Of course they are — good luck putting the cat back in the bag, Bari. All you’re doing is guaranteeing more people will see it. #CBSNewsmax
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Of course they are — good luck putting the cat back in the bag, Bari. All you’re doing is guaranteeing more people will see it. #CBSNewsmax
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These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
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bari doesn’t want you to bear witness
December 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
bari doesn’t want you to bear witness
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60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
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WATCH — @khanna.house.gov to Hasan : “They’re disobeying the law to protect the rich and powerful… what is it they’re trying to protect, and why are they trying to protect it?”
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
WATCH — @khanna.house.gov to Hasan : “They’re disobeying the law to protect the rich and powerful… what is it they’re trying to protect, and why are they trying to protect it?”
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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Ominous development in Tennessee. tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/12/t...
Tennessee will partner with conservative nonprofit founded by Charlie Kirk • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee leaders announced Friday the state will partner with Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
tennesseelookout.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ominous development in Tennessee. tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/12/t...
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stellar work by @samanthamichaels.bsky.social . Memphis desperately needs folks like her on the ground. bc @dailymemphian.bsky.social sure as shit ain’t covering it
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
stellar work by @samanthamichaels.bsky.social . Memphis desperately needs folks like her on the ground. bc @dailymemphian.bsky.social sure as shit ain’t covering it
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Sadly the best news piece I’ve seen about Memphis recently was not by a local org. This is a good read though and was enough to get me to donate to Indivisible Memphis.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sadly the best news piece I’ve seen about Memphis recently was not by a local org. This is a good read though and was enough to get me to donate to Indivisible Memphis.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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wow — @60Minutes yanks a segment about Trump sending immigrants to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions”
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
wow — @60Minutes yanks a segment about Trump sending immigrants to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions”
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨