Chris Davis of the Uptown Davises
@thepeskyfly.bsky.social
Writer. Alt-weekly vet. Honky Tonk singer. Memphis guy. Putting the left in “Elvis has left the building” since 1967.
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Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
Who was Megyn’s friend?
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Who was Megyn’s friend?
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“The Department of Homeland Security spent $220M but has kept at least one beneficiary of the nine-figure ad deal a secret, records and interviews show: a Republican consulting firm with long-standing personal and business ties to Kristi Noem and her senior aides at DHS.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security spent $220M but has kept at least one beneficiary of the nine-figure ad deal a secret, records and interviews show: a Republican consulting firm with long-standing personal and business ties to Kristi Noem and her senior aides at DHS.”
Because they don’t see people they see prey.
President Trump is shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – the agency in charge of capping credit card fees, protecting your private data, and taking on predatory payday lenders. This move is a handout for Wall Street at the expense of working people.
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Because they don’t see people they see prey.
Unreal.
Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Unreal.
On the Technically Accurate Point Megyn is Trying to Make and Why it Makes Her an Even Bigger Monster:
In MK’s defense, the word pedophilia technically describes adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children and is broadly defined as adult sexual
In MK’s defense, the word pedophilia technically describes adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children and is broadly defined as adult sexual
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
On the Technically Accurate Point Megyn is Trying to Make and Why it Makes Her an Even Bigger Monster:
In MK’s defense, the word pedophilia technically describes adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children and is broadly defined as adult sexual
In MK’s defense, the word pedophilia technically describes adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children and is broadly defined as adult sexual
Especially given how much is being ignored. Nobody — And I repeat, NOBODY in media is adequately documenting the atrocities happening in Memphis. We are rarely even mentioned among cities under Federal occupation.
It strikes me that it’s going to be up to us to make sure there is a cultural memory for what’s been happening in the last 15 years. It’s clear that if we don’t force a drastic change of perspective on basically every institution, all of this will get memory holed or “reinterpreted” to be less awful
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Especially given how much is being ignored. Nobody — And I repeat, NOBODY in media is adequately documenting the atrocities happening in Memphis. We are rarely even mentioned among cities under Federal occupation.
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another manifestation of this is when you criticize the right and somebody tsk tsks "they say the same thing about the left," like, yeah, somebody is lying, are you interested in who? because the answer is easily discoverable
Perfect example of political media operating under the post-truth standard that (1) distorts the facts until the parties look approximately equal, and (2) holds “do MAGA voters care?” as a higher standard than “is it true?” or “is it important for the public to know about this?”
Wild to watch playbook run cover for this particular Trump scandal
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
another manifestation of this is when you criticize the right and somebody tsk tsks "they say the same thing about the left," like, yeah, somebody is lying, are you interested in who? because the answer is easily discoverable
Yep.
The follow up to all of these should always be "Why?" or "Is it not a top priority to find out if the President is a pedophile?"
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yep.
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Some on the right, including Elon Musk, are misinterpreting the game Dungeons & Dragons—and the intention behind its original story—to further a racist agenda, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues:
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Some on the right, including Elon Musk, are misinterpreting the game Dungeons & Dragons—and the intention behind its original story—to further a racist agenda, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues:
Yep.
The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Yep.
Memphis is experiencing gestapo-style raids 24/7 now. Our local media is failing us and the national media is ignoring this black/blue/incredibly poor city in a red state. I guess we just aren’t as sexy as LA or Portland.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Memphis is experiencing gestapo-style raids 24/7 now. Our local media is failing us and the national media is ignoring this black/blue/incredibly poor city in a red state. I guess we just aren’t as sexy as LA or Portland.
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Jeffrey Epstein: Misunderstood hero? This week on 60 Minutes
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jeffrey Epstein: Misunderstood hero? This week on 60 Minutes
Forgive me if this question is naïve, but is there any good reason to believe the Epstein files haven’t been destroyed?
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Forgive me if this question is naïve, but is there any good reason to believe the Epstein files haven’t been destroyed?
Credit schmedit. Make examples of the ones who voted for the CR. Shane loudly and demand immediate resignation. Show the hidden supporters what public life looks like when they betray their people.
I don’t care who the secret supporters are. I care what they see as a result of what’s been done
I don’t care who the secret supporters are. I care what they see as a result of what’s been done
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Credit schmedit. Make examples of the ones who voted for the CR. Shane loudly and demand immediate resignation. Show the hidden supporters what public life looks like when they betray their people.
I don’t care who the secret supporters are. I care what they see as a result of what’s been done
I don’t care who the secret supporters are. I care what they see as a result of what’s been done
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What Liz said.
Trans people aren’t the ones trying desperately to take away our healthcare or food benefits or kill public education or all the other things the GOP is destroying.
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What Liz said.
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“The administration is rapidly gutting a 2022 law intended to ensure that a sliver of the country’s most profitable corporations pay at least some federal income tax.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“The administration is rapidly gutting a 2022 law intended to ensure that a sliver of the country’s most profitable corporations pay at least some federal income tax.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
I keep hearing the word “primary.”Absent some astonishing revelations, constituents need to loudly and relentlessly pressure 8 Democrats to resign.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I keep hearing the word “primary.”Absent some astonishing revelations, constituents need to loudly and relentlessly pressure 8 Democrats to resign.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
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America’s oil billionaires are trying to kill to world and America so they can have another super yacht
China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
America’s oil billionaires are trying to kill to world and America so they can have another super yacht
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Trump doesn't become authoritarian on his own. He becomes that because of how many other people cede any power, and the Republicans in Congress are largely happy to become non-entities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Senate blocks Democrats’ bid to check Trump power over Venezuela strikes
Resolution fails 49-51 with only two Republican senators voting in favor as president increases military buildup
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump doesn't become authoritarian on his own. He becomes that because of how many other people cede any power, and the Republicans in Congress are largely happy to become non-entities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Suspicious indeed.
Multiple people at US military base fall ill after suspicious package delivered, CNN reports reut.rs/3X2Fbal
Multiple people at US military base fall ill after suspicious package delivered, CNN reports
A suspicious package was delivered to a U.S. military base in Maryland which caused multiple people to fall ill and be taken to the hospital, CNN reported on Thursday.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Suspicious indeed.