Greg Mosby
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A year ago, the Department of Justice released a pattern and practice findings on the Memphis Police Department that documented systemic abuses and discriminatory enforcement that harmed Black residents. #Memphis
Opinion | Trump's punitive populism hasn't made Memphis safer
The Rev. Earle J. Fisher: A rise in law enforcement activity doesn't mean a rise in safety
mlk50.co
December 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A year ago, the Department of Justice released a pattern and practice findings on the Memphis Police Department that documented systemic abuses and discriminatory enforcement that harmed Black residents. #Memphis
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The Partnership for Public Service (PPS) is running a federal employee work survey from now until December 19th. We are asking federal unions to share the survey link with their federal members and distribute social media appeals for the same.
www.ifpte.org/news/partner...
www.ifpte.org/news/partner...
Partnership for Public Service Survey Needs to Hear from Federal Workers - DEADLINE: December 19 — IFPTE
The Partnership for Public Service (PPS) is running a federal employee work survey from now until December 19th.
www.ifpte.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Partnership for Public Service (PPS) is running a federal employee work survey from now until December 19th. We are asking federal unions to share the survey link with their federal members and distribute social media appeals for the same.
www.ifpte.org/news/partner...
www.ifpte.org/news/partner...
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🚨 ALERTA: 4 personas han sido detenidas en Bladensburg esta mañana, cerca de o en el autopista Baltimore-Washington. Todos fueron de camionetas de trabajo. La policía del parque (Park Police) estaban envueltos.
Recomendamos que eviten esta área.
Recomendamos que eviten esta área.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚨 ALERTA: 4 personas han sido detenidas en Bladensburg esta mañana, cerca de o en el autopista Baltimore-Washington. Todos fueron de camionetas de trabajo. La policía del parque (Park Police) estaban envueltos.
Recomendamos que eviten esta área.
Recomendamos que eviten esta área.
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Ranking Member Lofgren Demands NASA Halt Closures at Goddard Space Flight Center
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nasawatch.com/shutdown/hou...
House Demands Answers Over Goddard Changes
Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration
nasawatch.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ranking Member Lofgren Demands NASA Halt Closures at Goddard Space Flight Center
nasawatch.com/shutdown/hou...
nasawatch.com/shutdown/hou...
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NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com
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👀 on the record even? let's go
Two Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors."
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.
cbsn.ws
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
👀 on the record even? let's go
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“What has happened here is we have 13 federal agencies (in the task force), and ICE is one of them. However, their charge is to focus on violent crime, and so the busier we can keep them with MPD, the less time they will have to focus on immigration," Mayor Paul Young said. mlk50.co/42REIuP
Mayor Young tells Hispanic leaders MPD is working with ICE
Mayor Paul Young (center) speaks alongside Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis while answering questions from the immigrant community about the city’s support of immigration enforcement on Mo…
mlk50.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“What has happened here is we have 13 federal agencies (in the task force), and ICE is one of them. However, their charge is to focus on violent crime, and so the busier we can keep them with MPD, the less time they will have to focus on immigration," Mayor Paul Young said. mlk50.co/42REIuP
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I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
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Calls to STOP VOUGHT are getting louder. We're thrilled to announce Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib as the 1st member of Congress to sign the #StopVought petition!
Join her! Sign the petition to stop Russ Vought's corporate takeover of our democracy: www.change.org/StopVought
Join her! Sign the petition to stop Russ Vought's corporate takeover of our democracy: www.change.org/StopVought
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Calls to STOP VOUGHT are getting louder. We're thrilled to announce Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib as the 1st member of Congress to sign the #StopVought petition!
Join her! Sign the petition to stop Russ Vought's corporate takeover of our democracy: www.change.org/StopVought
Join her! Sign the petition to stop Russ Vought's corporate takeover of our democracy: www.change.org/StopVought
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“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”
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Gas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel.
Natural gas prices are low, but your monthly gas bill is up. Here's why
Gas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Gas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel.
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Stopping here for now. A summary first:
- Vought can try to lawlessly RIF people.
- The corrupt Court will probably sign off.
- And Congress, the Article I branch, the most powerful and most democratic branch, can stand up and stop Vought definitively. Please do so, Congress.
/end
- Vought can try to lawlessly RIF people.
- The corrupt Court will probably sign off.
- And Congress, the Article I branch, the most powerful and most democratic branch, can stand up and stop Vought definitively. Please do so, Congress.
/end
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Stopping here for now. A summary first:
- Vought can try to lawlessly RIF people.
- The corrupt Court will probably sign off.
- And Congress, the Article I branch, the most powerful and most democratic branch, can stand up and stop Vought definitively. Please do so, Congress.
/end
- Vought can try to lawlessly RIF people.
- The corrupt Court will probably sign off.
- And Congress, the Article I branch, the most powerful and most democratic branch, can stand up and stop Vought definitively. Please do so, Congress.
/end
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If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
There is no budget "deal" to be made
President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
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HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”
“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE
Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.
thetriibe.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”
“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
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🚀 TODAY: The Day of Action to Save NASA Science is underway
Join @planetarysociety.bsky.social, @aas.org, & @agu.org at 1:00 PM ET for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.
Speakers include Bill Nye and Glenn Ivey. #SaveNASAScience
Livestream here: www.planetary.org/video/planet...
Join @planetarysociety.bsky.social, @aas.org, & @agu.org at 1:00 PM ET for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.
Speakers include Bill Nye and Glenn Ivey. #SaveNASAScience
Livestream here: www.planetary.org/video/planet...
The Planetary Society Live
Tune in here for live conversations between space experts and Planetary Society members and supporters around the world—that means you! Missed an event?…
www.planetary.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚀 TODAY: The Day of Action to Save NASA Science is underway
Join @planetarysociety.bsky.social, @aas.org, & @agu.org at 1:00 PM ET for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.
Speakers include Bill Nye and Glenn Ivey. #SaveNASAScience
Livestream here: www.planetary.org/video/planet...
Join @planetarysociety.bsky.social, @aas.org, & @agu.org at 1:00 PM ET for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.
Speakers include Bill Nye and Glenn Ivey. #SaveNASAScience
Livestream here: www.planetary.org/video/planet...
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As bad as this headline is, the details are worse. Russel Vought is trying to roll back SS for the elderly, the disabled, the widowed and orphaned and FURTHER cut food stamps. Make sure to read and share this gift link: wapo.st/4qa8yoq
October 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As bad as this headline is, the details are worse. Russel Vought is trying to roll back SS for the elderly, the disabled, the widowed and orphaned and FURTHER cut food stamps. Make sure to read and share this gift link: wapo.st/4qa8yoq
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America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the Era of "Kavanaugh Raids"
ICE crosses another big, important line.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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🚨 Whistleblowers say the Trump Admin is illegally forcing #NASA to implement its FY26 budget cuts now—before Congress has acted.
This isn’t just about space. It’s about safety, innovation, and the Constitution. 🧵
This isn’t just about space. It’s about safety, innovation, and the Constitution. 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚨 Whistleblowers say the Trump Admin is illegally forcing #NASA to implement its FY26 budget cuts now—before Congress has acted.
This isn’t just about space. It’s about safety, innovation, and the Constitution. 🧵
This isn’t just about space. It’s about safety, innovation, and the Constitution. 🧵
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Our union applauds the patriotic whistleblowers and the Senate Commerce Ranking Member Cantwell, and her staff for documenting the crisis that this Administration is creating at NASA.
www.ifpte.org/news/senate-...
www.ifpte.org/news/senate-...
Senate Commerce Democrats Report on Unconstitutional Gutting of NASA Reflects the Dire Reality for the Agency’s Workforce and Mission — IFPTE
IFPTE responded to the findings in “The Destruction of NASA’s Mission,” released by Senate Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee Democrats and the Committee’s Ranking Member , Senator Maria Can...
www.ifpte.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Our union applauds the patriotic whistleblowers and the Senate Commerce Ranking Member Cantwell, and her staff for documenting the crisis that this Administration is creating at NASA.
www.ifpte.org/news/senate-...
www.ifpte.org/news/senate-...
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Statement from SAFA:
Friday night's Supreme Court shadow docket order is the Court lawlessly signing off on Trump admin actions that ignore our Constitution. Congress must stand up to stop this brazen attack on American freedoms. We call on Congress to use the budget to check Trump lawlessness.
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Friday night's Supreme Court shadow docket order is the Court lawlessly signing off on Trump admin actions that ignore our Constitution. Congress must stand up to stop this brazen attack on American freedoms. We call on Congress to use the budget to check Trump lawlessness.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Statement from SAFA:
Friday night's Supreme Court shadow docket order is the Court lawlessly signing off on Trump admin actions that ignore our Constitution. Congress must stand up to stop this brazen attack on American freedoms. We call on Congress to use the budget to check Trump lawlessness.
1/
Friday night's Supreme Court shadow docket order is the Court lawlessly signing off on Trump admin actions that ignore our Constitution. Congress must stand up to stop this brazen attack on American freedoms. We call on Congress to use the budget to check Trump lawlessness.
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We just won our lawsuit against the DHS after a judge ruled the department can't hold life-saving disaster relief funds hostage to advance its anti-immigration efforts.
The federal government cannot prioritize its cruel immigration agenda over Americans' safety.
The federal government cannot prioritize its cruel immigration agenda over Americans' safety.
September 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We just won our lawsuit against the DHS after a judge ruled the department can't hold life-saving disaster relief funds hostage to advance its anti-immigration efforts.
The federal government cannot prioritize its cruel immigration agenda over Americans' safety.
The federal government cannot prioritize its cruel immigration agenda over Americans' safety.
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“It’s about more than water,” one resident said. “We’re still Hurricane Betsy survivors. Still Katrina survivors. But who’s going to survive the next storm?”
How a $5 Billion Federal Project Could Sink the Lower Ninth Ward Forever
Decades after Betsy and Katrina, the community faces another threat — a canal proposal promising “progress” that could threaten its survival.
capitalbnews.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“It’s about more than water,” one resident said. “We’re still Hurricane Betsy survivors. Still Katrina survivors. But who’s going to survive the next storm?”
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i finally called tom homan a bitch in the newsletter
There is simply too much shit
A death in ICE custody, Homan's bribery scheme, and American missiles striking foreign boats.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
i finally called tom homan a bitch in the newsletter
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You all! To have these guys write for @tennesseelookout.com is just great as they are both living legends of Tennessee journalism and comms. I have for years looked up to Otis Sanford and I have known Keel since I was 18, when, in 1983, he worked for Gov. Lamar Alexander.
National Guard presence in Memphis demands collaboration over partisanship • Tennessee Lookout
Keel Hunt and Otis Sanford write about the need for political collaboration in solving Memphis's crine issues, not partisan grandstanding.
tennesseelookout.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You all! To have these guys write for @tennesseelookout.com is just great as they are both living legends of Tennessee journalism and comms. I have for years looked up to Otis Sanford and I have known Keel since I was 18, when, in 1983, he worked for Gov. Lamar Alexander.