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Jessica Pishko
@jesspish.bsky.social
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Book on sheriffs & democracy
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/
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“Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
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jesspish.bsky.social
fellas, haven't you heard washing your hands is gay?
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
interesting, interesting idea that someone could have fired this dude.
davidjbier.bsky.social David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 13h
A fantastic investigation showing that the unit run by Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol agent in charge of racial profiling in LA and Chicago, is an outlier even in an agency already notorious for unnecessary use of force. Obama and Biden could have fired him, but didn't.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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jenee.bsky.social
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
While this isn't surprising, it's worth noting that this administration is elevating the most violent state actors in the most violent state institution in a country swimming in state violence.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
I think Rhodes has said a dozen times this year he was relaunching the OK.
alkapdc.bsky.social Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 15h
New:

On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): I've been invited to speak across the country about January 6. And now that I'm relaunching Oath Keepers, I'm getting more invitations to come speak as well. So, yeah, I'm relaunching the organization and rebuilding it. ... They tried to take us out after January 6 but what man means for evil, God will use for good. I came out stronger after it, and so my goal is to rebuild the organization stronger than ever because it's an essential mission. Absolutely. JIM HOFT (HOST): Oh, that's wonderful news. So the Oath Keepers is going to have a relaunch here, and Stewart's breaking that news this weekend? RHODES: Yes, sir. ... RHODES: I mean, I have to make sure that if I'm ever taken out again or if I'm or when I'm taken out again, that the organization can drive on without me. That's not what happened last time. ... So we want to make sure it's got resilience and redundancy built in that it can drive on strong. With the same mission, though. You can't call yourself an Oath Keeper if you're not willing to protect people against radical antifa and other leftist violence in the streets. STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience. Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play. ... And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country. ... He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
RIP to this "progressive sheriff"
lailluminator.com/briefs/orlea...
The PAC only took in one donation during the entirety of 2024 — $275 from Hutson herself — and only had $97 available in its account at the end of last year, according to campaign finance documents.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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loevy.com
Journalist Maya Lau's lawsuit against the LA County Sheriff's Department—alleging she was the victim of a retaliatory investigation after she wrote about LASD misconduct—will proceed, according to a recent ruling by a federal judge. Read the press release here: www.loevy.com/press-releas...
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
Very excited for this book release!
sarahweinman.com Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d
Very pleased that @rollingstone.com is running an excerpt of WITHOUT CONSENT today, focusing on the making and impact of a 1980 television movie on the Rideout case featuring a young Linda Hamilton and Mickey Rourke.
Inside the 1980 Made-For-TV Movie That Tackled Marital Rape -- Before It Was a Crime Nationwide
In this excerpt from 'Without Consent,' Sarah Weinman explores a ripped-from-headlines movie starring Mickey Rourke and Linda Hamilton.
www.rollingstone.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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sarahweinman.com
Don’t buy his book buy mine (or Jen Percy’s or Olivia Laing’s, both also excellent!)
maris.bsky.social Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d
John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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sarahweinman.com
Very pleased that @rollingstone.com is running an excerpt of WITHOUT CONSENT today, focusing on the making and impact of a 1980 television movie on the Rideout case featuring a young Linda Hamilton and Mickey Rourke.
Inside the 1980 Made-For-TV Movie That Tackled Marital Rape -- Before It Was a Crime Nationwide
In this excerpt from 'Without Consent,' Sarah Weinman explores a ripped-from-headlines movie starring Mickey Rourke and Linda Hamilton.
www.rollingstone.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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mathewforesta.bsky.social
I'm a guy. I have a lot of struggles. They aren't so much "man" things as human things. Loneliness, economic hardship, wondering what your purpose is in society/family. These are things men and women have trouble with. BTW there are plenty of good examples how to be a man, they don't want them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
Mood (art by my teen)
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
I always admire @winterjessica.bsky.social 's work, and this was no different.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
Same people who pitched a fit about the closure of churches during COVID, I will add.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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sltrib.com
In a post to social media, Tim Ballard accuses "Deep Church" entities within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of conspiring to have him excommunicated and to destroy his reputation.
Tim Ballard says LDS Church ‘excommunicated’ and plotted against him
In a post to social media, Tim Ballard accuses "Deep Church" entities within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of conspiring to have him excommunicated and to destroy his reputation.
www.sltrib.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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nih-llamas.bsky.social
As is often the case, it's an utter scandal how much of this was never a secret.
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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michellemitch.bsky.social
I never saw the Walking Tall movies back in the day but I sure remember hearing about him. This is a great read.
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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nickpinto.bsky.social
Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.

Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.

hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Bail Reform Has Made NYC Safer, Yet Another Study Confirms
You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down.
hellgatenyc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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dylanschenker.com
""Watch out for Buford!" is what they keep on telling me
But to me, he's just another crooked lawman from Tennessee"

youtu.be/HWKkqbZDWUQ?...
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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jamielynnkitten.bsky.social
This story is WILD.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
jesspish.bsky.social
Many thanks to @jeremystahl.bsky.social for his editing prowess and toleration for “wtf!” emails.
jeremystahl.bsky.social Jeremy Stahl @jeremystahl.bsky.social · 4d
Stunning story by @jesspish.bsky.social: He became the most famous sheriff in the U.S. after his hunt for his wife's "real killers" inspired a $60 million 1973 blockbuster ($430 million in today dollars). It was all a lie and his hometown can't deal.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
This Tiny Southern Town Became Famous off a Gruesome Lie. Now It Can’t Let Go.
A mythical sheriff was immortalized in movies. In August, a stunning report changed everything.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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danforth.bsky.social
Here's your morning toilet read, a phenomenal piece on Buford Pusser from @jesspish.bsky.social, a true professional who did not one time weave the phrase "Pusser real good" into the reporting.

slate.com/news-and-pol...
Her Husband Claimed She Was Murdered by the Mob. Hollywood Made a Hit Film About It. The Truth Was Far Darker.
A mythical sheriff, a murder—and a Tennessee town that wants none of it.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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leateagarden.bsky.social
Besides writers @dahlialithwick.bsky.social, @mjsdc.bsky.social, Fred Kaplan, and a host of others, pieces like this are why I support @slate.com.
@jesspish.bsky.social knocks it out of the park on this compelling story. Also helps explain the maga cult/cults in general. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Her Husband Claimed She Was Murdered by the Mob. Hollywood Made a Hit Film About It. The Truth Was Far Darker.
A mythical sheriff, a murder—and a Tennessee town that wants none of it.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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eyesontheright.bsky.social
This is a very good piece. I always thought the details about Buford Pusser's life were sketchy. You should read it, especially if you've watched "Walking Tall" -- the original or the remake.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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chistery1.bsky.social
After reading this article, I must add this to my reading list
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM