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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The New York Times and NPR couldn't share a link to the opinion, so I am glad to give you @tennesseelookout.com's report from Cassandra Stephenson and Anita Wadhwani on this big news ...
NEW: Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.
Story and ruling at the link.
Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis • Tennessee Lookout
A Davidson County chancellor on Monday temporarily blocked Gov. Bill Lee from continuing to deploy the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.
tennesseelookout.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The New York Times and NPR couldn't share a link to the opinion, so I am glad to give you @tennesseelookout.com's report from Cassandra Stephenson and Anita Wadhwani on this big news ...
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Trump on Carlson’s interview of Nick Fuentes: “Get the word out. The people have to decide.”
Trump is openly Nazi-sympathetic.
Trump is openly Nazi-sympathetic.
Q: Tucker had a friendly interview w/ antisemite Nick Fuentes. What role do you think Carlson should play in the GOP?
TRUMP: I've found him to be good. He's said good things about me. Will you let me finish my statement? You're the worst. You're with Bloomberg, right? I don't know why they have you
TRUMP: I've found him to be good. He's said good things about me. Will you let me finish my statement? You're the worst. You're with Bloomberg, right? I don't know why they have you
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump on Carlson’s interview of Nick Fuentes: “Get the word out. The people have to decide.”
Trump is openly Nazi-sympathetic.
Trump is openly Nazi-sympathetic.
I assumed people were just being mean because she’s awful and so is social media. I was wrong. If anything, her critics are being too respectful.
Look it’s not like I thought this would be GOOD but I did not really expect it to be bad in a world-historic way like this
guys.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I assumed people were just being mean because she’s awful and so is social media. I was wrong. If anything, her critics are being too respectful.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Intentional cruelty.
Just when you think they can't get any more slimy, they do shit like this.
Everyone will now have to reapply for SNAP.
Don't think for a second that the USDA is going to be able to process 42 million applications in a timely fashion.
That's the whole point.
Everyone will now have to reapply for SNAP.
Don't think for a second that the USDA is going to be able to process 42 million applications in a timely fashion.
That's the whole point.
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Intentional cruelty.
She’s got her finger in the air. No moral core.
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn said she would vote for a repeal of the controversial phone records amendment but had earlier said she would sue
Tennessee's two Senators navigate aftermath of controversial end to federal shutdown
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn said she would vote for a repeal of the controversial phone records amendment but had earlier said she would sue
dailymemphian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
She’s got her finger in the air. No moral core.
Gaslighting.
"surroundings"?
Trump shamelessly lies: "Go to Walmart and other companies, and in every case it's about 25% that a Thanksgiving meal and surroundings are 25% lower. That's big fact."
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Gaslighting.
“Pro life”
GOP Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that women have access to Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth. His position puts him at odds with Pro-Life Wisconsin. @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Pro life”
For folks misusing the term, this is gaslighting.
Rep. Keith Self on Newsmax: "If you saw Fox News just recently, groceries, gas, inflation in general is down under President Trump. Now, the mainstream media won't tell you that. But those are the actual numbers. We just have to get the American people understanding."
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
For folks misusing the term, this is gaslighting.
I’ve been complaining about Memphis media’s coverage of occupied Memphis. In fairness, the Institute’s doing consistently good work. Taken piecemeal, our print community has covered key aspects. Broadcast is all propaganda all the time. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bki...
Redirecting...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’ve been complaining about Memphis media’s coverage of occupied Memphis. In fairness, the Institute’s doing consistently good work. Taken piecemeal, our print community has covered key aspects. Broadcast is all propaganda all the time. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bki...
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This memo is supposedly laying out a legal rationale for blowing up small boats that could easily be intercepted (which would be both legal and smarter strategy)
Adding language trying protect personnel that follow the orders from future prosecution is a confession that the rationale is very weak.
Adding language trying protect personnel that follow the orders from future prosecution is a confession that the rationale is very weak.
This memo is almost an admission of legal *vulnerability* for those carrying out bombings.
“It signals fear that what they’re doing is illegal and that they could possibly be subject to criminal action under US law and international law,” Rep Adam Smith tells me. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
“It signals fear that what they’re doing is illegal and that they could possibly be subject to criminal action under US law and international law,” Rep Adam Smith tells me. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This memo is supposedly laying out a legal rationale for blowing up small boats that could easily be intercepted (which would be both legal and smarter strategy)
Adding language trying protect personnel that follow the orders from future prosecution is a confession that the rationale is very weak.
Adding language trying protect personnel that follow the orders from future prosecution is a confession that the rationale is very weak.
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The memo purporting to offer a legal rationale for Caribbean boat strikes is awfully close to “assuming Trump’s lies are true, here’s a law that applies.”
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, by trying to immunize officers who follow the orders, it’s practically a confession that they’re illegal.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, by trying to immunize officers who follow the orders, it’s practically a confession that they’re illegal.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The memo purporting to offer a legal rationale for Caribbean boat strikes is awfully close to “assuming Trump’s lies are true, here’s a law that applies.”
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, by trying to immunize officers who follow the orders, it’s practically a confession that they’re illegal.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, by trying to immunize officers who follow the orders, it’s practically a confession that they’re illegal.
Number of National Guard troops in Memphis is expected to double in the coming days.
And we’re still mostly invisible to national media compared to blue state occupations. Local media has done basic reporting (like this) but it’s not enough.
www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/l...
And we’re still mostly invisible to national media compared to blue state occupations. Local media has done basic reporting (like this) but it’s not enough.
www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/l...
Number of National Guard troops in Memphis expected to double in the coming days
The news comes after a group of veterans gathered in Robert Church Park on Nov. 11 to protest the deployment of ICE and the National Guard to Memphis.
www.commercialappeal.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Number of National Guard troops in Memphis is expected to double in the coming days.
And we’re still mostly invisible to national media compared to blue state occupations. Local media has done basic reporting (like this) but it’s not enough.
www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/l...
And we’re still mostly invisible to national media compared to blue state occupations. Local media has done basic reporting (like this) but it’s not enough.
www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/l...
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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.