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Jessica Pishko@jesspish.bsky.social |
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WROTE book on sheriffs & democracy
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/
Contributor @democracydocket
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2023 Fellow @NewAmerica
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Jessica Pishko
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I used to have so many houseless students when I taught community college. They couch-surfed and slept in cars. It's terrible. (Although when I expressed sympathy to one student, he said that he had slept in so many worse places than a car.)
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Jessica Pishko
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Even Plano! (Says lady who grew up in Plano)
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Jessica Pishko
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I say this and mean it. Project 2025 isn’t inventing fascism for the USA. But I seize any chance to bring people aboard to envision something else.
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Jessica Pishko
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I also wake up thinking Jess should get on things and then realize that’s me. 😂😂
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Jessica Pishko
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Bolo tie man is a true nightmare. I like how “oh yeah he’s racist and homophobic” is just a throw-away.
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Jessica Pishko
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Speaking for myself, I do think Trump is a threat and am worried Biden will lose what should be a slam dunk. I hope I’m wrong.
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Melissa Gira Grant
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This is the kind of breakdown of Project 2025 we need more of—@jesspish.bsky.social is the leading expert on sheriffs and their myths, and was able to put a lot of history and context to work despite what little detail "Mandate" offered on sheriffs.
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Jessica Pishko
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Awe shucks thank you.
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Jessica Pishko
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Was his choice to bungle easy questions on abortion and trot out his golf score caused by his age or did he mean it? If he meant it…
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Jessica Pishko
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💯 his debate answers were bad and he’s underestimating vast parts of his base.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
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The Republican justices on the Supreme Court are doing a lot of legwork for Project 2025
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Jessica Pishko
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(One reason) Why I stopped citing the ADL in my work.
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Jessica Pishko
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Why is the best lawyer movie Michael Clayton.
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Jessica Pishko
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Please stop talking about mothers; it's so weird.
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Jessica Pishko
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Central Valley -- sheriffs there have actually refrained (quietly) from engaging in mass deportations because of the influence of ag industry.
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Jessica Pishko
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My 12-year-old: "But isn't sex just part of life? I don't understand this fuss."
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Jessica Pishko
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So, that was what my husband thought. I thought it was because they only want the rhythm method (which they say in not the rhythm method). Turns out the refusal to acknowledge trans people makes language more confusing, not less.
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Jessica Pishko
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There's even a weird provision outlawing providing condoms to women (tm) because condoms are for male sex organs?
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Jessica Pishko
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This is correct (from @melissagiragrant.com ). There's a bunch of stuff about "helping the poor poor divorced fathers" and outlawing the word "caregiver" and punishing single moms (as well as people living with a partner, another abolished word). WOMEN (a monolith) are to be at home baking bread.
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Jessica Pishko
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He is a Very Bad Man.
theintercept.com/2020/08/01/w...
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Man, I hate Illinois Nazis
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These mottos on cop cars are there to counter impressions that people currently have. If they want to remind you that they're fighting crime, it's because people can't draw that inference from their behavior. The ones in my city say "we are here to help"
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Jessica Pishko
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"My candy crush score is better than yours!"
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Jessica Pishko
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As Mr Bolo Tie says, environmental regulations are for turds, by which he means bears.
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Jessica Pishko
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Look we aren't CAUSING crime! (Are we?)
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Jessica Pishko
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This must be what they mean when they say to reform so-called "data collection" so regular people can understand it.
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Jessica Pishko
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We don't know what the baby thinks yet?
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Jessica Pishko
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Recommended reading
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Jessica Pishko
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Judeo-Christian symbols only. Replace all "Roman" numerals with however people counted things in the Bible. Number of wives?
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Jessica Pishko
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All the caregivers (a word now outlawed) buying last-minute bday gifts take to the streets.
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Jessica Pishko
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I have some aggravation with these well-meaning articles. The victims of lynchings, cops, and the defunct social safety net would like a word. "America is on the cusp of becoming a very dark place." On the cusp? It will get worse, yes, but come on.
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Jessica Pishko
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Now apply this to law enforcement, including reserve deputies and wanna-bes.
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Jessica Pishko
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You know the public as long as you aren't (check notes) a college student, LGBTQ, disabled, or BIPOC.
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Jessica Pishko
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Just notes for the old "cops will save us from fascists" crowd.
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It's Not Your Mother's Rhythm Method.
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Jessica Pishko
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NYPD decides the notion of "respect" was a bit too far, so they are meeting the fascist moment with the old adage, "Kicking Ass; Also Yours."
gothamist.com/news/the-nyp...
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Jessica Pishko
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There's a section in Project 2025 about funding sessions on the rhythm method, so I think they are going Biblical.
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Jessica Pishko
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Every time I interview someone who tells me that there's impending socialism, I'm like "COOL. WHERE?"
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Jessica Pishko
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In my experience, yes, the youth know.
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Jessica Pishko
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Also, John Calhoun famous hater of the Department of the Interior. Like this guy, Calhoun in a bolo, basically.
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Jessica Pishko
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Here's exactly why this matters: the GOP knows that the country is quickly becoming more diverse. Democracy -- allowing more people to vote -- means that they are out of office. Being anti-democracy is a fancy way of saying you would like the return of John C. Calhoun.
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Mike Lowder
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"[M]ost reforms only feed the beast with more money, more manpower, and more mechanisms to shield law enforcement from traditional accountability, such as lawsuits and prosecutions...we live in the most violent Western democracy despite having the largest law enforcement empire in world history. "
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Jessica Pishko
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Sometimes people get very worked up about who in media they dislike (Guilty!) but MGG is always always the top of the game.
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Jessica Pishko
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facts! 👇
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nothing more to know!
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Jessica Pishko
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I wrote about Project 2025 and William Perry Pendley's frontier fever dream.
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Jessica Pishko
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Sheriffs are a threat, and the Democrats don't want to look like they are defunding police. So, there's no action. This is also a threat.
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Jessica Pishko
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Yes! You are right. Actually, some far-right think-tanks are starting programs to provide day care for cops as part of this push.
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Jessica Pishko
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The problem is Dems love law enforcement so they are loath to do anything that impacts police funding.
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Jessica Pishko
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Raskin's office does take it seriously although I appreciate it's hard to cut through the noise. I have offered basic ideas -- like not giving federal money to sheriffs who were Oath Keepers as a start.
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Jessica Pishko
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I agree it's half a Chrstifascist fever dream (no more use of the word "caregiver?") and half unbearably destructive.
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