The Memphis Holler

Grifting the right way A few months back, I wrote about the Nelk Boys and the rise of right-wing grifter culture.

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we can’t assume good faith from any fed. law enforcement agency

we should assume/plan for bad faith

“It can be the latest chapter, and be different too… the scope of this dwarfs what we had after 9/11. The 🇺🇸 President is building a white supremacist army. I don’t know what else to call it.”

@timmiller.bsky.social & Ta-Nehisi Coates on Trump’s state-sponsored racism - on @thebulwark.com

@justinjpearson.bsky.social : don’t play with our president or first lady, mane

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Name them
shame them

xAI doesn’t set up shop in mem w/o @repcohen.bsky.social

reminder that memphis dems rolled out the red carpet for Elon's nazi supercomputer.

Pearson’s the only one standing up for memphians

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#racism in #tennessee

🖕ICE

Queen of Rock n' Roll, Janis, and Queen of Memphis Soul, Carla Thomas

Queen of Rock n' Roll, Janis, and Queen of Memphis Soul, Carla Thomas

ICE is trying to recruit nurses and EMTs in Memphis for their concentration camps. They are apparently hiring anybody.

This is the guy we’re letting poison Memphis and drill a hole in Nashville?

C'mon not Mike and Jaren in the same day

JJJ loved memphis— with his words and actions. #13 will be in the rafters one day

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A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon Musk to former Prince Andrew A who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.

NAMES MENTIONED IN THE FILES:
•Trump— 38K+
•Reid Hoffman— 2.6K+
•Bill Gates— 2.5K+
•Peter Thiel— 2.2K+
•Elon Musk—1.1K+
•Richard Branson— ~1K
•Howard Lutnick— 653
•Kevin Warsh— 521
•Larry Ellison— 398
•DACA recipients— 0
•Trans people— 0
•Drag queens— 0

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CLEARLY they all want to be remembered as #guardiansofpedophiles

Speaker Sexton & Tennessee Republicans are helping Stephen Miller turn our schools into informants.

“Leading” in all the wrong ways. The tip of a very ugly spear.

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Predictably, Tennessee Republicans will now push for the state takeover (and privatization) of Nashville’s electricity.

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and w/ @pablo.show ‘s report re: the current billionaire owner , it’s not clear if pera would even be able to build a stadium w/ his own money in Memphis.

Donald sterling lost his team (rightly so) for something less than *knowingly profiting off of Russian war crimes*

and also— i v much wanna be wrong.

part of why I wanna get this out there. bc if the grizz are gonna stay we need a new stadium announced ASAP. and preferably one built with private billionaire owner money and the not taxpayer’s

& hell of a dunk @clayjak.substack.com

Pearson is the only Memphis politician that’s even attempting to meaningfully meet the moment

NYT: “The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude images on its website, showing young women or possibly teenagers whose photos were contained in files related to the wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Mexican restaurants hiring lookouts.

Trump’s America.

(From paola ramos: www.instagram.com/reel/DUQ2vLC...)

interesting timing. reminder that fedex gladly accepts ICE’s blood money

the fourth amendment doesn’t apply in memphis