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Josie Duffy Rice

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i write things and think about prisons. i live in atlanta. i read a lot.

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · Dec 3

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · Nov 19

Now that we’re (mostly) all here - Hannah Riley @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social and I have a FREE newsletter about criminal justice journalism and I think you should sign up thejumpline.substack.com

The Jump Line | Hannah and Josie | Substack

a newsletter dedicated to impactful journalism about public safety and the criminal legal system in america - for journalists, concerned community members, and whoever else! Click to read The Jump Lin...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9h

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 16h

I might not find some political activism that compelling but I try to keep in mind Kwame Ture's point:

"You don't criticize somebody who's doing something when you doing nothing."

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 13h

Join!

Center for Just Journalism @justjournalism.bsky.social · 2d

Journalists: do you need a rundown on how the federal crackdown is affecting the youth justice system? Join us for a briefing featuring national experts, practitioners, & reporters on what’s happening and how to cover it. See below for link to register & more info on the event.

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 1d

Excuse me!!!!!!!!!

Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 1d

so no one was going to tell me that mountain lions and cougars are the same animal? as are pumas? and panthers?????????

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

According to the victim's attorney, the body camera captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good”
trib.al/KhKsfSb

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 3d

Oh they’re in the Balkan (got mixed up on the airplane)

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 3d

if you look closely enough we're all *connected*

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 4d

i feel so so bad for that pitcher holy shit

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 7d

Context. No comment. www.al.com/politics/202...

Tuberville: Fire University of Alabama professor who called Charlie Kirk’s murder ‘right on right violence’

Tuberville told Newsmax that the “left” was to blame for Kirk’s death and that a “deranged leftist” committed the act.

www.al.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 7d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 10d

I..........

Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 10d

a person at Treasury gave Defector a rundown of how this process—which appears to be against the law—was expedited in order to avoid public scrutiny

defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

defector.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11d

I mean come the hell on…

The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14d

In today’s completely unsurprising news, the ICE officer very briefly, taken off duty for shoving a woman to the ground in New York is back on the job not even a week later.

www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty

An ICE officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground has been returned to duty, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CBS News...

www.cbsnews.com

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 15d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 15d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 17d

My god

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17d

JERUSALEM (AP) - In 'unprecedented operation,' Israeli army takes over mobile phones of Gaza residents to carry Netanyahu UN speech live.

@apnews.com

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 19d

Ok babe

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d

Saw someone post about how it's really fucked up that we all have to speculate about whether or not the FBI manufactured evidence to back their version of events. The thing is, you should always suspect that about law enforcement—these guys are just more clown-ish and obvious about it.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Aug 11

ChatGPT is probably the biggest honey pot of willingly-turned over highly confidential information that has ever been created in human history.

Sam @very-simple.com · Aug 11

also, so many of these people are just taking company confidential, proprietary data and dumping it into public iterations of ChatGPT, which is so incredibly problematic on so many levels. Even on our internal approved tools I have to tell people to turn them off when discussing certain legal stuff!

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 22d

Not sure it's possible to find a more canonical example of this meme

The "Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point" meme. A balding white guy with dark facial hair is staring intently at the camera with a flat expression.

To learn more about this meme, you can go to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreaking:_The_Worst_Person_You_Know_Just_Made_a_Great_Point

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 24d

Hakeem Jeffries is the same guy who will not endorse the democratic nominee for NYC Mayor lol

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 24d

95 democrats, including @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social voted to "honor" the life of charlie kirk, who called for joe biden to be killed and said black women like justice ketanji brown jackson are unqualified affirmative action hires.

shame.

clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 282
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

H RES 719 YEA-AND-NAY 19-Sep-2025 10:53 AM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk

Yeas Nays PRES NV
Republican 215 4
Democratic 95 58 38 22
Independent
TOTALS 310 58 38 26

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 25d

Are you white j/w

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