Chris Crofton
@thecroftonshow.bsky.social
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They think they can sneak this shit in around the holidays because we aren’t paying attention. WRONG. This meeting is 1 day after the 1 year anniversary of Fusus failing. Some council members may be checked out but we are ALWAYS on the clock when it come to fighting mass surveillance in our city.
Why do they always try to do the stuff around the holidays?
To the #MetroCouncilNash: our concerns about oversight of surveillance programs actually are not allayed by putting it into the hands of a third party. Please do not let this happen.
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To the #MetroCouncilNash: our concerns about oversight of surveillance programs actually are not allayed by putting it into the hands of a third party. Please do not let this happen.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
They think they can sneak this shit in around the holidays because we aren’t paying attention. WRONG. This meeting is 1 day after the 1 year anniversary of Fusus failing. Some council members may be checked out but we are ALWAYS on the clock when it come to fighting mass surveillance in our city.
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Show us your emails folks!!!
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Show us your emails folks!!!
“My old account got deleted, I made a new one primarily for your poems”
capitalism is
crumbling
poetry is
ascending
hallelujah
capitalism is
crumbling
poetry is
ascending
hallelujah
My old account got deleted, I made a new one primarily for your poems.
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“My old account got deleted, I made a new one primarily for your poems”
capitalism is
crumbling
poetry is
ascending
hallelujah
capitalism is
crumbling
poetry is
ascending
hallelujah
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
nothing puts
pressure
on a strained
relationship
like
Christmas Music
nothing puts
pressure
on a strained
relationship
like
Christmas Music
Christmas Music
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
nothing puts
pressure
on a strained
relationship
like
Christmas Music
nothing puts
pressure
on a strained
relationship
like
Christmas Music
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
it stays
in the drapes
like cigar smoke
so if you are in
an abandoned house
with remnants
of
drapes
still up
just give em a rustle
and Bing Crosby
will silently
sing
about war bonds
it stays
in the drapes
like cigar smoke
so if you are in
an abandoned house
with remnants
of
drapes
still up
just give em a rustle
and Bing Crosby
will silently
sing
about war bonds
Christmas Music
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
it stays
in the drapes
like cigar smoke
so if you are in
an abandoned house
with remnants
of
drapes
still up
just give em a rustle
and Bing Crosby
will silently
sing
about war bonds
it stays
in the drapes
like cigar smoke
so if you are in
an abandoned house
with remnants
of
drapes
still up
just give em a rustle
and Bing Crosby
will silently
sing
about war bonds
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
name of a
finishing move
for a wrestler
from the North Pole
name of a
finishing move
for a wrestler
from the North Pole
Christmas Music
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
name of a
finishing move
for a wrestler
from the North Pole
name of a
finishing move
for a wrestler
from the North Pole
Poetry Window is open for 45 min!!!!
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Poetry Window is open for 45 min!!!!
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Y’all.
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Y’all.
Crypto is a pyramid scheme. The stock market is a pyramid scheme. Congress is a pyramid scheme.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Crypto is a pyramid scheme. The stock market is a pyramid scheme. Congress is a pyramid scheme.
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
www.fox23.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
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The way the Black Panthers understood food aid as a crucial form of self defense against the capitalist machinery of the racial state remains essential to the struggle against fascism today.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The way the Black Panthers understood food aid as a crucial form of self defense against the capitalist machinery of the racial state remains essential to the struggle against fascism today.
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As of yesterday, 9.49% of active Nashville voters in TN-07 had cast their ballots. In this Ted Talk I will throw myself in the river
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As of yesterday, 9.49% of active Nashville voters in TN-07 had cast their ballots. In this Ted Talk I will throw myself in the river
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~125K eligible voters in district
3 more days of early voting
1 Election Day
If you live in 7, go outside and bang on pots and pans or something
3 more days of early voting
1 Election Day
If you live in 7, go outside and bang on pots and pans or something
November 22, 2025 Cumulative In-Person Early Voting Total: 13,166
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
~125K eligible voters in district
3 more days of early voting
1 Election Day
If you live in 7, go outside and bang on pots and pans or something
3 more days of early voting
1 Election Day
If you live in 7, go outside and bang on pots and pans or something
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The recap GOAT returns. I have missed her.
Culture correspondent and seasoned critic Ashley Spurgeon Shamban put boots on the ground at Bridgestone Arena and brought us this in-person report on the 59th Annual CMA Awards.
Lainey Wilson, Zach Top and More Win Big at the 59th Annual CMA Awards
Cultural correspondent Ashley Spurgeon Shamban put her boots on the ground at Bridgestone Arena for a report on the 59th annual awards show.
www.nashvillescene.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The recap GOAT returns. I have missed her.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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And every book on our list goes on sale for 50% next week.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And every book on our list goes on sale for 50% next week.
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?
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No big deal, it's not like we have *checks news* the likely highest traffic deaths ever in Nashville history this year.
Update: this is not what we meant
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
No big deal, it's not like we have *checks news* the likely highest traffic deaths ever in Nashville history this year.
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The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
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"Bovino is basically leading a rebel cavalry, a la Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who raided and terrorized communities in...the Civil War. That latter analogy holds up particularly well in one specific respect: Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war."
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Bovino is basically leading a rebel cavalry, a la Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who raided and terrorized communities in...the Civil War. That latter analogy holds up particularly well in one specific respect: Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war."
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
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It's going to be bitterly funny when the bubble bursts and billionaires tell the American government that AI is too big to fail because it has all of America's taxpayer info.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It's going to be bitterly funny when the bubble bursts and billionaires tell the American government that AI is too big to fail because it has all of America's taxpayer info.
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We are all in trauma. 😳
ProPublica’s @andykroll.bsky.social spent months chronicling Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to one of the most influential players in the current Trump administration, where he has tried to fulfill his desire to put federal workers “in trauma.”
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We are all in trauma. 😳