@JessPish

she/her Author of The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy Repped by @rhaliterary jesspish AT gmail

 TX to NYC to SF to TX to NC
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My book is out now! penguinrandomhouse.com/books…

The Highest Law in the Land by Jessica Pishko: 9780593471319 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book| Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs...

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Nicole Foy@nicoleMfoyOct 25
wow
Francesca D’Annunzio@FrancescaDnunzOct 25
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This is a town of three stoplights, five gas stations, five Mexican restaurants, and five churches. It is — or was — 45% Latino. Yet within a year of the flood, the town’s tiny PD had delivered the equivalent of 10% of Ingram to ICE.
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Read this story: A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart. propublica.org/article/depor… @FrancescaDnunz @McKenzieFunk w/ @NYTmag

A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart.

Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of...

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Sam Karas@sammiecarrotsOct 25
This is a wild ride — read to the end + check out the piece
Francesca D’Annunzio@FrancescaDnunzOct 25
Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵
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Read this!
Francesca D’Annunzio@FrancescaDnunzOct 25
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You can read our full story here (w/ @propublica + @nytmag) nytimes.com/2026/10/25/magaz…

He Helped Deport 200 People. Now He Has Misgivings.

A deputy in small-town Texas became the local face of ICE’s national crackdown.

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Brian Goldstone@brian_goldstoneOct 23
Thrilled to share that the UK edition of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out now. Though the book is based in Atlanta, the forces pushing people into homelessness extend far beyond the US. So, too, does the growing movement fighting for safe, affordable housing as a basic right.
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Gilbert King@Gilbert_KingOct 20
Toforest Johnson’s death sentence was commuted in Alabama today. Gov. Kay Ivey acknowledged concerns about the evidence that led to his 1998 conviction. Johnson’s case is the subject of @bshelburne’s Bone Valley Season 4, Earwitness.
Beth Shelburne
@bshelburneOct 20
TOFOREST JOHNSON'S DEATH SENTENCE HAS BEEN COMMUTED! Gov. Kay Ivey grants clemency in long-running wrongful conviction. I am sobbing with gratitude and relief. More work to do, but this is a victory for truth and justice. Thank you, God!!!!!!!!!!
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Toforest Johnson's death sentence was commuted over concerns he might be innocent, and those concerns are mainly public because of @bshelburne's incredible journalism.
Beth Shelburne
@bshelburneOct 20
TOFOREST JOHNSON'S DEATH SENTENCE HAS BEEN COMMUTED! Gov. Kay Ivey grants clemency in long-running wrongful conviction. I am sobbing with gratitude and relief. More work to do, but this is a victory for truth and justice. Thank you, God!!!!!!!!!!
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Some background on Mr. Bock, the new Deputy Chief of Staff at ICE, who is pushing Great Replacement theory here while using the “remigration” language of the European far right, a phrase whose connotations he is well aware of.
Micah Bock
@MicahBockOct 19
It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve President Trump at @DHSgov. Remigration is the decisive battle of our time, and represents the only means of securing the longevity of this Republic and the continuity of the people and civilization that built it. The work continues at @ICEgov.
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Clint Combs
@Combs0294Oct 19
Arkansas GOP sheriff nominee Aaron Spencer tracked down Michael Fosler, a child sex abuser out on bond, and shot him after finding his missing 13-year-old daughter in Fosler's truck. A judge dismissed the murder charge after deputies lost a dash-cam memory card. Great story by @JessPish slate.com/news-and-politics/…

He Shot a Man Dead 15 Times. People Applauded—and He Got Away With It. His Next Act Is Turning...

The star attraction at the Lonoke Fair was a vigilante killer. He could be the county's next sheriff.

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Missouri has kicked this around for a while. It would make sheriffs harder to abolish, harder to remove from office, and give a pretextual excuse to sue the state for laws.
Devin Burghart@dburghartOct 17
Missouri’s ‘constitutional sheriff’ push reaches voters with Amendment 8 missouriindependent.com/2026…

Missouri’s ‘constitutional sheriff’ push reaches voters with Amendment 8 • Missouri Independent

Backed by advocates who see sheriffs as a check on government overreach, the proposal would limit who can seek to remove them from office.

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New from me @Slate An unusual sheriff race in rural Arkansas. (TW for child sexual abuse and violence) slate.com/news-and-politics/…

He Shot a Man Dead 15 Times. People Applauded—and He Got Away With It. His Next Act Is Turning...

The star attraction at the Lonoke Fair was a vigilante killer. He could be the county's next sheriff.

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Stocks is serving three consecutive life sentences. His only recourse now is clemency from the governor of Arkansas. A court did not consider his abuse, and the extent of what Walls did was not known.
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The sheriff election is about one man, yes, but also about the pain of unresolved trauma in a community.
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Udi Ofer
@udiofer_Oct 2
Incredible reporting by the Wall Street Journal on how the Department of Homeland Security gives local police departments as much as $2 million for each immigration arrest through its 287(g) program: wsj.com/us-news/immigration-…

Exclusive | How Local Police Get Paid Big Money for Just a Few Immigration Arrests

The Department of Homeland Security gives local agencies as much as $2 million for each arrest in a nationwide task force.

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Thomas Kennedy@tomaskennSep 29
Happening now during a school hours. Masked ICE agents harassing families and children. By 11th Ave & NW 1st street in Little Havana, Miami.
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Thomas Kennedy@tomaskennSep 25
I, once again, asked Miami’s Mayor Eileen Higgins and city commissioners to end the 287g agreement signed last year establishing local police collaboration with ICE. Higgins campaigned on this issue but now refuses to address it, and won’t even meet with groups advocating on it.
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Clint Combs
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Her son had to ditch a college football scholarship to take care of his family after Tarrant County charged a Black women for voting while on supervised release and sentenced Crystal Mason to five years in prison. Her vote never counted. Election workers didn't spot that she was ineligible to vote and gave her a provisional ballot. Meanwhile a white man from Delaware, who registered his dead mother to vote for Trump in the 2020 election, got .... *checks notes* five years probation. phillyvoice.com/voter-fraud-…

Delco man allegedly used dead mother's mail-in ballot to vote for Donald Trump

D.A. says old driver's license number slipped past Pennsylvania SURE system

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Sam Levine@srlSep 24
Breaking news: The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, a Black Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison in a controversial illegal voting case will end with an acquittal, the state’s highest criminal court said on Thursday. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case

Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted

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