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Tami Sawyer

@tamisawyer.bsky.social
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Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk | Intersection of Politics, Race, Class, Freedom, Emo R&B, the South, Memphis, and the Grizzlies

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Quillmonger @quillmonger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
These people must be ignoring Musk backing right wing groups in other places. They must think he doesn't intend to use Twitter to do the same misinformation campaign again. The only saving grace is that it can be seen how badly it is going by others and that Twitter is not as popular overseas.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trump next.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
African Americans or Black Americans. Which I am one. Let’s not Eurosplain here.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The far right is winning elections across the globe. Demonstrating that Musk and Trump are a part of a trend that will have devastating ramifications for non-white people in every corner of this Earth. I’m not debating Musk’s legal authority - I’m talking about the impact of his current power.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Also, saying “run the world” doesn’t mean I lack an understanding of global politics. It’s a saying. Beyoncé asked who run the world. Girls. That doesn’t mean every president is a girl.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
You believe on American leaders are complicit and working with Musk and Trump? That’s impossible.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Oh so you can respond but my response is deemed as taking it out on you? Meanwhile, you said “just the US” but now you’re “aware.”
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The rest of the world is not immune or exempt to the dictatorship and facism we are experiencing in the states. What happens when people who earn a living here and support families in other countries are mass deported? Oh nvm. Euro centric poster.
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baby a$$ baby @yourdestinyyy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Mind you, there's an uptick of white supremacists movements GLOBALLY that directly cite Trump as the propeller and catalyst. People need to get real
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Several of you have responded to me with comments such as this. The impacts of Trump & Musk have global ramifications. They’re cutting off HIV aid in African nations. They’re wrecking havoc on the global economy. If you think Musk, a Dutch colonist is going to stop with the US you’re silly.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Those who enable him are allowing his actions to impact the world’s economy and stability. Not to mention the tentacles of his brand of hate are far reaching.
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"It doesn't affect me"
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DaveAnthony @daveanthony.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Huh
The New York
 Times 
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1936
COLUMBIA HEARS PLEA FOR EXPELLED STUDENT
Burke and Two Other Speakers
Demand His Reinstatement at Gathering of 500.
Three members of the American Student Union, including Robert Burke, who was expelled in June for leading the anti-Nazi demonstration last May, addressed a gathering of 500 students of the college and the various schools of Columbia University in front of Hamilton Hall yesterday noon, appealing to
them to sunport the vouth in hig
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I’m not clear on what this means.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Twitter crashed and is still down. The SpaceX rocket fell out the sky. CyberTrucks are spontaneously combusting. But there are people who trust and are allowing this man to run the world.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I cannot promise to hire you directly and I don’t have enough positions for everyone, but it was on my heart to share.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
With federal and corporate layoffs actively occurring and looming, I know many are seeking jobs. I am sorry this is the reality. Please take a look at the Shelby County job portal &the City of Memphis job portal. We always need great people in government. tn-shelbycounty.criterionhcm.com/jobs/457/1/
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Always a joy to catch up with two leaders I deeply admire and love—Supervisor Holly Mitchell & Mayor Michael Tubbs. Their visionary leadership and unwavering compassion continue to inspire me, especially in their work advancing guaranteed income initiatives across the country.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Dear MSNBC, 'I'm glad you kept this show on, said no one ever."
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
As renovations and repairs continue at the Walter L. Bailey, Jr. Criminal Justice Center at 201 Poplar, courtroom changes will occur. Follow Shelby GS Clerk on Instagram and Facebook for the latest notifications. Updates for today, Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Announcement: Divisions 7 & 8 of General Sessions Criminal Court are relocated due to flooding. See new locations in the CJC (201 Poplar). Anuncio: Las Divisiones 7 y 8 del Tribunal Penal se reubican por inundaciones. Vea las nuevas ubicaciones en el CJC (201 Poplar).
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Non-elected President, Senator and Representative, His Majesty Elon Musk sent an email to all fed employees asking them to respond with what they did last week, stating failure to reply by a deadline will be taken as a resignation. Here is a statement from the AFGE President in response.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
📣 Announcement 📣 The General Sessions Court Clerk’s Offices will be open during regular business hours tomorrow, Thursday, February 20th from 8:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. 📣 Anuncio 📣 Las Oficinas de La Tribunal de Sesiones Generales estarán abiertas mañana jueves 20 de febrero de las 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I’m aware that because of what I say and what I do, and the inordinate amount of time spent focusing on me by conservative media and electeds, that this will happen. Unfortunately, for them and by some regards for me, I’m not going to be quiet. As they say, “come at me bro.”
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
My seat will be challenged by Rs before it is time for reelection. There is a strong likelihood I’ll spend the next two years in court or staving off the word “ouster.” I’m not afraid. I work harder than any GS clerk before me, but my work ethic is not the point.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
My dad told me to write more and argue less. Even though he meant write a book or article, yall can blame him and this ice storm for these posts. I might actually write an oped about how bad 2026 will be for Memphis if we don’t act now after this midday nap.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I also highly recommend this piece by Tom Jones in Smart City Memphis www.smartcitymemphis.com/2025/02/spra....
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Sprawl, Aggressive Annexation and Economic Segregation | Smart City Memphis
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I’m not the expert on property values, so I will share Roshun Austin’s and others’ thoughts in this illuminating article from High Ground News in 2019. www.highgroundnews.com/features/See...
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Seeing Red I: Mapping 90 years of redlining in Memphis
This two part series explores how race built Memphis. From a newly discovered 1930s redlining map to recent lawsuits, discriminatory housing policies have kept Black families from home ownership and B...
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
These generational actions are disguised as “avoiding crime.” Meanwhile, they want to live in Memphis but they don’t want to live near poor and/or Black Memphians. So, they want to make Memphis better by moving us out of the core into jail or into rural areas. Anywhere but by the Bluff.
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Seeing Red I: Mapping 90 years of redlining in Memphis
This two part series explores how race built Memphis. From a newly discovered 1930s redlining map to recent lawsuits, discriminatory housing policies have kept Black families from home ownership and B...
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
“Memphis is bad. Just look at property values. People don’t want to live there.” - a commenter Roll your eyes because im about to say it. Low property values in the city’s core and people leaving are a result of racial & class bias supported by the government aka white and/or middle class flight.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Math. I did that so you don’t have to go through that. But here’s my question on this good snow day, if this is the math, where are we focusing solutions? Why are we trying to paint nails on a broken arm?
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Snow day thoughts…I might do this all day.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Actualización acerca del clima de La Oficina de La Secretaria del Tribunal de Sesiones Generales: Estaremos cerrados el miércoles 19 de febrero debido al clima invernal. Resumiremos nuestro trabajo el jueves 20 de febrero. La oficina de 24/7 permanecerá abierta para servicios regulares.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk’s inclement weather update: We will be closed on Wednesday, February 19th due to inclement weather. We will resume normal business hours on Thursday, February 20th. The 24/7 Clerk’s office will remain open for business as usual. ❄️🌨️
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Expungements open doors to better jobs, restored driving privileges, and even voting rights—transforming lives for the better. Stay tuned for more community engagement events from GSCC!
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Team General Sessions helped over 250 people with expungements and Drive as You Pay enrollment, giving them a fresh start. Thanks to our host, Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn, and New Direction Christian Center, we were able to support individuals in taking a positive step forward.
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
#BHM Day 11 - A brief telling of Tent City in Fayette & Hardeman County, TN, where 400 black families were forced to settle after being evicted for registering to vote in 1960. Visit the Hooks Institute for a deeper dive. #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2SRoAHe/
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#BHM Day 11 - Today, I am telling a brief retelling about Tent City in Fayette & Hardeman County, TN, where 400 Black families were forced to settle after being kicked off their land for registering t...
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Tami Sawyer @tamisawyer.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#BHM Day 10 - The #Memphis Sit-ins of 1960 were led by Black college students with support from Marion Barry. We still see profiling by businesses today including Black women being arrested at Hobby Lobby in Bartlett this weekend. #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2BB4ajU/
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#BHM Day 10 - Today, we are talking about the Memphis Sit-ins of 1960 led by Black college students including a shoutout to Marion Barry. It ties directly with what we see happening with profiling by ...
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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Yup. The right wing extremism is a feature not a bug to him.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This is too true lol
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Teresa ☘️ @teresastpaddy317.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Ron Howard FTW 🎯
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The CFPB union has just sued Russell Vought over shuttering the agency
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Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
saw another skeet full of replies from white liberals saying we should leave people in red states to die millions of Black, brown, and poor people live in red states and either don’t want to leave or can’t leave. disrespectfully, fuck all of you who leave people to drown. gross.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
There’s something very America about the rich old white guy who didn’t do shit holding up the trophy like a hero while standing in front of the Black man who actually did everything.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie holding up the Vince Lombardi trophy like a winner while Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts stands behind him.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Pfizer’s cancer drug commercial was beautiful, but their breast cancer drug Ibrance costs $10k per month and their prostate cancer drug Xtandi costs $22k per month. Beautiful commercials don’t change the fact that 42% of cancer patients exhaust their life savings in 2 years.
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem
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