Chris Sprigman
@cjsprigman.bsky.social
Murray and Kathleen Bring Prof., NYU Law. IP, antitrust, behavioral econ, occasional con law (bad for my health). ssrn.com/author=370802. Partner, lex-lumina.com. https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=37891
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
Fuck the standard-bearers of decorum. Fuck them until they worry less about being decorous and more about being effective.
The people of Minnesota did that. Not Schumer and Jeffries, not Walz and Frey, not the standard-bearers of decorum. The People.
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Fuck the standard-bearers of decorum. Fuck them until they worry less about being decorous and more about being effective.
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"Restrain, reform and restrict ICE" is the most typical, loser-ass shit aimed at the imaginary centrist voter.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"Restrain, reform and restrict ICE" is the most typical, loser-ass shit aimed at the imaginary centrist voter.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
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The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
This may be The Onion's masterpiece.
“What they don’t want you to know is that George Soros and his far-left billionaire friends hired Alex Pretti to act as a dependable, beloved pillar of his community for decades,” said President Donald Trump
Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen
WASHINGTON—Claiming that no one would realistically devote their life to serving others without being funded by nefarious actors, President Donald Trump alleged Monday that Democrats had secretly paid...
theonion.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 AM
This may be The Onion's masterpiece.
From this day until he is led into a prison cell, this POS should never have a peaceful moment in public.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 AM
From this day until he is led into a prison cell, this POS should never have a peaceful moment in public.
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Greg Bovino sadly filling one steamer trunk after another with elaborate fashy overcoats, the teargas canisters he always has bouncing around on him like labubus, and dozens of "chest-belts." They will be shipped ahead of him as he prepares to return to his home, which is a men's size 10 boot.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Greg Bovino sadly filling one steamer trunk after another with elaborate fashy overcoats, the teargas canisters he always has bouncing around on him like labubus, and dozens of "chest-belts." They will be shipped ahead of him as he prepares to return to his home, which is a men's size 10 boot.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
Deleted TikTok, which under Larry Ellison’s control is now rather obviously pushing right-wing content.
January 26, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Deleted TikTok, which under Larry Ellison’s control is now rather obviously pushing right-wing content.
I used to be something close to a first amendment absolutist. But now I’m not sure that we wouldn’t all be better off in both the short run and the long run if the government shut down Fox News. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
Most Fox News Reporting on Minneapolis Shooting Supports Official Version
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I used to be something close to a first amendment absolutist. But now I’m not sure that we wouldn’t all be better off in both the short run and the long run if the government shut down Fox News. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
I do not typically take my cues from David Frum, but this is exactly right. I am in no mood for kumbaya and likely never will be, b/c I know that if the country descends into violence, almost all of Trump's followers will happily put to the stake whoever stands in Trump's way.
January 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I do not typically take my cues from David Frum, but this is exactly right. I am in no mood for kumbaya and likely never will be, b/c I know that if the country descends into violence, almost all of Trump's followers will happily put to the stake whoever stands in Trump's way.
People making excuses for ICE's execution of Alex Pretti would have been making excuses for the Nazis. That's the level of moral blindness that is required not to acknowledge what's right in front of our faces.
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
People making excuses for ICE's execution of Alex Pretti would have been making excuses for the Nazis. That's the level of moral blindness that is required not to acknowledge what's right in front of our faces.
Now that Trump is supporting his GOP primary opponent, this gutless wonder has finally found some courage. For which he deserves no credit whatsoever. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
G.O.P. Senator Cassidy Calls for Investigation of Fatal Minnesota Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Now that Trump is supporting his GOP primary opponent, this gutless wonder has finally found some courage. For which he deserves no credit whatsoever. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
Klobuchar persists in believing--against all the evidence--that Donald Trump and his minions are susceptible to moral suasion or shame. Asking them to take a different path is Klobuchar's way of allowing herself to continue to do nothing. Schumer and Jeffries are not really any different.
1/ Donald Trump and all your lieutenants who ordered this ICE surge: watch the horrific video of the killing today. The world is watching. Thousands of citizens stopped and harassed. Local police no longer able to do their work. Kids hiding. Schools closed. Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Klobuchar persists in believing--against all the evidence--that Donald Trump and his minions are susceptible to moral suasion or shame. Asking them to take a different path is Klobuchar's way of allowing herself to continue to do nothing. Schumer and Jeffries are not really any different.
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This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.
Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.
I actually don't even believe it yet. I would not be surprised if the GOP gets enough Dems in a week or so.
I don’t think moderate senate Dems discovering their courage means that they’ve had an epiphany as much as they’ve seen polling saying that people are not ok with this shit to the point that being weasels is no longer the optimal course of action
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I actually don't even believe it yet. I would not be surprised if the GOP gets enough Dems in a week or so.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
I have given up hope that elected Democrats are gonna do a goddamn thing. We are on our own. Which makes it more likely that this is going to turn violent because people are not gonna see another way.
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I have given up hope that elected Democrats are gonna do a goddamn thing. We are on our own. Which makes it more likely that this is going to turn violent because people are not gonna see another way.
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Yes. It’s hard to believe anything could have given Dred Scott a run for its money as worst Supreme Court decision ever but Trump v US is literally unraveling the fabric of our constitutional order in real time.
I think our constitutional order collapsed the day the supreme court handed down their execrable, lawless immunity opinion. What we're seeing now is just the logical working out of the violent authoritarian state that the supreme court legalized.
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Yes. It’s hard to believe anything could have given Dred Scott a run for its money as worst Supreme Court decision ever but Trump v US is literally unraveling the fabric of our constitutional order in real time.
I hope everyone has realized now that the end game is for Trump to send his goons to interfere with and undermine the midterm elections. He'll claim that the results are invalid. He and his GOP lackeys will refuse to seat the winners.
That's the only course open to them now.
That's the only course open to them now.
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I hope everyone has realized now that the end game is for Trump to send his goons to interfere with and undermine the midterm elections. He'll claim that the results are invalid. He and his GOP lackeys will refuse to seat the winners.
That's the only course open to them now.
That's the only course open to them now.
I think our constitutional order collapsed the day the supreme court handed down their execrable, lawless immunity opinion. What we're seeing now is just the logical working out of the violent authoritarian state that the supreme court legalized.
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I think our constitutional order collapsed the day the supreme court handed down their execrable, lawless immunity opinion. What we're seeing now is just the logical working out of the violent authoritarian state that the supreme court legalized.
The best thing we could do going forward is prosecute and jail everyone in this administration, from Trump on down, who has contributed to the Minneapolis murders. Ignore the Supreme Court's immunity decision. Ignore any attempt by Trump to pardon or self-pardon.
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The best thing we could do going forward is prosecute and jail everyone in this administration, from Trump on down, who has contributed to the Minneapolis murders. Ignore the Supreme Court's immunity decision. Ignore any attempt by Trump to pardon or self-pardon.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
Lol. NOW is in allcaps, so now Chuck really means it.
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Lol. NOW is in allcaps, so now Chuck really means it.