Eric Crinnian
@crinnian.bsky.social
Lawyer, husband, and father. I talk about politics and law, with a journey down the occasional rabbit hole.
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Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
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I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
"Please be respectful of the violent fascists while we protest them." What absolute dreck by the Star and its "guest."
Oh, and FUCK ICE.
Oh, and FUCK ICE.
That kind of vile, dehumanizing language has no place at a nonviolent demonstration. | Opinion
F-bombs at KC Plaza ICE protest spoiled our peaceful message | Opinion
That kind of vile, dehumanizing language has no place at a nonviolent demonstration. | Opinion
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January 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
"Please be respectful of the violent fascists while we protest them." What absolute dreck by the Star and its "guest."
Oh, and FUCK ICE.
Oh, and FUCK ICE.
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things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
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“We’ll Have Our Home” again is a song that’s extremely popular with white nationalists. It’s all over Telegram. I think the first time I heard it was from a video of a secretive group called the Mannerbünd.
January 10, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“We’ll Have Our Home” again is a song that’s extremely popular with white nationalists. It’s all over Telegram. I think the first time I heard it was from a video of a secretive group called the Mannerbünd.
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Hard to find any outlet than more propagandistic about supporting ICE and smearing its victims than the NY Post , owned by an Australian who lives in the UK.
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Hard to find any outlet than more propagandistic about supporting ICE and smearing its victims than the NY Post , owned by an Australian who lives in the UK.
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Boy, the "I wish i was old enough to fight in World War II" demographic has really been revealing which side they wished they could have foughg for.
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Boy, the "I wish i was old enough to fight in World War II" demographic has really been revealing which side they wished they could have foughg for.
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This is not the law.
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is not the law.
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When cops kill, police agencies often mislead, exonerate too quickly, smear the deceased, use the exonerative tense, etc.
But there's at least usually some solemnity -- acknowledgement that the loss of life is regrettable.
It's the absolute glee in these responses that I can't shake.
But there's at least usually some solemnity -- acknowledgement that the loss of life is regrettable.
It's the absolute glee in these responses that I can't shake.
Reporting about response to Minneapolis shooting at 6 PM EST in the Guardian
January 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
When cops kill, police agencies often mislead, exonerate too quickly, smear the deceased, use the exonerative tense, etc.
But there's at least usually some solemnity -- acknowledgement that the loss of life is regrettable.
It's the absolute glee in these responses that I can't shake.
But there's at least usually some solemnity -- acknowledgement that the loss of life is regrettable.
It's the absolute glee in these responses that I can't shake.
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ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
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Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
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Not pointing at anyone specifically, but some FBI docs being released are basically tip reports -- people contacting the FBI with information. Not fake documents, but, the info in them could be 100% false, including from cranks or people hoping to hurt Trump back in term 1.
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Not pointing at anyone specifically, but some FBI docs being released are basically tip reports -- people contacting the FBI with information. Not fake documents, but, the info in them could be 100% false, including from cranks or people hoping to hurt Trump back in term 1.
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Radical bearded cleric issues new fatwa -->
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Radical bearded cleric issues new fatwa -->
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You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls
Does that "marital sex" include the husband watching from the corner? Asking for a Falwell.
Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
The Problem of Online Porn: It's Already Illegal
United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said in a 1964 opinion that he could not define pornography but “I know it when I see it.” Perhaps such a sentiment was permissible then, wh...
www.heritage.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Does that "marital sex" include the husband watching from the corner? Asking for a Falwell.
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Missouri’s referendum system exists to ensure lawmakers can’t insulate themselves from accountability. When 300,000 people sign their names to challenge a law, they aren’t offering a suggestion. They are exercising a constitutional veto belonging to the voters alone. #moleg #mogov
Missouri officials defy decades of precedent in bid to block gerrymandering referendum • Missouri Independent
Missouri’s referendum system exists to ensure lawmakers can’t insulate themselves from accountability. Republicans shouldn't ignore that.
missouriindependent.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
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Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
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And, as another reminder, when I buy PACER documents, I make them available to anyone through @free.law's RECAP extension, which then makes them available to all at CourtListener.
PACER itself should be free, but, until it is, everyone who can use RECAP to help make docs accessible should do so.
PACER itself should be free, but, until it is, everyone who can use RECAP to help make docs accessible should do so.
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
And, as another reminder, when I buy PACER documents, I make them available to anyone through @free.law's RECAP extension, which then makes them available to all at CourtListener.
PACER itself should be free, but, until it is, everyone who can use RECAP to help make docs accessible should do so.
PACER itself should be free, but, until it is, everyone who can use RECAP to help make docs accessible should do so.
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Saying Trump is “transactional” is just a gentle way of saying he’s corrupt. Every power he has been trusted with, he treats as a way to extract favors and benefits from anyone he sees as situationally vulnerable.
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Saying Trump is “transactional” is just a gentle way of saying he’s corrupt. Every power he has been trusted with, he treats as a way to extract favors and benefits from anyone he sees as situationally vulnerable.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.