Chris in Austin
@cwmatx.bsky.social
Attorney w/ tech background. Husband. Dad of 3. Law/tech/startups. T shaped lawyer - (relatively) normal shaped human. Views mine. Indiscriminate giver of likes
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Greg Bovino still uses a booster seat at Denny’s, pass it along
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Greg Bovino still uses a booster seat at Denny’s, pass it along
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Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
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Yesterday, ICE murdered an American citizen.
The only way to prevent future horrors is to prosecute and ensure full accountability up the entire chain of command.
The only way to prevent future horrors is to prosecute and ensure full accountability up the entire chain of command.
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Yesterday, ICE murdered an American citizen.
The only way to prevent future horrors is to prosecute and ensure full accountability up the entire chain of command.
The only way to prevent future horrors is to prosecute and ensure full accountability up the entire chain of command.
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With everything going on, I needed to be able to write this story: He feeds thousands at the State Fair. But Abel Gonzalez’s most meaningful effort comes at Christmas Eve, when he feeds hundreds of people "who could use a hand."
www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...
www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...
Abel Gonzalez’s Christmas Miracle: Feed Many, No Questions Asked
He feeds thousands at the State Fair. But Abel Gonzalez’s most meaningful effort comes at Christmas Eve, when he feeds hundreds of people "who could use a hand."
www.dmagazine.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 PM
With everything going on, I needed to be able to write this story: He feeds thousands at the State Fair. But Abel Gonzalez’s most meaningful effort comes at Christmas Eve, when he feeds hundreds of people "who could use a hand."
www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...
www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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update: fuck
i suspect that part of the reason far-right populism's evolution into more radical elements isn't going to be noted by the press is because there's likely a process of cumulative radicalization we will see over the next couple of months/years
Hans Mommsen on the structure of German fascism:
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
update: fuck
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This is staggeringly stupid and unprofessional.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
December 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is staggeringly stupid and unprofessional.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
This is why you don't fucking hire trolls and clout chasers for fucking high level positions.
Harmeet is manifestly unfit for her fucking job, which I suppose puts her in good company, nobody running shit at the DOJ is fit for their god damn job.
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.
Ron Johnson: "Understand, Somalis have just been in this country a few years. They're amateurs when it comes to fleecing the federal government."
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.
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Andrew Otazo has plucked, bagged, heaved and hauled more than 17 tons of trash from the mangroves in Florida.
Every piece of garbage he removes reclaims space for what should be there: bird nesting grounds and fish nurseries. https://wapo.st/4oS36Vx
Every piece of garbage he removes reclaims space for what should be there: bird nesting grounds and fish nurseries. https://wapo.st/4oS36Vx
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Andrew Otazo has plucked, bagged, heaved and hauled more than 17 tons of trash from the mangroves in Florida.
Every piece of garbage he removes reclaims space for what should be there: bird nesting grounds and fish nurseries. https://wapo.st/4oS36Vx
Every piece of garbage he removes reclaims space for what should be there: bird nesting grounds and fish nurseries. https://wapo.st/4oS36Vx
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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“He raped me.”
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“He raped me.”
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"
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All those words when he could’ve just said: fuck your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant.
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All those words when he could’ve just said: fuck your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant.
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
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Don’t have an affair, and if you do, don’t have an affair with staff against employer policy, and if you do, don’t be indiscreet, and if you do, don’t fire her when it looks like you’ve been caught, and if you do, don’t [checks notes] Jesus Christ Sherrone Moore this is going to take FOREVER
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December 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Don’t have an affair, and if you do, don’t have an affair with staff against employer policy, and if you do, don’t be indiscreet, and if you do, don’t fire her when it looks like you’ve been caught, and if you do, don’t [checks notes] Jesus Christ Sherrone Moore this is going to take FOREVER
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Interesting. I was told I would be completely discredited when the evidence comes out.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Interesting. I was told I would be completely discredited when the evidence comes out.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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The Illinois Bivens Act is now law - people can sue under state law for ICE’s constitutional violations. Which state is next? When the feds fall down on their obligations to protect people’s rights, it is time for states to step up.
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill to Protect Immigrants from Unjust Federal Actions
HB 1312 enacts protections for immigrants as the Trump Administration terrorizes Illinois communities
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Illinois Bivens Act is now law - people can sue under state law for ICE’s constitutional violations. Which state is next? When the feds fall down on their obligations to protect people’s rights, it is time for states to step up.
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...
Jfc
The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state and local prisons, jails and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo. 19thnews.org/2025/12/trum...
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says
A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s January 20 anti-trans executive order
19thnews.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Jfc
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Witch: You will be one of the most famous Chief Justices ever.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Witch: You will be one of the most famous Chief Justices ever.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
Roberts: Wow!
Witch: Oh, not in that way.
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More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination