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Citizen-lawyer. Standing Up for Democracy, Austin Texas. Painting avatar courtesy of Kate Sampsell (2026)

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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 19h
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free. This is not a deliberative judicial process or one that respects human lives. Irreparable harm will be done to countless immigrants who deserve a hearing. Shoot first, decide later. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration’s Third-Country Deportations, for Now (Gift Article)
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unclear why the NYT pulls punches in this blatantly illegal ad, reporting as though there are legitimate competing arguments. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The biggest fraud revealed by the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud appears to be the Task Force. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers (Gift Article)
The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If they are willing to shoot and kill unarmed people without repercussions, we can’t be surprised by their violation of court orders. abcnews.com/US/judge-fin...
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Judge finds Trump administration in contempt for twice deporting asylum-seeker
A federal judge has found the Trump administration in contempt for deporting an asylum-seeker to El Salvador in violation of three court orders.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abhorrent actions sooner or later will come to light and reveal a reality too painful for people who could have done something about it to accept. Others are simply indifferent. We have seen this before.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...
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Eight Solutions to Protect Voting Rights and Improve Representation
Congress must make voting fairer and more accessible for U.S. citizens and mitigate damage done by states, the executive branch, and the Supreme Court.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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10 Ways Lawyers Can Support Elections | American Bar Association
The rule of law, and the representative democracy it supports, does not endure on principle alone. It depends on individuals and organizations willing to uphold it in practice. Nowhere is that more ap...
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As Expected, Temporary Injunction Granted to Require Access to Whitehouse apnews.com/article/trum... Judge orders White House to restore access to news outlets Trump banned
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Judge orders White House to restore access to news outlets Trump banned
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s move to ban three news outlets from the White House grounds and said CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As incompetent as they are cruel. No person of color is safe from the US secret police. U.S. Citizen Injured During Mistaken Detention by ICE Near Chicago www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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ICE Mistakenly Detains U.S. Citizen in Chicago Area, Leaving Him Injured (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security said agents released the man after he identified himself. He was taken to a hospital with head and neck injuries, local police said.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At some point, you run out of words to describe their inhumanity. Human life means nothing to them. All they care about is numbers. apnews.com/article/ice-... Costa Rican man complained of lack of care for diabetes before his death in ICE custody, family says
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Costa Rican man complained of lack of care for diabetes before his death in ICE custody, family says
A 36-year-old Costa Rican man whose family says he complained of not receiving proper care for his diabetes is the third detainee in less than six months to die at a U.S.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Protest. Then take it to the polls. ICE out. youtu.be/hFXqvF3K6nA?...
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett with LULAC discussing the ICE shooting in Austin
YouTube video by U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is what you would expect from Russians and East Germans. The light in the Shining City on the Hill is barely flickering.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping po
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Nsignificannot @nsignificannot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Examples of quivering jello cowardice.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Musk thinks he can buy any one and any thing. It’s up us in Texas to prove him wrong www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mistake.”
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Character matters. When you elect a grifter, don’t expect honest government.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is what you would expect in Russia. We are no longer better than this; this is who we are. AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We need ICE body cam footage released, and end to ICE traffic stops and an end to Texas DPS and County Officials making immigration traffic stops. ICE is unqualified, unprincipled and unable to comply with the law.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Musk thinks he can buy any one and any thing. It’s up us in Texas to prove him wrong www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mistake.”
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Let’s Talk About Fascism heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-...
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January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A real senator details the committee’s abdication of responsibility. substack.com/@sugarrhi/no...
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SugarRhi~ (@sugarrhi)
Senator Whitehouse is finally asking the questions we've all been thinking. It's about time someone called out the circus.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another day in Gaza. Another atrocity. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza
When Mohammad Abdul Zinati, 15, rushed to help a man wounded in a bomb attack, he had no time to react before he too was hit
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He has no regard for the freedom of the press or the First Amendment which protects his ability to lie. A right he exercises every time he opens his mouth. Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
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Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House (Gift Article)
In an insult-laden post on Truth Social, President Trump said he was instituting the ban because of reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.”
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
U.S. Judges Stand Up to Authoritarian Threats and Attacks on Democratic Notions of the Law lucid.substack.com/p/us-judges-...
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U.S. Judges Stand Up to Authoritarian Threats and Attacks on Democratic Notions of the Law
Mimi Rocah is Friday’s Guest to Discuss Trump Admin Attempts at Judicial Capture
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This election season, join the Nation of Laws Coalition to ensure all eligible voters have the information they need to vote with confidence and enthusiasm. Get the Lawyers’ 2026 Get Out the Vote Toolkit and promote its resources within your own networks. nationoflaws.org/lawyers-gotv...
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Gina Hinojosa (@ginafortexas)
Rural Republicans are breaking rank because Greg Abbott sold them out when he took $20M from data center interests and gave them the richest tax breaks in the country.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When misguided voters elected Trump, our country was cast into the fire. To be determined is whether it is purgatory or hell. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
District court judges across the country have been holding the line against Trump. These judges deserve appreciation — just as those who have enabled and collaborated with the regime deserve condemnation. All of these people are making moral choices. Democracy is a moral choice. Remember this.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They lie to suppress the vote. We cannot let that happen. www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/...
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Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth, Again
The myth of widespread voter fraud persists, despite overwhelming evidence that U.S. elections are secure, and is being used to suppress voters, justify political interference, and intimidate election...
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This assumes a legitimate opposition that does not act as an enemy.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO says - Reuters “The report did not include costs of recent strikes on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on U.S. military installations in the region. apple.news/AyKypLi8JRuq...
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Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO says — Reuters
The six-month-old U.S. war against Iran has cost $38 billion so far and that amount is projected to rise ​by $3 billion a month, Congress' nonpartisan bookkeeper reported on Tuesday, as the Trump admi...
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They just aren’t that into facts www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin offers no evidence of election fraud in court battle over mail voting restrictions
“The most inexplicable thing about the USPS rulemaking and the Government’s briefs, however, is that they offer nothing to support that claim."
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Horrific, senseless abuse of power. Just another day for ICE. ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines newrepublic.com/post/215393/... via @newrepublic.com
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ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Comedy. apnews.com/article/trum... Trump slams Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech He is fascist. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sure. Why Not. What do the letters EPA stand for again? apnews.com/article/epa-... EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Selfishness posing as liberty. open.substack.com/pub/esglaude...
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An Epidemic of Selfishness
There is a moment in James Baldwin’s interview with Dr.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Would-Be King’s Royal Entourage Wasting Your Tax Dollars. This is theft.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This Modern World www.austinchronicle.com/comics/this-...
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This Modern World • The Austin Chronicle
This Modern World
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
substack.com/@jaykuo/note...
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Jay Kuo (@jaykuo)
Straight talk from a straight shooter.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The blatant fiscal and political corruption is evidence of full throated authoritarianism. The stench is so great it clings to every person in the administration. Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’ll gladly pay you never for a vote in November. The amount that will never be paid will be in addition to the DOGE and Tariff refunds that were never paid.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ACLU in the fight. www.aclu.org/news/immigra...
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We’re Fighting Back Against ICE’s Abuses
Federal immigration agents are committing civil liberties abuses across the country — our FTCA filings are taking them to task.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
With Democracy Docket you not only get accurate information and news but also a law firm that’s working to defend your rights. If you can’t be in the courtroom, subscribe to those who are.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence
Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The reflecting pool is the perfect metaphor for this administration. Shallow, broken, and defective. Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Reflecting Pool Failure www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...
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Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage (Gift Article)
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
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Michael Curry @bryker22.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Living greets the living dead.
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