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Roy L. Austin, Jr.

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Civil Rights and Technology Attorney and Advocate - “Unless one is reading critically, one is not reading at all” - Harry Edwards

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026
Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP!
Yale students smile and clap at a Democratize Yale demonstration - one holds a sign reading "TRUSTEES: LISTEN. RESIST. DEMOCRATIZE."
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Originalism is the original fake news
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
constitutionally collect this information about one car-and its driver-by
following that vehicle on public roadways over a month. But this leaves the
question of why is it the government's business where everyone goes all the
time? The government cannot go snooping through our personal lives and
business without an adequate basis to do so. That is what the Supreme Court
has said since its decision in Katz through its decision in Chatrie this year,
nearly sixty years later. It is not too much to draw the line at indiscriminate
mass surveillance.
No doubt, ALPR technology comes with remarkable benefits that the
Court cannot ignore. But the Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz's search in just the ALPR system
provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle's whereabouts
across the country for an entire month. The Court finds that because the
ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle's historical location information
intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical
movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the
information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was
because he saw her license plate was from California. That search was not
supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation
of Kyle's Fourth Amendment rights. That search also has a nexus to the
remainder of the traffic stop because Alaniz began following Kyle's car while
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is stupid . . . and truly inhumane.
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
70s kids are all over this reference . . .
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂😂😂
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I gasped! The Mighty Sparrow has left us. One of the most important and popular Calypsonians to ever do it! Songs filled political fire, irreverence, humor, naughty (very, very naughty) banter, and beats that make you wind your waist! Rest in Power, Sparrow. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...
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The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91
He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No logic to what Blanche is saying. There is only a national security issue if the press reports ACCURATELY. Reporting inaccurate information doesn't give our enemies insight into our genuine vulnerabilities. It just wastes their time.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please explain to me why this isn’t Exhibit #1 from the defense in every lawsuit by this administration where it goes after attempts to support members of marginalized communities??? #hypocrisy share.google/YI6O6FJQ91gj...
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First lady rings the NYSE opening bell, launches IMPERIA for women
First lady Melania Trump rang the ceremonial opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday for the launch of her new initiative, IMPERIA.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The perfect message for Americans who never drive past a gas station or go to any stores:
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Shot in the back. No criminal record.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here are case studies built by the @counciloncj.org for those of you in the criminal justice fields to determine if an AI tool is worth the hype.
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Retweeted by David Shapiro (L/0) [UNOFFICIAL] @daveshapi-rt-mirro.selfhosted.social · 28/08/2026
RT @StefFeldman: AI policy data dump! Here's what 56,000 Americans told CSAIP about 79 AI policies: Significant support for policies that are straightforwardly redistributive (transfer resources from corporations/wealthiest to support workers/families), & that put AI companies on the hook
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
VICTORY: Judge Cooper slams & prohibits Trump & cronies continued efforts to rename the Kennedy Center (& orders other important relief) A huge win for @repbeatty.bsky.social & our cocounsel team @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG More to come!
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I will always support the candidate in the Sambas!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Isn’t it interesting though that Mike Johnson shrugs all this off as just provocative things said just to create a “persona online” from one of his ACTUAL NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS, but Hasan Piker, who isn’t running for anything, supposedly represents the entire Democratic Party.
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Gary @cytherian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is such disrespect. He can't even be bothered with getting a solid night's sleep or at least taking a stimulant to stay awake. This is the 25th anniversary of 9-11. #TrumpIsAFailure #TrumpIsUnfit
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….
diGenova just told me by phone when I asked about his abrupt exit:
"If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem"
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Garthtoons by Garth German @garthtoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I still haven’t gotten my other checks. Follow for more cartoons!
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It was an absolute joy to be in conversation with @cdt.org’s amazing CEO @alexreevegivens.bsky.social. Her leadership at this moment couldn’t be more important. (And, you get a quick take on England’s Men’s World Cup performance).
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to appear in person Thursday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating the court’s injunction blocking Trump-backed congressional maps. 1/
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: “The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.” theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He buys almost nothing made in US for himself or his business. Almost everything he sells on his website is made overseas, he hires foreign workers, he advertised Trump Mobile as made in US then deleted that from website after people paid. Even his Trump Bibles are from China.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/09/2026
"Republicans understand that people aren’t going to read the documents behind their conspiracy theories. The truth is hard to understand and often involves complexity and nuance. They’re able to win the narrative war that way, & it’s having real consequences on people’s lives." — @ninajankowicz.com
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Nina Jankowicz on the golden age of disinformation
“Memory-holing is core to all of the narrative coups Republicans are achieving right now.”
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/09/2026
Thou shalt take down every monument he builds for himself. Thou shalt toss him and his entire family into the trashcan of history.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
Bro behind the camera is fearless 🔥 and I love it
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It is sad that more resources will be spent, but I will be working to ensure that every monstrosity that he has built is torn down. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Excavation work on Trump's arch in Washington to begin over next 2 weeks, administration says
The Trump administration has announced that it is planning to start excavation work on a memorial arch in Washington over the next two weeks.
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Keri @keriqbaum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
David Byrne wrote a song for a documentary about the world’s richest man and it’s set to rip him apart using his own words. /
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Howard Luttnick, Epstein Island regular, on CNBC saying #DataCenters do not use water. Zero pushback fron the hosts. Objectively is dead.
Pics of a data center a pipe spraying water 

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An Oklahoma data center using water-cooling technology just wasted over 3 million gallons of water during a massive pipe burst.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yale’s Office of Public Affairs banned reporters from Yale’s campus today. It’s corroborated by Francie Diep in her story for the @chronicle.com. This was an attempt to squelch press coverage today of the rally protesting Yale’s attacks on freedom of expression, their pending deal with Trump. 1/
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Gives Us Our Daily Graft.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gonna' have to figure out a way to process the rage. Because these stories are going to continue. And we can't ignore them.
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God @thegodshow.com · 31/08/2026
I am so sick and tired of corporate media obsessing about made-up bullshit while people can’t afford to eat.
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you have tips about the US Postal Service's effort to regulate mail voting in the midterms, please reach out. You can reach me securely on Signal at jenafifield.01 or contact our tip line at 917-512-0201.
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Roy L. Austin, Jr. @raustinjr.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Acc to a survey of 56,000 Americans, what they want on AI is the government protecting them from AI disruption. What they don't want is government abdication to the tech companies. blog.csaip.org/p/what-56000...
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What 56,000 Americans told us about AI policy.
The public is ahead on AI policy.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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