Allison Mathis
@askallison.bsky.social
Always the bride, never a bridesmaid
Anyone in the Houston area- call or text me if you or someone you’re with get arrested at a protest. I will help you or find someone who can.
June 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Anyone in the Houston area- call or text me if you or someone you’re with get arrested at a protest. I will help you or find someone who can.
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Fun fact as you watch Trump's stormtroopers crack heads and fire usually-less-than-lethal rounds at protesters in Los Angeles: the highest-paid CEO in America, with salary and stock worth $165 million, is the head of the company that makes Tasers.
www.wsj.com/business/ric...
www.wsj.com/business/ric...
Taser Boss Tops Ranking of Highest-Paid CEOs With $165 Million. Here’s the List.
Stock award propels Rick Smith past Apple’s Tim Cook and Blackstone’s Schwarzman to the top of WSJ’s annual ranking.
www.wsj.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Fun fact as you watch Trump's stormtroopers crack heads and fire usually-less-than-lethal rounds at protesters in Los Angeles: the highest-paid CEO in America, with salary and stock worth $165 million, is the head of the company that makes Tasers.
www.wsj.com/business/ric...
www.wsj.com/business/ric...
This is going to be epic www.eventbrite.com/e/revenge-of...
Revenge of the Sixth (Amendment)
This May… the Sixth strikes back. One day. One mission. 6.75 CLE hours. Ethics. Judges. Jedi. Revenge of the Sixth – May 6 @ UHD.
www.eventbrite.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is going to be epic www.eventbrite.com/e/revenge-of...
I got this cool new brooch but now I’m worried I might be mistaken for an advisor to the Trump administration.
March 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I got this cool new brooch but now I’m worried I might be mistaken for an advisor to the Trump administration.
Is this just life at the end of the world? Constant respiratory infections forcing one to doomscroll obsessively? Not with a bang but a whimper…
March 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Is this just life at the end of the world? Constant respiratory infections forcing one to doomscroll obsessively? Not with a bang but a whimper…
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That’s the stuff. Straight into my vein.
oh no oh no oh no oh no storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
That’s the stuff. Straight into my vein.
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This is just to say
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
February 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is just to say
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
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AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
February 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
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Breaking News: Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a cult following by blending pop philosophy and absurdist comedy, has died at 92.
Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Breaking News: Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a cult following by blending pop philosophy and absurdist comedy, has died at 92.
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Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
I just heard someone refer to the skin of a kiwi fruit as its “hide” and I can’t stop thinking about it.
February 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I just heard someone refer to the skin of a kiwi fruit as its “hide” and I can’t stop thinking about it.
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Turning the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Strip-mall! How could this go wrong?
I’m sure they will build a really terrific casino in Rafah, like nothing the world has ever seen
The US Army Corps of Engineers sure are breathing into a paper bag right now.
February 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Turning the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Strip-mall! How could this go wrong?
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There hasn't actually been a serious border security problem between Canada and the US.
Wanna know a good way to create one? Create incentives in the tens of billions of dollars for successful smuggling operations.
Wanna know a good way to create one? Create incentives in the tens of billions of dollars for successful smuggling operations.
February 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There hasn't actually been a serious border security problem between Canada and the US.
Wanna know a good way to create one? Create incentives in the tens of billions of dollars for successful smuggling operations.
Wanna know a good way to create one? Create incentives in the tens of billions of dollars for successful smuggling operations.
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the tiny acts of resistance we can do everyday.
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the tiny acts of resistance we can do everyday.
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
This is literally torture.
🧵 Several trans women incarcerated in federal prisons have been put in isolation & notified of their transfer to men’s prisons. The women were moved in the days following Trump’s executive order that excludes transgender people from sex discrimination protections. uk.news.yahoo.com/trans-women-...
Trans Women Notified Of Removal From Women’s Prisons Days After Trump’s ‘Two Sexes’ Executive Order
One of the women sued the Trump administration, alleging the order violates her constitutional rights and puts her “at an extremely high risk of harassment, abuse, violence, and sexual assault.”
uk.news.yahoo.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is literally torture.
I signed up to read to my daughter’s 2nd grade class today, but I couldn’t find an age-appropriate book about my job, so I wrote one last night and popped it in a 3 ring binder. Also I colored it in myself. I’m grateful for this opportunity to maximally embarrass my child.
January 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I signed up to read to my daughter’s 2nd grade class today, but I couldn’t find an age-appropriate book about my job, so I wrote one last night and popped it in a 3 ring binder. Also I colored it in myself. I’m grateful for this opportunity to maximally embarrass my child.
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I think it is absolutely fair and appropriate to identify these lawyers and shun them from decent society.
always interesting to see what kinds of folks are signing off on these attacks on the Constitution
January 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I think it is absolutely fair and appropriate to identify these lawyers and shun them from decent society.
In my role as a criminal defense atty, I represented a trans woman improperly housed in a male facility. One of the guards told her if she was tired of being raped, she should try sucking more dick. This was a pretrial detention, and the case was later dismissed.
Donald Trump has instructed the Justice Department and DHS to rescind protections for transgender prisoners and immigrant detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act: theappeal.org/trump-execut...
‘People Will Die’ from Trump’s Trans Prisoner Crackdown, Experts Warn
Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.
theappeal.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In my role as a criminal defense atty, I represented a trans woman improperly housed in a male facility. One of the guards told her if she was tired of being raped, she should try sucking more dick. This was a pretrial detention, and the case was later dismissed.