Bob Matthews
@bobm3.bsky.social
Alabama lawyer doing criminal defense appeals and post-conviction work. Coffee hater and tea drinker who loves a good book.
Am I conversant in Bad Bunny’s music? No.
Do I speak Spanish? No.
Was I blown away by the music? No.
But even being ambivalent about the actual music, the halftime show looked like one hell of a party.
Do I speak Spanish? No.
Was I blown away by the music? No.
But even being ambivalent about the actual music, the halftime show looked like one hell of a party.
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Am I conversant in Bad Bunny’s music? No.
Do I speak Spanish? No.
Was I blown away by the music? No.
But even being ambivalent about the actual music, the halftime show looked like one hell of a party.
Do I speak Spanish? No.
Was I blown away by the music? No.
But even being ambivalent about the actual music, the halftime show looked like one hell of a party.
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Me after my 50th Claude ad
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Me after my 50th Claude ad
Have most Super Bowl commercials always been this bad or have they just gotten so consistently bad the last few years that it seems like they have always been bad.
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Have most Super Bowl commercials always been this bad or have they just gotten so consistently bad the last few years that it seems like they have always been bad.
AI and Crypto commercials just make me think Frank Herbert’s Butlerian Jihad sounds great.
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
AI and Crypto commercials just make me think Frank Herbert’s Butlerian Jihad sounds great.
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as you watch all of the rah-rah pageantry of the Super Bowl it’s astounding to remember that MAGA is so weird and offputting that they’ve apparently given football to the libs in the national divorce
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
as you watch all of the rah-rah pageantry of the Super Bowl it’s astounding to remember that MAGA is so weird and offputting that they’ve apparently given football to the libs in the national divorce
I guarantee he is going to talk about winning this fight, but those kids kicked his ass
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I guarantee he is going to talk about winning this fight, but those kids kicked his ass
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there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
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Got this from a first-year law student today. I’m going to turn comments and quotes off because I am going to respond in my own way and am not looking for advice. But I think people should see it.
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Got this from a first-year law student today. I’m going to turn comments and quotes off because I am going to respond in my own way and am not looking for advice. But I think people should see it.
Need some positivity to get through the day? Remember Ted Lasso thinks
a man with a mustache is smiling with the words " you 're the best " below him
ALT: a man with a mustache is smiling with the words " you 're the best " below him
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Need some positivity to get through the day? Remember Ted Lasso thinks
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Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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The DHS Form-205, a “warrant” of removal/deportation, is signed by an ICE official, not a judge. That’s precisely why it does not meet the Fourth Amendment standard.
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
JD Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant. We're talking about different types of warrants that exist in our system. Typically in the immigration system, those are handled by administrative law judges. So we're talking about getting warrants from them."
January 23, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The DHS Form-205, a “warrant” of removal/deportation, is signed by an ICE official, not a judge. That’s precisely why it does not meet the Fourth Amendment standard.
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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To those who are claiming that it'd be too cruel and extreme for the EU to cut off American tourist visas now (or to otherwise sanction or inconvenience us Americans in any way)....
You're REALLY not gonna like what happens if the madman Trump is permitted to set off a hot war with Europe.
You're REALLY not gonna like what happens if the madman Trump is permitted to set off a hot war with Europe.
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
To those who are claiming that it'd be too cruel and extreme for the EU to cut off American tourist visas now (or to otherwise sanction or inconvenience us Americans in any way)....
You're REALLY not gonna like what happens if the madman Trump is permitted to set off a hot war with Europe.
You're REALLY not gonna like what happens if the madman Trump is permitted to set off a hot war with Europe.
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Also this quote makes me want to run through a wall
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Also this quote makes me want to run through a wall
Just once, I wish the democrats could grow a fucking spine
“Now, with funding for parts of the government set to expire once again, Democrats appear suddenly reluctant to use their leverage to address another issue that is important to their base (and, frankly, a lot of voters outside of it): the money pouring into ICE.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Just once, I wish the democrats could grow a fucking spine
This game ended in such a clusterfuck.
It can’t be Bama so Ole Miss all the way. Fuck Lane Kiffin
It can’t be Bama so Ole Miss all the way. Fuck Lane Kiffin
January 2, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This game ended in such a clusterfuck.
It can’t be Bama so Ole Miss all the way. Fuck Lane Kiffin
It can’t be Bama so Ole Miss all the way. Fuck Lane Kiffin
For your Christmas cooking, remember that garlic and cinnamon is by feel and intuition—not by whatever the hell the recipe says.
Same for alcohol in bread pudding.
Same for alcohol in bread pudding.
December 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For your Christmas cooking, remember that garlic and cinnamon is by feel and intuition—not by whatever the hell the recipe says.
Same for alcohol in bread pudding.
Same for alcohol in bread pudding.
This absolutely asinine. Most law students don't even understand the variety of practice areas--much less have an idea of what they want to make a career of--during the first semester of law school. Also, there are lots of law students who may struggle the first semester but later massively improve.
In a first, many top law firms this year are recruiting summer associates during students' first semester. Some are dangling ‘jumbo offers’ and ‘loyalty’ bonuses for students who do two summer stints back-to-back, keeping them out of other firms' reach reut.rs/44U44cD
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This absolutely asinine. Most law students don't even understand the variety of practice areas--much less have an idea of what they want to make a career of--during the first semester of law school. Also, there are lots of law students who may struggle the first semester but later massively improve.
George Washington would have been a major vaccine supporter.
"You mean you just get poked by a needle and no smallpox?"
"You mean you just get poked by a needle and no smallpox?"
Rep. Ryan Zinke on Democrats reminding troops that they're obligated to disobey unlawful orders: "It is sedition ... if those congressmen were in George Washington's army, they would've been hung. There's no doubt in my mind. But unfortunately, they're not in his army."
December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
George Washington would have been a major vaccine supporter.
"You mean you just get poked by a needle and no smallpox?"
"You mean you just get poked by a needle and no smallpox?"
I get asked if I want a summary of messages in Instagram. No I don’t.
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I get asked if I want a summary of messages in Instagram. No I don’t.
It’s a night Iron Bowl in Auburn. Remember everyone, the laws of physics don’t apply. No one knows what is going to happen except maybe God himself. And even God may need a few minutes to explain what the hell is happening
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It’s a night Iron Bowl in Auburn. Remember everyone, the laws of physics don’t apply. No one knows what is going to happen except maybe God himself. And even God may need a few minutes to explain what the hell is happening