Daniel A. Horwitz
@danielahorwitz.bsky.social
Constitutional litigator. Tennessee public interest/First Amendment/civil rights/innocence/election/appellate litigation. Nashville politics. Anti-SLAPP evangelist. Email daniel at horwitz.law. My views are my employer’s.
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This is creepy as hell. Will Musk be asked by reporters to explain this?
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 PM
This is creepy as hell. Will Musk be asked by reporters to explain this?
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Worth noting these lawyers did something brave and honorable and are mostly likely going to have find new jobs (in a crap job market) because they refused to go along with Harmeet Dhillon's corrupt orders.
Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Worth noting these lawyers did something brave and honorable and are mostly likely going to have find new jobs (in a crap job market) because they refused to go along with Harmeet Dhillon's corrupt orders.
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BROOKE ROLLINS: Don't call a $12 billion payment to farmers a bailout
BROOKE ROLLINS MOMENTS LATER: The American dream is not getting help from the government
BROOKE ROLLINS MOMENTS LATER: The American dream is not getting help from the government
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
BROOKE ROLLINS: Don't call a $12 billion payment to farmers a bailout
BROOKE ROLLINS MOMENTS LATER: The American dream is not getting help from the government
BROOKE ROLLINS MOMENTS LATER: The American dream is not getting help from the government
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These agencies are a direct, ongoing threat to the freedom, safety, and welfare of every person who lives in this country. That's it. They have to go. "But what about--" sorry we'll figure that out later. Everything is secondary to ending fascist goon squads
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 AM
These agencies are a direct, ongoing threat to the freedom, safety, and welfare of every person who lives in this country. That's it. They have to go. "But what about--" sorry we'll figure that out later. Everything is secondary to ending fascist goon squads
{whispers}
*It is already illegal to deport American citizens, you total fucking morons*
*It is already illegal to deport American citizens, you total fucking morons*
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
{whispers}
*It is already illegal to deport American citizens, you total fucking morons*
*It is already illegal to deport American citizens, you total fucking morons*
What is there even to talk about here? The ostensible reason Democrats voted to fund the regime last time was a “promise” of a “future vote” on extending health care subsidies that were then allowed to expire. Since then, the regime has {gestures at everything}. Don’t fund any part of this carnage.
I just voted NO on the spending package because it still includes DHS funding.
NO blank check for ICE to continue lawless killings. Let’s get real changes made.
NO blank check for ICE to continue lawless killings. Let’s get real changes made.
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
What is there even to talk about here? The ostensible reason Democrats voted to fund the regime last time was a “promise” of a “future vote” on extending health care subsidies that were then allowed to expire. Since then, the regime has {gestures at everything}. Don’t fund any part of this carnage.
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"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
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This is inaccurate. The issue that was being addressed when CDA §230 was passed was that, under some state laws, moderating *at all* made them responsible for the content of what remained. That meant the incentive was to not moderate at all, and Congress didn’t like that reality.
There is a vast swathe of criminal and media law that social media sites have somehow convinced successive governments that they're exempt from. "But we wouldn't be able to exist as we currently do if we had to obey the law" is not an argument that would be accepted from any other industry.
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is inaccurate. The issue that was being addressed when CDA §230 was passed was that, under some state laws, moderating *at all* made them responsible for the content of what remained. That meant the incentive was to not moderate at all, and Congress didn’t like that reality.
This is a bizarre story. One outlet released a quick report saying this was a false rumor. Another outlet published the claim from an IBEW local staffer with a denial from an IBEW district VP. And now Fox 17 is out with this report saying it’s seen proof the claim is true. fox17.com/news/local/e...
Emails contradict NES denial of turning away union crews
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Mid-State is entering day five of widespread power outages following a crippling winter storm, with hundreds of thousands of peopl
fox17.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This is a bizarre story. One outlet released a quick report saying this was a false rumor. Another outlet published the claim from an IBEW local staffer with a denial from an IBEW district VP. And now Fox 17 is out with this report saying it’s seen proof the claim is true. fox17.com/news/local/e...
This is defamatory to me, specifically.
Man Unrecognizable After Full 8 Hours Of Sleep https://theonion.com/man-unrecognizable-after-full-8-hours-of-sleep/
January 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This is defamatory to me, specifically.
If Congress doesn’t assert itself here, then there is no longer any point in having a Congress.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
If Congress doesn’t assert itself here, then there is no longer any point in having a Congress.
@radleybalko.bsky.social’s final point in this clip (about average citizens’ response being heartening while elite institutions bent to pressure) is spot on. Multibillion-dollar endowments apparently aren’t enough to buy the spine that huge numbers of regular folks have no difficulty showing daily.
Jon, @radleybalko.bsky.social, and @josephcox.bsky.social are discussing the latest news from Minnesota and who’s really to blame for ICE policy on an all-new podcast, out tomorrow.
January 28, 2026 at 4:54 AM
@radleybalko.bsky.social’s final point in this clip (about average citizens’ response being heartening while elite institutions bent to pressure) is spot on. Multibillion-dollar endowments apparently aren’t enough to buy the spine that huge numbers of regular folks have no difficulty showing daily.
I also disagree. And as a donor and longtime supporter of the museum, I’ve privately communicated my thoughts about the utterly baffling condemnation it issued here.
I disagree with the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Kids right now are being targeted because their race and nationality. We are warehousing immigrants in camps. Gangs of masked officers pulling people out of houses and off the streets, killing observers. The Holocaust didn’t begin with the death camps.
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I also disagree. And as a donor and longtime supporter of the museum, I’ve privately communicated my thoughts about the utterly baffling condemnation it issued here.
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Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
For example, I was duped by rumors and misinformation that the city had a competent response prepared for this known incoming weather event.
Rumors and misinformation have spread rapidly through social media and group texts since power outages swept Nashville homes early Sunday morning, adding to the uncertainty and chaos of the weather emergency.
Rumors, Misinformation Add to Ice Storm Chaos
Online lineman rumor and AI imagery have further confused residents during weather emergency
www.nashvillescene.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
For example, I was duped by rumors and misinformation that the city had a competent response prepared for this known incoming weather event.
Oh no. What if they offer it for sale, self-assembly required, to a husband and wife who just had their first kid. This is how the world ends.
STOCKHOLM — Sweden has had very early discussions with France and the United Kingdom about possible nuclear weapons cooperation, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has revealed.
breakingdefense.com
breakingdefense.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Oh no. What if they offer it for sale, self-assembly required, to a husband and wife who just had their first kid. This is how the world ends.
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imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
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JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled
That gun rights culture is *entirely* dependent on who is carrying and who is doing the infringing is utterly unsurprising. There would have been a civil war if Obama said something like this.
Q: Do you agree with the assessment from some of your own officials that Alex Pretti is a domestic terrorist or assassin?
TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but he certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. I don't like that he had a gun.
TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but he certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. I don't like that he had a gun.
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
That gun rights culture is *entirely* dependent on who is carrying and who is doing the infringing is utterly unsurprising. There would have been a civil war if Obama said something like this.
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My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM
My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
Another reason there will be no civil rights investigation is that the DOJ does not have a civil rights division anymore. It’s what you might imagine it would look like if a bunch of lawyers were bitten by a zombie and had fully mutated, the zombie here being something called a “Harmeet Dhillon.”
Breaking MS NOW:
Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
No civil rights violation probe into latest MN shooting, sources tell MS NOW
As DHS takes over the federal investigation, current and former law enforcement agents warn that Trump’s DOJ isn’t committed to facts or fairness.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Another reason there will be no civil rights investigation is that the DOJ does not have a civil rights division anymore. It’s what you might imagine it would look like if a bunch of lawyers were bitten by a zombie and had fully mutated, the zombie here being something called a “Harmeet Dhillon.”
“Restrain, reform, and restrict the SS. No funding for the camps unless the guards receive more training.”
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“Restrain, reform, and restrict the SS. No funding for the camps unless the guards receive more training.”
“Are dealing with.” It’s not past tense. My power’s been out since early Sunday morning, it’s been below freezing for the same amount of time, and no one can tell me when power is coming back. There are over 100,000 people in Nashville dealing with the same problem.
Residents across the South dealt with frigid conditions, a loss of electricity and blocked roadways after a huge winter storm system swept through large parts of the U.S. nyti.ms/4r2LyYB
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“Are dealing with.” It’s not past tense. My power’s been out since early Sunday morning, it’s been below freezing for the same amount of time, and no one can tell me when power is coming back. There are over 100,000 people in Nashville dealing with the same problem.
Their broadcast product has recently gotten so good, though.
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Their broadcast product has recently gotten so good, though.
I hope these people are widely shunned in their lifetimes, have relatives who are ashamed to be related to them, and are reduced to weird, sad little groups that rely entirely on fake, revisionist history for their sense of self-respect like the confederacy societies that still kick around today.
This is a man who has realized that his group are the baddies:
“Last I heard,” says one ICE officer, “FBI didn’t want to help us out much anymore, especially in Minneapolis, due to the bad press.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“Last I heard,” says one ICE officer, “FBI didn’t want to help us out much anymore, especially in Minneapolis, due to the bad press.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I hope these people are widely shunned in their lifetimes, have relatives who are ashamed to be related to them, and are reduced to weird, sad little groups that rely entirely on fake, revisionist history for their sense of self-respect like the confederacy societies that still kick around today.