Matt Davenport
@davenportlawyer.bsky.social
I practice law and run and write nonfiction books in my free time. Also anti-fascist, pro-choice, still live in the 80s, sometimes the 90s.
#criminaldefense #marathon #FirstOverThere #TheLongestMinute
#criminaldefense #marathon #FirstOverThere #TheLongestMinute
The House voted to cut Medicare and SNAP benefits and remove the judicial branch’s ability to enforce its own orders, but @jaketapper.bsky.social has a book he wants you to buy.
May 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The House voted to cut Medicare and SNAP benefits and remove the judicial branch’s ability to enforce its own orders, but @jaketapper.bsky.social has a book he wants you to buy.
I hope Cory Booker’s speech streamed in hell so Strom Thurmond could watch his filibuster record get shattered.
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I hope Cory Booker’s speech streamed in hell so Strom Thurmond could watch his filibuster record get shattered.
Someone today described today’s GOP as the mass shooter and Congressional Democrats as the Uvalde Police and I’ve not seen it articulated better.
March 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Someone today described today’s GOP as the mass shooter and Congressional Democrats as the Uvalde Police and I’ve not seen it articulated better.
"The Revolution 'bout to be televised. You picked the right time but the wrong guy."
-Kendrick Lamar
-Kendrick Lamar
February 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"The Revolution 'bout to be televised. You picked the right time but the wrong guy."
-Kendrick Lamar
-Kendrick Lamar
Bullying is not strength.
Empathy is not a sin.
Mercy is not offensive.
Diversity is not a threat.
Empathy is not a sin.
Mercy is not offensive.
Diversity is not a threat.
February 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bullying is not strength.
Empathy is not a sin.
Mercy is not offensive.
Diversity is not a threat.
Empathy is not a sin.
Mercy is not offensive.
Diversity is not a threat.
I used to think I understood this quote.
But I actually do now.
But I actually do now.
February 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I used to think I understood this quote.
But I actually do now.
But I actually do now.
The first day of #blackhistorymonth2025 is the 65th anniversary of the first day four Black NC A&T students sat at the "whites only" lunch counter at Woolworth's and asked for coffee. There had been sit-ins before the "Greensboro Four", but theirs began a wave of change that could not be stopped.
February 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The first day of #blackhistorymonth2025 is the 65th anniversary of the first day four Black NC A&T students sat at the "whites only" lunch counter at Woolworth's and asked for coffee. There had been sit-ins before the "Greensboro Four", but theirs began a wave of change that could not be stopped.
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Budde for speaking the truth of God’s love to power. “But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened.”
#profilesincourage
#profilesincourage
January 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Budde for speaking the truth of God’s love to power. “But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened.”
#profilesincourage
#profilesincourage
The Poetry Foundation went hard with their Poem of the Day selection today.
January 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Poetry Foundation went hard with their Poem of the Day selection today.
David Lynch took us to a place where the birds sing a pretty song and there is always music in the air. RIP to a legend. #twinpeaks
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
David Lynch took us to a place where the birds sing a pretty song and there is always music in the air. RIP to a legend. #twinpeaks
Actual picture of health insurance executives this Christmas #singlepayernow 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Actual picture of health insurance executives this Christmas #singlepayernow 🎄
Christmas 2024 is basically millions of Americans praising “It’s a Wonderful Life” but half of them not getting that they voted for Mr. Potter. #itsawonderfullife
December 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Christmas 2024 is basically millions of Americans praising “It’s a Wonderful Life” but half of them not getting that they voted for Mr. Potter. #itsawonderfullife
If you have outrage over a murder but are silent about mass murder for profit, spare us all the lectures. #unitedhealthkills
December 11, 2024 at 3:47 PM
If you have outrage over a murder but are silent about mass murder for profit, spare us all the lectures. #unitedhealthkills
“Spoken word album,
Nobody needs or wants you,
I say Leprechaun!”
Original haiku by @altmadison.bsky.social (if she ever likes poetry and visits Ireland). #siriusthoughts #lithium
Nobody needs or wants you,
I say Leprechaun!”
Original haiku by @altmadison.bsky.social (if she ever likes poetry and visits Ireland). #siriusthoughts #lithium
December 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
“Spoken word album,
Nobody needs or wants you,
I say Leprechaun!”
Original haiku by @altmadison.bsky.social (if she ever likes poetry and visits Ireland). #siriusthoughts #lithium
Nobody needs or wants you,
I say Leprechaun!”
Original haiku by @altmadison.bsky.social (if she ever likes poetry and visits Ireland). #siriusthoughts #lithium
A Whopper beats a Big Mac anyway.
December 10, 2024 at 4:22 PM
A Whopper beats a Big Mac anyway.
Spotify rips off artists.
Any other streaming service is better.
Any other streaming service is better.
December 6, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Spotify rips off artists.
Any other streaming service is better.
Any other streaming service is better.
Since the rest of us are again reminded that killing people is wrong & should never be the answer to anything, hopefully these CEOs & boards of health insurance companies will learn that too. #unitedhealthinsurance
December 6, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Since the rest of us are again reminded that killing people is wrong & should never be the answer to anything, hopefully these CEOs & boards of health insurance companies will learn that too. #unitedhealthinsurance
My cat Sylvester knows all the dirt on NC District 3A defendants. #confidential
December 2, 2024 at 5:07 PM
My cat Sylvester knows all the dirt on NC District 3A defendants. #confidential
As an attorney (and Lithium listener) I will tell Clara she has no case. @altmadison.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM
As an attorney (and Lithium listener) I will tell Clara she has no case. @altmadison.bsky.social
"All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog."
-- Charles M. Schulz, born #OTD 1922
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog."
-- Charles M. Schulz, born #OTD 1922
November 26, 2024 at 1:23 PM
"All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog."
-- Charles M. Schulz, born #OTD 1922
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog."
-- Charles M. Schulz, born #OTD 1922
Tomorrow #ncgop legislators will vote on a lie. Inside what has been purposefully misnamed a hurricane "recovery" bill for Western NC, the State Board of Elections will be moved under the control of the incoming State Auditor, the only statewide office won this year by a Democrat. 1/
November 20, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Tomorrow #ncgop legislators will vote on a lie. Inside what has been purposefully misnamed a hurricane "recovery" bill for Western NC, the State Board of Elections will be moved under the control of the incoming State Auditor, the only statewide office won this year by a Democrat. 1/
My new book, which tells the true story of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake and fire, was selected a New York Times Review of Books Editor’s Choice.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/b...
November 15, 2024 at 8:12 PM
My new book, which tells the true story of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake and fire, was selected a New York Times Review of Books Editor’s Choice.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/b...