Scott Medlock
@scottmedlock.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer with the ACLU of Colorado. Matt Murdock and Jennifer Walters are the only Super Lawyers. Ex Texas Civil Rights Project, Edwards Law, and Greisen Medlock.
Opinions aren’t those of my employer (except when they are).
Opinions aren’t those of my employer (except when they are).
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Scott Medlock
@scottmedlock.bsky.social
· Sep 16
This weekend I married my best friend @scottmedlock.bsky.social and our union happened all because of @jortsthecat.bsky.social 🥰🐈
I encourage everyone to find a partner who will let you have readings from Mark Gruenwald and @fabiannicieza.bsky.social in your ceremony!
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Sen. Tina Smith: "I don't know how I could vote for a funding bill for ICE and DHS when so much of what they are doing is illegal, is lawless."
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Sen. Tina Smith: "I don't know how I could vote for a funding bill for ICE and DHS when so much of what they are doing is illegal, is lawless."
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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The hero the world needs
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The hero the world needs
Cmon Disney! This is way easier than ice skating up hill!
Not only should Disney not have cancelled Blade, every third movie in theaters should be about Blade
January 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Cmon Disney! This is way easier than ice skating up hill!
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Our media still cannot grasp that someone like Noem or Vance is simply lying about observed facts because they know the legal framework and the box they have to shove the ill-fitting facts into, and it may indicate they just... want a bigger box.
January 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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Worth remembering that the right famously said the Kent State kids deserved it.
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Worth remembering that the right famously said the Kent State kids deserved it.
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And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”
Watching The Matrix. The racks of guns roll out when Neo says “we need guns, lots of guns.”
Someone in the back yells out, “holy shit! They’re in Charlton Heston’s basement!”
Someone in the back yells out, “holy shit! They’re in Charlton Heston’s basement!”
What's your favourite audience experience you've had at a movie theater?
Mine is when I saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Packed screen, no empty seats.
When Ceasar said "NO!' this one guy at the back of the cinema screamed "WHAT?!" in the most genuinely incredulous tone I've ever heard.
Mine is when I saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Packed screen, no empty seats.
When Ceasar said "NO!' this one guy at the back of the cinema screamed "WHAT?!" in the most genuinely incredulous tone I've ever heard.
a close up of a monkey with the word no written below it
ALT: a close up of a monkey with the word no written below it
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Watching The Matrix. The racks of guns roll out when Neo says “we need guns, lots of guns.”
Someone in the back yells out, “holy shit! They’re in Charlton Heston’s basement!”
Someone in the back yells out, “holy shit! They’re in Charlton Heston’s basement!”
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Sounds like he had plenty of training.
NEW: Jonathan Ross is former National Guard and Border Patrol and has been part of ICE's SWAT equivalent, a team leader overseeing FBI, ATF, and IRS agents, and a firearms instructor, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. This is from @hudsongiles.bsky.social and me:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Sounds like he had plenty of training.
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These are two Nazis who know they are well and truly fucked.
January 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
These are two Nazis who know they are well and truly fucked.
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Cities are so fucking cool.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
🌲
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olympus has fallen
rebels have taken the good chili's
imperial forces in retreat
rebels have taken the good chili's
imperial forces in retreat
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
olympus has fallen
rebels have taken the good chili's
imperial forces in retreat
rebels have taken the good chili's
imperial forces in retreat
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(Siiiiiiiigh) here we go again
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
(Siiiiiiiigh) here we go again
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This is not the law.
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is not the law.
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God we need to reboot this show without the sexism and shove it down the nation's throats.
January 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
God we need to reboot this show without the sexism and shove it down the nation's throats.
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Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...
Isn't there a word for a leader who thinks there are no meaningful legal constraints on his or her power and that "My own morality. My own mind" is "the only thing that can stop me"?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...
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Police procedurals help normalize this FYI
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Police procedurals help normalize this FYI
90% of the Dem caucus is now to the right of Bill Kristol.
Abolish ICE. Really.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
90% of the Dem caucus is now to the right of Bill Kristol.
Fortunately, Marvel never gave the actual Nazis - like Red Skull and Zemo - much nuance. Because those dudes are just evil.
I grew up in the “Marvel Generation”, where villains have to be complex, with nuanced motives. Evil is never absolute and everyone is a hero in their own story.
A whole lot of us aren’t willing to point at someone and just say “That’s a bad guy.”
And it’s kind of a big problem right now.
A whole lot of us aren’t willing to point at someone and just say “That’s a bad guy.”
And it’s kind of a big problem right now.
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Fortunately, Marvel never gave the actual Nazis - like Red Skull and Zemo - much nuance. Because those dudes are just evil.
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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Excerpt from the Nuremberg judgment…
January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Excerpt from the Nuremberg judgment…
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January 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Holy shit, I think they just called ME up!
In case you didn't see it, tonight against Philadelphia Denver will sit:
Nikola Jokic
Jamal Murray
Aaron Gordon
Cam Johnson
Christian Braun
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Jonas Valanciunas
Nikola Jokic
Jamal Murray
Aaron Gordon
Cam Johnson
Christian Braun
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Jonas Valanciunas
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Holy shit, I think they just called ME up!