Chris Harris
@chrisharris101.bsky.social
Austin Advocate | Analyst | Organizer | CJ, Hip-hop & B-ball (MFFL) | he/him | Let's get free
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The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
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This is kind of the end result of the bipartisan consensus of "fund the police" which is replacing every public service worker with cops
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is kind of the end result of the bipartisan consensus of "fund the police" which is replacing every public service worker with cops
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Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
NEW:
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
“I’ve had enough…I’m refusing to back down.”
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier speaks to MSNBC from the Texas State Capitol. She is stuck there after the Texas GOP required police surveillance as condition for release. She is refusing to sign a waiver for the law enforcement escort.
August 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Feel like one political party kidnapping an opponent should be bigger news
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We don't talk enough about how any contact at all with the criminal punishment system can destroy your life. The arrest, the court dates, missing work and other associated costs etc... People who aren't proximate to this really have no idea.
August 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
We don't talk enough about how any contact at all with the criminal punishment system can destroy your life. The arrest, the court dates, missing work and other associated costs etc... People who aren't proximate to this really have no idea.
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You are not going to out "tough on crime" fascist Republicans. Because they don't actually care about *crime* - they care about racism and power.
August 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You are not going to out "tough on crime" fascist Republicans. Because they don't actually care about *crime* - they care about racism and power.
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Bill Spelman was a fine criminologist and one of Austin's best city council members. Back when ATX liberals thought it was a great idea to roll over for the police union, give them all the $$ in the general fund, and screw over accountability advocates, he was a lone voice of reason. RIP, brother.
Data-Driven Former Council Member Bill Spelman Dies at 68
The Harvard-trained public policy specialist served multiple terms
www.austinchronicle.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Bill Spelman was a fine criminologist and one of Austin's best city council members. Back when ATX liberals thought it was a great idea to roll over for the police union, give them all the $$ in the general fund, and screw over accountability advocates, he was a lone voice of reason. RIP, brother.
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Amazon union organizer Chris Smalls was on the Gaza freedom flotilla which was just raided by Israeli forces.
SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
July 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Amazon union organizer Chris Smalls was on the Gaza freedom flotilla which was just raided by Israeli forces.
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"...the risk of being murdered underground is... orders of magnitude less than the risk of dying from a traffic accident elsewhere in the US. Cars are deadly, and any transportation policy that encourages their use over public transportation is pretty much by definition anti-safety."
New York City’s Subway Is Actually Safer Than Your Car
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a point about assaults underground, but his policies aren’t improving anything.
www.bloomberg.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"...the risk of being murdered underground is... orders of magnitude less than the risk of dying from a traffic accident elsewhere in the US. Cars are deadly, and any transportation policy that encourages their use over public transportation is pretty much by definition anti-safety."
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for the love of god, get rid of your surveillance doorbell. and take the battery out of your parents'. if we're scared about cops using license plate readers / FRT databases to criminalize protesters, migrants, and abortion seekers? don't give them more to work with
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
July 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
for the love of god, get rid of your surveillance doorbell. and take the battery out of your parents'. if we're scared about cops using license plate readers / FRT databases to criminalize protesters, migrants, and abortion seekers? don't give them more to work with
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"
The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”
www.motherjones.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
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Another private surveillance vendor accessing data from commercial sources and data breaches and packaging it for law enforcement. In this case, the distributed nature of the license plater reader cameras is especially concerning
www.404media.co/license-plat...
www.404media.co/license-plat...
License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows
Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.
www.404media.co
May 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Another private surveillance vendor accessing data from commercial sources and data breaches and packaging it for law enforcement. In this case, the distributed nature of the license plater reader cameras is especially concerning
www.404media.co/license-plat...
www.404media.co/license-plat...
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Here is a VERY partial Wall of Shame of large firms that didn't sign the amicus brief:
Akin Gump
Alston & Bird
Baker & Hostetler
Baker Botts
Cadwalader
Cleary
Clifford Chance
Cravath
Davis Polk
Debevoise & Plimpton
Foley
Gibson, Dunn
Hogan Lovells
Holland & Knight
Jones Day
K&L Gates
[cont'd]
Akin Gump
Alston & Bird
Baker & Hostetler
Baker Botts
Cadwalader
Cleary
Clifford Chance
Cravath
Davis Polk
Debevoise & Plimpton
Foley
Gibson, Dunn
Hogan Lovells
Holland & Knight
Jones Day
K&L Gates
[cont'd]
NEWS: More than 500 law firms sign on to an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie amid the firm’s legal battle against Trump’s executive order targeting its business.
Read the list of firms that signed the brief authored by former SG Don Verrilli:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Read the list of firms that signed the brief authored by former SG Don Verrilli:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Here is a VERY partial Wall of Shame of large firms that didn't sign the amicus brief:
Akin Gump
Alston & Bird
Baker & Hostetler
Baker Botts
Cadwalader
Cleary
Clifford Chance
Cravath
Davis Polk
Debevoise & Plimpton
Foley
Gibson, Dunn
Hogan Lovells
Holland & Knight
Jones Day
K&L Gates
[cont'd]
Akin Gump
Alston & Bird
Baker & Hostetler
Baker Botts
Cadwalader
Cleary
Clifford Chance
Cravath
Davis Polk
Debevoise & Plimpton
Foley
Gibson, Dunn
Hogan Lovells
Holland & Knight
Jones Day
K&L Gates
[cont'd]
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“The student movement will continue to carry the mantle of a free Palestine. History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence.”
Must-read from Mahmoud Khalil: “It is incumbent upon each of you to reclaim the University and join the student movement to carry forward the work of the past year.”
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
A Letter to Columbia
<i>Editor's Note: This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil. Spectator verified this with his Attorney Amy Greer and conducted its regular editing process. Khalil is currently detained at the Central ...
www.columbiaspectator.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“The student movement will continue to carry the mantle of a free Palestine. History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence.”
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With Trump ramping up efforts to disappear people under the dubious pretext of "gang affiliation," Hannah Dreier’s gutting @propublica.org story from 2018 is a must-read.
It exposes how high schools, police, and ICE funneled students into detention and deportation over nothing more than a doodle.
It exposes how high schools, police, and ICE funneled students into detention and deportation over nothing more than a doodle.
March 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
With Trump ramping up efforts to disappear people under the dubious pretext of "gang affiliation," Hannah Dreier’s gutting @propublica.org story from 2018 is a must-read.
It exposes how high schools, police, and ICE funneled students into detention and deportation over nothing more than a doodle.
It exposes how high schools, police, and ICE funneled students into detention and deportation over nothing more than a doodle.
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My workplace has become ground zero for American fascism. If we allow Mahmoud’s abduction to go unchallenged, we allow the end of democracy as we know it. New from me for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...
I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil Is One of the Most Upstanding People I Have Ever Met
We cannot allow fascists to use the pretext of Jewish safety to attack our communities.
zeteo.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My workplace has become ground zero for American fascism. If we allow Mahmoud’s abduction to go unchallenged, we allow the end of democracy as we know it. New from me for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...
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Amid a historic backlash against Tesla, the bank slashed its Q1 delivery forecast to just 355,000 vehicles and reduced its price target to $120 per share.
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-f...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-f...
Tesla’s fall from grace may have no equal, says JPMorgan: ‘We struggle to think of anything analogous’
Amid a historic backlash against Tesla, the bank slashed its Q1 delivery forecast to just 355,000 vehicles and reduced its price target to $120 per share.
finance.yahoo.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Amid a historic backlash against Tesla, the bank slashed its Q1 delivery forecast to just 355,000 vehicles and reduced its price target to $120 per share.
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-f...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-f...
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Repost these flyers to encourage more Tesla owners to break free, hurting Elon Musk's brand and wallet.
#TeslaTakeDown
Download files here: tinyurl.com/msn6wmse
#TeslaTakeDown
Download files here: tinyurl.com/msn6wmse
March 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Repost these flyers to encourage more Tesla owners to break free, hurting Elon Musk's brand and wallet.
#TeslaTakeDown
Download files here: tinyurl.com/msn6wmse
#TeslaTakeDown
Download files here: tinyurl.com/msn6wmse
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Our latest: Senate Dems leaned on small donors last month with asks to "stop" Trump and Musk, spending up to $788k on ads on Meta alone. Then Schumer and others voted with Republicans on cloture, empowering the Trump admin in funding decisions.
Senate Dems Vote to Hand Trump the Keys After Months of Fundraising Off Resistance
The DSCC stepped up its fundraising to “stop” Trump and Elon Musk, but Minority Leader Schumer, DSCC Chair Gillibrand, and others voted to help Republicans pass a government funding bill that empowers...
readsludge.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our latest: Senate Dems leaned on small donors last month with asks to "stop" Trump and Musk, spending up to $788k on ads on Meta alone. Then Schumer and others voted with Republicans on cloture, empowering the Trump admin in funding decisions.
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Join the #TeslaTakedown Mass Call this Wednesday at 8:30PM EST/ 5:30 PST! It's a great way to be part of the movement if you aren't able to get out into the street and a night of solidarity for those who have! With special guests!
Join up at the link 👇
Join up at the link 👇
#TeslaTakedown Mass Mobilizing Call
We've got big plans, and we want YOU to be part of them. Join #TeslaTakedown and special guests on Wednesday, March 19 at 8:30 p.m. ET for a Mass Mobilizing Call. You'll hear from experts, leaders and...
actionnetwork.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Join the #TeslaTakedown Mass Call this Wednesday at 8:30PM EST/ 5:30 PST! It's a great way to be part of the movement if you aren't able to get out into the street and a night of solidarity for those who have! With special guests!
Join up at the link 👇
Join up at the link 👇
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Dispatch from the inside: A prisoner in solitary watches as guards use Tasers on a naked, mentally-ill woman in a shower, and reflects on their increasingly brutal use in the Texas correctional system.
An Inside Look at Taser Use in Texas Prison
The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.
www.texasobserver.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dispatch from the inside: A prisoner in solitary watches as guards use Tasers on a naked, mentally-ill woman in a shower, and reflects on their increasingly brutal use in the Texas correctional system.
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It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
The Feminist Law Professor Who Wants to Stop Arresting People for Domestic Violence
For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite.
www.newyorker.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
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In TX, "Operation Lone Star has unleashed a windfall for private contractors cashing in on a four-year-long emergency shopping spree," the TX Observer reports: www.texasobserver.org/abbott-opera...
Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors
There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.
www.texasobserver.org
March 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In TX, "Operation Lone Star has unleashed a windfall for private contractors cashing in on a four-year-long emergency shopping spree," the TX Observer reports: www.texasobserver.org/abbott-opera...