ACW

Polish-American 🇺🇸🇵🇱. Lex Vita Mea 💻👩‍💻. Intersection of Big Tech/AI and Law. Lawyering in technology is like finding the regulatory quicksand 🤞

[Robert 🇺🇸 @ziegler2u]

Today I finally understood something about Donald Trump that I had been missing this entire time. And when it hit me — it hit me completely. Because, look at who this man chose to surround himself with.
Not billionaires.
Not people born into power.
Not people who had everything handed to them.
Karoline Leavitt — 27 years old. Ice cream shop girl from New Hampshire.
Trump looked at her and saw something the entire world missed.
Made her the youngest Press Secretary in American history.
Susie Wiles — a woman who has spent her whole life quietly strategizing from the background.
No fame. No spotlight. Just pure brilliance.
Trump looked at her and said — you will be my Chief of Staff. First female Chief of Staff in American history.
JD Vance — a soldier. A boy from Appalachia who served his country in uniform before he ever served it in office.
Trump looked at him and said — you will stand beside me.
Pete Hegseth — a soldier who gave everything on the battlefield. Two Bronze Stars.
Trump looked at him and said — you will lead our military.
Marco Rubio — the son of a bartender and a hotel maid. Two immigrants who came to America with nothing.
Trump looked at their son and made him the first Latino Secretary of State in American history.
My wife heard all of this tonight and said, "Do you understand what Trump actually did?
He did not build a powerful administration.
He built an unbreakable one."
Because every single person in it knows what it feels like to have nothing. And people who came from nothing never take anything for granted.
Tonight, say one prayer for this entire administration. And say a bigger one for the man who chose them.
Then pass this to every American who needs to understand why this administration hits different from every single one that came before it (Jeff Roush)

[Brian Karalus @briankaralus]

My client, Shiloh Hendrix, was prosecuted over speech the government deemed offensive. She is fighting to appeal her conviction while working to keep her family safe. Please stand with Shiloh by donating or sharing: https://t.co/EsnIr9D7Vv

[ACW @aniaacw]

There’s other choices….just don’t drink their $8 silica poison. Full stop!

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Starbucks employees expose that Starbucks is using “blending powder” in many of their newer drinks

This new powder was just introduced this month. If you drink Starbucks you should be concerned about this

This “blending powder” consists of Gum arabic, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, natural flavor, silica and stevia extract (rebaudioside-A)

The reason they use it is because it acts as an emulsifier and stabilizer

The gums and other components create a smoother, more consistent frozen blended texture and slows separation that would otherwise happen soon after the drink leaves the blender

Starbucks employees have been making videos saying it makes their throats hurt, makes them cough and makes their head hurt

The silica is silicon dioxide and acts as an anti-caking agent. This is a very controversial ingredient for health concerns

But it’s also a concern for these Starbucks employees because inhaling it is dangerous

Fine silica dust can become airborne when the powder is scooped. Prolonged or repeated inhalation of certain forms of silica is linked to serious lung conditions like silicosis

This should not be put in drinks we consume

Our food is a science experiment

‘Starbucks Workers United and individual baristas have publicly raised concerns since the powder’s introduction around mid-July 2026. Reports include the powder becoming airborne easily, along with some partners mentioning symptoms like sore throats, coughing, or chest irritation’

[ACW @aniaacw]

In an era when one state’s chronic forest mismanagement sends toxic smoke across state lines and forces thousands of people in neighboring states to breathe hazardous air for weeks, a lawsuit may be the only language Oregon and Washington’s leadership understands.💯👍⬇️

[Lady Idaho 🇺🇸 ✝️ @KatoIdaho]

Idaho should consider air quality lawsuits

[ACW @aniaacw]

@KatoIdaho 👍💯💯💯 In an era when one state’s chronic forest mismanagement sends toxic smoke across state lines and forces thousands of people in neighboring states to breathe hazardous air for weeks, a lawsuit may be the only language Oregon and Washington’s leadership understands.

[ACW @aniaacw]

@KatoIdaho 👍💯💯💯 In an era when one state’s chronic forest mismanagement sends toxic smoke across state lines and forces thousands of people in neighboring states to breathe hazardous air for weeks, a lawsuit may be the only language Oregon and Washington’s leadership understands.

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

Ouch.

I will never delete this app.

[ACW @aniaacw]

💯💯💯

[America @america]

Illegal Aliens should NOT be counted in the U.S. Census, which is used to determine apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives.

[Ryan Spoon @SpoonForIdaho]

This is what happens when leftists won't let us harvest the natural, renewable crops in our forests.

Log it, graze it, or watch it burn. 🔥

[Tom Hennessy @Tomhennessey69]

After the second day of court, both prosecutors appeared outside the courthouse with the state's star witness, Shire Jimale, who we were told couldn’t speak English and needed two translators. It was a miracle, he spoke English outside, no translator needed!

[Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec]

One day before he was killed

[𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 ~🎙️🇺🇸 @RogueLou18]

Weird how the Ed budget just keeps increasing though 😑

[Brian Karalus @briankaralus]

This was the conclusion of my closing argument in the Shiloh Hendrix case:

"America is not just a place. It is an idea.

An audacious idea.

That free people can be trusted with dangerous words.

Lately, we’ve forgotten that.

We have become a country that demands agreement instead of tolerance. We confuse offense with injury. We mistake disagreement for violence. We don’t answer speech with better speech anymore. We demand silence.

That’s not America.

America was built on a more difficult principle. A more courageous principle.

That we can hold two thoughts in our minds at the same time.

We can say a word is ugly.

And still defend another person’s right to say it.

We can find an opinion offensive.

And still refuse to let the government punish it.

Those are not contradictions.

They are the foundation of a free society.

The First Amendment is not a reward for good speech. It is protection for bad speech. Offensive speech. Speech that makes your blood boil. Because no one ever needed a constitutional amendment to protect polite conversation.

The test has always been the speech you hate.

That is why Skokie matters. That is why Jewish lawyers defended the right of Nazis to march. Not because they admired Nazis. Because they understood that once the government acquires the power to silence today’s speech, tomorrow it will silence today’s dissenter.

Freedom doesn’t disappear all at once.

It erodes.

One exception.

One canceled speaker.

One forbidden word.

One justified prosecution.

One applause line at a time.

And every step is defended as reasonable. Necessary. Different. Until one day you wake up and realize the principle is gone.

Our ancestors understood what freedom costs.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans crossed oceans, climbed beaches, marched through frozen forests, and never came home. They did not die so that government officials could decide which words are acceptable. They died believing that free people—not politicians, not prosecutors, not judges—should decide what ideas succeed and what ideas fail.

That’s what made America different.

We trusted liberty more than power.

We trusted debate more than censorship.

We trusted citizens more than the government.

A free people must have the courage to hear things they hate.

Because if your freedom depends on everyone speaking politely, you don’t have freedom at all.

You have permission.

And permission can be revoked.

Freedom cannot.

That is the promise of America.

That is the promise generations fought, bled, and died to preserve.

The question is whether we still believe in it."

[Brian Karalus @briankaralus]

Watch the video for my thoughts on the verdict in the Shiloh Hendrix case. In summary:

I think it's pathetic. I think it's sad.

The whole thing is fucking bullshit.

We will appeal it. Stay tuned for updates.

[Brian Karalus @briankaralus]

Thank you, Matt.

The whole thing is fucking bullshit.

We will appeal it. Stay tuned for updates.

[Brian Karalus @briankaralus]

The public should know. Not because I say so. Because this was their courthouse. Their Constitution. Their justice system.

The media asked to televise the trial. I said yes. The State said no. Read that again.

A case built around a recording. A woman prosecuted because of what was captured on video. Yet when the public asked to watch the trial itself, the State fought to keep the cameras out.

Why?

What exactly was the public not supposed to see?

I argued—on the record—for transparency. Not for publicity. Transparency. I argued that the people of Rochester, the citizens of Olmsted County, the people of Minnesota, and every American should be allowed to watch the process. To see the witnesses. To hear the arguments. To watch the rulings. To decide for themselves whether justice was done.

The answer? DENIED! Yep.

Think about the contradiction. A camera in a park becomes the centerpiece of a criminal prosecution.

A camera in a courtroom becomes unacceptable. One camera is welcomed. The other is feared.

One camera used for a $340,000 shakedown and the other feared.

One used to convict a woman for protected speech. The other feared.

Justice is not a private club. It does not belong to judges. It does not belong to prosecutors. It belongs to the people.

Public confidence is not built by asking citizens to trust the system. It is built by letting them watch it. Sunlight is uncomfortable. So is accountability.

If a courtroom cannot withstand the scrutiny of the citizens it serves, then we have a much larger conversation to have than the outcome of a single case.

The people were told to trust the process. I asked that they be allowed to see it. Those are not the same thing.

It is time to wake the fuck up.

[Dominik Tarczyński MEP @D_Tarczynski]

Be Like Poland.

[NWS Boise @NWSBoise]

Satellite view of the wildfire smoke over the region this morning. Isolated showers and storms from the Owyhees into the southern Boise Mountains. Yellow and magenta dots are satellite detected hotspots, where magenta means the most intense heat.

[ACW @aniaacw]

The smoke is out of control⬇️

[Ben Noll @BenNollWeather]

Here comes the haze 😶‍🌫️

Wildfire smoke will pour from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia all the way to Florida by Monday.

Most of it will remain high above the ground, but poor air quality is likely in the Northwest and possible in the Plains.

[ACW @aniaacw]

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[𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 ~🎙️🇺🇸 @RogueLou18]

It was yellow outside all day. This makes sense. WA and OR should have to pay restitution in the form of taking any registered liberals back.