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  1. Featured image for “Jersey City Flagpole Test: Satan or Silence”
    February 3, 2026

    Jersey City Flagpole Test: Satan or Silence

    Jersey City’s Flagpole Is a Trap Door: Satan or Silence Jersey City has a flag program that’s basically a public microphone bolted to City Hall. It works great until someone says something…

  2. Featured image for “New Britain City Hall Flag Policy: Records Request to Test Enforcement”
    February 3, 2026

    New Britain City Hall Flag Policy: Records Request to Test Enforcement

    New Britain City Hall Flag Policy: Records Request to Test Enforcement Why This Matters Public-forum law doesn’t live in press releases or policy PDFs. It lives in how a policy is actually…

  3. Featured image for “How to Break a City’s Flag Policy (Legally) Using FOI”
    February 2, 2026

    How to Break a City’s Flag Policy (Legally) Using FOI

    How to Break a City’s Flag Policy (Legally) Using FOI A Case Study from New Britain, Connecticut Cities love free speech—until it gets uncomfortable. New Britain raised a Christian flag over City…

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    January 30, 2026

    A Chip, a Chair, and the First Amendment

    How I Sued a Florida Politician While Dying (and Why You Should Too) I Filed Before the Game Changed This started under Knight v. Trump—when courts still believed the First Amendment applied…

  5. Featured image for “[PRODUCT] FOI Isn’t “Transparency.” It’s Pressure.”
    January 28, 2026

    [PRODUCT] FOI Isn’t “Transparency.” It’s Pressure.

    Most people file public records requests like they’re ordering a pizza. “Any and all emails about X.” “Anything you have on Y.” Congrats. You just handed the agency a stall button. FOI…

  6. Featured image for “Erectivus 2026: A First Amendment Stress Test, Filed by the Book”
    January 24, 2026

    Erectivus 2026: A First Amendment Stress Test, Filed by the Book

    Erectivus 2026: Flag Day, Power, and a Fully Erect First Amendment Most threats to free speech don’t arrive with jackboots and bullhorns. They arrive wrapped in procedure, paperwork, and “reasonable” restrictions. Age-verification…

  7. Featured image for “The Erectivist Pole (Flaccidus Edition): Ohio Worked. Georgia’s Up Next.”
    January 23, 2026

    The Erectivist Pole (Flaccidus Edition): Ohio Worked. Georgia’s Up Next.

    We spent an outsized amount of time on the topper. Of everything we’ve tested, the disco ball remains the sentimental favorite—but it didn’t survive the final cut. Before Georgia, there was Ohio.…

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    January 23, 2026

    Why Chip LaMarca Is Scared of a $1 Bill

    In bureaucratic fights, people assume money wins. It doesn’t. Clean structure wins. You don’t need a million-dollar war chest; you need a clean vehicle, a preserved injury, and the discipline to let…

  9. Featured image for “Deerfield Beach Ends BSO Contract: Facts, Not Fear”
    January 22, 2026

    Deerfield Beach Ends BSO Contract: Facts, Not Fear

    Allow me to retort. “People over politics” sounds great. Until the same office offers to pay for the study that decides whether it keeps the contract. That’s not independence. That’s a do-over.…

  10. Featured image for “Stevens v. LaMarca: What’s Happening — and Why It Matters”
    January 21, 2026

    Stevens v. LaMarca: What’s Happening — and Why It Matters

    In 2024, I filed a federal lawsuit against Florida State Representative Chip LaMarca after he blocked me on his X (formerly Twitter) account. That account was not a private diary. It was…