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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 used to: announce legislative activity, communicate with constituents, promote official positions, and interact with the public about state business. After I posted critical comments, I was blocked. Blocking …

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Introducing GovHacks: We Don’t Write the Law. We Debug It.

TL;DR GovHacks is an adversarial stress-testing service for municipal policies. Much like a penetration test for software, GovHacks identifies constitutional vulnerabilities and liability “edge cases” in city ordinances before they result in lawsuits or civil rights complaints. We don’t litigate or lobby; we debug policy to prevent expensive legal failures. Cities routinely hire outside professionals to stress-test critical systems. You …