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Daniel A. Horwitz

@danielahorwitz.bsky.social

Constitutional litigator. Tennessee public interest/First Amendment/civil rights/innocence/election/appellate litigation. Nashville politics. Anti-SLAPP evangelist. Email daniel at horwitz.law. My views are my employer’s.

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Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 5h ago

The original prompt is also wild because airline travel is *dramatically* cheaper now than it was 40 years ago. Way more people can access it as a result, which is…better by any reasonable measure. If you want to pay more for luxury, that option also remains available!

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

dorian @doriantaylor.com air travel is one of those experiences that has gotten monotonically worse over my entire lifetime question though: has *anything* in the last 40+ years genuinely gotten *better*? like, there's *more* stuff, sure, but is any of it *better*? 2:58 PM Aug 4, 2026
Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’m trying to imagine how this claim would have worked even theoretically. It seems like it would have to be an FTCA claim for malicious prosecution, which imports Tennessee’s malicious prosecution law, which categorically forecloses liability under these circumstances.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d ago

ICYMI — Tennessee man Paul Vaughn, convicted in 2024 of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a felony to interfere with reproductive healthcare services, was just awarded 7 figures by Trump. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 6d ago

Monty Fritts isn’t just a fringe candidate for Governor. He is an elected state rep. who makes laws in Tennessee. We are actually governed by him and others like him. It’s not great. www.wsmv.com/2026/07/29/t...

Tennessee state representative, candidate for governor plans to ban mosques, non-Christian religions if elected

State Rep. Monty Fritts, 63, a Republican candidate for governor, made the remarks in a sit-down interview with four days remaining in the state’s primary early voting period.

wsmv.com

Philip Bump@pbump.com · 7d ago

They should ask how The Post managed to turn its business around using the same strat– excuse me, I’m being handed a note.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d ago

NEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...

Since taking over CBS News last fall, Weiss has actively shifted the network to the right in an apparent effort to capture some of the conservative audience that regularly watches Fox. At the same time, she wants to appeal to the supposed “70% of the audience that identifies themselves as center-left to center-right,” as her boss David Ellison asserted after he purchased her anti-woke blog The Free Press. The problem is that her strategy appears to be driving an increasing number of CBS News’s core audience away while failing to attract any of Fox’s viewers. In fact, according to Nielsen data obtained by Zeteo, the news network’s weekday offerings are in danger of getting passed by Murdoch’s cable news programs head-to-head. During July, ‘CBS Mornings’ averaged just 1.623 million total viewers per day, compared to the 1.436 million that ‘Fox & Friends’ pulled in for the month. The gap between the shows, now at 13%, has narrowed considerably. When Weiss became the head of the network, ‘CBS Mornings’ held a 26% advantage over Fox’s morning program. July was the lowest-rated month in ‘CBS Mornings’ history. And while the summer months typically bring lower ratings for news shows, the gap between ‘CBS Mornings’ and ‘Fox & Friends’ is tighter than it was last July – when the CBS show held a 23% advantage. Additionally, ‘CBS Evening News’ is on track for its worst month since Weiss installed Tony Dokoupil as its anchor, averaging just 3.814 million total viewers a night. It is also the fourth consecutive month that the program has attracted fewer than 4 million viewers. When reached for comment, a CBS News spokesperson shared a Paramount press release boasting that ‘CBS Evening News’ was narrowly up 2% in total viewers compared to last year, which was the program’s worst July in history.
Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · last wk.

Pelley for Douthat freezingcoldtakes.com/nba/1998-nba...

1998 NBA Draft Flashback: Bucks trade Dirk to Mavs for Tractor Traylor, Mavs also trade for Steve Nash, many takes ensue - Freezing Cold Takes

When the Mavericks acquired Dirk Nowitzki (along with point guard Steve Nash) in a three-team draft-night trade, the move was controversial.

freezingcoldtakes.com

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.

Breaking News: Ross Douthat, The New York Times opinion columnist, is joining CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in one of the first major hires since Bari Weiss’s takeover.

Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · last wk.

Has anyone serious written on the viability of the next administration extraditing Hegseth et al. to one of these countries to be prosecuted for murder?

ACLU@aclu.org · last wk.

Since last year, the Trump administration has bombed dozens of civilian boats near the Caribbean, killing at least 221 people. This military campaign isn’t just illegal and immoral — it has also done nothing to stop drugs from entering the U.S. Congress must end this senseless killing spree.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Ossoff: "Each day his allies are fewer & even they no longer deny his corruption, the obscene self-dealing while he plunges nation deeper into reckless war while he rakes in billions & builds himself ballroom & prepares again to attack elections. Let's be clear, one man attempted fraud in GA: Trump"

Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · last wk.

These are not “businesses.” “Settlements” are not a “business,” and neither are “crypto deals.” People are funneling the President and his family huge amounts of money in exchange for benefits from the government. The better word for such profiteering is “emoluments.” Another word is “bribery.”

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.

In 2017, most of the revenue President Trump’s businesses generated came from his domestic golf and real estate portfolio. By the first year of his second term, his business holdings had transformed and expanded in areas where he wields immense power. Take a closer look. trib.al/313eKiF

Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · last wk.

There has never been a time in American history when conservative politics were unwelcome in country music institutions, and there probably never will be. This is a very weird victimization frame that is entirely self-created.

Screenshot of a headline reading “Aaron Lewis opens up about politically-charged ‘Give My Country Back’” with the article’s opening sentence highlighted: “Due to his conservative politics, Lewis has felt like a pariah to country music institutions. However, his latest album has found an audience.”
Daniel A. Horwitz@danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am giving myself a headache trying to imagine how good this economy would be if we just didn’t do any of the things that Trump has spent the past 1.5 years doing (tariff bonanza, the wars, the invading American cities, deporting everyone, etc.).

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

NYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3w ago

Every day this guy does something like this and every day the same people who dress him up as a terrifying commie destroyer of civilization do a dozen things to sabotage the public good, to murder and destroy and hate and kill, and I can't anymore handle those who won't see the clear difference.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w ago

This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.

This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.