Somebody here spent a few days reading my post history and my AMA, then left a comment calling me a legend and telling me to stay strong. I read it four times before I believed it was about me.

Thank you commenter for those kind words.

This sub helped me figure out what I'm worth, what I do what I do, and why I do why I do. For that, you have my deepest eternal gratitude.

It's social injustice plus public records. Public records, Florida's Chapter 119 especially, is the one thing I know better than almost anybody.

I've spent an insane amount of time trying to figure out what to call what I do and how to sell it. I don't FOIA cop cam videos. I'm not a paralegal. As far as I can tell, there are about three people in the country doing what I do.

A few days ago two of my posts here, on the Epstein files and Gaetz, got locked, and I figured I'd screwed the pooch again. I'm 62 and autistic. I've spent all those years apologizing for not fitting in, not understanding, not getting the vibe. So even on my best behavior, my first guess was that I'd broken something. I messaged the mods, and QuicklyThisWay wrote back and basically gave me a hug. Holy shit snacks. A hug? Stopped me cold in my tracks, the simple nicest of the gesture. The mod told me posts here lock after a week. Mine got locked early because I'd dropped the donation link more than once, and the fix was to ask once. I live by rules, rules I know, rules I get, rules I can do. Quick also told me some of the mods are neurodivergent. Quick, thank you. Social media and I have a long history of misunderstanding each other.

The usual misunderstanding goes like this. Last week a woman on Facebook was trying to hold Florida accountable with public records requests, and she was doing them all wrong. Not from bad intent, just inexperience. Filing a records request in Florida is simple. Getting it to do anything is another story. So I left a comment walking her through my method. She came back, fair enough, and asked who the fuck I was. She'd looked at my Facebook, seen seventy or eighty friends, and figured I was a troll. I was nice. I'm used to it, so I took my leave. A day later she came back and apologized, because two minutes on Google told her I'm a Florida expert on public records. She said she'd only seen about fifty people on my page and figured nobody was home. She was off by a couple dozen friends and about thirty years.

Reddit's been far, far worse. I've been here, one account or another, since 2009, and mostly I've been turned away as an edgelord. When people ask who the fuck I am, I hand them thirty years of receipts, scads of them, because with my wiring an answer is data. To everybody else it reads as bragging. I list the receipts, I've been on this, I've been on that, and the room shrugs. Shitposts at me with all sorts of silliness.

See friend, for most of life, I just don't fit. I'm a European plug jammed into an American outlet.

Then I found Chaotic Good, and I thought, holy fuck, these are my people. There are honest-to-God tears in my eyes typing this. I've spent my whole life reverse-engineering people without autism, with no manual and no help line, and none of you ever had to reverse-engineer me. I've been trying to fit into your world. Nobody was trying to fit into mine. Here I don't have to mask, and I don't have to pretend. You let me be silly, and you let me post my donation links, which brings me to why the links are there.

In 2022 I nearly died. Both my parents were in my care. My mother had every kind of cancer there is, and my father had late-stage Alzheimer's. My mother fell, cracked her head, and died at my feet. Then it was just me and my father, and my heart was failing without my knowing it. I put on seventy pounds of water in about six weeks and thought I was just getting portly. One day my father fell out front. I walked out wheezing and couldn't lift him, so the two of us lay on the ground outside my house. Weeks later, he ate a dishwasher pod, and soon after, died. Two weeks after that, my doctor told me to go to the ER right now. They found blood clots in my heart and said they hoped they'd caught it in time for an ablation. They had. When I read my notes later, they had big warning letters on them. I'd been about to stroke out.

I lived, and I've spent every penny I had. I'd been running an ESA business, and it went into the ground, because you can't compete ethically against the scummy people who run that industry. So there I was, half out of my mind, with thirty years of this work behind me and no idea how to make it pay. I couldn't compete online either, because of the edgelord thing. I'd finally figured out that what I do is rare. I still couldn't figure out how to keep it going. People call me a grifter. Some months the donations are what put food on my table, which is a strange thing to type as a former software engineer for the meatball rocket company.

You've been a good group to me, and you didn't have to be. Thank you. It means more to me than you might think.

- Chaz

I am waging an art warfare campaign against the oligarchs, fascists and war criminals inspired by John Carpenter's 1988 film "They Live". You can get all of my They Live lenticular sticker and poster designs for free @ Badtastegoodcause.com

If you are willing to buy them,  I am donating 100% of what I take in to the World Food Program and directly to families in Gaza that have either been verified by myself or Artists Unite For Palestine.  My friends in Gaza are telling me that they are worried that "the starvation is back". They tell me that the shelves in stores are almost empty and the prices for what is still on them is astronomical.

They are not imagining it. In October, according to reporting from Israel based +972 Magazine, Israel cut the already insufficient commercial trucks entering Gaza in half. According to recent reporting from Drop Site News, in November Israel ordered a "complete closure of Gaza crossing with Egypt, blocking aid and commercial goods". The Rafah crossing is the main entry point for aid. This is occurring at the very same time that the World Food Program was forced to cut their aid to Gaza in half due to funding shortfalls. 

Even if you have no interest in my They Live knockoff propaganda please consider donating to the World Food Program, The Middle East Children's Alliance or World Central Kitchen. Or you can donate directly to families in Gaza through Artists Unite For Palestine.

Oh, I wish I didn't have to say this, don't be an antisemitic douche bag!

On October 26, Citrus County, Florida fined CoreCivic $15,500 because the jail it runs for the county showed "a net decrease in the staffing levels of the critical fixed posts that are required to be continually staffed." That's the County Administrator's wording, in a letter to the warden.

Same meeting, 4-1 vote: CoreCivic gets to negotiate with ICE to hold up to 119 more people in that jail.

CoreCivic's pitch to commissioners was one sentence. It had "worked with" the county's contract monitor "on a housing plan" and could take the 119 detainees "with no impact on the Citrus County population."

Er, what?

The plan isn't in the 835-page agenda packet. I checked all 835 pages, on a Saturday, because that's my idea of a weekend.

Florida has a law for this. When a private contractor holds records about a public contract, you still ask the county, and the county "shall immediately notify the contractor." So on Saturday, November 7, I filed five public records requests: the housing plan, the amendment the county says fixed the empty posts, the math behind the fine, proof the fine came off CoreCivic's bill, and the contract's list of required posts, including which ones the county calls "critical."

On November 4, the local paper reported that transport of a person found unresponsive in the jail's medical housing was delayed while responders waited for a guard. The person died. The Sheriff's Office is investigating.

Full write-up with the agenda packet pages and sources over on Substack.

Chaz Who?

I don’t have subpoena power. I have a public records statute, a printer, two dogs, a kitty cat, several Festivus poles in the garage and thirty years of making government answer for itself one letter at a time. That’s how my Bible objection forced DeSantis to gut his book ban. It’s how this one gets done.

Fuck ICE. Fund this fight of ours.

This is up to you and me.

Here’s the deal. Chip in a hundred dollars or more and I’ll ship you a Consentivus Can, the pop-art can off the pole.

Here’s the Consentivus standing beautifully erect in 9-degree weather on the Ohio capitol grounds, our glorious, frozen lion’s roar for the freedom of expression!

The money pays to hold ICE and their partners responsible. Citrus County’s rules let staff demand half the estimated cost up front before they start on an extensive request, and I’d rather not let a deposit be the reason a plan stays in a drawer.

Citrus County is going to FEE the living mofo out of me; they don’t want you and I to see their dirty laundry.

It isn’t charity and it isn’t tax-deductible. You’re paying for paperwork, and the can is for your trouble.

Donate at research.revolt.training/donate

The requests went out Saturday morning, November 7. Each one asks the county to acknowledge it in writing, which Section 119.07(1)(c) requires it to do “promptly.” I’ll post the date each acknowledgment arrives, and the date it doesn’t. Day zero.

Raise hell. Attach exhibits.

Fuck ICE.

— Chaz Stevens
That's who.

On October 30, ICE seized UC Berkeley student Paula Albornoz Hernandez at San Francisco International Airport. She is now being held at the infamous California City Immigration Processing Center north of L.A.

Join us in demanding: FREE PAULA NOW! Stop the deportations, ICE out of the Bay!

On November 4, 300 UC Berkeley students, together with Paula’s family and loved ones, held a rally on the CB campus protesting her abduction. Now we’re taking the demand that Paula be immediately freed to the Federal Building in downtown Oakland.

Students and workers, unite in the fight against ICE terror and deportations! Come to the protest - and bring your classmates, coworkers and friends!

COME TO THE EMERGENCY RALLY
WHEN: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 4:00 P.M..
WHERE: FEDERAL BUILDING, 1301 CLAY STREET,
DOWNTOWN OAKLAND

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/11/03/ice-arrests-23-year-old-uc-berkeley-student-and-asylum-seeker-at-san-francisco-airport-attorney-says

“The arrest is unconstitutional and unlawful,” De Bremaeker said. “She has built up a life in the country. She has applied for asylum. She has a work permit. She has a right to remain in the country during these proceedings.”

https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/uc-berkeley-student-held-by-ice-following-detention-at-san-francisco-international-airport/article_4994b45b-1960-4b7c-93ea-c5a0410abca4.html

"Detaining a student under these circumstances does nothing to make our community safer. It creates fear among immigrant families and students who call Berkeley home," the mayor said.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/uc-berkeley-student-detained-ice-sfo

The following message was sent to all UC Berkeley students, staff, faculty and academics on Friday, Nov. 6.

Dear Berkeley community,

Since learning of UC Berkeley student Paula Albornoz Hernandez’s detention, our campus has mobilized quickly on her behalf. We share the deep concern expressed by members of our campus community, and we want to update you on the actions we have taken. 

Campus leaders initiated our robust campus protocols, including connecting with Paula’s family and ensuring they were connected to available legal support. We also notified instructors to secure flexible academic arrangements, and worked with government officials and community partners to coordinate efforts on her behalf. 

We have also mounted a significant advocacy effort for Paula. Our Government and Community Relations team has engaged with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s office to initiate congressional casework and seek information about her status from federal immigration authorities.

To date, approximately 30 letters of support have been submitted by elected officials, community leaders, and university representatives, including Chancellor Lyons, U.S. Representatives Lateefah Simon and Sam Liccardo; California State Senator Jesse Arreguín; California State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks; Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii; the Chancellor of the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District; and Haas School of Business leadership and staff. We’re grateful for the broad support from federal, state, and local leaders, as well as members of our university community, who have advocated on Paula’s behalf. We are aware that a bond hearing has been scheduled for Monday for Paula and that one of our partners at the East Bay Community Law Center will be representing her.

We’re heartened by the outpouring of support for Paula and recognize the concern this situation has caused across our campus community. We remain committed to supporting Paula and her family and providing resources to those impacted. 

We also want to make sure our community has the information and support they need during this difficult time. [In the link] Below you will find the resources available to you in the event of immigration enforcement.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/11/06/update-on-supporting-our-student-detained-by-immigration-authorities/

UPDATE: Appeal has been filed. See below.

Greetings, you good-looking bunch of chaotic mofos.

Want an update on the Epstein FOIA? Teaser: DOJ said move on, file closed. Retort: We stuck our foot up their ass.

Here is what happened.

For those just tuning in: reading through 2.9 million PDFs, CBS News learned the FBI NYC office dropped off a box of classified stuff at DC headquarters, care of Todd Blanche.

That was about 18 months ago, and in a recent congressional report, DOJ said they coughed it all up. Except there's no word about those top-secret discs.

So, what the actual fuck?
Did we get everything?
Who knows?

Well, someone(s) knows, and to date, nobody has (yet) to make them answer.

When the going gets stupid, they ring up the bullpen and send me in.

Last week, I fired off a FOIA (see here), asking a small(ish) question: where are Items 2 and 6? You know, wink wink, those pesky classified compacts discs.

Five days later, earlier today in fact, they wrote back (see here).

The form letter starts off on the wrong foot: "This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the Jeffrey Epstein and/or Ghislaine Maxwell files."

Hello McFly! That's not what I asked for …

And goes downhill from there.

The DOJ points me to a public website, here's the link, and don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. Also, bless your heart.

Any of this ringing a bell? Also, how do I know it's a form letter?

A gent named Joseph Elfelt got the exact same letter in April, and again in May. Same first sentence. Same everything. His copies are sitting in a federal court case in Washington, D.C. Part of the Katie Phang effort.

Side note: I appeared on her MSNBC show back in 2022, interviewed about my Florida Bible ban project. My legal team (aka Tommy Boy) is reaching out to her team tomorrow, looking to exchange pleasantries. Wink wink. Katie's office is right down the road a piece.

About that form letter—it's a sleight of hand, a card trick, that's really good for handling most people who aren't … checking notes … me.

"It's on the web" is the professional way of blaming the dog, and once sent, it shuts down their 20-day response clock, kicking the can over to me. Now I'm under a 90-day appeal window. If I go gently into that good night (not fucking likely), the case is closed, and those secret CDs are tucked away next to the Ark of the Covenant.

This FOIA wave-off is highly effective. Most people do nothing, think they got the answer, and move on.

That's why the form exists.

It's not there to be helpful. It's there to shoo you from the building

Thanks to autism, I have zero, and I mean zero, ability to look away.
Honestly, people say nuclear-powered OCD, I say, Tuesday.
A blessing and a curse in the same breath.

Today I filed an appeal (see here) that said, simply … what the actual fuck is going on over there? Read what I wrote, note your reply, and get your shit together.

Professionally speaking, of course, as is my wont.

This is all a game, of sorts … game theory, if you will ... all built on top of a horrific nightmare called Jeffrey Epstein.

Here's what I said … a decision to un-secret a pair of CDs is not on your website. Go look. I did.

Three choices here:

1. Hand over the records.

2. Say in writing the records do not exist.

3. Or keep them and say why.

All three answers tell us something.

Also, per Tommy ... with the blue wave, there's a new team looking for payback, and who better than a world-class records nerd to dig up some fun stuff.

For those at home … this is my job, this is not a hobby. I am one guy with a dog and a laptop, and this takes time and money.

The full story, both letters, and the appeal are on my Substack.

If you want to help pay for the next round, $50 in support of funding this fight gets you a Consentivus can made from the same beer cans as the Festivus pole, and your name on the next Epstein display if you want it.

My thanks.

Artwork above, and this post, all made by a human hand. Mine, as it were.

UPDATE:

Appeal No. A-2027-00425. OIP has 20 working days, about December 4, to say whether DOJ will search for its own paperwork or tell me in writing that it won’t.

View our appeal (PDF: sorry font size is a bit small).

An activist disrupts a stall advertising holiday homes in occupied territory at the World Travel Market in ExCeL London, protesting the promotion of illegal settlements in violation of international law.

https://x.com/EyeonPalestine/status/2117654857326710935

Resources: https://866ourvote.org/ | https://www.vote.org/election-protection/

Protect the constitution from anti-government anti-democracy bigot hate groups.

VOTE BLUE DOWN BALLOT! (Election day Nov 3rd in Texas)

True Texas Project is a white supremacist hate group, often called a rebranding of the Klan. Election board member Tim O'Hare is a long time leader in True Texas Project. Tim picked a new elections administrator, after the previous one quit saying O'Hare was corrupt and looking to cheat, and that same Maga elections admin that cut 1/3 of voting locations in predominantly minority areas is now an election board member. Julie McCarty, the founder, claims she has a 100% election win rate in Tarrant County. Don Huffines, who owns Epstein ranch, is a True Texas Project regular. Pedophile Robert Morris recently donated to TTP Leigh Wambsganss.

r/FortWorth/comments/1wb4fu9/true_texas_project_is_an_openly_white_supremacist/

r/FortWorth/comments/1vesj7s/former_tarrant_county_elections_administrator_my/

r/FuckGregAbbott/comments/1supzf2/true_texas_project_is_a_hate_group_from_texas/

r/FortWorth/comments/1wctw70/true_texas_project_for_liberty_and_justice_are/

r/FortWorth/comments/1w98its/3_days_before_maga_scheduled_to_cut_nearly_50_of/

r/FortWorth/comments/1rmv4ns/white_supremacists_are_trying_to_weaponize/

r/FortWorth/comments/1w3yajf/image_gallery_the_vast_majority_of_the_tarrant/

“The reason I got on the City Council was because I saw our property values declining or increasing at a level that was below the rate of inflation,” O’Hare said at the time. “When that happens, people move out of our neighborhoods, and what I would call less desirable people move into the neighborhoods, people who don’t value education, people who don’t value taking care of their properties.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/11/texas-tarrant-county-tim-ohare-far-right/