"The United States is giving up its position as a magnet for the best and brightest" -- letter from 58 former ambassadors and high-ranking State Department officials decrying the Trump admin's targeting of foreign students and scholars. drive.google.com/file/d/1GIq2...

This is a good discussion of the lone "antifa" indictment brought by the administration. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

1. Yesterday, the State Department designated four Antifa-affiliated entities as global terrorist organizations. It’s part of the Trump regime’s effort to inflate the threat posed by “Antifa.” None of these supposed groups is even alleged to have attacked Americans. www.state.gov/releases/202...

Super interesting. How many ‘bragawatts’ have the hyperscalers announced so far? on.ft.com/4qCvVap

Is facial recognition the new voter ID?

Hard to avoid the war on terror roots of today. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...

Super interesting

Spot on! www.cato.org/blog/lawmake...

1/2 Not the first time this threat has been made v. Mamdani. Read on to see how a long line of Supreme Court cases developed to prevent this type of ideological targeting.

Despite the Trump administration’s threats, it’s not easy to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship. Here’s why: bit.ly/4oV8eIP

Tuesday, October 28, is Vote Early Day. Make sure to check your voter registration status — or register if you’re eligible and haven’t yet. The right to vote is a cornerstone of democracy.

So worth reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

This is true. Even more, sanctuary laws still permit local police to pass intelligence to non-immigration feds, who then share it with ICE. Or, as we are seeing so often right now, to run counterprotest operations that serve the federal interest first. Our post-9/11 world is full of workarounds.

This is … alarming www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...

1/5 ICE is on a shopping spree for surveillance tech to pursue purported domestic terrorists like anti-ICE protestors & antifascist/left wing groups that the admin is targeting via NSPM7. Here's some info on HSI, the little-known part of ICE that will lead. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New York’s Richest Ask ‘How Dare He?’ as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall

Imp new 1st Amm lawsuit from @eff.org @muslimadvocates.bsky.social @uaw.org and others contesting fed govt's ever expanding social media surveillance. www.eff.org/document/uaw...

Some highlights from @aclu.org explainer on what NSPM-7 does and doesn't do. www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

Kavanaugh stops in action. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

This memo says that "DVE attacks against ICE continue to be perpetrated primarily by individuals or small groups of actors." This is in stark contrast to the NSPM-7 claim that there is a top-down conspiracy of antifascist violence, as I explain here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2

Deep dive from me into natsec memo that encourages DOJ, FBI & others to investigate antifascism.

Existing laws give the president great latitude in combating threats to national security — but Trump’s orders purporting to designate antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” are an obvious abuse of this authority. bit.ly/4330Su2

Here’s my analysis of NSPM-7 & the antifa EO. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The military already wastes billions on subpar weapons. What's stopping it from doing the same with AI? If defense contractors have their way, almost nothing. My deep dive into the wild and wacky world of "acquisition reform" with @juliagledhill.bsky.social: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

I was happily reading this, but at the end found out that the one exception to waning interest in social media was … the US. Have we passed peak social media?

On why Trump's determination that the U.S. is engaged in an armed conflict with drug cartels is (i) wrong; and (ii) insufficient, in any event, to make legal the strikes against vessels in the Caribbean. www.justsecurity.org/121844/trump...

Just horrific. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...

With new, unparalleled funding, corporations that support the growth of detention infrastructure will continue to see soaring profits. bit.ly/48S3NcC

Former VP Mike Pence is right: “We've got a longstanding policy, Posse Comitatus, that does not permit the use of the American military against the American people.”

Imp read from my (sadly) former colleague Mike German.

The Trump administration’s reported authorization of 600 military lawyers to act as temporary immigration judges would deprive immigrants of a fair hearing and further erode the line between the military and civilian government. bit.ly/3Ipkr8Z

Using military lawyers as immigration judges further erodes the line between the military and civilian government. bit.ly/3Ipkr8Z

Who is ICE detaining to meet its target of 1 million deportations a year? As Margy O’Herron (@brennancenter.org) explains, most are not criminals, many have legal protections, and some are even U.S. citizens. www.justsecurity.org/121122/us-de...

NEW: Internal report reveals DHS intelligence portal was accidentally opened to tens of thousands of users for months, exposing sensitive intel about Americans. @brennancenter.org obtained the docs. @wired.com has the story. 🧵 www.wired.com/story/a-dhs-...

Members of Congress, represented by the Brennan Center & co-counsel, just filed a federal court brief defending the independence of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). It’s in support of 2 board members fired without cause by the Trump admin www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...

Imp piece from my colleagues www.justsecurity.org/119227/trump...

Imp thread on Trump DC police takeover & more

Catch up to speed with weekday morning Podcast. Latest news on President Trump's federal and military actions toward DC Ukraine ceasefire talks FBI purge More. Much, much more. Drawing from wide range of reliable news reporting.

The Federal Protective Service has broad policing authority and a troubling track record of going after protestors. It was active in LA during the immigration protests. @sreynolds.bsky.social in @time.com on the little-known but powerful law enforcement arm of DHS.

A new executive order declares that the government will only buy AI models that are neutral and nonpartisan, but in reality, the policy would require technology companies to conform to the administration’s ideology. bit.ly/4lYZkbR

Imp new analysis from @amostoh.bsky.social www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

What could go wrong?

Must read, excellent post.

Excellent multi-part analysis of woke AI EO.

Today, SCOTUS put a hold on the 8th Circuit's terrible decision in the Turtle Mountain case, which held that private plaintiffs can't sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This is good news. It revives the VRA at least temporarily while SCOTUS considers whether to take the case.

Border Patrol is buying new tech... "advanced AI" to surveil dense residential areas? Automated surveillance towers? Tech to see through walls?? I talked to @sambiddle.com of @theintercept.com about serious risks amid the agency's increasingly aggressive behavior. theintercept.com/2025/07/23/c...

This is a great book for anyone interested in national security AI.