This is happening in 10 minutes, don't miss it ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @klonick.bsky.social will sit down with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @annabower.bsky.social, and Bob Bauer to discuss the Trump administration's politicization of the Justice Department and the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

Today at 2pm ET, @klonick.bsky.social will sit down with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @annabower.bsky.social, and Bob Bauer to discuss the Trump administration's politicization of the Justice Department and the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Tune in on Substack or YouTube!

Here lies human civilization. They were watching things on television that were different from what was happening.

And Trump is stupid enough... Xi Is Chasing a Huge Concession From Trump: Opposing Taiwan Independence www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Spoke with @aarontmak.bsky.social of @politico.com on how the fight over "free speech" on technology platforms abroad has changed a lot in the last few years, especially depending on what foreign market you're in. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Always a joy to visit Abt Electronics’ antiques display and see things I paid full retail price for as a working adult.

This only happens to you once

Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.

Last time he randomly attacked a CEO of a private company it was Intel and three days later they announced they were giving the US govt 10% of the company

"I'll take one sports bar, hold the bar, please"

This week I had the honor of having @jmiers230.bsky.social guest teach Section 230 to my Internet Law class -- and she killed it. Absolutely incredibly clear presentation and so engaging and very fun for me to see someone else's gloss on the law that made the internet! <3

On Sept. 15, President Trump signed an executive order certifying the TikTok deal with ByteDance, its Chinese parent company. @klonick.bsky.social and @AlanRozenshtein.com take a closer look at the deal and consider whether it satisfies the requirements of the TikTok ban.

Latest in @lawfaremedia.org from @klonick.bsky.social and me on yesterday's TikTok divestment executive order. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-ti...

Okay so which streaming service should I cancel to help Comey

To be clear: It's entirely possible this is about the Dan Richman stuff (as we catalogued in our piece for @lawfaremedia.org), not the Andy McCabe stuff. We don't really know the factual basis for the indictment because the indictment doesn't say. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The silence from the Eastern District of Virginia is starting to get a bit loud, no?

Lawfare’s first Substack live will be at 5:15 pm ET today. Join @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @klonick.bsky.social, and @alanrozenshtein.com for a discussion of President Trump’s executive order on TikTok. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Happening now: Lawfare Live discussing TikTok EO! This is on Substack Live… Join legal minds @klonick.bsky.social @alanrozenshtein.com and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org as they break it down… open.substack.com/live-stream/...

So a DC-based colleague sent me this -- but apparently to get alerts from the White House you have to agree to *promotional and marketing messages notifications and customer service communications* Are other people seeing this? This seems like an obviously illegal use of public data. 1/n

I just went to the whitehouse.gov page to refresh it for the TikTok EO and saw this and was like, "oh, the White House issued its own credit card now, that’s convenient."

Unless there’s an indictment under seal, I think it’d be preferable for reporters to say “prosecutors are expected to seek an indictment in the coming days.” Based on the public evidence, I’m not convinced we should expect the grand jury to return a true bill. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Le silence ou presque durant ma promenade..

A few years ago Isaac asked me for an interview to talk Netchoice, Gonzalez cases & copyright & DSA. I told him I could do it but @daphnek.bsky.social would be better. She *killed* it. Chotiner’s questions only expose fools & charlatans. Daphne is neither. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Lawfare is launching "Lawfare Live on Substack" which will be short livestreams on breaking natsec and legal news. The first livestream will feature @klonick.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com discussing President Trump’s EO on the forced sale of TikTok with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org.

I am begging people to stop conflating a person’s ability to make money to a person being worth listening to.

I ordered Costco delivered and I forgot just how large Costco things are since I didn’t see them in person. I now have two large bongo drums worth of breadcrumbs. A full sized pillow of frozen broccoli. And enough eggs to run three recreations of that scene in Cool Hand Luke

It would be much easier to understand the TikTok "deal" if it weren't so obvious that the insiders leaking about it to the press don't understand the technical details.

I am here to tell you this man is a fraud, a hack, a charlatan, and a crybaby and no, there is nothing good or effective he can do. Especially not for science.

Joan Miró, Spanish (1893-1983), Femmes, oiseau, étoiles (Women, Bird, Stars), 1942, oil and pencil on paper, 103 x 75 cm, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Tomato and mustard tart 🧡💛❤️💚

Entree+plat from two simple lunches in the South of France, each under 20€ (Tomato/mustard seed/aubergine and fresh basil bruschetta; dandan noodles with fresh cabbage carmelized shallots; aubergine with sheep ricotta pomegranate and honey vinegar; pork meatballs/beluga lentils/carrots & parsley)

Uh. So?

On the other hand, we should not go overboard fetishizing human decision-making. We suck, we are full of biases, we rubber stamp what the machines say. We get cranky right before lunch and make crueler choices than we will an hour later.

Plz don’t send me classified info but if you want to tell me what’s going on at the Pentagon my Signal username is annabower.24

Receipts. Receipts galore.

Chatted with @stuartathompson.bsky.social about how the relatively-small and very-online right wing anger over Kimmel made it to mainstream action in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/t...

The next jester to mock the mad king will lose his head

Fixed it for you.

Losing my ever-loving-mind watching the same people who were just clutching their pearls claiming censorship over mean emails from WH staffers to Twitter about COVID misinfo are now HAVING THE FCC CHAIR openly threaten broadcast licenses over a joke about the president AND THE BROADCASTERS CENSOR IT

And they get what they want.

Louder for those in the back: It is hard to keep track of all the lies about the speech you’re protecting while simultaneously running an authoritarian state.

A rare exception to Betteridge’s Law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/t...

This seems like an important detail

Me talk Gritty someday

Le cringe. C’est incroyable.

The hell does “framework” mean