Instead of a theater of war, Trump and Hegseth are engaging in WAR THEATER. That doesn’t make it lawful (not that they care). Appreciated the chance to talk with expert colleagues about why we should all be very concerned. www.cnas.org/events/u-s-m...

With thanks to my co-author @keitnerlaw.com, we’ve got a new OpEd up @thehill.com with a reminder for Congress about the lessons of the Air Bridge program:

This 🧵 is just the antidote I need to out descent into a police state #DCSandwichGuy

This thread is insane

This should be getting more attention but seems to have been overshadowed by the Bolton indictment

“According to Secretary of State Rubio, President Trump was given the option of conducting a maritime interdiction but instead elected to blow up the vessel to send a message.” @bcfinucane.bsky.social @justsecurity.org breaks down the legal issues. Zero regard for human lives.

As far as I can tell, not even a pretense that this strike complies with international law in any way shape or form. How exactly are we supposed to complain when the United States is on the receiving end of such strikes by other countries? Or do we just not care anymore?

Diplomacy R.I.P. (again/still) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...

No words

This 👇 #ICJ #Climate

Worth reading.

Whatever happened behind the scenes, it sure feels like a bait and switch.

This

The ball is in Congress’s court to save US diplomacy. thefulcrum.us/ethics-leade...

The ball is in Congress’s court to save US diplomacy. thefulcrum.us/ethics-leade...

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@jamisonfoser.bsky.social has a point ...

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Worth reading both the Lawfare essay and the NYT op-ed.

For the next time you hear Marco Rubio say judges can’t hear these “foreign policy” cases … (tl;dr they can—and will)

Shared this with my Civ Pro students. Procedure matters.

This 👇

Does Musk's hat say what I think it says ??

Hungary has taken a beating under Orban. This is how you take to the streets. #handsoff2025

A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...

Ditto for international human rights law.

Spot on

Your periodic reminder that everyone in the United States has a constitutional right to due process, regardless of their immigration status. openyls.law.yale.edu/handle/20.50...

Pretextual justifications for conflicts with neighbors sounds just like Putin. CNN says this is Trudeau "unplugged," but he struck me as quite restrained. (Also @CNN -- just b/c he switched to French doesn't mean that part wasn't worth listening to!)

Just leaving this here (from today’s WaPo) #FAA #Deltacrash

This

Trump fires Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director David Huitema (who had been confirmed by the Senate for a 5-year term) on the same day Adam Schiff sends OGE a letter asking about Musk's conflicts of interest: www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

@repmarkpocan is my hero! He just introduced “Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act” I don’t think I have to explain what this bill does, right? pocan.house.gov/media-center...

Completely outrageous amateurism, if not something more sinister.

Um, guys ...

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Worth reading — even if Musk were well-intentioned (not likely), his inability to recognize the limits of his own knowledge means big trouble for all of us.

I'm calling my Senators and Rep tomorrow to complain about Musk f-ing with Treasury accounts. Call all day! www.dailykos.com/story/2025/2...

Are you KIDDING me ??

Now would be a great moment to write/call your Senators and Congressperson — you can use this thread to generate talking points. I just sent off emails to my representatives. www.congress.gov/members/find...

All of this 👇

What is the most effective way to protest? Calling our senators and asking them to hold up confirmations, and grilling new Treasury Secretary on WTF is going on with our data and payments? What powers do oversight committees have with GOP ranking members? Let's make a plan, folks.

WTAF

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There is no way to have free and fair elections when money has so much influence, period. wapo.st/4aKG8tU

Many folks on Bsky understand how much more dangerous Trump 2.0 is to U.S. democracy than any other administration in our lifetimes. How do we reach the millions who don’t?

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