On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @nkorpett.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discussed the week's news, including the end of the government shutdown, President Trump pardoning individuals accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 election, and more.

feel like not nearly enough people are talking about this — apparently the democratic “yes” votes have effectively agreed to having the u.s. government write 6 republican senators $500k checks?

Lawfare has a new landing page where you can find @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social's courtroom dispatches in the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration. Check it out:

Jim Comey's appendix of Trump attacks was 60 pages (tho it did not claim to be comprehensive). Tish James' is 113 pages.

Talking Sandwich Guy on Lawfare Live today, tune in! (My colleagues will also be talking about grave and important matters if that’s more to your taste.) youtube.com/live/zvcvF_-...

Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...

There is such a thing as a free lunch at the "sandwich guy" trial: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Good morning! Day 4 of the Sandwich Guy’s trial. He is finally wearing a suit (the rest of the week’s evidence suggests he seems to prefer pullovers in cooler weather). The jury has a note for the judge.

Day 3 of the “no more than 2” day trial of Sandwich Guy. The prosecution intends to rest; the defense hasn’t decided yet. Dispute over jury instructions continues, a few morsels (sorry) to follow.

NEW: “To read it is to spend 48 pages understanding the depth of corruption in the Justice Department in the second Trump administration.” @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and I break down DOJ’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution motion. ⬇️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”

I am at the so-called Sandwich Guy’s trial, where Judge Carl Nichols just called the matter “the simplest case in the history of the world.”

Trump’s ballroom-to-be may seem silly to focus on when the administration daily takes one backhoe or another wrecking ball to the rule of law itself. But the patterns of abuse here are the same. Read my latest @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...

If you want to know EVERYTHING that happened at the Letitia James arraignment (and why wouldn’t you!) I have you covered. Read my dispatch @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"[A] possible Hatch Act violation appears on the very DOJ page advising workers that they’re subject to the Hatch Act." @mollyroberts.bsky.social on all those agency home pages blaming Dems for shutdown. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

for a closer look at the james indictment, read @mollyroberts.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

I wrote for @lawfaremedia.org about the Letitia James indictment -- what's actually in it, not what everyone expected to be. Spoiler: It's still very bad! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

New by me for @lawfaremedia.org: The possible case against Letitia James reflects Trump’s modus operandi of responding to perceived offenses against him not just tit for tat, but tat for tat. He treats others the exact same way he claims they’ve mistreated him. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

wake up babe the equal rights amendment is now the law of the land

it appears every individual truly is an extremely specific type of guy