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What does it look like when the government violates court orders in 300 separate immigration habeas cases?

@katherinepomps.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org announce a new database which tracks government non-compliance with court orders around the country.

Three Hundred Habeas Cases in Which the Government Has Defied Court Orders

A database of non-compliance with court orders around the country.

Lawfare is tracking over 70 cases of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive orders and actions, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them.

Check out the tracker here, updated by @annahickey.bsky.social: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

Michael Feinberg, threatened with demotion over his friendship with a former official on the FBI director’s “enemies list,” details FBI leadership’s efforts to oust him from the Bureau, and his decision to ultimately resign.

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As DOGE-affiliated employees gain access to executive agency databases, they are likely violating the Privacy Act of 1974 by accessing sensitive personal data without any vetting or congressional authorization, writes @daniellecitron.bsky.social.

DOGE Betrays Foundational Commitments of the Privacy Act of 1974

Musk’s attempts to gain access to agency databases is an egregious violation of the Act, which protects personal information from abuse. 

The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.

Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.

Last weekend, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.

Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”

My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

Almost one in 16 insurrectionists granted clemency by President Trump for their roles in the January 6 Capitol attack have been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of crimes separate from Jan. 6, according to a recent study from Katherine Pompilio.

The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?

The real count is much higher than the public knew.

The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.

Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

"The administration is taking the view that they get to lie, and that the Atlantic’s sense of responsibility will conveniently help them cover things up. That’s unacceptable. And it would be very wrong for the Atlantic to play along with it," writes @benjaminwittes.bsky.social in The Situation.

Today, Sen. Mark Kelly filed a suit against the Department of Defense and Secretary Pete Hegseth over the military disciplinary proceedings initiated against him which argues that the government retaliated against Kelly for First Amendment-protected speech. Read the suit, from @pwbeck.bsky.social.

Sen. Kelly Sues Department of Defense Over Disciplinary Actions

The suit alleges the Defense Department retaliated against Kelly for protected speech and interfered with his Article I duties.

In the Situation, @benjaminwittes.bsky.social celebrates Liberation Day, where Americans are freed from lower prices, the U.S. is freed from supporting our friends and allies, federal workers are freed from their jobs, and law firms are freed from their dignity.

Yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the end of the Women, Peace, and Security program inside the Defense Department.
A Joint Staff memorandum obtained by @TylerMcBrien.com casts doubt on his claim that troops hated the program.
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Secretary Hegseth Ends WPS Program Despite Joint Staff Support

A Joint Staff memorandum reviewed by Lawfare casts doubt on Secretary Hegseth’s claim that troops “hate” implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act.

BREAKING: Emails obtained by Lawfare reveal that on Monday,the Department of Energy instructed employees to gather information on business dealings between government contractors and law firms caught in President Donald Trump’s cross hairs. The directive has since been rescinded.

The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.

Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.

Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military

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"I have never seen a set of pretrial motions quite like this one in its power and breadth and its attempt comprehensively to dismember the legitimacy of, process behind, and substance of an indictment."

@BenjaminWittes.lawfaremedia.org summarizes Comey's recent motions to dismiss the indictment.

The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions

So many motions; so many options for dismissal.

Deportation Inc. produced with @situ-research.bsky.social, is a new video series that dives into how immigration enforcement has expanded into a powerful, profit-driven ecosystem.

Watch the first two videos–an introduction and an episode focused on detention–now: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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This weekend, President Trump federalized 2,000 National Guard personnel to respond to protests against ICE in L.A.

Here’s a thread of Lawfare’s recent analysis of domestic deployments of the military:

@benjaminwittes.bsky.social writes that an FBI "refusing to become political agents of the regime in power would, so far anyway, look almost exactly like what we are seeing."

The Situation: What’s Going on at the FBI?

Don’t look now but the FBI is resisting the political witch-hunt loosed upon it.

A new study by @katherinepomps.bsky.social reveals for the first time that almost one in 16 Jan. 6 insurrectionists subject to the president’s clemency order has been arrested for and charged with—and in the vast majority of cases convicted of—other crimes. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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"[I]f it doesn’t get aired now in the Senate, this question will get aired later in the courts. There is no way the genie of Patel’s candor is going back in the bottle," writes @benjaminwittes.bsky.social.

At least 97 Jan. 6 clemency recipients have been arrested, charged, or convicted of other crimes since the Capitol attack: nearly 1 in 16. The real count is much higher than the public knew.

New research from @katherinepomps.bsky.social:

The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?

The real count is much higher than the public knew.

As NATO emphasizes resilience as a core pillar of collective security, it should prepare for increasing cyber and biological threats to agriculture and food supply chains, write @erinsikorsky.bsky.social and Siena Cicarelli.

Risks to NATO Food Security in the Age of Hybrid Threats

As NATO focuses on resilience, it must prepare for increasing cyber and biological threats to agriculture and food systems.

At the end of May, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matter.

This is the record DOJ is trying to delete, from @tylermcbrien.com, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social, and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org.

The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It

Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are.

The D.C. Bar declined to launch a probe of Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., over an alleged ethics violation—that he sought to dismiss the criminal charges of a man whom he represented. Read the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel’s letter, from @annabower.bsky.social.