Benjamin Wittes
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
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This Week in Denmark - YouTube With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @alanderminna.bsky.social
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This Week in Denmark
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December 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This Week in Denmark - YouTube With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @alanderminna.bsky.social
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Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @sranderson.bsky.social, @kschake.bsky.social, and Daniel Byman discuss the Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy and its implications.
Lawfare Live: Discussing the 2025 National Security Strategy
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December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @sranderson.bsky.social, @kschake.bsky.social, and Daniel Byman discuss the Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy and its implications.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is the Dec. 12 Trials of the Trump Administration where @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, and Loren Voss about Supreme Court oral arguments in Slaughter v. Trump, the release of Abrego Garcia, & more.
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Dec. 12
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December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today's Lawfare Daily is the Dec. 12 Trials of the Trump Administration where @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, and Loren Voss about Supreme Court oral arguments in Slaughter v. Trump, the release of Abrego Garcia, & more.
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On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social welcome Caitlin Tulloch of www.givedirectly.org, an #NGO dedicated to giving cash directly to people living in poverty, to discuss the effects of cash aid. #GiveDirectly
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Just Give People Money with Caitlin Tulloch
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December 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social welcome Caitlin Tulloch of www.givedirectly.org, an #NGO dedicated to giving cash directly to people living in poverty, to discuss the effects of cash aid. #GiveDirectly
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Just Give People Money with Caitlin Tulloch
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December 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social welcome #historian Lindsay Chervinsky @lmchervinsky.bsky.social to discuss her current research on #JohnQuincyAdams.
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John Quincy Adams with Lindsay Chervinsky
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December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social welcome #historian Lindsay Chervinsky @lmchervinsky.bsky.social to discuss her current research on #JohnQuincyAdams.
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Hey @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, have you heard that Disney will allow its characters to be used in Sora—i.e. openAI’s video generator? Do you think we’ll get to see the animated version of ChatGPT’s infamous “Three Little Jewish Pigs at Babi Yar”?
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It Was Smart for an AI
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December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hey @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, have you heard that Disney will allow its characters to be used in Sora—i.e. openAI’s video generator? Do you think we’ll get to see the animated version of ChatGPT’s infamous “Three Little Jewish Pigs at Babi Yar”?
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On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @evegaumond.bsky.social talk #dissertation writing, slum-lording, and #Ottawa. 🇨🇦
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Understanding Ottawa
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December 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @evegaumond.bsky.social talk #dissertation writing, slum-lording, and #Ottawa. 🇨🇦
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Another day.
Another failed effort to get a grand jury to indict @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Letitia James.
Another failed effort to get a grand jury to indict @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Letitia James.
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Another day.
Another failed effort to get a grand jury to indict @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Letitia James.
Another failed effort to get a grand jury to indict @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Letitia James.
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Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @kschake.bsky.social, Dan Byman, and @sranderson.bsky.social discuss the Trump adminsitration's 2025 National Security Strategy live now.
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Tune in here: youtube.com/live/PXVCD-e...
Lawfare Live: Discussing the 2025 National Security Strategy
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December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @kschake.bsky.social, Dan Byman, and @sranderson.bsky.social discuss the Trump adminsitration's 2025 National Security Strategy live now.
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🚨The first installment of "DEPORTATION, INC.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy"—a series of short videos examining the multi-billion-$ industry in which profit increasingly dictates policy and enforcement priorities—is out today from @lawfaremedia.org and @situ-research.bsky.social.
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨The first installment of "DEPORTATION, INC.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy"—a series of short videos examining the multi-billion-$ industry in which profit increasingly dictates policy and enforcement priorities—is out today from @lawfaremedia.org and @situ-research.bsky.social.
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Today, with @situ-research.bsky.social, Lawfare released the first videos in our new investigative video series “Deportation, Inc.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy."
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Watch the first two videos at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today, with @situ-research.bsky.social, Lawfare released the first videos in our new investigative video series “Deportation, Inc.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy."
Watch the first two videos at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Watch the first two videos at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Also, to go back to my rant about Duo from the other day, a question for @becingber.bsky.social : have you actually done 522 days of language practice in a row or is Duo lying to you about your performance by covering up missed days with “streak freezes”?
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @lageneralista.ca Duolingo’s reign of terror continues.
Is it just me or is that ? a little ominous
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Also, to go back to my rant about Duo from the other day, a question for @becingber.bsky.social : have you actually done 522 days of language practice in a row or is Duo lying to you about your performance by covering up missed days with “streak freezes”?
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"[T]o put the issue of border security as the top objective in one’s national security strategy is a kind of a nativist madness that is more about cultural—and let’s be honest, racial—anxiety about immigration than it is about any tangible security threat," writes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org.
The Situation: Why Did the White House Write This National Security Strategy?
A very strange document.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"[T]o put the issue of border security as the top objective in one’s national security strategy is a kind of a nativist madness that is more about cultural—and let’s be honest, racial—anxiety about immigration than it is about any tangible security threat," writes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org.
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On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social & @michael-feinberg.bsky.social discuss why #dystopian fiction does not match our dystopian reality. @jonrauch.bsky.social joins in to talk about #SexScandals.
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Dystopian Unsubtlety
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December 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social & @michael-feinberg.bsky.social discuss why #dystopian fiction does not match our dystopian reality. @jonrauch.bsky.social joins in to talk about #SexScandals.
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Duo is a bad actor
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @lageneralista.ca Duolingo’s reign of terror continues.
Is it just me or is that ? a little ominous
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Duo is a bad actor
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On Thursday at 10 am ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @kschake.bsky.social, @sranderson.bsky.social, and Daniel Byman to discuss the Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy.
You will be able to watch the discussion on YouTube or Substack.
You will be able to watch the discussion on YouTube or Substack.
Lawfare Live: Discussing the 2025 National Security Strategy
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December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
On Thursday at 10 am ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @kschake.bsky.social, @sranderson.bsky.social, and Daniel Byman to discuss the Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy.
You will be able to watch the discussion on YouTube or Substack.
You will be able to watch the discussion on YouTube or Substack.
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Now up on @lawfaremedia.org: @nkorpett.bsky.social and I on the lingering legal problems still surrounding the second strike on alleged drug smugglers that killed 2 survivors, and how it reflects legal problems with the broader military campaign.
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The Troubling Defense of the Second Strike
Even absent an order to “kill everybody,” the Trump administration’s actions—like its broader military campaign—raise serious legal concerns that demand further scrutiny.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Now up on @lawfaremedia.org: @nkorpett.bsky.social and I on the lingering legal problems still surrounding the second strike on alleged drug smugglers that killed 2 survivors, and how it reflects legal problems with the broader military campaign.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Someone who is NOT ME is doing this in Columbia Road in Washington DC and I love it very much.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Someone who is NOT ME is doing this in Columbia Road in Washington DC and I love it very much.
The Situation: My First Waymo
I took a ride to Palo Alto in a Jaguar with a robot driver.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & Anastasiia Lapatina @lapatina.bsky.social discuss Andriy #Yermak, #Zelenskyy’s long-time chief of staff who was recently fired for #corruption. Ava interrupts.
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Corruption and Interruption
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December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & Anastasiia Lapatina @lapatina.bsky.social discuss Andriy #Yermak, #Zelenskyy’s long-time chief of staff who was recently fired for #corruption. Ava interrupts.
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On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca welcome Francesco Galietti, an Italian political analyst, to discuss how the election of a right-wing populist has and has not changed #Italy.
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Italian Populism with Francesco Galietti
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December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca welcome Francesco Galietti, an Italian political analyst, to discuss how the election of a right-wing populist has and has not changed #Italy.
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@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org takes a break from thinking about The Situation to discuss his experience riding in a Waymo. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: My First Waymo
I took a ride to Palo Alto in a Jaguar with a robot driver.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org takes a break from thinking about The Situation to discuss his experience riding in a Waymo. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
@shaneharris.bsky.social is a Great American and a model for you all!
Not even making Lawfare podcasts anymore and still a top fan. ❤️ @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
@shaneharris.bsky.social is a Great American and a model for you all!
Join us this evening, San Francisco/Bay Area folks: www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/?...
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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