Antti Ruokonen
@antti1.bsky.social
Somehow I'm not surprized by this. Recommended read from @annabower.bsky.social at @lawfaremedia.org.👇
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Somehow I'm not surprized by this. Recommended read from @annabower.bsky.social at @lawfaremedia.org.👇
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Very good article on @lawfaremedia.org on recent proposals how to utilize seized Russian assets to assist Ukraine.👇
Russian Assets Redux: Examining New Proposals for Reparations Loans www.lawfaremedia.org/article/russ...
Russian Assets Redux: Examining New Proposals for Reparations Loans www.lawfaremedia.org/article/russ...
Russian Assets Redux: Examining New Proposals for Reparations Loans
New proposals would swap Russian cash in Europe for bonds without disturbing Russia’s legal interest in the final amount.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Very good article on @lawfaremedia.org on recent proposals how to utilize seized Russian assets to assist Ukraine.👇
Russian Assets Redux: Examining New Proposals for Reparations Loans www.lawfaremedia.org/article/russ...
Russian Assets Redux: Examining New Proposals for Reparations Loans www.lawfaremedia.org/article/russ...
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On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @klonick.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social talked through the week’s big national security news stories, including the Trump administration’s peace plan for Gaza, the government shutdown, and more.
Rational Security: The “Don’t Upset the Masks” Edition
YouTube video by Lawfare
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October 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @klonick.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social talked through the week’s big national security news stories, including the Trump administration’s peace plan for Gaza, the government shutdown, and more.
How I stay connected with news and events
And stay sane
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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⚡️ Update: Ukraine offers joint production of interceptor drones with Europe after Poland incursion.
Poland to partner with Ukraine, European allies to strengthen Polish air defense after Russian drone attack
Ukraine will help Poland develop effective anti-drone defenses while France, the U.K., Sweden, and the Netherlands will supply military equipment, including fighter jets and Patriot batteries, Polish ...
kyivindependent.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
⚡️ Update: Ukraine offers joint production of interceptor drones with Europe after Poland incursion.
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On today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast, I sit down with David Frum of The Atlantic to unpack the mounting costs of Donald Trump’s foreign policy blunders. From alienating India and Australia to emboldening China and Russia.
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The Real World Damage of Trump's "Childish Vanity"
A conversation with David Frum
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September 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On today’s “To the Contrary” Podcast, I sit down with David Frum of The Atlantic to unpack the mounting costs of Donald Trump’s foreign policy blunders. From alienating India and Australia to emboldening China and Russia.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-real-w...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-real-w...
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Hi All, Just sent out this piece on a Ukrainian strategic air campaign against Russia. The Ukrainians seem to understand that targeting Russia strategically through oil and rail attacks is one of the best ways to weaken the Russian war machine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
A Strategic Air Campaign For Ukraine: Crushing Russian Mobility Through Oil and Rail Attacks
And The Ukrainians Might Already Have Understood This
open.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Hi All, Just sent out this piece on a Ukrainian strategic air campaign against Russia. The Ukrainians seem to understand that targeting Russia strategically through oil and rail attacks is one of the best ways to weaken the Russian war machine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Fuck it.
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
August 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Fuck it.
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
Excellent.
My latest piece → The Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon receive upgraded TRML-4D air surveillance radars from HENSOLDT now capable of also detecting enemy artillery and mortar positions in addition to drones, cruise missiles, aircraft, and helicopters.
deaidua.org/news/2025/08...
deaidua.org/news/2025/08...
Ukraine receives upgraded TRML-4D air surveillance radars | GAU
The Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon receive upgraded TRML-4D air surveillance radars capable of detecting enemy artillery and mortar positions.
deaidua.org
August 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Excellent.
Worth a read👇
Exploring Ukraine’s Armed Neutrality or Nonalignment: Legal and Policy Considerations www.lawfaremedia.org/article/expl...
Exploring Ukraine’s Armed Neutrality or Nonalignment: Legal and Policy Considerations www.lawfaremedia.org/article/expl...
Exploring Ukraine’s Armed Neutrality or Nonalignment: Legal and Policy Considerations
Armed neutrality or nonalignment can ensure Ukraine’s security outside NATO, but with robust Western security obligations and Russian concessions.
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July 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Worth a read👇
Exploring Ukraine’s Armed Neutrality or Nonalignment: Legal and Policy Considerations www.lawfaremedia.org/article/expl...
Exploring Ukraine’s Armed Neutrality or Nonalignment: Legal and Policy Considerations www.lawfaremedia.org/article/expl...
I follow these regularily. @lawfaremedia.org continues to deliver excellent coverage. 👌
ICYMI: Watch this week’s Trials of the Trump Administration where @BenjaminWittes.lawfaremedia.org, @sranderson.bsky.social, James Pearce, and @rparloff.bsky.social discuss the ongoing dismantling of executive agencies like the Voice of America, the politicization of the Justice Department, & more.
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, July 25
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July 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I follow these regularily. @lawfaremedia.org continues to deliver excellent coverage. 👌
Massie Criticizes Johnson on Recess as He Tries to Force Epstein Files Vote
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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It would also be great if Steve Bannon released his 15 hours of Jeffrey Epstein footage.
I don't know why he hasn't been subpoenaed.
www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon...
I don't know why he hasn't been subpoenaed.
www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon...
Steve Bannon filmed Jeffrey Epstein for 15 hours. His 'documentary' has never surfaced.
The staunch Donald Trump ally said his Epstein tapes were meant for a documentary. People who knew them together say he was trying to help Epstein.
www.businessinsider.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It would also be great if Steve Bannon released his 15 hours of Jeffrey Epstein footage.
I don't know why he hasn't been subpoenaed.
www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon...
I don't know why he hasn't been subpoenaed.
www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon...
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Give us Jeffrey Epstein's financial transactions.
Give us his texts and emails.
These are the things that will tell us about his life, what he did, how he did it, and who else was involved.
Why focus on a politically and legally dubious talk with Ghislaine Maxwell?
Give us his texts and emails.
These are the things that will tell us about his life, what he did, how he did it, and who else was involved.
Why focus on a politically and legally dubious talk with Ghislaine Maxwell?
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Give us Jeffrey Epstein's financial transactions.
Give us his texts and emails.
These are the things that will tell us about his life, what he did, how he did it, and who else was involved.
Why focus on a politically and legally dubious talk with Ghislaine Maxwell?
Give us his texts and emails.
These are the things that will tell us about his life, what he did, how he did it, and who else was involved.
Why focus on a politically and legally dubious talk with Ghislaine Maxwell?
Stopping Shaheds: Ukraine’s Solutions
Seven solutions to Shahed problem in Ukraine
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July 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Full interview here: youtu.be/nFxbawVXfQs?...
Shoutout to @lbarronlopez.bsky.social for asking THE question!! Thank you.
Shoutout to @lbarronlopez.bsky.social for asking THE question!! Thank you.
Ex-DOGE staffer: 'I have no idea' who was in charge
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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June 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Full interview here: youtu.be/nFxbawVXfQs?...
Shoutout to @lbarronlopez.bsky.social for asking THE question!! Thank you.
Shoutout to @lbarronlopez.bsky.social for asking THE question!! Thank you.
Heartily recommended piece by @annabower.bsky.social of @lawfaremedia.org
After Elon Musk recently announced that he will step away from DOGE, @annabower.bsky.social details her search over the past 3 months for who was actually the administrator of the agency as it fired federal workers, accessed sensitive data, and worked to reshape the executive branch.
The WITAOD Chronicles
One woman’s maddening search for the head of a non-existent federal agency.
www.lawfaremedia.org
May 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Heartily recommended piece by @annabower.bsky.social of @lawfaremedia.org
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In the Situation, @BenjaminWittes.lawfaremedia.org provides some questions that the Abrego Garcia and Alien Enemies Act cases present to seek to explain—simply and concisely—what the stakes are as they both make their ways back up the appellate ladder to the Supreme Court.
The Situation: Twenty Questions
The stakes in the El Salvador deportation cases.
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April 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In the Situation, @BenjaminWittes.lawfaremedia.org provides some questions that the Abrego Garcia and Alien Enemies Act cases present to seek to explain—simply and concisely—what the stakes are as they both make their ways back up the appellate ladder to the Supreme Court.
From @benjaminwittes.bsky.social at @lawfare.bsky.social 👇💯
The Situation: Formalist Delusions Confront Lawless Realities www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: Formalist Delusions Confront Lawless Realities www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: Formalist Delusions Confront Lawless Realities
Why would anyone grant these people a presumption of regularity?
www.lawfaremedia.org
April 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
From @benjaminwittes.bsky.social at @lawfare.bsky.social 👇💯
The Situation: Formalist Delusions Confront Lawless Realities www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: Formalist Delusions Confront Lawless Realities www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
From @lawfare.bsky.social and the estimable @benjaminwittes.bsky.social
Excellent holistic SitRep. Highly recommended.
The Situation: An Attempted Regime Change www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Excellent holistic SitRep. Highly recommended.
The Situation: An Attempted Regime Change www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: An Attempted Regime Change
The plate tectonics of the current legal and political fights.
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
From @lawfare.bsky.social and the estimable @benjaminwittes.bsky.social
Excellent holistic SitRep. Highly recommended.
The Situation: An Attempted Regime Change www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Excellent holistic SitRep. Highly recommended.
The Situation: An Attempted Regime Change www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
We have the right message, it needs to be followed by action.
Thank you @deaidua.org for your continued work.💪
Thank you @deaidua.org for your continued work.💪
Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock has just given a really remarkable, nearly 12-minute speech on yesterday's events at the White House in support of #Ukraine. I have translated a large part of the speech for you.
PART 1 OF 7
PART 1 OF 7
March 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We have the right message, it needs to be followed by action.
Thank you @deaidua.org for your continued work.💪
Thank you @deaidua.org for your continued work.💪
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Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock has just given a really remarkable, nearly 12-minute speech on yesterday's events at the White House in support of #Ukraine. I have translated a large part of the speech for you.
PART 1 OF 7
PART 1 OF 7
March 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock has just given a really remarkable, nearly 12-minute speech on yesterday's events at the White House in support of #Ukraine. I have translated a large part of the speech for you.
PART 1 OF 7
PART 1 OF 7
The Situation by @benjaminwittes.bsky.social at @lawfare.bsky.social. Highly recommended in these troubled times.
Wolves in Wolves' Clothing
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Wolves in Wolves' Clothing
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: Wolves in Wolves' Clothing
The Patel-Bongino era at the FBI
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Situation by @benjaminwittes.bsky.social at @lawfare.bsky.social. Highly recommended in these troubled times.
Wolves in Wolves' Clothing
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Wolves in Wolves' Clothing
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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An election appeal to my German readers
An meine deutschen Leser: Am 23. Februar ist es wieder so weit. Wir dürfen wählen gehen. Am Beispiel der Ukraine sehen wir, dass dies keine Selbstverständlichkeit ist, sondern ein Privileg, welches wir unbedingt in Anspruch nehmen sollten.
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An meine deutschen Leser: Am 23. Februar ist es wieder so weit. Wir dürfen wählen gehen. Am Beispiel der Ukraine sehen wir, dass dies keine Selbstverständlichkeit ist, sondern ein Privileg, welches wir unbedingt in Anspruch nehmen sollten.
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a spongebob squarepants scene with a mailbox and a flower
ALT: a spongebob squarepants scene with a mailbox and a flower
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February 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
An election appeal to my German readers
An meine deutschen Leser: Am 23. Februar ist es wieder so weit. Wir dürfen wählen gehen. Am Beispiel der Ukraine sehen wir, dass dies keine Selbstverständlichkeit ist, sondern ein Privileg, welches wir unbedingt in Anspruch nehmen sollten.
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An meine deutschen Leser: Am 23. Februar ist es wieder so weit. Wir dürfen wählen gehen. Am Beispiel der Ukraine sehen wir, dass dies keine Selbstverständlichkeit ist, sondern ein Privileg, welches wir unbedingt in Anspruch nehmen sollten.
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My latest piece → Shortly before the upcoming elections in Germany on the 23rd of February, there is hardly any hope left that an additional €3 billion for the military assistance of #Ukraine will be approved.
deaidua.org/news/2025/02...
deaidua.org/news/2025/02...
Hardly any hope left for €3 billion in additional Ukraine assistance | GAU
Shortly before the upcoming elections in Germany, there is hardly any hope left that an additional €3 billion Ukraine assistance will be approved.
deaidua.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My latest piece → Shortly before the upcoming elections in Germany on the 23rd of February, there is hardly any hope left that an additional €3 billion for the military assistance of #Ukraine will be approved.
deaidua.org/news/2025/02...
deaidua.org/news/2025/02...