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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.
I’m really not sure why Riverside thought this was a good summary of the work @lawfaremedia.org had done this year but, well, okay
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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
Join us this evening, San Francisco/Bay Area folks: www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/?...
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Why is Donald Trump’s name now on the @usip.org building? Who put there? And when?
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The program aims to transition people to longer term employment in their fields while giving them an opportunity to speak on matters of public of moment in the meantime.
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
the national security apparatus implements and shapes policy directives.
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Given the current unprecedented exodus of public servants with national security and legal backgrounds, Lawfare has sought to host talented former government officials to bring their wealth of expertise and insight to understanding and analyzing how
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This program offers a valuable nonpartisan platform and pivot point for ex-officials to be reflective and fact-based in their work while evaluating their next move professionally.
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Whatever inspires you to donate to @lawfaremedia.org this Giving Tuesday, including my abject humiliation at the hands of @annabower.bsky.social, I salute: givebutter.com/journalism?s...
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Flowchart!
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Situation, Nov. 26, 2025
“Not The Way I Wanted This To End: But I’ll take it”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Check out whose dogs randomly showed up at the park and are now friends with my dogs!
Hint: they’re corgies!
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This from @paulsperry.bsky.social is a bald-faced lie and contains no element of truth. I never received a “leak” of “highly sensitive details about an active investigation” from @jamescomey.bsky.social—in a October 2016 or at any other time, on Google or on any other platform. He links to nothing
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
What’s in my bag?
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Situation, Nov. 23, 2025: On Shame
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We placed it also on the Russian ambassador's official residence, as some of these pictures reflect. We, of course, do not project "Z" or "V" images--ever. Those are countermeasures by the Russian embassy staff designed both to wash out our projection and to confuse people about what our message is.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I recently wrote to Salmanis asking him for permission to place his image *on* the Russian embassy in Washington DC. He was enthusiastic about the idea. That happened this evening. www.salmanis.com/en/
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The image is by Kriss Salmanis, a Latvian artist who created it in the early days of the full-scale invasion. It hangs as a giant banner on a museum across the street from the Russian embassy in Riga, Latvia.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
You’ll know me.
I’ll be the only inflatable frog in a dog shirt. I assume.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Invisible sunflowers at the #gatesofhell#expectme
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
More cool DC political geography.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
DC dance party and protest, just because. That’s who we are.
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Right?
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM