Benjamin Wittes
Senior Fellow at . Editor in Chief of . Law Analyst for and . It was snowing. And it was going to snow.
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Iguana chased by snakes - Planet Earth II: Islands - BBC One
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A Message To Australians During COVID-19 | At Home Alone Together
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An important message for all Australians during COVID-19. #AtHomeAloneTogether The survival guide we need right now: a lifestyle show for a world where nobod...
Benjamin Wittes This is the most important public service announcement you will see this month 5h
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 101: Mystery Guest Sunday
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Wherein, it being Sunday, Ben brings a Mystery Guest.
Benjamin Wittes Today on , it's #MysteryGuestSunday! I bring a mystery guest and wonders who it will be! Join us at 5:00 pm Eastern time. Zoom: Or on YouTube: 6h
Putin: Rainbow flag at US Embassy in Moscow 'revealed something about the people that work there'
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag in celebration of LGBTQ+ rights, suggesting the waving of the flag "revealed something about the people that work there," referencing the workers'...
13-ton shipment of human hair, likely from Chinese prisoners, seized
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A 13-ton shipment of beauty products such as weaves suspected to have been made out of human hair was seized on Wednesday by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of New York/Newark.
GOP state lawmaker says she was kicked out of Gettysburg for refusing to wear mask
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An Ohio state representative claimed that that she was asked to leave the Gettysburg Visitor Center and Museum in Pennsylvania after refusing to wear a mask amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 100: Not Just Us Saturday
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Wherein, it being Saturday, it should be Just Us—except that it is our 100th episode and we are thus inviting all of our prior guests to join us. We'll see w...
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Benjamin Wittes Today on , it is our 100th episode! So we are inviting ALL prior guests to show up, have a drink and shoot the shit with us. You can join too at 500 pm Eastern time. On Zoom: Or on YouTube: 26h
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 99: Claudia Deane
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Wherein we are joined by Claudia Deane. Claudia Deane is vice president of research at Pew Research Center. In this role, she works across the Center’s resea...
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Benjamin Wittes Today on , it's of the ! We'll talk polling, COVID-19 polling, election polling, and what's wrong with polling. Join Claudia, and me at 5:00 pm Eastern time. On Zoom: Or on YouTube: 51h
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 98: Ada Palmer's Triumphant Return
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Wherein she is back by popular demand....
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Benjamin Wittes #somethingbeautiful on today: the triumphant return of ! Join her and and me at 5:00 pm Eastern. On Zoom: Or on YouTube: 3d
Persuasion by Yascha Mounk
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The community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 97: Hong Kong Update with Alvin Cheung and Jordan Schneider
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Wherein we monitor the crushing of Hong Kong liberty.
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Benjamin Wittes Today on , we check in on the emerging liberticide in #HongKong, with and . It's gonna be ugly. You can join them—and me and —at 5:00 pm Eastern. On Zoom: Or on YouTube: 4d
The Lawfare Podcast: About Those Russian Bounties
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The New York Times and Washington Post both report that a Russian intelligence unit is paying bounties to Taliban-affiliated militants for killing coalition, including U.S., soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan. The White House denies that the...
Trump Is Boring Now and He Can’t Do Anything About It
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Season 4 of The Trump Show just doesn’t have the zest and sparkle of the previous seasons.
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Benjamin Wittes Trump has become boring—with . 5d
From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials
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In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with foreign heads of state, President Donald Trump was so consistently unprepared for discussion of serious issues, so often outplayed in his conversations with powerful leaders like Russian President...
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 95: Three Big Cases
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Wherein, it being a Supreme Court decision day with three big cases, we are joined by Marty Lederman, Leah Litman and Scott Anderson.
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Benjamin Wittes Today on , and I are joined for a discussion of today's three big SCOTUS decisions by , , and . You can join us too at 5:00 pm Eastern time. On Zoom: And on YouTube: 6d
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Benjamin Wittes Today on , back by popular demand, it's ! He, and I will be talking Parler, election polls, and other stuff. Join us at 5:00 pm Eastern time. On Zoom: Or on YouTube: 5d
The Lawfare Podcast: Eric Posner on ‘The Demagogue's Playbook'
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Jack Goldsmith sat down with Eric Posner, the Kirkland & Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, and the author of the new book, "The Demagogue's Playbook: The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to...
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 91: Camille François
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Wherein we are joined by Camille François, chief innovation officer of Graphika. François works on cyber conflict and digital rights online. She is the Chief...
Benjamin Wittes Join us at 5:00 pm Eastern time. On Zoom: Or on YouTube: 10d
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Exposing Secondary Infektion - Forgeries, interference, and attacks on Kremlin critics across six years and 300 sites and platforms.
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Benjamin Wittes Today on , and I are joined—to continue our discussion of "active measures"—by , chief innovation officer of . We'll be discussing her recent report on, well, a Russian active measure—to wit, this one 10d
Prosecutor proposes six-year prison sentence for Russian director accused in ‘Seventh Studio’ case — Meduza
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During the June 22nd hearing of the “Seventh Studio” case, prosecutors asked the court to sentence well-known theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov to six years in prison and fine him 800,000 rubles (around $11,525), Meduza’s correspondent...
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 90: Jonathan Zittrain
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Wherein we are joined by Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain. Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School. He is al...
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Benjamin Wittes Today on , and I are joined by of and the . You can join us too at 5:00 pm Eastern time. On Zoom: Or on YouTube: 11d