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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 Benjamin Wittes.

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The Situation: Why Did the White House Write This National Security Strategy?

A very strange document.

This year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) highlighted a harsh reality: the optimistic era of climate diplomacy has given way to a more fragmented and competitive world, in which climate change is taking a back seat to other concerns, write Erin Sikorsky and Siena Cicarelli.

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Embracing Climate Realities: The Climate Security Implications of COP30

The optimistic era of climate diplomacy, epitomized by the 2015 Paris Agreement, has given way to a more fragmented world in which climate change h...

Lawfare's Trump Administration Litigation Tracker is currently following 253 active cases challenging Trump administration actions, 19 suits by the administration challenging state or local laws, and 6 criminal prosecution. Check it out at lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker

Nearly four and a half years after the SolarWinds breach, the core policy change by the Biden administration to prevent a future breach from happening has not been implemented. Nick Leiserson discusses what may be causing this failure to change acquisition regulations.

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F5, SolarWinds, and the Lethargy of the FAR Council

Stopping procurement regulation vaporware is key for the U.S. government to see meaningful gains from security-by-demand.

Today at 4 pm ET, watch Natalie Orpett, Roger Parloff and James Pearce a judge dismissing the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed to served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. https://youtube.com/live/XxySL8HTZMQ?feature=share

Does the president have the constitutional authority to deploy active-duty forces domestically, free from the constraints of the Posse Comitatus Act? If and when the Supreme Court considers this question, the answer “should be an emphatic ‘no,’” writes Christopher Mirasola.

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Confronting the Protective Power

The president’s theory of constitutional authority to deploy active-duty troops is more dangerous than the government’s briefing suggests.

Lawfare has a new landing page where you can find Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, and Molly Roberts's courtroom dispatches in the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration. Check it out: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/litigation-coverage/trump-administration-trial-coverage

FBI Director Kash Patel announced that for the first time ever, the Bureau had indicted 'Antifa-aligned' individuals. Eric Columbus digs into the charges to understand the administration's efforts to target its ideological adversaries.

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What’s Up With the Terror Indictment Against Alleged Antifa Members?

The Justice Department’s tacked-on charges are just for show. The larger plan is not.

On Lawfare Daily, Kate Klonick spoke to Richard Pildes about his article, “Political Fragmentation in Democracies in the West,” the link between smartphones and social media and threats to democracy, and the unique way this technology is now impacting the United States political system.

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Lawfare Daily: How Social Media Threatens Democracy, with Rick Pildes

Discussing the link between social media and threats to democracy.

History demonstrates why the administration’s approach of “strategic uncertainty” is unlikely to produce better deals, write Samuel Seitz and Caitlin Talmadge.

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Why Trump’s Madman Act Doesn’t Work

The administration’s approach of “strategic uncertainty” is unlikely to produce better deals.