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It resonates a lot with me and makes me think of @juliaioffe and @OulaAlrifai and @MouhanadAlrifay and a 90-plus-year-old gentleman I met recently at a dinner who was seated next to a young East African woman. He had been a refugee after the war and now philanthropically...
...supports refugee education and resettlement in a refugee camp in her country of origin. She informed him that her sister had been in that camp for a year before making it here. Many tears around the table.

Take refugees/asylees seriously.
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Benjamin Wittes
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Two pieces published today. With @Hilary_Hurd, I wrote this analysis of Senate impeachment rules, which tries to imagine Trump’s coming trial under the rules that will govern it:
lawfareblog.com/imagining-sena…
And with @qjurecic, I wrote this @TheAtlantic column on the return of Bob Mueller:
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Also recorded a podcast on war powers with @timkaine, but that’ll be out tomorrow...
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Benjamin Wittes
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Please allow me to introduce you to Lisa Page (@NatSecLisa), who tells me she is done sitting around and waiting for the storm to blow over.

You should follow her.

She has a lot to say.
She gave a searing interview to @MollyJongFast, which you should read:
thedailybeast.com/lisa-page-spea…
She is a person of remarkable substance. She is also kind and funny and tenacious. She has her mistakes.
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Huh, so you mean no coup and no spying on the Trump campaign either? nytimes.com/2019/11/27/us/… via @NYTimes
What are all those nice people on Twitter who have been kindly writing me notes about how I am going to be locked up at #gitmo going to do?
I have a special #Gitmo rendition bag, which I packed and keep ready for when QAnon announces the roundup. @petestrzok insists he gets top bunk, but I have lots of snacks and stuff. What am I gonna do with them now?
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#Hormone

I see many 13-14 year old boys and girls brought to clinic with a bunch of reports of hormonal levels.

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#THREAD: #mylifewithstan

There’s a scholar that I used to teach. His name is Stan. He’s wild. We’re really close and he often reaches out to me to keep me updated. Trust me. You want to read everything this child has to say.
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Stan: There’s not much to tell. I was in and out of the dean’s office all day.

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