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@just_security publishes "Statement of Homeland and National Security Leaders"

including former cabinet members and senior officials from Republican and Democratic administrations

#GeorgeFloydProtests #CountryAboveParty #BlackLivesMatter

justsecurity.org/70783/statemen…
2. The 23 homeland and nat'l security leaders signing the statement:

Michael Chertoff
P.J. Crowley (@PJCrowley)
Jane Harman
Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden
David Heyman
Brian Michael Jenkins (@BrianMJenkins)
Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem)
Cathy Lanier
Michael Leiter (@MikeLeiter)
3. Leaders continued:

James Loy
Alejandro Mayorkas
John McLaughlin (@jmclaughlinSAIS)
Lisa Monaco
Matt Olsen
John Pistole (@PresPistole)
Daniel Prieto
Tom Ridge
Robert N Rose
Suzanne Spaulding (@SpauldingSez)
Jessica Stern (@JessicaEStern)
Miles Taylor
William Webster
Evan Wolff

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More from @rgoodlaw

Oct 17
1/New important public resource

“Heat Map” of USA showing hometown origins of #January6th defendants

Shows:

Power of a President to catalyze political violence nationwide

Local and nationwide effects of a Trump presidential pardon of Jan 6 defendants
justsecurity.org/104036/heat-ma…
2/ Along with the Heat Map is essential analysis by leading expert @thomasjoscelyn.

He explains how the Proud Boys orchestrated January 6th attack and risks of resurgence – especially in the event of pardons that former President Trump has suggested.

justsecurity.org/103956/proud-b…
3. Joscelyn’s work also builds on this prior analysis in Just Security, which @Liz_Cheney spotlighted in her post below.

Read 7 tweets
Oct 15
1/@jacklgoldsmith wrote a NY Times piece attacking special counsel Jack Smith.

@AWeissmann_ and I are refuting the baseless attack.

Compare:

Goldsmith 2020: Bill Barr has "enormous discretion" to ignore 60 day rule
Goldsmith 2024: "Crucial" for Garland to comply with the rule Image
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2/ On left:

Goldsmith piece, “Jack Smith Owes Us an Explanation”

(He thinks DOJ defied a 60-Day rule in recently filing a brief showing details of alleged Trump crimes, and demands explanation)

On right:

Goldsmith shows no awareness DOJ gave the explanation TWICE.Image
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3/ The DOJ explanation is solid.

Simply put, DOJ’s 60-Day Rule against taking actions before an election DOES NOT APPLY and apparently never has to a case after an indictment has been filed. . At that point, it is an open matter and in the hands of the court.
Read 8 tweets
Sep 14
Trump and Vance's racist smears of Haitians - who are legally present in Springfield, Ohio - has led to bomb threats closing City Hall, schools and a motor vehicles office.

Now two hospitals closed due to bomb threats.

fox8.com/news/springfie…
2/ The Trump effect in Springfield:

"Wittenberg University announced the cancelation of all events and activities Sunday ... after an email 'threatened a potential shooting,' campus police said in a statement. The threats reportedly targeted Haitians."
fox8.com/news/universit…
3/ Trump-Vance racists smears of Haitians continue to have reverberating effect on Springfield:

"Clark State College, based in Springfield, will close all of its campuses and move to remote classes Monday through Friday as a result of two email threats."
springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfie…
Read 8 tweets
Sep 13
The racist smears of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows how easily these influencers' position against "illegal immigrants" slides into being against legal immigrants (of color)

"The city also says that the Haitian immigrants are in the country legally under a federal program" Image
2/ JD Vance expands racist smear to "communicable diseases like HIV and TB have skyrocketed in this small Ohio town."

Of a piece with Trump as President saying of Haitians "they all have AIDS" and didn't want to accept “people from shithole countries.”
3/
Here's report on "they all have AIDS" (by @shearm @juliehdavis)


Here's report on "shithole countries" (by Davis, @SherylNYT @thomaskaplan)


Here's broader context on JD Vance's smear: (by @CWNewser)
nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/…
nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/…
advocate.com/election/jd-va…
Read 6 tweets
Sep 2
State of play in United States v. Trump:

1/ On Friday night, Jack Smith offered to file a new brief that could provide the public "the first glimpse of the government’s evidence beyond the four corners of the indictment—an explosive prospect.”

justsecurity.org/99693/immunity…
2/ “It is conspicuous that the special counsel does not appear to be opposing such a mini-trial, which may be important to Judge Chutkan as prosecutors would likely see tradeoffs with such public hearings.”

analysis by @NormEisen @Matt_Seligman @Edanyaperry @JoshuaGKolb
@NormEisen @Matt_Seligman @Edanyaperry @JoshuaGKolb 3/ A mini, mini trial?

“A reasonably prompt evidentiary hearing — or 'mini trial' — on immunity… may focus on the specific allegations that most deserve such an inquiry (e.g., the allegations involving former Vice President Mike Pence).”

Upshot: Prospect of Pence as a witness
Read 6 tweets
Sep 1
Media needs to stop downplaying the threat

On left:

NYT: "Moms For Liberty can get a bit carried away —one of their local chapters once accidentally quoted Adolf Hitler."

On right:

No accident. The Moms for Liberty group attributed the statement to Hitler.

h/t @jamisonfoserImage
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2/ Also, "once accidentally quoted Hitler"?

Nope.

"After initially defending the quote, the chapter was forced to apologize."

The New York Times know that. The latter quote is from the NYT's own reporting at the time ().nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/…
3/ The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies Moms for Liberty as an extremist group⤵️

Plus "the national organization and individual chapters have ties with groups that SPLC has designated as hate or extremist" including Proud Boys, others.

@splcenter
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
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