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Benjamin Wittes

@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
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Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org Senior Fellow, Brookings Author, #DogShirtDaily Host, #DogShirtTV Purveyor of mischief. Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 20h
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org 🛤️, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social & the #GreekChorus debate which Greek Chorus Foundation goal merits dyeing Ben's hair red. #CharityChallenge 🎗️ #DyedRedHairClub 👩‍🦰 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbDb...
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The Dyed Red Hair Club
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social joins us live from the protest against Trump's arch, while @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Anastasiia Lapatina @lapatina.bsky.social & the #GreekChorus discuss targeting civilian infrastructure in wartime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpvS...
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The March Against the Arch
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 29/09/2026
We are live! www.youtube.com/live/OXziyHG...
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Lawfare Live: Debriefing the D.C. Circuit's Argument Over Contempt Inquiry
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Taya in Belgium by @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
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Taya in Belgium
Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is 13-year-old Oleksandr, Russia killed him in Kharkiv region💔🕯 The boy passed away in the hospital today from severe injuries after five Russian drones struck Katerynivka in the Lozova community on September 21.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is pub day for my book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Please watch this video and pass it on. It's time to reclaim the Trump-Russia narrative and recognize Putin is continuing his years-long war on America and Trump is complicit. HowRussiaWon.com
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca & the #GreekChorus welcome @juliacurlee.bsky.social for a wandering discussion starting with #AI extinction anxieties and ending at #bestiality in the #FBI hiring pool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQHe...
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Bestiality in the FBI with Julia Curlee
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juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My prospects for senate-confirmation died with this YouTube title. Thanks @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
youtu.be/CQHeM14-97A with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @lageneralista.ca and @juliacurlee.bsky.social
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Bestiality in the FBI with Julia Curlee
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org welcomes author @davidcorn.bsky.social to discuss his new book How Russia Won, which tells the story of Putin's assault on US democracy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=93lW...
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How Russia Won with David Corn
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
youtu.be/93lWIGbr2lQ With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , and @davidcorn.bsky.social
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How Russia Won with David Corn
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 19/09/2026
ICYMI: Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social discuss the First Circuit rejecting the Trump administration’s third country deportation policy, and more. youtube.com/live/rQhqDNs...
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Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 18
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social and the #GreekChorus welcome @emilyehoge.bsky.social to tell us about the Night Wolves, a right-wing Russian nationalist biker club with an oligarch member who paid for Don Jr.'s wedding party.
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
youtu.be/rDb1IVoeRc0 with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @hollybfletcher.bsky.social and @emilyehoge.bsky.social
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Night Wolves with Emily Hoge
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
youtu.be/ftRB1HelbuQ?... With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @hollybfletcher.bsky.social ,
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Stairs, Ballots, and Hair Dye
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 16/09/2026
Make me dye my hair red! www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/a-victory-...
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A Victory and a Challenge
Can you make me join the Dyed Red Hair Club?
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 11/09/2026
This is excellent
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
youtu.be/PgX9EoJ_kjc with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org . @hollybfletcher.bsky.social and @kkdumez.bsky.social
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Evangelical Femininity with Kristin Du Mez
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
youtu.be/uTyfesKM6V0 With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @lapatina.bsky.social and @hollybfletcher.bsky.social
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Operational Success
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org welcomes @windsormann.bsky.social to discuss self-exile after Trump's victory, living in #PuertoRico as a #WASP, and the prospect of Puerto Rican statehood. 🇵🇷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvII...
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The View from Puerto Rico with Windsor Mann
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org says the Greek Chorus Foundation #OperationTaya has succeeded! Also, Anastasiia Lapatina's @lapatina.bsky.social gym got bombed, and @hollybfletcher.bsky.social reports on an #ex-evangelical comedy festival. 🎭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTyf...
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Operational Success
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 08/09/2026
The #GreekChorusFoundation, #OperationSlava. You can help! www.greekchorusfoundation.org#slava
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 07/09/2026
Toss one back for a true legend among the sprites of mischief: “There are a thousand forms of subversion, all of them interesting. But few, in my opinion, can equal the convenience and immediacy of the cream pie.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/w...
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Noël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)
Splattering figures like Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy, he perfected the art of using whipped cream as a form of protest.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 06/09/2026
This has potential
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 06/09/2026
Not wrong
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 05/09/2026
Question: Can anyone think of a situation in which the phrase “I am humbled” does not mean “I am showing off”?
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org welcomes @qjurecic.bsky.social to talk about her recent @theatlantic.com article on the Trump administration's latest attempts to end #BirthrightCitizenship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFX...
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The Assault on Birthright Citizenship with Quinta Jurecic
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
youtu.be/8FFXzpATZaY with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @qjurecic.bsky.social An excellent discussion Birthright Citizenship
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The Assault on Birthright Citizenship with Quinta Jurecic
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sakhalin, Russia. Have you ever seen a traffic accident involving a helicopter? Well, now you have.
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.youtube.com/live/K0ktarS... With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @rparloff.bsky.social and @mollyroberts.bsky.social
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Lawfare Live: Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Continue
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
youtu.be/NOZH8U9FVLw?... With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @lageneralista.ca
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Canadian By-Elections
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 28/08/2026
ICE detention is not normally funny.
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Stefanie Quirk @stefquirk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I wanna know what he knows about Grover Cleveland.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 28/08/2026
I have questions: (1) where is Richard Nixon? (2) was Andrew Johnson really “average “? (3) was James Buchanan merely below average? (4) was Ulysses S. Grant really a total failure? Just asking…
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 28/08/2026
I would just like to reiterate:
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social and the #GreekChorus discuss the #citizenship requirements for the #Presidency, publishing #Ukrainian literature in #English, and Mike's recently acquired fiery skull. 💀🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDYN...
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Citizenship and Pyrotechnics
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
youtu.be/xDYNw-N55nw?... With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @michael-feinberg.bsky.social
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Citizenship and Pyrotechnics
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social & Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca discuss the escalating #TradeWar between #Canada and the #US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTuQ...
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Canada Goes to War
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 26/08/2026
On Lawfare Daily, @juliacurlee.bsky.social and @michael-feinberg.bsky.social joined @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org to discuss the incentives facing intelligence community and national security officials to not speak out about what they saw in government after they are purged. youtu.be/1iaRbvyNotw
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Len Grossman @modemjunkie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
youtu.be/dZple4ErhrU With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social
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One Russian Missile
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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org welcomes security analyst & #TheGreekChorusFoundation volunteer @jimmyrushton.bsky.social. A friend of Jimmy’s has been killed by a Russian ballistic missile & he comes on the show to remember his friend and ask the GCF for assistance. 🎗️💙💛
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 25/08/2026
This is a very good idea
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 25/08/2026
It is not up to the president what the Kennedy Center is called. It is not up to the president what the Department of Defense is called. It is not up to the president what the Gulf of Mexico is called. It is not up to the president what Lake Ontario is called.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 24/08/2026
My spies report in that the balloons have survived the night. Happy Ukrainian Independence Day everyone!
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 24/08/2026
We did it
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 23/08/2026
Good question. Some serious gender affirming care going on here at a mass level. If only there were a test we could administer for “good person levels” and distribute injections to those measuring low.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 23/08/2026
And in Washington DC, it’s blue and yellow balloon day at the Russian embassy—in honor of UA Independence (which is tomorrow), flag day (which is today), and apparent Kharkiv Day (about which I didn’t know!) Also are you following @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social ? You should be.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 23/08/2026
Word
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 23/08/2026
Hey @alyankovic.bsky.social. Two actual longtime CIA officers singing your song! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 23/08/2026
@JuliaCurlee.bksy.social in a performance dedicated to “the president of the United States.” #madking #getit?
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