@harrylitman.bsky.social
Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
I wish I could get all of you - and 30M more - to listen to @harrylitman.bsky.social 's interview of @kimlanelaw.bsky.social on @talkingfeds.bsky.social .
It's not only worth your time. It provides perspectives and prescriptions we all need -- and not later, but now.
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Coming up in a few on harrylitman.substack.com/publish/home : one of the my favorite hours of the week, when paid subscribers can ASK ME ANYTHING!! see you there -
In this week's 1 on 1, @kimlanelaw.bsky.social joins Harry to explain how democracies slide into autocracy—and why stopping Trump’s democratic backsliding will require a response equal to the scale of the threat. bit.ly/ScheppeleTF
TODAY at 3pm ET/12pm PT I'll be on the
@talkingfeds.bsky.social Substack for our weekly LIVE Q&A for paid subscribers. Subscribe here (bit.ly/TFSubstack) and comment your questions below this post
Bam Adebayo posts 31 points in first quarter on way to second highest scoring NBA game ever, 83 points, after only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game, which itself deserves a few asterisks. Completely transcendent.
apnews.com/article/bam-...!
Ed Martin Jr, perhaps as partisan a Trump loyalist as they come, is now under investigation by the DC bar for his threatening, unconstitutional attack on Georgetown last February. I'm going to do a live 1 on 1 on the developement on harrylitman.substack.com w/ @klasfeldreports.com at 4:45 ET.
"When the opinion comes down this summer, expect pages of discussion about 'habitual drunkards,' founding-era drinking customs, and the elusive meaning of 'historical tradition.'"
Very good result for my partners at @whistleblower.law . Incentive compensation cases are quite tough to win, and this was against a recruiter getting paid by the body to get U.S. students to British schools. Kudos!
@paulthedogman.bsky.social draws the connection between Trump's (spurious) arguments about Iran's election interference and the prospect he will try to leverage the war to drive his voter restrictions agenda here.
Defund ICE.
"The conversion that ICE is attempting, from warehouse to human storage, is not a renovation so much as a statement about what this administration believes immigrants are."
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Then there were 2 (with Fulton County): Arizona Republican Just hands over keys to election. He posts that he “received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa County. The FBI has the records.”
Uggh
In “Man, No Plan, Iran,” Harry convenes @jonathanalter.bsky.social, @conorlambpa.bsky.social & #MaraLiasson to examine the Iran conflict, Russia’s possible role aiding Tehran, early indicators in the 2026 Midterms, and Trump’s first cabinet firing. bit.ly/NoPlanTF
Here you have it—an ALL NEW @talkingfeds.bsky.social w/ @jonathanalter.bsky.social @conorlambpa.bsky.social & #MaraLiasson on the widening Iran War, early clues in the 2026 Senate fight, and the first cabinet firing of Trump 2.0. bit.ly/NoPlanTF
To state the obvious, with the selection of the supreme leader’s son to succeed him, the odds of regime change have plummeted, while the odds of at least a somewhat prolonged war have soared. All a product of the failure of advanced planning before bombing.
Department of high irony:
Trump on Supreme Court —
“I think the Supreme Court ought to be ashamed of itself…I got to live with these people. And they’ll only vote bad, and I couldn’t care less at this point. They have hurt this country so badly because they haven’t had the guts to do what’s right.”
It may seem odd that a Supreme Court seemingly willing to stick its nose into the middle of just about every legal and policy issue has effectively closed the door to litigating the legality of the U.S. war against Iran. As today’s “One First” explains, though, it set that precedent during Vietnam:
7th U.S. service member killed during war in Iran. But the significant point in my view is that he was killed from wounds sustained in Saudi Arabia. This war is branching out big time.
The war with Iran escalates, Russia may be aiding Tehran, early 2026 primaries hint at the Senate battle ahead, and Trump sacks his first cabinet member. Bright & early Mon., Talking Feds breaks down a dizzying week.
@nytimes.com shares my take on why Noem was fired.
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Kristi Noem Survived Many Crises. Then She Crossed a Trump Red Line. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...
"Noem did something to set herself apart from other embarrassing appointees."
BREAKING:
The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.
They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.
DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
And off-topic aside here to express my disgust at the Pirates’ decision to cast Andrew McCutcheon to the winds. It’s not just that he’s been the most important player on the team in the last many years; it’s also he’s been the most gracious loyal devoted player to the city of Pittsburgh and its fans
In this week's 1 on 1, @staceyabrams.com joins Harry to confront Trump’s escalating attacks on voting rights—and lays out ten concrete ways Americans can push back before the midterms. bit.ly/AbramsTF
For those of us who need a bit of an introduction to Markwayne Mullin and his qualifications to be homeland secretary, this Jimmy Kimmel monologue will be helpful. Start in at the 4:01 mark. Warning: don't play it if you're looking for reassurance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41zw...
YouTube coming momentarily breaking down the Noem sacking and her many missteps but the one that brings her down is testimony that Trump approved her self-serving ad campaign. The lesson that all cabinet will take: don't ever ever say anything bad about Maximum Leader.
www.youtube.com/@TalkingFeds
Trump fires Kristi Noem.
TODAY at 8pm EST/5pm PST I'll be on the
@talkingfeds.bsky.social Substack for our weekly LIVE Q&A for paid subscribers. Subscribe here (bit.ly/TFSubstack) and comment your questions below this post
One of our most thoughtful commentators is out with a new book that has a prescription for insulating government and the country from rulers like Trump, who WULALAD (wake up lying and lie all day). Details and discussion here:👇👇👇
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...
"For generations, whatever one thought of DOJ’s arguments, the baseline assumption held: the Department acted in good faith and would follow the courts’ rulings. That assumption has given way, displaced by a sustained pattern of noncompliance and escalating confrontation with the courts."
