Lawfare Senior Editor - MS NOW National Security and Intelligence Analyst - Former FBI Special Agenthttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mz7nf3ytvk23Soften up a horror film: The Texas Pruning Saw Massacre [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Nov 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7nf3ytvk23https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mz7jnd7kkk23From our family to yours…01 Nov 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz7jnd7kkk23https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mz6a6qfoms27I really wish that people who will never have to deal with the practical consequences of political violence -- in this case murdering someone with a point-blank gunshot -- would stop over-intellectualizing and borderline romanticizing it. https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/malm-and-mangione/?highlight=malm31 Oct 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6a6qfoms27https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mz4pndsxsk2kPlease, just kill me; everything I care about and admire in culture is being trampled upon by idiots whose budgets vastly outstrip their creativity. https://www.avclub.com/nbc-gatsby-police-procedural30 Oct 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4pndsxsk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mz3hviogvs25His own in-laws immigrated here. Never forget that this man’s political ambition is such that he’s trying to create an ethno-state in which his own family would not be welcome. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3hviogvs25https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mz2hq52ows25I’m very worried that @noupside.bsky.social has not read “Foucault’s Pendulum.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz2hq52ows25https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myzxntkbrk2v"Maybe it's like Casy says -- a fella ain’t got a soul of his own, but only a piece of a big one." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyEuarFhpcE29 Oct 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzxntkbrk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myzni7zmvs2nFor those who don’t know, Carlton Davis helped run the failed indictment of congressional members who dared suggest that the military should not follow illegal orders. In other words, he attempted to indict people for stating the law as it is written in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzni7zmvs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myxmmyedos2uThis article is a thing of beauty. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-list-of-things-democrats-might-do-if-they-retake-power/28 Oct 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxmmyedos2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myx7i4w2nk2pThis is undeniably a victory for the rule of law, to say nothing of basic decency. I’m proud to have worked with @campaignlegal.org to submit an amicus brief on her behalf. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/nyregion/maurene-comey-firing-doj-trump-epstein.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share28 Oct 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myx7i4w2nk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myx6fa42gs2j革命不是请客吃饭。 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myx6fa42gs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mywjsgfigc2vAnd this, dear friends, is why those of use who actually worked adjacent to the world they claim to portray can never take the Reacher films or books seriously. There are a lot of very tough and smart people from that world…but they weren’t MPs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywjsgfigc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myt2h5omsk2eThere is a deep cut, “Planet of the Apes” extended universe reference that wouldn’t be out of place in response to this, but it’s late and I don’t want to spend any more time thinking about Vance, even if to only insult him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Oct 2026 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myt2h5omsk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mystc6we7s24In Roger Moore's last James Bond film, the villain's plot involved destroying Silicon Valley; were it made today, he'd -- at worst -- be an anti-hero. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mystc6we7s24https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mysny7eqmc2yThe author isn’t wrong in her general conclusion, but it’s entirely coincidental to her actual arguments. This article displays an absolutely shocking lack of basic knowledge about how investigations and prosecutions actually work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysny7eqmc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myplbwywkc2hI'm in the odd position of having read most of C.S. Lewis's works of theology, but none of his literature for children. Is it worth diving into the Chronicles of Narnia as an adult?25 Oct 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myplbwywkc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myk5tswt322lThere's a story to be told about the post-Cold War decline in public funding of technological research and how it necessitated, if inadvertently, putting such immense power in the hands of people like Musk, whose behavior is governed by forces quite different from national interests. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk5tswt322lhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myk4by2c4s2dSee you all in a few months.23 Oct 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk4by2c4s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myhloqqpnc25I guarantee that Hegseth could not tell you why the Battle of Agincourt was important, or quite a single line from Shakespeare’s memorializing of it. https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4630269/department-of-wars-project-agincourt-accelerates-autonomous-warfare-command-to/22 Oct 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhloqqpnc25https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3myg72v4cdk22A reminded that Coppola’s wife made a documentary on just how much of a mess the production — and final product — ended up being. It’s a phenomenal film, and I rewatch it with some regularity, but that doesn’t preclude it from also being a sheer mess. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3myg72v4cdk22https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mychvohsqk2iI think @nickharkaway.com is right on the larger point, but as an introverted bookworm who wants to be left alone and undisturbed when in public, I can very much get behind this as a policy priority. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mychvohsqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3my5mypggnk2dThe chicken foie gras-stuffed morels were a highlight, but the dessert of île flottante was also utterly delightful. Buerre blanc quenelles were, as always, also to die for. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Oct 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5mypggnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3my5km4dqik2gNever forget that, at the end of the day, the people who would undermine our democracy and thwart our rights are nothing more than utter cowards. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Oct 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5km4dqik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3my3te75yx225It’s just tips on hosting a low key and tasteful wedding. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3te75yx225https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3my3mn2ggak24This is the correct legal conclusion, and just as undoubtedly disastrous for federal law enforcement's democratic accountability. The notion of masked, non-uniformed federal agents not being required to identify themselves is anathema to the best of our nation's founding principles. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-14/california-no-vigilantes-act-id-law-blocked-9th-circuit17 Oct 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3mn2ggak24https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3my3kigp4hk2qI showed my wife a picture of the pre-order site for the Brough Superior SS100, and her response was less than enthusiastic. I didn't help my cause by exclaiming, "But, sweetie, it's the motorcycle on which Lawrence of Arabia had his fatal accident!"17 Oct 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3kigp4hk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3my3blult2c2qThe administration can easily muster resources to make Election Day a horrible mess, if it decides to go down that route. It’s much more difficult for it to do that for the entire early voting period. If your state offers it, vote as soon as you can.17 Oct 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3blult2c2q