Asha Rangappa
@asharangappa.bsky.social
Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
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Based on what the administration has claimed in court, I’m not sure how the states that already obtained funding not disbursing it (and I guess just sitting on it) helps the gov. If they are saying the states can give some of it back, then what the gov represented to the court is false
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Based on what the administration has claimed in court, I’m not sure how the states that already obtained funding not disbursing it (and I guess just sitting on it) helps the gov. If they are saying the states can give some of it back, then what the gov represented to the court is false
Can we appropriate the Hindi term, goondas?
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Can we appropriate the Hindi term, goondas?
Remember that one time at band camp when Trump deliberately destroyed priceless art deco friezes that the Met had asked to be preserved because he couldn’t be bothered and had them destroyed instead? news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Remember that one time at band camp when Trump deliberately destroyed priceless art deco friezes that the Met had asked to be preserved because he couldn’t be bothered and had them destroyed instead? news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
When you are geolocating at the protest based on inflatable animals
October 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When you are geolocating at the protest based on inflatable animals
Attending a great panel at my 25th (!) law school with lawyers who are fighting in many different capacities. One big point was that their legal efforts are boosted when ordinary people speak out out, engage in peaceful protest, and otherwise push back. Make sure to get out for #NoKings today!!! 🐸
October 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Attending a great panel at my 25th (!) law school with lawyers who are fighting in many different capacities. One big point was that their legal efforts are boosted when ordinary people speak out out, engage in peaceful protest, and otherwise push back. Make sure to get out for #NoKings today!!! 🐸
Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...
Why do I have a feeling these guys were deep in incel circles before they crossed over into Republican politics 🤔
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why do I have a feeling these guys were deep in incel circles before they crossed over into Republican politics 🤔
Watching the president of my alma mater speak out forcefully in support of academic freedom and free speech and moral courage and good God it is so refreshing to actually see leadership in this arena (and leadership, period)
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Watching the president of my alma mater speak out forcefully in support of academic freedom and free speech and moral courage and good God it is so refreshing to actually see leadership in this arena (and leadership, period)
As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
October 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
I have an announcement to make — I’m writing a book!
October 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I have an announcement to make — I’m writing a book!
wtf is he even talking about? I mean AI can be wrong but approximately 7K law enforcement in Oregon vs. 14K (less with firings, but still not yet half that) in the FBI. This guy just pulls stuff out of his ass and as a result is not surprisingly full of 💩
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
wtf is he even talking about? I mean AI can be wrong but approximately 7K law enforcement in Oregon vs. 14K (less with firings, but still not yet half that) in the FBI. This guy just pulls stuff out of his ass and as a result is not surprisingly full of 💩
Every time Mike Turner comes up I have to post a pic of him mansplaining classified information to me on CNN (from 2020…I can never get over this 😂)
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Every time Mike Turner comes up I have to post a pic of him mansplaining classified information to me on CNN (from 2020…I can never get over this 😂)
Love this thread. I also wrote on my Substack this week about fearlessness, quoting @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s interview earlier this week on @allinwithchris.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
September 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Love this thread. I also wrote on my Substack this week about fearlessness, quoting @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s interview earlier this week on @allinwithchris.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
They are running this ad in blue cities in blue states. It’s propaganda intended to create an “internal opposition force”
September 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
They are running this ad in blue cities in blue states. It’s propaganda intended to create an “internal opposition force”
I’m in Boston. This ad just came on TV
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’m in Boston. This ad just came on TV
I just learned that I got AI’d into an ad for a class at a gym. I mean, there are worse things to be AI’d into but…it’s weird
September 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I just learned that I got AI’d into an ad for a class at a gym. I mean, there are worse things to be AI’d into but…it’s weird
There is actually a Supreme Court case, United States v. United States District Court (a.k.a. the Keith Case, 1972) which held that the government could not conduct warrantless electronic surveillance on domestic orgs *even for nat sec purposes*. Here is what the Court said:
September 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
There is actually a Supreme Court case, United States v. United States District Court (a.k.a. the Keith Case, 1972) which held that the government could not conduct warrantless electronic surveillance on domestic orgs *even for nat sec purposes*. Here is what the Court said:
Timeline cleanser
September 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Timeline cleanser
Interesting thread/theory, and would fall in the “intra-faction conflict” part of my MAGA Map analysis open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
September 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Interesting thread/theory, and would fall in the “intra-faction conflict” part of my MAGA Map analysis open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
I’m sure Ross Douthat has a lot of important and correct takes about Epstein. After all, he wrote this, too ⬇️
September 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’m sure Ross Douthat has a lot of important and correct takes about Epstein. After all, he wrote this, too ⬇️
This guy has a theory? lol
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This guy has a theory? lol
Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely
September 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely
I had a subscriber feed my latest Cafe Insider Note into AI to produce a sonnet in iambic pentameter 😂 (my Note is here: open.substack.com/pub/asharang...)
August 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I had a subscriber feed my latest Cafe Insider Note into AI to produce a sonnet in iambic pentameter 😂 (my Note is here: open.substack.com/pub/asharang...)