Tyler McBrien
@tylermcbrien.com
Managing Editor at Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org
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Writing in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more: www.tylermcbrien.com
Signal - tylermcbrien.97
Writing in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more: www.tylermcbrien.com
From Antonia Hitchens’ profile of Laura Loomer in the @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
From Antonia Hitchens’ profile of Laura Loomer in the @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I simply couldn't help myself
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I simply couldn't help myself
For a trip down memory lane, here's my @slate.com piece from October 2023 about the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Tumblr page: slate.com/technology/2...
The U.S. Government Is Still in Its Tumblr Era
The “IC on the Record” Tumblr was created after the biggest leak in intelligence history.
slate.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
For a trip down memory lane, here's my @slate.com piece from October 2023 about the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Tumblr page: slate.com/technology/2...
Link to the interview from 10/27/25: www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
What designating antifa as a foreign terrorist organization could mean
President Trump is thinking about designating the group Antifa as a foreign terrorist organization. That would have real legal consequences.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Link to the interview from 10/27/25: www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
And you can access the project's page, with map and tracker visualizations by @annahickey.bsky.social here: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
And you can access the project's page, with map and tracker visualizations by @annahickey.bsky.social here: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Read Loren Voss's "Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time," which introduces the project in @lawfaremedia.org here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time
A monthlong effort to track domestic deployments revealed a troubling lack of transparency on why and how military forces are used on U.S. soil.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Read Loren Voss's "Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time," which introduces the project in @lawfaremedia.org here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
The irony? These documents are publicly available thanks to a FOIA lawsuit lodged by the rightwing publication The Daily Caller.
View the documents here: vault.fbi.gov/daniel-richman
View the documents here: vault.fbi.gov/daniel-richman
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The irony? These documents are publicly available thanks to a FOIA lawsuit lodged by the rightwing publication The Daily Caller.
View the documents here: vault.fbi.gov/daniel-richman
View the documents here: vault.fbi.gov/daniel-richman
Read it on @lawfaremedia.org here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Read it on @lawfaremedia.org here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
Read the 2025 WPS Shadow Report to Congress here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Q5Tt...
For Release - 2025 WPS Shadow Report to Congress.pdf
drive.google.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Read the 2025 WPS Shadow Report to Congress here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Q5Tt...
Listen to it here (and read Joseph Kellner's new book, "The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse"!) — www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
Lawfare Daily: Seeking Meaning at the Soviet Collapse, with Joseph Kellner
Discussing Kellner's new book, "The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse."
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Listen to it here (and read Joseph Kellner's new book, "The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse"!) — www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
I made one here: www.datawrapper.de/_/I8Zxu/
Previously Anonymous Donors and Contractors to Trump White House Ballroom Project | Created with Datawrapper
The following 43 donors and 3 contracting firms (highlighted in blue) received letters from Sen. Blumenthal seeking information on terms of contributions or contracts and lack of previous disclosure. ...
www.datawrapper.de
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I made one here: www.datawrapper.de/_/I8Zxu/
Here's a table with the list of donors and companies I pulled from the letters released by Sen. Blumenthal's office: www.datawrapper.de/_/I8Zxu/
Previously Anonymous Donors and Contractors to Trump White House Ballroom Project | Created with Datawrapper
The following 43 donors and 3 contracting firms (highlighted in blue) received letters from Sen. Blumenthal seeking information on terms of contributions or contracts and lack of previous disclosure. ...
www.datawrapper.de
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Here's a table with the list of donors and companies I pulled from the letters released by Sen. Blumenthal's office: www.datawrapper.de/_/I8Zxu/
A link to that @publiccitizen.bsky.social report here: www.citizen.org/article/banq...
Banquet of Greed: Trump Ballroom Donors Feast on Federal Funds and Favors - Public Citizen
www.citizen.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A link to that @publiccitizen.bsky.social report here: www.citizen.org/article/banq...