Tyler McBrien
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
- Any Chicago housing law experts out there know whether tenants could sue the landlord here? Something about knowingly endangering tenants, or prohibitions against "self-help" evictions?
- 🧵 At 3pm ET today, I'll be live-posting highlights from the public forum for @lawfaremedia.org. This will some witnesses' very first public appearance and the only one for Brent and Luke Ganger, who do not plan to do any additional interviews. Follow this thread for updates as they happen 🧵👇
- This is the second public forum hosted by Sen. Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia as part of their ongoing inquiry into allegations of Department of Homeland Security abuse and overreach. You can watch the first public forum from Dec. 9 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urg4...
- The following witnesses will offer testimony at today's public forum, set to begin in just a few minutes:
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- With thanks to @andrewfeinberg.com for the important correction, and with apologies as well for my error: This is not an actual "hearing" but a public forum.
- UPDATE: A federal court today granted emergency relief, ordering the Department of Homeland Security via temporary restraining order to restore the plaintiffs’ (13 members of Congress) ability to conduct unannounced oversight visits of ICE detention facilities.
- Read the order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia here: democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
- NEW: Today @ccrjustice.org @democracyforward.org & others filed suit in the Southern District of NY on behalf of @cliniclegal.bsky.social & US citizens w/ immigrant family members "challenging the Trump administration’s sweeping suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries"
- Read the full filing here: www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
- NEW: Renee Good's brothers—Brent and Luke Ganger—were announced as additional witnesses in tomorrow's 3pm ET Congressional hearing "on the violent tactics and disproportionate use of force" by DHS agents. They join the Good family's lawyer, another CBP shooting victim, and others
- The joint House & Senate hearing is TUES, FEB 3rd at 3pm ET and will be available via livestream here: www.facebook.com/SenBlumenthal Witnesses include: three U.S. citizens assaulted by DHS agents, two brothers of Renee Good and her family's attorney, and an expert on law enforcement use of force
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- Letterboxd users are loving the new documentary “MELANIA” (2026)
- Reposted by Tyler McBrienSpoiler-alert. Here's her concluding paragraph:
- Reposted by Tyler McBrienIt seems timely to re-re-up this crystal clear Nov. 2025 @lawfaremedia.org article explaining precisely when federal officers can and cannot be criminally prosecuted by state authorities. It's by @bgodar.bsky.social of Univ of Wisconsin www.lawfaremedia.org/article/are-...
- This was already disqualifying yesterday. They should not have a future in Democratic politics.
- It is clear that abuses committed by ICE and other federal agents—including today’s apparent execution of an unarmed man in the street—are so widespread that the country will need to undergo a major truth and reconciliation process, in addition to pursuing justice through prosecutions.
- Reposted by Tyler McBrienFederal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
- ICYMI: I joined @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org for yesterday's edition of "The Situation," in which we dissect Canadian PM Mark Carney's eulogy—er, speech—at Davos. Read it now on @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
- NEW: Following the whistleblower memo on secret ICE policy directing agents to enter U.S. homes, Sen. Blumenthal demanded info from Acting Director Lyons & Secretary Noem and called for hearings in the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees
- Read the full letter here: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
- Curb Your Entooziasm
- NEW: In a blistering opinion, Judge Novak says Lindsey Halligan's response "contains a level of vitriol more appropriate for a cable news talk show and falls far beneath the level of advocacy expected from litigants...particularly [DOJ]" and bars her from using the title of U.S. Attorney
- (h/t @lawfaremedia.org's @pwbeck.bsky.social) read the full opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- NEW: @aclu.org filed a class action suit today alleging ICE, CBP, & other agents violated Minnesotans’ constitutional rights through "the administration’s policy of racially profiling, unlawfully seizing, and unlawfully arresting people without a warrant and without probable cause"
- The plaintiffs are asking the judge to declare the Trump administration's policy and practice of suspicionless stops, warrantless arrests, and racial profiling of Minnesotans unlawful and order ICE, CBP, and other federal agents from engaging in them: assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
- NEW: In 2-1 decision, the Third Circuit overturned a ruling finding Mahmoud Khalil’s detention and removal likely unconstitutional, holding that lower court lacks jurisdiction til immigration proceedings end—order does not go into effect immediately & does not address 1A argument
- Read the Third Circuit's full decision in Mahmoud Khalil's case here: ccrjustice.org/sites/defaul...
- In a press release, the ACLU says the Trump administration cannot lawfully re-detain Mahmoud Khalil until the order takes formal effect, which will not happen while Khalil has the opportunity to seek immediate review—including en banc review from Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Reposted by Tyler McBrienOn Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com sat down with John Dinkelman, president of @afsaorg.bsky.social, about the organization’s latest report, “At the Breaking Point,” the survey’s major findings, and why a robust foreign service is vital to U.S. national security. youtu.be/JkYkHu7hDNg
- Since Trump took office in Jan 2025: - Deadliest year on record for ICE detention - Detention facilities nearly doubled - Detainees rose by ~75%, - 2,450% increase in number of people with no criminal record held in ICE detention on given day - 87% drop in discretionary release
- This is all from "Immigration Detention Expansion in Trump’s Second Term" a new report from @immcouncil.org out today: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immig...
