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Asha Rangappa

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Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine. https://asharangappa.substack.com

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Asha Rangappa·Oct 7

I have an announcement to make — I’m writing a book!

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Asha Rangappa·Sep 14

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

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Asha Rangappa·Sep 11

You know what would be good FBI experience for identifying violent criminals in a large crowd? The agents who investigated January 6. Who have been/are being fired.

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Asha Rangappa·Sep 11

I have serious doubts as to whether, after all of its politically-motivated firings, the FBI has the capacity and expertise to actually investigate Kirk’s murder. The lawsuit filed today against Patel and the Bureau describes a complete clown show that leaves all of us less safe

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Asha Rangappa·1h

Is the fact that the Iran war wasn’t congressionally authorized something we no longer talk about? Seems like the reporting/discussion now just assumes that Trump can just do whatever he wants wrt the use of force

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Asha Rangappa·20h

The (first) lady doth protest too much, methinks

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Asha Rangappa·23h

I love this taxonomy — all about various manifestations of complicity (which Aaron more colorfully calls “stoogery”) and the motivations behind them

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Asha Rangappa·23h

Being threatened with total annhilation solely because of belonging in a particular group would tend to create solidarity within the group, I would think. Who could have ever predicted that

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