Mindy Haas

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Measuring Congressional Sentiment Toward the Maduro Strike What does the military action mean for war powers under Trump?

Following the Jan. 3 capture of President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces, Patrick Hulme, Katherine Irajpanah, and Andrew Kenealy evaluate shifting congressional opinion on U.S. military action in Venezuela, and what it means for presidential war powers. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/meas...

Just Watch Us: RCMP Surveillance of the Women's Liberation Movement in Cold War Canada

by Christabelle Sethna and Steve Hewitt

www.mqup.ca/just-watch-u...

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Alright, alright, alright! The Christmas presents have arrived early this year!

Labeling dissent as terrorism: New US domestic terrorism priorities raise constitutional alarms A new Trump administration policy threatens free speech and association by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.

A largely-overlooked Trump presidential memorandum pushes the limits of his authority by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions. buff.ly/66NLeUr via @mindyhaas.bsky.social

The outcome of this new policy? Chilling views protected by the First Amendment: “Prioritizing investigations into this broad swath of ideologies serves to instill fear, silencing anti-fascist and other messages in opposition to the Trump administration.”

NSPM-7, a national security memorandum issued in September 2025, marks a major turn in counterterrorism policy. The memo labels “anti-Christian,” “anti-capitalism,” and “anti-American” views as possible warning signs, even though data show most domestic political violence originates on the right.

Labeling dissent as terrorism: New US domestic terrorism priorities raise constitutional alarms A new Trump administration policy threatens free speech and association by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.

So proud that my latest piece, "Labeling dissent as terrorism: New US domestic terrorism priorities raise constitutional alarms," is headlining today's newsletter from @us.theconversation.com

➡️ Read more here: theconversation.com/labeling-dis...

The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups.

The Department of War, Department of Justice, and the White House all failed to provide lists of the groups being targeted to The Intercept.

theintercept.com/2025/11/04/t...

Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown? (Gift Article) As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.

Gift link. (I object to the New York Times calling this a "crime crackdown." The Trump regime is bringing violence to my city, Chicago, not fighting violence.)

My survey experiment from 2017 & 2023 ➡️ information on customary international law significantly decreases support for potentially violative uses of force, especially paired with statements that IOs have found similar behavior violations. Decrease in support partially mediated by morality concerns.

For those of you not attending the No Kings march in DC today, come see our IS-ISSS panel on domestic politics and public opinion!

The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice

Modern-day rat lines! And that much harder for the ICC (or others) to seek justice.

The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...

The Palestine Branch: A den of torture in Assad’s Syria Branch 235, also known as the Palestine Branch, was one of the most notorious prisons run by the Syrian military intelligence services during the Assad era. Located on the outskirts of Damascus, its…

The Palestine Branch: A den of torture in Assad’s Syria

The prison’s labyrinthian underground chambers have yet to reveal all their secrets, which are critical for bringing justice and Syria’s future stability.

www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-5 on Gioe and Morell, “Spy and Tell” Roundtable Review 17-5 David V. Gioe and Michael J. Morell, “Spy and Tell: The Promise and Peril of Disclosing Intelligence for Strategic Advantage,” Foreign Affairs 7:4 (2024): 138-152.

Should the US release secret intelligence for strategic gain? A roundtable debate in @h-diplo.bsky.social with Melissa Graves, David Gioe, @mindyhaas.bsky.social and me: issforum.org/roundtables/...

Excited to see Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention, in the wild at #APSA2025. My contribution: Israel's Mossad and Covert Action: Immigration, Counter-Proliferation, and Assassination. Edited by @rorycormac.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social @markstout.bsky.social

Anyone have a free Saturday afternoon in Vancouver? Come to my panel, Overt and Covert Interference in World Affairs, at 4pm in VCC West 215! Also featuring Alex Downes, Rob Schub, and five amazing papers on foreign interference.

153. Living by the Ipse Dixit A constitutional principle like the "unitary executive theory" isn't worth all that much if the Supreme Court can conjure new, unprincipled exceptions to it by simply asserting that they exist.

“If the unitary executive theory is subject to exceptions for contexts in which the practical consequences of eliminating an agency’s independence would be too extreme, then it’s not much of a theory.”

Today’s “One First” on #SCOTUS’s deeply flawed ruling last Thursday in Trump v. Wilcox:

The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site The site, starwarsweb.net, was a covert CIA communications tool. It has pictures of Yoda and C-3PO on it.

New from 404 Media: the CIA secretly ran a Star Wars fan website. Was part of the network of sites the CIA used to communicate with sources. Iran discovered the network, imprisoned people. Later dozens died in China after exposed www.404media.co/the-cia-secr...

H-Net announcement here: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Announcement from Columbia's History Lab: 🗄️ HistoryLab AI 📁 history-lab.ramus.network 🗃️allows natural-language queries of over more than 5 million primary source records -- CIA files, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) volumes, and State Department cables.

Forthcoming volume in December with @lucatrenta.bsky.social

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A cover graphic with the title Know Your Rights: Expedited Removal Expansion and Conozca Sus Derechos: Ampliación de la Deportación Acelerada

*New English & Spanish #KYR*

DHS has expanded its use of the 'expedited removal' process. Undocumented community members are now at greater risk of being put in a rapid deportation process - without the right to appear in front of an immigration judge.

What changed & how people can prepare 🧵

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"

www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

Had a wonderful time learning and connecting with fellow scholars about current world issues and how we can educate our students about them, with the help of @cfr.org and their educational resources!

How Trump’s Tariffs Fit the Autocrat’s Playbook The President thrives on confrontation and demands supplication. Politicizing the economy creates opportunities for both.

New Q&A: I talked to the political scientist Jan-Werner Muller about whether Trump is less rational than other authoritarians, the historical relationship between far-right leaders & big-business, & whether it’s condescending to absolve Trump’s voters. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

My initial deep dive into the "shocking" new JFK Assassination files. open.substack.com/pub/thebrush...

#JFKRelease

What Does Trump See in Putin? A Conversation With Fiona Hill

On the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” Fiona Hill discusses Donald Trump’s admiration for Vladimir Putin—and why his push for warmer relations with Moscow is raising alarms across European capitals: