{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/61de733c1f32650016347eaa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The \"Almaty Too Hotty\" Edition","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/show-cover.png?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Alan, Quinta and Scott were joined by three-peat guest <em>Lawfare </em>executive editor Natalie Orpett! They talked through some of the week's biggest national security news, including:</p><ul><li>“What’s Almaty You, Eh?” Russia recently deployed forces to <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/08/russia-putin-kazakhstan/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nearby Kazakhstan</a> to aid an allied government in putting down a popular uprising. Will this have ramifications for the <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/10/world/russia-us-ukraine-talks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">possible conflict over Ukraine</a>? And what does it say about Russia’s regional strategy?</li><li>“He’s Talking About Voldemort, Right?” Last week, President Biden commemorated the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection with some <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/06/remarks-by-president-biden-to-mark-one-year-since-the-january-6th-deadly-assault-on-the-u-s-capitol/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">strong words</a> for his predecessor, without ever actually naming him. Does this signal a strategic shift in how Democrats are taking on threats to American democracy—and is it a good one?&nbsp;</li><li>“Faceboo(galoo).” The sister of a police officer killed by a member of the far-right “boogaloo boys” is <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/06/facebook-boogaloo-lawsuit/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suing Meta</a>, the newly renamed parent company of Facebook, for promoting the group’s content and connecting potential members through its content algorithms. Could this represent a way around Section 230 protections? And what would the ramifications be for other social media platforms?</li></ul><p>For object lessons, Quinta called out Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch for recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/supreme-court-justice-neil-gorsuch-has-no-mask-despite-covid-spike.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">declining to wear a mask at oral arguments</a>. Alan drew the listeners' attention to a recent story of imperfect revenge: a shop owner who is now facing charges of retaliation for dumping&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/georgia-auto-shop-pennies-lawsuit.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">91,500 pennies covered in oil</a>&nbsp;on the driveway of a former employee who claimed not to have received his final paycheck. Scott celebrated the fact that his prayers for a caffeinated cocktail&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ebbWwoI10\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">had been answered</a>&nbsp;but pointed towards what he finds to be an even better solution: coffee and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amaroaverna.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Averna</a>. And finally, Natalie noted the new metaphors for climate change that she'd discovered on recently re-reading the children's classic, \"<a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6633179-the-complete-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</a>.\"&nbsp;</p><p>Be sure to visit our show page at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.lawfareblog.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.lawfareblog.com</a>&nbsp;and to follow us on Twitter at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RatlSecurity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@RatlSecurity</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>And Rational Security listeners can get a committed ad-free feed&nbsp;by becoming a <em>Lawfare</em> material supporter at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/lawfare\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/lawfare</a>!</p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}