The "Almaty Too Hotty" Edition

<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="n