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This week on Rational Security, just Scott was joined for a Bizarro-world episode with guests Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds (back for a second episode in a row!) and Lawfare Legal Fellow Anna Bower! They talked over some of the week\u2019s big stories, including:

• \u201cTwo Houses, Divided Against Themselves...\u201d The fate of key national security legislation\u2014including the Ukraine supplemental and border legislation\u2014is increasingly coming down to the increasingly dysfunctional dynamics within and between the two chambers of Congress. What does this tell us about how our most democratic institution is operating?
• \u201cFani, Be Tender With My Love.\u201d In recent weeks, Fulton Co. Prosecutor Fani Willis\u2019s case against former President Trump and his associates has been endangered by rumors that she is engaged in a longstanding affair with subordinate prosecutor Nathan Wade\u2014and that she extended the investigation to secure more salary for him. But is the story more smoke than fire?
• \u201cCarpe Seize \u2018Em.\u201d The Biden administration has officially come out in qualified support of seizing Russia\u2019s frozen assets to compensate Ukraine, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to consider authorizing legislation this week. Is this finally a route to accountability? Or do the associated risks outweigh the benefits?

For object lessons, Molly endorsed David Grann\u2019s latest book, \u201cThe Wager.\u201d Scott shouted out listener Paul whose birthday party he inadvertently crashed this past weekend, and urged other listeners to come say hi if they see him in the wild! And Anna urged anyone seeking a divorce in the state of Georgia to seek out the fine people at the Cobb County courthouse (who also make a lovely salad).

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