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SUMMARY:Crisis & Consequences: American Democracy and Our Security with Juliette Kayyem and Tom Nichols
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday. April 2 at 7pm ET\, we’re bringing together two of the sharpest voices in national security\, democracy\, and political analysis—Tom Nichols and Juliette Kayyem—for a timely conversation. \nNichols\, an expert on foreign policy and the dangers of authoritarianism\, and Kayyem\, a leading authority on homeland security and crisis management\, will tackle the state of America’s role in the world\, global instability\, and what comes next. They will also discuss the fallout from Signal-gate—what it reveals about the integrity of Trump’s national security team\, the risks of politicized intelligence\, and the broader implications for American security and democracy. \nAbout the Speakers: \nTom Nichols is a staff writer at The Atlantic and a contributor to the Atlantic Daily newsletter. He is a professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College\, where he taught for 25 years\, and an instructor at the Harvard Extension School. He has served as a legislative aide in the Massachusetts House and the U.S. Senate. He writes about international security\, nuclear weapons\, Russia\, and the challenges to democracy in the United States and around the world—along with occasional contrarian views on popular culture. His books include The Death of Expertise and Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy. He is also a five-time undefeated Jeopardy champion. \nJuliette Kayyem is currently the faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard & Kennedy School of Government. She also serves as CNN Senior National Security Analyst for CNN where she has been described as CNN’s “go to” for disasters. A contributing writer to The Atlantic\, she has a weekly security segment on NPR’s Boston station WGBH. Her most recent book\, The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters\, was described in a New Yorker profile of her as an “engagingly urgent blueprint for rethinking our approach to disaster preparedness and response.” \nShe is a frequent speaker and advisor to major corporations and associations on national and homeland security\, planning for a crisis\, cybersecurity and resiliency efforts. She is a Senior Advisor to Teneo\, the global consulting firm\, and also serves as a security advisor and consultant to several Fortune 500 companies and startups. She was named Inc. Magazine’s top 100 Female Founders in 2019 and received the Lifetime Achievement Pinnacle Award from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in 2023.
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SUMMARY:A Five-Alarm Fire for American Democracy: Marc Elias and Joyce Vance on the Frontlines
DESCRIPTION:BigTentUSA was honored to welcome back Marc Elias\, founder of Democracy Docket and partner at Elias Law Group\, and Joyce Vance\, former U.S. Attorney\, legal analyst\, and author of the forthcoming book Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping Democracy. \nTogether\, they’ll examined the ongoing overreach of the Trump administration and its disregard for the rule of law. They also dove into the SAVE Act\, recently passed by the House and now headed to the Senate. This legislation proposes strict new voter ID requirements and would centralize election oversight in Washington\, D.C.—a dramatic shift from the current state-run model. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nJoyce White Vance is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Alabama\, a legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC\, and the author of the Civil Discourse newsletter. She co-hosts the podcasts #SistersInLaw and Insider with Preet Bharara. A former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama under President Obama\, her first book\, Giving Up Is Unforgivable\, comes out in October 2025. Joyce lives in Alabama with her husband\, retired Judge Robert Vance Jr.\, their four kids\, a collection of pets—and she knits\, a lot. \nMarc Elias is the Firm Chair of Elias Law Group.  Marc has successfully argued and won four cases in the U.S. Supreme Court\, as well as dozens of cases in state supreme courts and U.S. courts of appeal. In 2020\, Marc led the historic legal effort to protect voting rights\, winning over 60 lawsuits against MAGA’s efforts to suppress the vote. Marc is the founder of Democracy Docket\, the leading platform for advocacy and information about voting rights\, elections\, redistricting and democracy.
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