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Matt SledgeThe Intercept |
“It all comes down to those four,” said an advocate, “and if they are going to continue to try to hand Trump warrantless surveillance.”
Maxine Waters, the scourge of crypto, could become Financial Services Committee chair if Democrats win the House in midterm elections.
Despite their defeat by Senate Republicans, bills seeking to block arms sales to Israel found widespread Democratic support.
Grassroots opposition to renewing Section 702 of FISA is building, thanks in part to fears about AI used to sort Americans’ data.
The party just kicked the can down the road again on Israel, deepening the divide between party members and their leaders.
Netanyahu and Trump have invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify war. Politicians like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea.
At the start of the U.S.–Israel war, Iranian Americans were split. Now a NIAC poll found that two-thirds want to see it end.
The symbolic resolution could force Democrats to take a stand on the millions the increasingly toxic AIPAC spends on Democratic primaries.
They’re crossing party lines to renew Section 702 of FISA. Jamie Raskin asks, “What could go wrong with that?”
A crypto PAC smeared one progressive backed by Bernie Sanders as a “corporate pawn” and spent millions calling another a tax cheat.
The government won on most of its charges, including convicting defendants for moving a box of radical zines.
The Prairieland case is a major test of the Trump administration’s push to label “antifa” protesters as terrorists.
The far-right Center for Security Policy, led by anti-Muslim activist Frank Gaffney, is best known for pedaling conspiracy theories.
The Senate version already failed, with Fetterman once again casting the only Democratic vote against imposing restrictions on Trump’s Iran war.
Top Democrats close to AIPAC stick to criticizing Trump’s process failures — but primary candidates are calling for a referendum on the war itself.
Locals think the party overlearned the lessons of Trump’s surprising gains — and should stay out of the way.
With Congress not reconvening until next week, there’s a chance the vote might come after attacks start.
An Israeli spyware firm is tracking the GOP legislation, according to lobbying disclosures.
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