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For nearly two decades, Congress has obediently renewed one of the federal government’s most expansive and unconstitutional domestic surveillance authorities, typically with total bipartisan enthusiasm, little floor debate, and even less public attention. Last Thursday morning, at 2 a.m., House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) kept that tradition alive, summoning members back to the Capitol in the dead of night for what Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) accurately labeled “a secret vote to reauthorize FISA while America sleeps.” That law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, was first enacted in 2008, when Congress voted to retroactively authorize parts of a…

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On Saturday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at “accelerating medical treatments for serious mental illness” by facilitating regulatory approval of ibogaine and other psychedelics that have shown promise as psychotherapeutic catalysts. Although the case for doing that is compelling, the medical model embraced by the president excludes most psychedelic use, which will remain illegal even if the “historic reforms” that Trump announced work as planned. Trump takes it for granted that Americans should be allowed to use psychedelics only for reasons that the government recognizes as legitimate. Otherwise, they are criminals rather than patients, subject to arrest,…

Vice President J.D. Vance should have touched down in Islamabad today for round two of peace talks with Iran, but at the time of writing, negotiations have been put on ice. The last-minute cancellation undermines the Official Media Narrative™, which liberal outlets like the New York Times have been suspiciously eager to propound: Vance opposed the war in cabinet meetings, and now he has a golden opportunity to end it, saving his political fortunes in the process. Vance tends to inspire wishful thinking, and attracting positive projection isn’t a bad quality in a politician. Mark Halperin, a veteran journalist with…

RCP contributor and Democratic political advisor Lanny Davis spoke to MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” about his new memoir on rejecting political polarization and finding compromise in American politics: “Finding the Third Way: Lessons in the Politics of Civility from My Journey through History”Davis argues we’re on the verge of a political realignment where Democrats and alienated Trump voters can find common ground.”Let me be hopeful here,” he said. “The hopefulness here comes out of some difficult times that we’re experiencing.””Politics is cyclical,” he said. “We’ve hit the bottom of the curve of polarization—demonizing political differences. Our present president does that,…

From Doe v. Little Miami School Dist., decided Thursday by Judge Matthew McFarland (S.D. Ohio): Plaintiff is a teacher for Defendant Little Miami School District. For the past four years, Plaintiff has displayed a flag in his classroom that reads “Hate Has No Home Here” and bears several icons, including a rainbow Pride flag and transgender Pride flag. In January 2025, the Ohio Assembly passed H.B. 8, the Ohio Parent’s Bill of Rights …. The statute provides parents the opportunity to review any instructional materials that include sexuality content which is defined as “any oral or written instruction, presentation, image,…

Hating Israel without hating the western empire is nonsensical, because Israel would not exist without western weapons, military support, narrative control, and diplomatic cover. Reading by Tim Foley: Everyone hates Israel now, which is as it should be. But we all need to understand that Israel has never acted alone. If Israel were acting alone, it would be an asshole with a pointy stick instead of an asshole with an attack helicopter. The west gave it the attack helicopter. An asshole with a pointy stick is not much of a problem. The world is full of assholes with pointy sticks.…

The president’s frequently expressed sense of frustration appears to have inspired Iran to drag things out for as long as possible. Source link

How Trump's Fed Drama Risks Backfiring Source link