its a good day when you get to look up the rules for pocket vetoes

What a time to be alive.

Poor David Beckham, legally required to be in every World Cup commercial

A $10 million procurement reviewed by 404 Media indicates ICE is buying records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers. “It looks for all the world like Trump is trying to skirt the law and a court order to fuel his mass-deportation campaign,” Senator Ron Wyden said.

More and more people are saying this

What a time to be alive.

Trump is trying to kill FISA 702. If he was serious about extending government surveillance he would talk to @wyden.senate.gov and other reformers about how to protect Americans' rights, wouldn't tie it to poison pill voter suppression bills or appoint henchmen to the AG and DNI offices.

This is why they want to pass FISA Section 702 without reforms.

actually the bill defines coercion on page 3 and 4. Bad AI www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

It doesn’t matter who’s in charge. FISA 702 can’t be renewed without real reforms. Case in point: Trump’s latest nominee for director of national intelligence was peddling election conspiracies just a few days ago.

basic transparency is apparently “totally unworkable“ for the Republican majority. they will do anything to continue to cover up surveillance abuses.

@wyden.senate.gov will offer a 5-week extension of 702 that does not change how the program works at all. It only requires additional transparency about government surveillance. Why are republicans choosing to let 702 lapse?

Wyden responds to Republicans voting against his proposal, claims they are working to hide surveillance abuses that he’s previously said are classified and would shock the nation. (Many Republican also back his proposals.)

It is now crystal clear who is obstructing reauthorization. Cornyn & other reform opponents would rather see Sec. 702 expire than allow reforms to protect Americans’ privacy. Sen. Wyden offered an easy path forward for extending the law. Reform opponents would prefer sunset. 2/2

Senator Cornyn just blocked a 9-month extension of Section 702 with a warrant requirement for backdoor searches. He then blocked a 5-week extension with no warrant requirement, just basic transparency measures. 1/2

POTUS says Pulte will take over as acting DNI beginning June 19. Gabbard was originally supposed to leave her post at the end of this month.

It's not just Pulte "Everywhere you look, Todd Blanche is lying to target Trump’s enemies. More and more, judges are ruling that Blanche has engaged in misconduct to target Trump’s enemies. And you think that guy is credible to sign FISA declarations?"

An update on where things stand on FISA: Early Friday morning, we successfully defeated a bill in the Senate to rubber-stamp the Trump administration's authority to spy on Americans without a warrant. This is a big win on privacy.

This person will be in charge of warrantless FISA surveillance

These two guys are like 2/3 of the people who decide if warrantless FISA surveillance is OK

well at least it can't take more than a few weeks to build a pipeline ... around Iran ...

Wyden on FISA surveillance, April 28: "The only path forward is reform" It is now June 5! How many failed attempts before Republican leaders put real reforms on the table?

@wyden.senate.gov on Blanche nomination - www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Per a Wyden Dear Colleague letter I obtained: "If anyone doubted that Trump wants to abuse spy powers ... he just named Bill Pulte – who is well known for leading bogus mortgage fraud investigations into Democrats who criticize Trump – as Acting DNI."

@wyden.senate.gov "warned that Pulte could use Section 702 as a political weapon, abusing surveillance powers for purposes of blackmail, smear campaigns, or attacks on lawmakers, nonprofits, or activists"

when BILL KRISTOL says to oppose FISA 702 renewal, perhaps democrats should listen. www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-pulte...

Bill Pulte appears to be unburdened by intelligence or any semblance of ethics. His appointment at ODNI is one more reason every single Democrat should vote against rubber stamping the Trump administration's FISA Section 702 spying powers.

wyden and kennedy introduced a bill to modernize pacer!

This is so utterly insane I’m at a loss. But it makes sense if you want to turn the entire US intelligence apparatus into a tool for domestic persecution and domination. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

Couldn't be clearer after the Pulte appointment that Trump only wants access to these authorities to persecute his domestic political opponents.

Congress must reform FISA and put federal judges, not Palantir Pulte and Kash Patel, in charge of protecting Americans' personal data. (3/3)

The Senate will vote this week on renewing warrantless surveillance of Americans under FISA Section 702, which would be under the purview of BILL PULTE.

Trump is abusing FISA Section 702 to spy on Americans — and deliberately concealing the truth to get it renewed. People deserve to know how a law is being used against them before it's reauthorized. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social to find out how you can take action: freedom.press/fisa

Ethical basketball ftw

Go spurs go

Called this back in October

i'm trying jennifer

My team uncovered that foreign enemies are targeting U.S. servicemembers in war zones by buying their location data. The threat to national security posed by data brokers has never been more clear. We need to dismantle the surveillance advertising industry.

most corrupt administration in history

@wyden.senate.gov and a bipartisan group of members confirm something long suspected: adversaries are targeting US servicemembers with location data from phones and other tech

Incredible quote from Wyden, that it is time to "start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat."

Prices are going to keep going up, thanks to the very stupid Trump war in Iran! A person trying to make stuff more expensive for Americans could hardly do better than this admin.

SEN. TILLIS, on the new DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund: “Stupid on stilts.”

hey maybe doing the most corrupt thing in american history is a bad political move WHO CAN SAY

@wyden.senate.gov @repespaillat.bsky.social and republicans from both chambers are working to stop the government from targeting political opponents. Read more here —>

i shouted WHAT when i read this news yesterday.

Three US senators introduce bill to abolish conscription. "According to Sen. [Ron] Wyden, ‘The Selective Service is an outdated program that costs millions of taxpayer dollars to prepare for a military draft that Americans don’t want or need." www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/05...

The shocking news that Trump's "settlement" with IRS will give him and his family/businesses immunity from tax investigations raises the stakes on getting testimony from the Treasury Department official who just resigned, as Ron Wyden told me he and Dems will pursue: newrepublic.com/article/2106...

me exactly, except for my decades-long vendetta against the thunder

Instead of automating the draft, it's time to abolish it entirely ⬇️   “The Selective Service is an outdated program that costs millions of taxpayer dollars to prepare for a military draft that Americans don’t want or need."   Thank you @wyden.senate.gov, Sen. Paul, & Sen. Lummis for your leadership.