How Donor Money Funds The Very Extremism It Condemns

About this episode

The episode explores how donor money influences political extremism and the implications of surveillance laws.

Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to understand modern politics is to stop treating every scandal as a one-off and start looking at incentives. We do exactly that, beginning with the fight over FISA reauthorization and Section 702 surveillance, where “keeping us safe” collides with a long history of alleged abuse, partisan obstruction, and the uncomfortable truth that government tools rarely get surrendered once they exist. Then we jump into a string of stories that all rhyme: Epstein-file hy...

People in this episode

Host: Taylor Johnatakis

Topics covered

• political scandals
• surveillance
• government tools
• partisan obstruction
• extremism

Keywords

• donor money
• politics
• FISA reauthorization
• Section 702
• extremism
• surveillance
• government abuse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FISA, Section 702

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