TRUMP Joins Obama/Biden In Demanding FISA Renewal. With Special Guest Aaron Day

TRUMP Joins Obama/Biden In Demanding FISA Renewal. With Special Guest Aaron Day

April 16, 2026 · 1h 38m · Episode 901

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The episode discusses Donald Trump's demand for the renewal of FISA, highlighting concerns over domestic surveillance and political implications.

This will expand domestic surveillance on US citizens and is the exact opposite (once again) of what he campaigned on. Even worse, it’s exactly identical to what Obama and Pelosi tried to pass through Congress in 2013. Glenn Greenwald said this about the effort: “Now, Donald Trump is on the verge of doing what Obama and Pelosi did back then. Despite running in 2024 by vowing to “KILL FISA,” based on his (quite valid) claim that spying powers had been abused against him for political ends in the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump on Monday demanded that FISA be fully renewed: yet again, with no reforms, safeguards, or limits of any kind. Congress this week, perhaps as early as Wednesday, will vote on a renewal of Section 702 of FISA, which grants the NSA the power to spy on certain communications of American citizens without a warrant. Although it appeared that there was bipartisan support for finally imposing some limits and safeguards in the wake of years of documented abuses, Trump’s demand on Tuesday — that all House Republicans unite to renew the spying powers with no limits — raises serious doubts about whether any reform is now possible.” Fortify your immune system for…

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