FISA Reform Blues

Plus: the House passes a short-term FISA extension, Ron Wyden urges fellow Senate Democrats to oppose a "clean" bill, and Norway gets robot buses

Short-term FISA extension. The House voted early Friday to extend the expiring Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for another 10 days, as members debate whether to include privacy protections in a longer-term extension of the law.

The House vote extends FISA, which was set to expire on Monday, through April 30. Some Republican House members have been demanding that Section 702 of the law, which allows the federal government to collect the communications of foreigners as well as Americans they communicate with without a warrant, be amended to include additional privacy protections.

Some lawmakers want to require that the government get a warrant before it searches Americans' data collected under Section 702.

The White House and Congressional Republicans have been demanding a "clean" FISA extension without any additional privacy safeguards.

Wyden to the rescue. In the upper chamber, Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.), a longtime FISA reform advocate, is urging his fellow Democrats to oppose a clean reauthorization bill.

"With recent developments in AI supercharging how the government can surveil Americans, Congress must use this upcoming debate to make necessary reforms to all our surveillance laws," wrote Wyden in a letter to his Senate colleagues obtained exclusively by Politico.

See this interview Wyden gave Reason about FISA and internet privacy.

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Scenes from D.C.: Riders on the D.C.-area Metro's Red Line can enjoy a quintessential D.C. experience this summer: not riding the Red Line. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the regional agency that operates the Metro, announced that several stops on the line will be closed from June to September while repairs are performed.

Read my 2023 magazine feature on the D.C. Metro's persistent problems.

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QUICK HITS

• Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a refreshingly libertarian answer on raw milk.

Rosa DeLauro: "You are the Secretary of Health and Human Services! Is there not some moral responsibility to say don't drink raw milk!"

RFK Jr.: "Every product can contain contaminants. We inform the public and we let people make a choice." pic.twitter.com/MVeOL6vdw5

— Reem Ibrahim (@ReemAmirIbrahim) April 16, 2026

• The most cursed headline imaginable. Click if you dare.
• President Donald Trump calls the stunt in which he ordered DoorDash to the White House, done to promote his "no tax on tips policy," "a little tacky."

Trump on DoorDash grandma Sharon Simmons's delivery to the White House: "To be honest, it was a little tacky" pic.twitter.com/ID8skObWip

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 17, 2026

• Norway gets robotic buses.

For the first time in Norwegian history, a bus will carry passengers in regular traffic without any human behind the wheel. The first pilot without a safety driver was tested Friday, and if all goes as planned, anyone can ride driverless buses starting in May. pic.twitter.com/rlcI9cPfq4

— Joakim 🌹🇳🇴🇪🇺 (@joakial_) April 16, 2026

• Hezbollah appears to be holding to a truce with Israel.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

The House voted early Friday to extend the expiring Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for another 10 days...

Just make it permanent and get it over with.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Some lawmakers want to require that the government get a warrant before it searches Americans' data collected under Section 702.

The Bill of Rights kinda wants that, too.

[Leo Kovalensky II]

Not to worry... President DJT is willing to give up his rights (and yours) to help out the government. How libertarian of him! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116409146419851362

[Fist of Etiquette]

Someone should remind him the time a president illegally spied on him.

[Leo Kovalensky II]

Those were stupid presidents, now we have a smart one. We'll never have a stupid one in the future, don't you worry.

[Marshal]

Let's not pretend laws matter when government officials want something.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

No, what trump should do is falsify evidence against his political opponents.
He should claim that Obama killed us citizens extra judiciously., and that Obama ordered the fbi to lie on reports.
Then he should claim that Biden showered with a child, and took bribes from China and Ukraine.
Then he should make up evidence that kamala is a slaving whore that traded sex for monatary gain, and falsified confessions in order to use inmates for free labor.

Yeah it would shire be awful if any of that stuff was true

[Leo Kovalensky II]

I've been waiting for mutually assured destruction among politicians for a long time. Let's get on with it!

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

You'll notice DS only get destroyed when word comes down from Party Central (Swallwell, Melendez)

[Leo Kovalensky II]

Seriously, I would have some respect for Trump if he were willing to go after any of these things that he has evidence to indict over.

Obama killing of US citizens was a major civil rights violation that should be brought to light more broadly. He deserved to be impeached over it. As far as I know there is no statute of limitations, so I say have the DOJ go after it.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

I mean there was a law not to do it for senators or reps and jack Smith ignored it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.), a longtime FISA reform advocate, is urging his fellow Democrats to oppose a clean reauthorization bill.

Right now they're trying to figure a way to drop the Swalwell Hammer on Ron.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Riders on the D.C.-area Metro's Red Line can enjoy a quintessential D.C. experience this summer: not riding the Red Line.

If you live in the accountability vacuum of the world, you get what you deserve.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

The White House and Congressional Republicans have been demanding a "clean" FISA extension without any additional privacy safeguards.

We can either get a clean bill or have the CIA release our dirty laundry.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"You are the Secretary of Health and Human Services! Is there not some moral responsibility to say don't drink raw milk!"

I like that there's no question mark at the end of that. It accurately reflects the tone of these things.

[JFree]

They need three exclamation points to reflect the seriousness!!!

[Fist of Etiquette]

"Every product can contain contaminants. We inform the public and we let people make a choice."

In the past the choice was take the product or lose your job.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

"The most cursed headline imaginable. Click if you dare."

I clicked and read the first 3 sentances. Not a single true thing was said, so I stopped reading.
Christina you are an evil retard. The world would be better off without you or the cunt that wrote that article

[Chuck P. (Now with less Sarc more snark)]

"Fighting on behalf of democracy" is code for "Marxism". I would have have to search it, but I am pretty sure it is right out of Mao's Little Red Book.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

It was Stalin who referred to it as "our democracy" which only pertained to the democracy of the community is party.

[Ron]

the article is trying to make the claim that they can retake political offices from the evil right however everything she described that was supposedly done was actually done by the democrats in an attempt to keep Trump out. projection as usual.

[Mickey Rat]

California Bill may prevent independent journalists from investigating fraud.

https://fox40.com/news/nick-shirley-bill-california-democrat-mia-bonta/

"Asm. Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, spoke against AB 2624 in a recent hearing. He called it the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” and said it would represent a “massive financial hit” to people like Shirley.

In a statement, he accused Democrats of trying to “protect waste and fraud happening in far-left-wing NGOs.”

“The fraudsters could literally take away the First Amendment rights of citizen journalists,” he told Inside California Politics on Wednesday.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonpartisan nonprofit that defends free speech, also has concerns.

“The state can certainly prosecute those who actually engage in unlawful threats and harassment, but troubling sections of AB 2624 appear to go far beyond that to restrict speech that is protected by the First Amendment,” FIRE Legislative and Policy Director Carolyn Iodice said in an emailed statement.

Bonta, however, disagrees. She said her bill does not infringe on the First Amendment and that sharing the personal information of workers “to intimidate them out of doing their job” isn’t investigative reporting."

I am sure Sullum will be on the case with an article taking the California Legislature to task over this bill any day now.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Like with voter fraud, it isnt happening if you dont look. Ask qb.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

RFK Jr.: “Every product can contain contaminants. We inform the public and we let people make a choice.”

Obama USDA: If you don't add vitamins into skim milk you can't call it skim milk.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The most cursed headline imaginable. Click if you dare.

To be fair we still don't know if she's the 2018 Georgia governor or not.

[Fist of Etiquette]

President Donald Trump calls the stunt in which he ordered DoorDash to the White House, done to promote his "no tax on tips policy," "a little tacky."

And you thought President Trump lacked self-awaren

HEY WAIT A MINUTE WHY ARE YOU QUOTING THAT HACK RUPAR HERE THERE WAS A MORATORIUM ISSUED BY ME MONTHS AGO

[Fist of Etiquette]

For the first time in Norwegian history, a bus will carry passengers in regular traffic without any human behind the wheel.

At some point I'm waiting for us to get Skynet to solve the trolley problem for us.

[Vernon Depner]

Skynet's solution to the trolley problem is exterminating the human race.

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

Except the bangable chicks

[Marshal]

Is this determined solely by appearance or do they have to talk a few minutes also?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hezbollah appears to be holding to a truce with Israel.

Sudden instability in the terror sponsorship market?

[Leo Kovalensky II]

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/17/iran-us-deal-20-billion-frozen-funds-uranium

Can we get that $20B delivered on pallets, please?

[Weigel's Cock Ring]

Aaaand whoop there it is, it looks like Iran has basically informally surrendered, which is probably a smart move on their part because it will quite likely keep their entire regime from being ointernally overthrown.

Now that they understand that we can collapse their entire economy within a matter of a couple of weeks any damn time we feel like it, they should be handing over all their uranium within
fairly short order, and their ill-advised attempts to build nuclear weapons are almost certainly over.

Whoever thought up the idea of just totally blockading their ports should be awarded the highest possible medal that can be bestowed on him. It really is a damn shame that we didn't do this 30 or 40 years ago, who knows how many tens of thousands of lives could probably have been saved instead of needlessly thrown away.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Dont tell jewfree.

Its so bad France and Britain are now rushing to the front to try to manage the strait.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Fuck Minnesota. They are now trying to pass a law to tax all state fraud at 100% so the state can keep all the fraudulently gained federal tax dollars in the state.

https://alphanews.org/fraudsters-would-pay-100-percent-tax-on-stolen-funds-if-minnesota-bill-passes/

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Spanberger caught spending state tax monies on company her husband works for.

https://thepostmillennial.com/spanberger-awards-5-million-to-husbands-firm-for-virginia-advanced-propulsion-facilities-project

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Bears in trunks was always a false flag.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-crime/suspects-convicted-insurance-fraud-staging-costume-bear-attacks-luxury-vehicles-caught-camera

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Poor Jeff. Ad agencies agreed they colluded with groups to censor right wing websites.

https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/16/major-ad-agencies-agree-to-end-alleged-censorship-scheme-that-targeted-the-federalist/

[Juliana Frink]

And this:

https://revolver.news/2026/04/our-redemption-is-here-ftc-just-nuked-the-censorship-cartels-favorite-dirty-trick/

The Jig is Up.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Migrants now being taught how to fake being gay to claim asylum in western countries.

https://justthenews.com/world/europe/uk-investigating-reports-migrants-pretended-be-gay-victims-abuse-asylum-claims

[Leo Kovalensky II]

Why not? It worked for Lindsey Graham.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Literally daily consequences of what Biden allowed.

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BREAKING: DHS confirms that the suspect arrested for attempting to rape a woman while she was waiting for a rideshare in Arlington County, VA is a Guatemalan illegal alien who entered the US as a gotaway & has at least 25 prior charges in the county going back to 2020.

Police in Arlington County arrested 28-year-old Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran for the attempted rape after they say he approached the woman early Sunday morning while she was waiting to be picked up, then shoved her against a wall where he physically and sexually assaulted her until two good Samaritans intervened.

DHS says his prior charges in Arlington County include nine counts of being intoxicated in public, assault and battery, disorderly conduct, attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer, and several probation violations.

DHS statement:

“Virginia's sanctuary policies allowed this illegal alien to go on a crime spree,” said Acting DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Despite prior arrests by law enforcement, this criminal was released from jail multiple times before he went on to commit this attempted heinous rape. We are calling on Arlington County sanctuary politicians and Governor Abigail Spanberger to commit to not releasing this criminal from jail back into our communities. How many more times must they release criminals into our neighborhoods to create more innocent victims?”

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Nyt and Ezra Klein have to change headline trying to normalize Hassan Piker as he continues to double down on hating jews and supporting terrorists.

https://x.com/OrenKessler/status/2044069074871734366

[Alan Vanneman]

Your article on Metro's woes is so three years ago. I ride Metro several times a week. I haven't had a problem in years. As for the closed stations, there are shuttle buses. No, it isn't perfect, but it's a lot cheaper than Uber or driving your own car, and a lot faster than walking. If living in DC is so horrible, why don't you move to Palm Beach?

[MWAocdoc]

"include additional privacy protections"

It doesn't matter how many privacy protections they put into their silly-assed laws if the Deep State doesn't comply with those protections. They have never complied with the original law, or any of the protections originally put in place, or even their own regulations implemented under the law. Congress pulled its own teeth long ago and the Executive branch is simply terrified of being gummed into submission - not!

[MWAocdoc]

"Norway gets robotic buses"

For whoever is keeping score: Norway has become the latest nation to be infiltrated by alien pod-people. If the headline had read, "Norway implements new law mandating two drivers on every bus after national union negotiations" it would have been consistent with the old socialist state we all have come to know and love. But eliminating almost all of the jobs of the Nordiska Transportarbetarefederationen - gotta be the Zeta Reticulans!!

[Ra's al Gore]

Anyone else getting as bored with this place as I am? Dems can say they won't charge 'refugees' with crimes for fear of deportation, then Reason says 'refugees' don't commit crimes. Dems can say they need 'refugees' for redistricting and votes to get things Reason pretends to oppose, and Reason says nothing. Billions can be stolen and the immigrant thieves let off with a slap on the wrist, if even that, and Reason doesn't mind the theft of billions of tax dollars.

Not even snarking on them in the comments section is fun anymore.

PS. Afghan 'refugees' are being arrested for raping goats and sheep in France.

[Marshal]

You could always go to WAPO, surely it's better there. Reason insists they are moderates.

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

As long as they stick to goats and sheep. And stay in France.

[Ron]

there is very little libertarian about Reason anymore and when they do write a libertarian article it is only when it involves blaming Trump otherwise they ignore and or praise similar actions by the democrats

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Refuse to let yet another institution fall to the left. Keep shaming them. People find this website off search engines. Dont let them when convincing new libertarians to pursue liberaltarianism.

Plus you can laugh at retards like jeff, molly and such.

[Leo Kovalensky II]

I would honestly like to know what you thought about this article wasn't libertarian?

- Anti-FISA surveillance
- Suggests FDA bans are anti-liberty and praises RFK's position
- Makes fun of Stacey Abrams
- Some fluff about Trump calling the Doordash thing "tacky"
- More fluff about robot buses

What exactly am I missing?

[Ra's al Gore]

PI HARD - Starring Neil Tyson, SBF and many more.

https://x.com/altryne/status/2044078149902971268

[Ron]

besides looking like another ridiculous disaster movie there is no way Tyson is that athletic.

[Marshal]

I was with it until Bill Gates was naked in a sauna and there wasn't a six year old girl with him. Some things are a step too far.

Is it just me or does Tyson running look like the guy from Hot Tub Time Machine? Maybe this started as HTTM 3.

[Ra's al Gore]

its an AI spoof

[mad.casual]

@0:50 - Someone is using a lighter... and a fire extinguisher... as a flamethrower to set a police officer on fire.

Whatever AI generated it, it's got its tentacles in pretty deep to the phsyics-defying, hyperbolic, left-wing narrative political fiction.

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

The Stephen Hawking bits were funny. And was Bill Gates giving himself head?

[Leo Kovalensky II]

"Ouch" was what got me

[Rick James]

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a refreshingly libertarian answer on raw milk.

Reason: Let's 23 skidoo this joint and take in one of those new talkies they got playin' down at the picture show!