The Bluesky thread on the midnight session where Johnson tried to ram through a 5 year approval with significant revisions no one had seen is gobsmacking. Most transparent, only if you are looking for most transparently corrupt and evil administration ever. This is such a vile thing to do to a democracy.
https://bsky.app/profile/lizagoitein.bsky.social/post/3mjpar...
America's greatest digital senator (by country miles) has also ongoingly been posting up a storm about how the current usage of FISA has more Bush era secret interpretations they won't tell us, that is authorizing them to spy broadly on Americans. One of many examples:
https://bsky.app/profile/wyden.senate.gov/post/3mjkquz34uc2a
This is actually an issue where almost anyone calling their electeds in the House and Senate will probably reach someone where the is a tiny, marginal effect.
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Left publication also has a scoop on the negotiations with Freedom caucus too that proceeded this; rather interesting: https://prospect.org/2026/04/17/mike-johnson-fisa-fiasco-sec...
America's greatest digital senator (by country miles) has also ongoingly been posting up a storm about how the current usage of FISA has more Bush era secret interpretations they won't tell us, that is authorizing them to spy broadly on Americans. One of many examples: https://bsky.app/profile/wyden.senate.gov/post/3mjkquz34uc2a