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Congress is trying to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without a single reform after jamming the provision into the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). But a few Republican senators are pushing back hard over concerns that without reform, the intelligence agencies will continue abusing FISA and capturing Americans’ electronic communications. 

Other stories on today’s show include: 

@ 11:05 | West Virginia’s secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate says the CIA stole the election from Trump; 

@ 22:35 | Leaked video shows IBM CEO Arvind Krishna coercing management into racist hiring practices; 

@ 27:30 | Joe Biden just allocated $200 million in drawdown funds for Ukraine, and is trying to convince the American people that we need to pour billions more into an unwinnable war. 

@ 33:40 | JBS researcher Kyle Flemming discusses the sad condition of California’s Republicans.

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