The “massive national security surveillance state that was built after 9/11 has always been a threat to freedom,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @democracynow.org, so FISA Section 702 must be reformed to require warrants to search the data, or must be allowed to expire.
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A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire Friday unless it is reauthorized by Congress. Section 702 allows for the warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals believed to be outside of the U.S., yet, in practice, it also sweeps up and stores vast amounts of data from people inside the country, including their emails, texts and cellphone data. The FISA provision was enacted in 2008 to legalize George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program that was developed after 9/11.
A bipartisan group of senators is opposing the reauthorization of Section 702 due to President Trump’s naming of MAGA loyalist Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, to replace Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation in May. Pulte has no known background in intelligence. He currently serves as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, where he has used his position to carry out Trump’s campaign of retribution against his political enemies.
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This is what happens when a lot of people who don’t know ball pretend to know ball (a classic tournament malady)
Creationism explained
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Scotland plays in the World Cup tonight, crank it up to a million
Seeing Alexi Lalas' smug dumb face on my TV again for the next 30+ days reminds me of this brilliant (and still relevant) article written by @drewmagary.bsky.social
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NEW: Since the 1980s, skaters from across the East Coast have appreciated D.C.'s plazas, fountains, and granite edges.
President Trump's efforts to “beautify” the District are accelerating efforts to limit skating in these iconic spaces, William "Phresh Ingredient" Clarke IV reports.
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Columnist Drew Magary is over the U.S. soccer star-turned-Fox Sports pundit.
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City-run parks can’t replace the history and culture of spaces like Freedom Plaza, people who grew up in the local skate scene say.
Buttigieg: We sit in a in a country that's got the wrong number of people on the Supreme Court, possibly the wrong number of representatives in the House of Representatives. And by the way, when you consider the disenfranchisement of the people of DC, we have the wrong number of states in the US
Breaking News from @TheAthleticFC: Thomas Partey was denied entry into Canada and will not play in Ghana’s opening World Cup game. The former Arsenal midfielder is due to stand trial in the UK on seven charges of rape and one of sexual assault. He denies the charges.
Ghana are set to open their tournament at Toronto's BMO Field against Panama on Wednesday, June 17.
Not sure the comments about the USMNT overwhelming a third-rate Paraguay team are realistic. By ELO, Paraguay rated ahead of the US before last night. (They're now tied.)
Opta had Paraguay 30th and the US 36th before the tournament.
Paraguay beat Argentina and Brazil (at home) in qualifying.
