Republicans Supported the Security State’s Spy Provision

If it weren’t for Republicans, the defense bill couldn’t have passed with Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as part of it. Many Republicans — including former presidential candidates — opposed Freedom Caucus members’ efforts to separate the spy provision from the rest of the defense bill. We name some of the Republicans who sided with the National Security State, and discuss whether “MAGA” Mike Johnson’s honeymoon with constitutionalists is over.

Other stories in today’s show include:

@ 11:55 | Back from the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, TNA executive senior editor Steve Bonta discusses how unserious many nations are about reducing fossil-fuel use.

@ 22:05 | Congress just approved the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision barring the president from unilaterally pulling the U.S. out of NATO. Is this in case of a Trump victory?

@ 25:45 | Illinois landowners scored a victory when a county board denied a company’s permit for drilling carbon dioxide wells.

@ 33:05 | John Birch Society research manager Christian Gomez discusses how we can apply pressure to slash federal spending.