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A Saturday Massacre in Congress

On a Saturday to mark and remember, congress funds two wars and hands the intelligence agencies sweeping new surveillance power, getting nothing in return

Matt Taibbi
Apr 21, 2024
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We did it! We sold everybody out!

Saturday, April 20th, 2024. The NBA opened its playoff season, the city of Pinecrest, Florida was overrun by peacocks, and congressional Republicans cozied up to Democrats in in one of the all-time legislative betrayals, overriding voter sentiment to hand the national security establishment a series of historic unearned victories.

Do members of Congress work for voters, or for the Pentagon and the Intelligence Community? You be the judge:

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