Posted on 04/17/2026 1:25:38 AM PDT by RandFan
@nicksortor
JUST IN—IT’S OFFICIAL: Conservatives have BLOCKED an attempt to RAM THROUGH a 5 year extension of FISA in the dead of night, extending it by only 2 weeks
@timburchett, @laurenboebert, and @RepThomasMassie are out here celebrating a win against the deep state
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Big win in the House for the good guys...
20 House Republicans voted against this
No wonder Massie is winning his primary!
At :25s in that video, Massie is asked “Why do you think they’re continuing to force this through?” After a long pause Massie just shook his head and said “its the deep state”.
I’ll take it
Thanks Madsie Cleavage and Tiyam Barchayette
I am begging anyone who has access to President Trump to please make him stop posting this kind of retarded sh!t.
This is EXACTLY why anyone with half a brain would think twice about trusting this guy.
Burchett: “The only reason aliens don’t come down here is because there IS not intelligent life.”
LOL!
Admittedly, that same statement has had me scratching my head wondering where it came from. The Donald I know would not say such a thing.
“I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country!”
-Donald Trump
President Trump, here is some guidance for you:
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”
-Ben Franklin
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
-Sam Adams
Problem is, he isn't just giving up his. He's robbing the rest of us of ours.
You are exactly correct. He shoots from the lip far too much.
Woah. That’s quite a statement by President Trump.
My personal opinion on the FISA-702 reauthorization is well known {GO DEEP}. However, I am not naïve enough to believe there is enough DC support to stop it. {GO DEEP} That said, I am disappointed the reauthorization will not be attached to the Save America Act as leverage.


[Via Truth Social] – “I am working very hard with our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson, along with Chairman Jim Jordan and Chairman Rick Crawford, to get a clean extension of FISA 702 through the House of Representatives this week. I am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor. We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN!
I was a victim of the worst and most illegal abuse of FISA in our Nation’s History, by Radical Left Lunatics, who lied to the FISA Court to spy on my 2016 Presidential Campaign in their attempt to RIG the Election in favor of Crooked Hillary Clinton. Their use of this instrument in the 2020 Presidential Election was even worse! When the Dirty Cop, James Comey, the failed Head of the FBI, went after me, he was using FISA Title I, the Domestic Collection, not FISA 702, the Foreign Collection, which needs to be extended today.
While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk that as a Citizen in order to do what is right for our Country.”
“Our Military desperately needs FISA 702, and it is one of the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on the battlefield, both in Venezuela and Iran. Since the first day of my already Historic Second Term, my Administration has worked tirelessly to ensure these FISA Reforms are being aggressively executed at every level of the Executive Branch to keep Americans safe, while protecting our sacred Civil Liberties guaranteed by our Great Constitution. With the ongoing successful Military activities against the Terrorist Iranian Regime, it is more important than ever that we remain vigilant, PROTECT our Homeland, Troops, and Diplomats stationed abroad, and maintain our ability to quickly stop bad actors seeking to cause harm to our People and our Country.
The fact is, whether you like FISA or not, it is extremely important to our Military. I have spoken to many Generals about this, and they consider it VITAL. Not one said, even tacitly, that they can do without it — especially right now with our brilliant Military Operation in Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
I have outlined this seemingly inevitable construct with great detail; the systems creating the surveillance state for several years; culminating in a December 2024 recap [SEE HERE] along with my position in January of 2025 [SEE HERE]. I do not like it, but I understand the arguments behind it.

I think there are "MAGA" people here on FR who simply don't care.
They don't care about his flip-flop on starting wars, and I don't think they will care about this.
This is the part of his statement on Truth Social:
‘“While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk that as a Citizen in order to do what is right for our Country.”‘
There’s a clear difference between what was posted on X and Truth Social?
Look at Truth Social tight now. One crash out after another.Idiotic rants about ballrooms, Tucker Carlson, and Joe Kent getting remarried. It's like some bitchy old queen took over the account.
As noted by a poster a couple of days ago, there are two meanings of TDS.
NOTE well:
“When...James Comey...the failed Head of the FBI, went after me, he was using FISA Title I, the Domestic Collection, not FISA 702, the Foreign Collection, which needs to be extended today.”
Trump
The statement I quoted was from TruthSocial. It was posted on 4/15 at 10:16 AM, and it’s still there as of now.
Okay, thanks.
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