{"id":11180,"date":"2015-05-14T16:48:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T23:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11180"},"modified":"2015-05-14T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T23:48:00","slug":"nsa-spying-dumb-jeb-still-between-iraq-hard-place-bradcast-5142015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11180","title":{"rendered":"NSA Spying &#038; &#8216;USA Freedom Act&#8217;; Dumb Jeb Still Between Iraq, Hard Place: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/14\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_AmericanFlagBlinds_NSA_051415.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">The new USA Freedom Act has just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/05\/house-passes-usa-freedom-act\/\">sailed through the U.S. House<\/a> and now heads to the Senate, as a replacement for the bulk spying provisions of the USA Patriot Act. National security blogger\/muckraker Marcy Wheeler of <a href=\"http:\/\/emptywheel.net\">Emptywheel.net<\/a> joins us on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> to explain what it all means, whether it will pass, what happens if it doesn&#8217;t, and whether the new bill will make things better or worse.<\/p>\n<p>Also, way-too-dumb-to-be-President Jeb Bush takes his <i>fifth<\/i> embarrassing stab at answering a very simple question about Iraq; We finally find a Republican who <i>isn&#8217;t<\/i> running for President in 2016; Great news for progressive Democrats in Wisconsin!; And Desi Doyen joins us for our 600th(!) <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a>!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_MarcyWheelerUSAFreedomAct_JebAgain_051415.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_MarcyWheelerUSAFreedomAct_JebAgain_051415.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><i>While we post <\/i>The BradCast<i> here everyday, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new USA Freedom Act has just sailed through the U.S. House and now heads to the Senate, as a replacement for the bulk spying provisions of the USA Patriot Act. 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