The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001

MANIFESTO

An extension for this horrible piece of legislation will come up for a vote any day now, and while

some rank-and-file Republicans are signaling they will resist efforts later this year to make the law permanent,

it's pretty clear that the hideously misnamed law will continue intact for another few months at least.

John Chait explains the Tea Party's enabling role in all this.

UPDATE — At least some people seem to be paying attention, although my own representative missed the boat.