TELL Congress: The Senate is set to confirm Trump's election denying nominee for director of national intelligence. If they do, Congress could move to quickly pass Trump's dream mass surveillance bill without protecting our privacy and personal communications. Sign the petition: Block Trump's AI-powered spying abuses NOW!

The Senate is one vote away from confirming Jay Clayton — a Trump loyalist, election denier, and danger to democracy — to be the next director of national intelligence (DNI).

In Clayton's confirmation hearing, he refused to say that Joe Biden won the 2020 election and refused to explain the chilling subpoenas he issued to New York Times journalists for reporting on the Trump administration.1

If Clayton is confirmed, Congress could quickly move to extend the Trump administration's mass surveillance powers via Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Trump wants to keep spying loopholes open so Stephen Miller and Kash Patel can look through Americans' private data and personal communications without a warrant. Our lawmakers must stop him.

Sign the petition: Vote to block Trump and Stephen Miller's AI-powered surveillance of Americans!

Demand Progress has led hundreds of advocates and a bipartisan coalition in Congress to stop lawmakers from rubber-stamping Trump's spying abuses. We've blocked an extension of FISA three times. The next fight for our privacy rights is happening right now.

Despite criticism of Trump's abuse of powers, some Democrats are still working with Republicans to pass FISA without critical privacy reforms.2 With the federal government's full embrace of artificial intelligence tech, these unchecked spying powers are even more dangerous.

Our lawmakers must hear our opposition NOW and vote to protect our privacy, and our elections, from government overreach.

Sign the petition: Block Trump's authoritarian, AI-supercharged spying bill!

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Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. Demand Progress, "Jay Clayton Denies Objective Reality at Trainwreck Hearing," July 15, 2026.
  2. Demand Progress, "Senate Stops Warrantless Section 702 Reauthorization," June 5, 2026.

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