civil liberties
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Government Policies
Yahoo Secretly Scanned All Customer Emails for the NSA, FBI
Yahoo is having a bad month. While the company is trying to sell itself to Verizon, it announced last month that…
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News
Disgrace: Obama’s TSA Beat Up a Disabled Woman
This is government, keeping you safe. A young woman and her mother were returning home, after the daughter was treated…
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News
You Won’t Believe Why the TSA Patted Down This 10-Year Old Girl
A father caught the TSA on video frisking his 10-year-old daughter for over 2 minutes. The reason? Accidentally bringing a…
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Government Policies
Mismatched Blinds, Basketball Hoops, and BBQ’s are Illegal in this City
Residents of Pagedale, MO (a suburb of St. Louis) are angry at local law enforcement for policing for profit, rather than…
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Government Policies
Chris Christie and Rand Paul Battled Over Civil Liberties Last Night and Things Got Heated
One exchange from the Fox News GOP presidential debate stood out from the pack last night, and that was the sparring…
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Black Liberal Establishment
Say What? Obama is Making a Race Database With Our Private Data
You just can’t make this stuff up. The White House has access to more personal information about its citizens in…
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News
You Will Never Believe How This School Tracks Children
How much personal information about students is too much? One Pennsylvania school’s method to track lunches crosses the line into…
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News
The White House Asked the NSA to Collect Bulk Data Again
President Obama is trying to have his surveillance cake, and eat it too. The Guardian reports: The Obama administration has…
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Commentaries
Lunch Break Read: Rand Against the Machine
While you are taking your lunch break today, be sure to check out my latest commentary on Conservative Review, titled,…
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Government Policies
Is the Justice Department Watching Your Social Media Account?
The Justice Department is studying social media, though it’s not entirely clear what individual accounts or groups of targeted accounts…
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News
You Will Never Believe Which Government Agency Fails 95% of the Time
An embarrassing internal investigation of the TSA revealed that the agency’s -often intrusive- airport security checkpoints allowed prohibited items to…
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Government Policies
Did the NSA Really Get Cut Off?
The PATRIOT Act has officially expired, which means the NSA has stopped the warrantless collection of bulk data- for now. Breitbart…
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News
You’ll Never Believe What the “Hope” Poster Artist Thinks About Obama Now
Turns out, the artist who designed the iconic Obama “HOPE” poster has some voter’s remorse. In a Q&A with Esquire magazine,…
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Government Policies
President Obama Wants to Renew the Patriot Act…. But What Would Senator Obama Say?
President Obama is calling on the Senate to renew the Patriot Act, a program that allows the government to collect bulk data…
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Government Policies
FBI Admits: Mass Spying Hasn’t Stopped Terrorism
The NSA spying scandal revealed the extent to which Americans have surrendered their privacy in the name of national security,…
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Government Policies
Can Police Take Your Money and Spend it on Themselves?
Sadly, yes. And they don’t need a warrant to do it. Fox News reports: The Mississippi city of Richland has…
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Government Policies
Will the USA Freedom Act Actually Reform the NSA?
The House of Representatives voted on the side of civil liberties this week, passing a bill called the USA Freedom…
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News
Is the TSA Too Busy Looking at Your Equipment to Inspect Their Own?
Turns out, the machines that costed millions of dollars to set up and delay the security line at airports across the…
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Government Policies
Outrage: DEA Steals $16k, Crushes Dreams of Young Musician
Civil asset forfeiture strikes again. This infuriating story, as re-told by Jason Pye, originally ran on FreedomWorks.org. Here is a preview:…
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Government Policies
There Was a Game-Changing Court Decision on NSA Spying
There is huge news for civil liberties advocates this week who believe that the NSA’s warrantless bulk data collection…
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News
Colorado School Confiscates…. Oreo Cookies?
Searches and seizures ….. in school lunch boxes? A Colorado mom packed Oreo cookies in her daughter’s lunch, only to…
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