The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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To Mark Thanksgiving, Activists Launch Guantánamo Protest Along Camp's Perimeter
Fourteen peace activists from across the U.S. began a protest vigil and fast outside the U.S. military detention camp on Wednesday to draw attention to ongoing human rights abuses at the prison.
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Chicago Police Officer Who Shot Black Teen 16 Times Charged with Murder
Veteran officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with murder the day before a judge’s deadline for the release of a video showing the graphic killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
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Obama's Drone War is a "Recruitment Tool" for ISIS, Say U.S. Air Force Whistleblowers
Four former Air Force service members who operated military drones have written an open letter to President Obama warning that the program of targeted killings has become a "driving force" for ISIS and other terrorist groups.
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The Counted: U.S. Police Have Killed 1,000 People In 2015
A man fatally shot in Oakland over the weekend was also the 183rd death by police recorded this year in California – by far the greatest total of any state.
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In Aftermath of Paris Carnage, Suspects Are Still On the Run
As Paris mourned the attacks' 132 victims at a special mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, French police identified one of the gunmen involved in the assault.
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Journalists Lash Out Against Proposed Laws Restricting UK Press Freedom
Britain's media has been flooded with petitions, emotional speeches and general confusion about the government's proposed changes to Freedom of Information requests, which signal a chilling of press freedom.
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Not So Securus: Massive Hack Of 70 Million Prisoner Phone Calls Is a Constitutional Violation
An enormous cache of phone records from Securus Technologies, a leading provider of phone services inside the nation's prisons and jails, may be the most massive breach of the attorney-client privilege in modern U.S. history.
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Spies At School: F.B.I. "Puppet" Program Would Train Students To Identify Extremism
The agency has delayed the launch of its counterradicalization website amid an uproar from Muslim activists and civil rights groups, who say the program will institutionalize discriminatory profiling of Muslim youths.
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The Digital Dog Ate Our Civil Liberties Homework: “It’s Just the Way It Is”
Of all the excuses ladled out for the Obama administration's shredding of the 4th Amendment while assaulting press freedom and prosecuting whistleblowers, none is more pernicious than the claim that technology is responsible.
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Blue Canary In the Coal Mine: Why Is Twitter Rolling Out New Censorship Tools?
To many, the Internet is seen as a largely unregulated open marketplace of ideas and speech, where absent any outright violations of law, violations of website terms of service (TOS), or statements made in a directly dangerous and threatening way, comm
