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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Republican Senator Challenges Treasury Over Bank of America’s No-Bid Prison Deal
Bailed-out bank has been paid at least $76 million to manage inmates’ accounts and oversee e-messaging and phone services inside the 121 facilities managed by the Bureau of Prisons.
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Classmates of Missing Mexico Students Vow "Radical Action"
Forty-three students were allegedly “disappeared” after a political protest two weeks ago in Guerrero state, and a nearby mass grave may link police to a drug gang that committed a massacre.
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The JPay Scam: Prison Bankers Cash In On Captive Customers
JPay, Inc. and other prison bankers collect tens of millions of dollars every year from inmates’ families in fees for basic financial services.
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Pentagon Supplies School Districts with Assault Rifles, Grenade Launchers, M.R.A.P.'s
School districts nationwide are debating whether to keep their Pentagon-issued arsenals.
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Florida City Makes It Illegal To Sleep In Public, Cracking Down On Homeless
Life is tough when you're homeless. This city wants to make it tougher.
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Police Intelligence Targets Cash, As Training By Firm Fuels Questionable Law Tactics
Like elsewhere across America, the deputy sheriff of Kane County, Ill., has urged police to use cash seizures to bolster municipal coffers.
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Albuquerque Creates New Civilian Police Oversight Agency In Response To Killings
The decision comes after a Department of Justice report showed city police routinely engage in unconstitutional policing – and that a majority of recent fatal shootings were unjustified.
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California Lawmakers Want to Limit Police Drones, but Activists Want Them Banned
California lawmakers just passed new limits on how police can use drones, but some argue that only legitimizes their use and that police shouldn't have them at all.
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Protesters Beware: Don’t Get Stung By Stingrays
If you're planning to take to the streets in New York City or elsewhere this week, know that today's IMSI technology used by police or the FBI could greatly affect the privacy of your cell phone and protest communications.
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Snowden: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Isn’t Telling the Truth About Mass Surveillance
Any statement that mass surveillance is not performed in New Zealand is categorically false. If you live in there, you're being watched.
