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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Edward Snowden: U.S. Government Spied on Human Rights Workers
The whistleblower told Europe's top human rights body that the NSA deliberately snooped on groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
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In Cecily McMillan Trial, NYPD Case Against Occupy Activist Doesn’t Add Up
Cecily McMillan faces up to seven years in jail on charges of assaulting a police officer, sending a chilling message to Occupy protesters.
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Banning Warrantless Data, Utah Governor Signs Privacy Bill into Law
The bill makes any electronic data obtained by the NSA or other law enforcement without a warrant inadmissible in a criminal proceeding.
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U.S. Intelligence Agencies Searched Americans' Emails Without Warrants
The NSA and CIA used a loophole to search the emails and other electronic communications of Americans without a warrant.
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Cops Or Soldiers: Why Are Paramilitary SWAT Teams Now Everywhere?
The number of SWAT deployments in small American cities soared even as violent crime fell – driven not by need, but by fear of being left behind by larger security forces.
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Hedges v. Obama: Fighting the Militarized State
This law, if it is not struck down, will essentially replace our civilian judiciary with a military one, meaning people will not have a chance to get a lawyer or see the inside of a courtroom.
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Hundreds Protest Police Shootings in Albuquerque As Anonymous Hacks A.P.D. Page
A protest over deadly police shootings in Albuquerque turned from a peaceful demonstration to “mayhem,” as officers in riot gear clashed with protesters.
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Cop In Riot Gear Violently Blindsides Girl During Arizona Riots
In a shocking move, a police officer in riot gear comes out of nowhere to check a girl into a bench, for no clear reason.
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Which Is More Terrifying: Google or Facebook?
Relentlessly, the two companies are pushing toward a dystopian future in which privacy is null and we wear social networks on our faces.
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Police Killing Inflames San Francisco Community, Revealing Further Divides
"This is a travesty. There is no justification whatsoever for him to be massacred with 14 bullet holes."
