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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Hedges: Jeremy Hammond and the Revolutionaries In Our Midst
Hammond appears for sentencing Friday in Manhattan and could face 10 years in prison for hacking the security firm Stratfor and exposing its infiltration, monitoring and surveillance of nonviolent protesters for corporations and the security state.
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Here's what we still don't know about the U.S. drones program
Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. How much has changed since then?
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Oil Espionage: How the NSA and Britain's GCHQ Spied on OPEC
Documents disclosed by Edward Snowden reveal that both America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ have infiltrated the computer network of OPEC to spy on global energy supplies.
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Civil Rights Lawyers Challenge Judge's Removal After Stop-and-Frisk Ruling
Attorneys from the Center of Constitutional Rights say that a ruling to remove U.S. district judge Shira Scheindlin, who sought to overturn New York City's stop-and-frisk policy, was "unprecedented and unwarranted" and want the court to reconsider.
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Newfoundland Bans Fracking, As First Nations-Led New Brunswick Protests Continue
Western Newfoundland’s shale-oil deposits have been described as potentially vast, but the region includes the Gros Morne National Park, which is a world heritage site and huge tourist attraction.
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Federal Lawsuit Charges Sheriff's Deputy Unconstitutionally Killed Andy Lopez
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of Andy Lopez, contending that a sheriff deputy's killing of the 13-year-old was unconstitutional in that it violated the Fourth Amendment limiting police authority. Huge demonstrations are planned for Saturday.
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Ben Franklin Was Right About the NSA
No other nation we know of so thoroughly sifts through the world’s communications, bugs 35 key leaders, targets individuals for assassination by CIA drones or U.S. special forces and stores every word its citizens ever sent.
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Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Calls Spy Agencies' Encryption Cracking "Appalling and Foolish"
The computer scientist who created the world wide web has called for a "full and frank public debate" over Internet surveillance by the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, says the system of checks and balances has failed.
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Big Brother’s Loyal Sister: How Dianne Feinstein Is Betraying Civil Liberties
As chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the California senator generates an abundance of fog, weasel words, anti-whistleblower slander and bogus notions of reform — while methodically stabbing civil liberties in the back.
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Two Years After Being Shot at Occupy Oakland, Vet Scott Olsen is Healing — and Suing
Olsen, who suffered a fractured skull and lasting brain trauma when he was hit by a bean bag round shot by police during a volatile protest at Occupy Oakland, awaits a settlement against the Oakland PD.
