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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Have a Nice Day, NSA: Brazil's "Mad Cow" Retaliation to U.S. Spying
Brazil's president called NSA surveillance of her country “a breach of international law” and a violation of human rights.
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What To Do About Surveillance and the FISA Court?
If we settle for merely feel-good reforms to FISA and security state overreach, there is a clear and present danger of another big scandal whenever the next Snowden blows the whistle.
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Licensed to Kill: The Growing Phenomenon of Police Shooting Unarmed Citizens
Even older cops equally alarmed by the attitudes and behaviors of younger police today, the foot soldiers in the emerging police state.
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Pussy Riot Member Starts Hunger Strike to Protest "Colony Slave Labor"
"I will do this until the administration starts obeying the law and stops treating incarcerated women like cattle," writes Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
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Exposed: Georgia's Courts Are Breaking The Law By Denying Public Access
Revelations by a judicial oversight commission in Georgia show that numerous judges in the state are violating the law by denying public access to courtrooms.
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After Shocking Murder By Neo-Nazi, Thousands of Greeks Protest Rise of the Far Right
Thousands of Greeks took to the streets last week to demonstrate against the escalating violence engulfing the country.
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BREAKING: Albany, N.Y., Introduces Strong Resolution Against NDAA
The City of Albany may legislate that the National Defense Authorization Act violates multiple provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
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Dozens of Greenpeace Activists Arrested at Gunpoint As Russians Storm Arctic Ship
Armed Russian military stormed the Arctic Sunrise, a Greenpeace ship protesting against Gazprom oil exploitation in remote Arctic waters, arresting 25.
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Canadians Detained in Cairo Begin Hunger Strike
Two Canadian men held in an Egyptian prison without formal charges announced they've begun a hunger strike demanding their release from Cairo’s infamous Tora Prison.
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Occupy Wall Street Lawsuits Seek Justice For Arrests, Pepper Spray Two Years Later
As Occupy Wall Street notched its second anniversary, many of its supporters marked another milestone: one more day pursuing lawsuits against New York City.
