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: The Sparks of Rebellion
With the decimation of U.S. manufacturing along with the dismantling of our unions and opposition parties, we will have to search for different instruments of rebellion.
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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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Germany's Euroskeptic "Alternative Party" Leads Fringe Heading into Sunday Elections
Alternative for Deutschland's success stems from its leaders exploiting Euroskepticism among Germans who feel their wealthy, productive country is unfairly shouldering the burden of economic growth in the E.U.
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Occupy Wall Street, Two Years On: We're Still the 99%
Two years ago, in scores of encampments across America, a new generation found its calling.
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Follow the Money: How the NSA Monitors the Financial World
Secret documents reveal that the main NSA financial database Tracfin already had 180 million datasets by 2011.
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Exposed: NSA Shares Raw Intelligence Including Americans' Data with Israel
Details of the intelligence-sharing agreement are laid out in a memorandum of understanding between the NSA and its Israeli counterpart -- the latest top-secret document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Turn The Light On! It's Us Or Them For the Future of the Web
Will a new generation of whistleblowers set us free? If we’re going to win the web-game back, we’re going to need them more than ever.
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EXPOSED: Snowden Leaks $52B "Black Budget" Summary Detailing U.S. Spying Efforts
The 178-page budget summary for the National Intelligence Program describes the successes, failures and objectives of 16 U.S. spy agencies, mapping a bureaucratic and operational landscape that has never been subject to public scrutiny.
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Investigation: The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities
After 9/11, the NYPD built in effect its own CIA — and its Demographics Unit delved deeper into the lives of citizens than did the NSA.
