This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime
Conservative lawmakers have put forward laws criminalizing protests that disrupt the construction and operation of pipelines in at least 18 states since 2017.
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"Treating Protest As Terrorism': U.S. Plans Crackdown on Keystone XL Activists
Documents suggest an aggressive response to possible protests against the oil pipeline amid fears of another Standing Rock.
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Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People
In a colorful decision that managed to invoke the Boston Tea Party, Lady Macbeth and Jesus of Nazareth, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that feeding the homeless is “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.”
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Brett Kavanaugh Could Bring An Avalanche of Big Money to Elections
Kavanaugh’s appellate court decisions and public comments suggest he will accelerate the trend toward a political system dominated by wealthy elites – often operating in the shadows, without any form of disclosure.
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U.S. Government Targets Journalists As Real Terrorist "Incel" Threat Grows
It was difficult to take this movement seriously until they, too, discovered that vans could be rented affordably and plowed into crowds of pedestrians. Like Isis, Incel is radicalizing disenchanted, lonely, frustrated young men.
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The Assault on Environmental Protest
More than 50 state bills that would criminalize protest, deter political participation, and curtail freedom of association have been introduced across the country in the past two years.
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How the Anti-Democracy Movement Used Media to Command the Narrative
The deregulation of media in the 1990s illustrates the effectiveness of the Anti-Democracy Movement in convincing Republicans and Democrats alike that a narrow, market-driven, anti-government approach was imperative—even if it led to oligopoly.
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In Texas, A High School Student Sues for the Right To Sit During Pledge of Allegiance
The debate over kneeling in the NFL during the National Anthem has spread to other institutions. Now, the public is about to rediscover why schools expelling students for sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance is a constitutional violation.
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U.S. Government Demands Details On All Visitors to Anti-Trump Protest Site
Privacy advocates call warrant for IP addresses of 1.3 million people who visited inauguration protest website an unconstitutional "fishing expedition."
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Since Trump's Election, 20 States Have Moved to Criminalize Dissent
It's being called the "biggest protest crackdown since the Civil Rights Era."
