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Know Your Digital Rights -- Tips For Talking To The Police -- Summary (EFF)
June 27, 2011 (EFF) -- The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now? Don’t consent to a search. • Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a ...
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New York governor signs law approving gay marriage (Dan Wiessner)
People celebrate after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage in New York June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi June 24, 2011 -- ALBANY, New York (Reuters) -- Governor Andrew ...
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US Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana (Luis Robayo)
June 22, 2011 (AFP) -- A group of U.S. representatives plan to introduce legislation that will legalize marijuana and allow states to legislate its use, pro-marijuana groups said Wednesday. The ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court clears way for collective bargaining law to take effect (Ed Treleven)
June 14, 2011 (Wisconsin State Journal) -- A Dane County judge overstepped her authority when she voided Gov. Scott Walker's measure limiting public sector collective bargaining, the state Supreme ...
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Replacing Economic Democracy with Financial Oligarchy (Michael Hudson)
June 3, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Soon after the Socialist Party won Greece’s national elections in autumn 2009, it became apparent that the government’s finances were in a shambles. In ...
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Scott signs bill forcing drug tests on welfare recipients (Miami Herald)
May 31, 2011 (Miami Herald) -- Floridians will have to submit urine, blood or hair samples for drug testing before receiving cash benefits from the state, under a bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into ...
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Welcome to Post-Legal America (Tom Engelhardt)
Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex May 31, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Is the Libyan war legal? Was Bin Laden’s killing legal? Is it legal for the president of the United States to ...
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House Passes Bill Authorizing Worldwide War As Momentum Builds Against It (ACLU)
Defense Bill Also Contains Several Other Troubling Provisions May 26, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (ACLU) -- The House today passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contains a dangerous ...
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There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says (Spencer Ackerman)
May 25, 2011 (Wired) -- You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. Congress is set to ...
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Strauss-Kahn simply had to be eliminated (Paul Craig Roberts)
The Amerikan Police State Strides Forward May 18, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- The International Monetary Fund’s director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was arrested last Sunday in New York City ...
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Federal Audits Find 4 Biggest Banks Guilty of Fraud (Shahien Nasiripour)
Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers May 17, 2011 (Huffington Post) -- WASHINGTON -- A set of confidential federal audits accuse the nation’s five ...
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