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ACLU: Documents Show Effort of Police and US Marshals to Deceive Courts in Use of Controversial “Stringrays“
The ACLU has uncovered instructions from the US Marshals Service that appear to tell police to actively deceive judges and defendants about the use of the controversial surveillance tool …
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Dear Defense Contractor CEOs: Why Is the Pentagon Buying Weapons With Chinese Parts Instead of US Parts?
The National Rare Earth Cooperative Act would begin to address Pentagon dependence on Chinese components for US defense material: so why don't defense officials and contractors back it?
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William Rivers Pitt | They Belong in Prison, Not on TV
"I spent the first decade of the 21st century dealing with these blood-sodden bastards from the Bush administration. Now, it appears, I will spend a chunk of a second …
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It’s Official. Big Food Sues Vermont
Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association filed a lawsuit in federal the US District Court to overturn Vermont's recently passed GMO labeling law.
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The President Has No Mandate to Bomb Iraq or Syria
At this writing, President Obama has neither the legal nor the political mandate to conduct airstrikes in Iraq or Syria.
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WikiLeaks Reveals Global Trade Deal Kept More Secret Than the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trade in Services Agreement would make it easier for corporations to make profits and operate with impunity.
Legislators Amend Medical Marijuana Bill to Address Concerns of Governor Cuomo
As end of session nears, patients, families and advocates push Senate and Cuomo to finally pass Compassionate Care Act.
From Governor Moonbeam to “Big Oil Brown”
Southern California marine waters were fracked at least 203 times in the past 20 years.
Genocide, Great Wars, and Other Human Depravity
War is, quite simply, the end of the rule of law for a time.
The First Kill
Even though I never even knew her name, my Deer sister had become a part of me, and I of her.