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SUV Burning Spurred Internal Debate at DHS on Its Role Regarding Occupy, First Amendment Activity
An Occupy Eugene march is held on October 15, 2011. (Photo: Steve Nordby / Flickr) On October 24, 2011, a domestic terrorism analyst with the Department of Homeland Security's …
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Romney Wins Illinois Big, Takes Big Stride Toward Nomination
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, hugs his wife, Ann, at his election night rally in Schaumburg, Illinois, March 20, 2012. Romney won …
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DHS Turns Over Occupy Wall Street Documents to Truthout
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: Wesley Fryer, Allie_Caulfield)The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) closely monitored the Occupy Wall Street movement, providing agency officials with threat assessments, regular updates …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans in Congress Release Budget Blueprint, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republicans in Congress released their budget blueprint today, new bill in Florida would require all state workers to submit to random drug testing, legislation introduced …
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Health Insurers: We’ll Deny Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions if Health Mandate Is Repealed
Health insurers and supporters of the Obama administration's health-care reform law are currently in the midst of drawing up possible contingency plans in case the Supreme Court overturns the …
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Justice Department Investigating Florida Killing After Outcry
Miami - The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the fatal shooting last month of an unarmed black Florida teenager by a crime watch volunteer, a case that …
Ed Rendell Investigated over Lobbying Efforts Regarding a Foreign Terrorist Organization
This post originally appeared on Right Web's Militarist Monitor. In a controversial 6-3 ruling on Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project in 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the executive’s right under the …
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At Heart of Health Law Clash, a 1942 Case of a Farmer’s Wheat
Washington - If the Obama administration persuades the Supreme Court to uphold its health care overhaul law, it will be in large part thanks to a 70-year-old precedent involving an Ohio farmer named Roscoe …
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New Toxic Sludge PR and Lobbying Effort Gets Underway
A trade association known for using the terms “compost,” "organic," and “biosolids” to describe sewage sludge is investing in a new public relations campaign to influence policymakers and the …
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Nine Strategies to End Corporate Rule
The last few years have seen a series of corporate catastrophes, for which the perpetrator companies have escaped any meaningful accountability. Big banks and giant Wall Street firms tricked …