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Americans rising up against government
America's ruling class has been experiencing more pushback than usual lately. It just might be a harbinger of things to come. First, in response to widespread protests last week, the Department of Homeland Security canceled plans to build a nationwide license plate database. Many local police departments already use license-plate readers that track every car as it passes traffic signals or pole-mounted cameras.
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Now on your restaurant bill: Obamacare fee
One Florida chain of restaurants is levying a surcharge on customers to pay for Obamacare, while an L.A. eatery is asking diners to pay for employees' health insurance.
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What you need to know about March health deadline
Sick of hearing about the health care law? Plenty of people have tuned out after all the political jabber and website woes. But now is the time to tune back in, before it’s too late. The big deadline is coming March 31.
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The State Department is actively trolling terrorists on Twitter
Here's one way the US government is trying to combat terrorism without the use of controversial explosions. A tiny portion of your tax dollars—just a few million dollars annually—is funding the State Department's trolling of jihadists on Twitter.
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US government wants to use machines to constantly monitor up to 5 million employees
The US government is planning to crack down on potential leakers and threats with a detailed personnel-monitoring system that could go into place later this year, according to the Associated Press. The system would reportedly tap into a wide variety of government databases — including military records, licenses, and local law enforcement reports — and reach out to private credit agencies as well to allow workers' behaviors to be continuously analyzed for anything unusual.
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‘Obama administration is far worse than the Bush administration’ on transparency: Claim
Washington loves the perennial debate about whether the current administration is any more or less secretive than previous ones. It’s a topic driven by the often warped perceptions of journalists and serves as the spine of a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) by former Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. with reporting by Sara Rafsky.
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The White House Has Been Covering Up the Presidency's Role in Torture for Years
The Obama administration has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep a short phrase describing President Bush's authorization of the torture program secret.
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Freedom of Information Act law 'terribly, terribly broken,' expert tells Senate panel
Public frustration is growing over federal agencies' resistance to providing records under the Freedom of Information Act, according to journalists and open government advocates. "We have a weaker FOIA law than Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico and Russia," said David Cuillier, president of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Government must stop requesting broad email search warrants, judge says
A district court judge is sending government prosecutors back to the drawing board when it comes to how they request warrants to search through suspects' emails and other electronic communications. In an opinion and order rejecting a warrant request earlier this month, DC Magistrate Judge John Facciola said that the standard format of digital search warrant applications has been consistently leading to overbroad and unconstitutional requests.
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Americans Are Owed the Truth About Torture
Today the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a momentous vote. The subject: what Americans are allowed to know about crimes perpetrated in our names. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Bush Administration empowered the CIA to torture human prisoners. This was done in secret, without any due process.
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White House Rebukes Samsung's Marketing Use Of Obama-Ortiz Selfie
The White House berated Samsung's strategy of using a selfie of President Obama and Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz as a marketing tool on Thursday, CNN Money reported. Taken earlier this week, the moment was captured by Ortiz during a visit to the White House. After taking the photo, Ortiz shared it with his fans on Twitter. Samsung, who has an endorsement deal with Ortiz, went ahead and re-tweeted the post to its 5.2 million followers.
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Senate report contains new details on CIA black sites
A Senate Intelligence Committee report provides the first official confirmation that the CIA secretly operated a black site prison out of Guantánamo Bay, two U.S. officials who have read portions of the report have told Al Jazeera.
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CIA and White House under pressure after Senate torture report leaks
Senate committee found CIA interrogations and detentions to be 'brutal' and urges administration to release report as quickly as possible
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Net worth of members of the U.S. Congress in 2010
A look at the average net worth of all the members Congress in 2010.
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Study concluded that the U.S. Is an Oligarchy and NOT a Democracy like most people have been led to believe.
A new study by researchers from Princeton and Northwestern Universities finds that America's government policies reflect the wishes of the rich and of powerful interest groups, rather than the wishes of the majority of citizens.
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NY Joins Pact to Elect Presidents by Popular Vote
Gaining the state's 29 electoral votes is a boon to a national movement to align the Electoral College system with the popular vote.
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Why the Obamacare fight never ends
Conservatives will never agree it's working no matter what the evidence shows. They're ideologues who believe that if something is wrong, it can't possibly work. Even if it works.
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White House reportedly asking for legal immunity for companies that hand over data
The White House reportedly is asking lawmakers working on reforms of the National Security Agency to offer legal immunity for telecommunications companies that hand over customer data to the government.
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House votes to establish select committee on Benghazi
The House voted Thursday to establish a select committee on Benghazi, formally launching a comprehensive and contentious investigation aimed at answering lingering questions about what happened before, during and after the terror attack that killed four Americans.
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All of the US government's spending will soon be available on one website
US government spending data can be a pain to track down; while much of it is publicly accessible, it's scattered across many agencies that have their own ways of presenting information. Soon, though, you won't have hunt for it at all. The recently signed DATA (Digital Accountability and Transparency) Act will publish all of that financial material on USASpending.gov in an easily readable, software-independent format.
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