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How a Malaysian Playboy Controlled the Most Powerful Naval Force on the Planet
Fat Leonard’s hookers and cash seduced the U.S. Seventh Fleet … and soaked taxpayers for millions
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Federal court rejects Third Amendment claim against police officers
A federal district court recently rejected a rare Third Amendment claim against local police. The Third Amendment forbids the “quartering” of “soldiers” in private homes without the owner’s consent...
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The Truth About Black Twitter
Complex, influential, and far more meaningful than the sum of its social justice-driven hashtags
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Chris Christie: 'I Will Crack Down' On Legal Marijuana As President
If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) becomes president of the United States
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No Fly List: Government Offers New Redress Procedures
The government will no longer refuse to confirm or deny that persons who are prevented from boarding commercial aircraft have been placed on the “No Fly List,” and such persons will have new opportunities to challenge the denial of boarding, the Department of Justice announced yesterday in a court filing. Until now, the Government refused to acknowledge...
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NSA and FBI fight to retain spy powers as surveillance law nears expiration
Debate reignites on Capitol Hill as agency representatives secretly meet with members of Congress to address Patriot Act measure
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The Trials of John Roberts
How Will John Roberts Vote on Gay Marriage and the Affordable Care Act in 2015? The politically polarized cases will test the chief justice's commitment to judicial restraint.
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back and enjoy themselves while the United States... [Satire]
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Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse — Unless You’re a Cop
A recent Supreme Court ruling allows the kind of traffic stop that led to Walter Scott’s death.
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The Myth of Police Reform
The real problem is the belief that all our social problems can be solved with force. By Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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The Archdruid Report: The Retro Future
Is it just me, or has the United States taken yet another great leap forward into the surreal over the last few days? Glancing through the news, I find another round of articles babbling about how fracking has guaranteed America a gaudy future as a petroleum and natural gas exporter...
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Elizabeth Warren Hammers the Endless Failures of Wall Street Regulators
Warren assailed the nation's top bank regulators on Wednesday for coddling Wall Street offenders and ducking the responsibilities Congress assigned them in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown.
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ALEC Threatens To Sue Critics That Point Out It Helps Keep Broadband Uncompetitive
As you might have read, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been losing some major clients lately, including Google, T-Mobile and Microsoft. Those companies have been quietly distancing themselves from ALEC, after critics have illustrated its ties to legislative assaults on climate change science and meaningful pollution standards...
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Lawmakers Unveil Secretly Negotiated Deal to Fast-Track F̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶T̶r̶a̶d̶e̶ TPP
“We can’t fast track fast-track, that’s a complete abdication of our responsibilities...”
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Racist Posts on NY Cop Blog Raise Ire at Time of Tension
A blog hosting posts from former and current New York City officers reinforces the worst kinds of stereotypes.
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The War Against ISIS Will Go Undeclared
Congress won't approve President Obama's proposed authorization of military force, but it won't limit him either.
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Health: The Right Diagnosis and the Wrong Treatment
Marcia Angell reviews “America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System” by Steven Brill
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Weakened surveillance reform bill is ‘yesterday’s news’, civil libertarians say
The impending USA Freedom Act seeks to stop NSA phone record collection, leaving Section 215 intact, which activists say will only prolong mass surveillance
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Head of the FBI’s Anthrax Investigation Says the Whole Thing Was a Sham
Agent In Charge of Amerithrax Investigation Blows the Whistle
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Tulsa Deputy Who Killed Unarmed Man Finally Speaks Out: ‘It Can Happen to Anyone’
The Oklahoma reserve police officer who mistakenly shot and killed an unarmed man earlier this month finally spoke out on Friday morning, sitting down for a satellite interview with NBC's Today Show.
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