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Bipartisan Amendments Offer More Privacy Protections than USA Freedom Act
A bipartisan team of legislators have passed amendments with a goal of retaining privacy protections presumably lost with the passage of the USA Freedom Act.Republican U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie of Kent...
Here Are 5 News Stories Not About Caitlyn Jenner's New Boobs
The power of celebrity in America cannot be overstated. When a well-known celebrity (or even a not-so-well-known one) does something like try to run over a paparazzo with an ATV or alters their person...
Marijuana Is Not The Grass You Should Be Worried About
It is time for America to rethink its position on grass.While one notorious weed commands attention from the media, the government, and the public, another less assuming grass is quietly exacerbating ...
The Rise and Fall of the NSA's Data Collection Program
Rarely do I heap any praise on a politician. I always keep a skeptical eye toward them and am not afraid to call them out when necessary. But today, that praise is necessary. U.S. Senator Rand Paul of...
Rand Paul Leads Bipartisan Effort to Declassify 28 Pages in 9/11 Report
A presidential candidate is calling for the release of 28 pages from the 9/11 Commission Report that could alter the race and the way Americans view the event.Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a 2016...
#StandWithRand: POTUS Candidate Filibusters to End NSA Spying
Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced on his Facebook page and Twitter account that he has taken the Senate floor to begin his filibuster of renewing the PATRIOT Act, specifically provisions in Se...
Rand Paul to Senate Colleagues: Don't Make Memorial Day Plans
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who garnered the nation's attention with his 13-hour filibuster of CIA Director John Brennan's nomination in 2013, may hold another epic filibuster if the Senate tries ...
What Happened to Rand Paul?
Rand Paul was supposed to be a different kind of Republican -- a Republican who championed individual liberty, but who also did not wade into the culture wars or any war for that matter. He was suppos...
In Historic Ruling, Federal Court Slams NSA on Data Collection
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the NSA bulk data collection program is illegal. The decision is a major legal victory for opponents of the program and will likely make th...
Don't Let a Crisis go to Waste: Presidential Contenders Weigh In on Baltimore Riots
Another month goes by and another black man has died at the hands of the police -- almost as if the clock that counts the days since the last killing of an unarmed minority in America went back to zer...