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#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 ...
20 May, 2015
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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 ...
18 May, 2015
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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 ...
15 May, 2015
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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 ...
07 May, 2015
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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 ...
30 Apr, 2015
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Federal Prohibition Prevents Billion-Dollar Industry from Helping Economy
Farmers can yield, at most, $1,000 per acre from corn. Moonrise Extracts, an industrial hemp operation in Colorado, expects to reap tens of thousands per acre, from what started as a few dozen feral h ...
21 Apr, 2015
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Gary Johnson Could Threaten Rand Paul's Libertarian Cred
The media is obsessed with Hillary Clinton -- especially now that she has officially launched her 2016 presidential campaign. Unlike Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and soon Marco Rubio, Clinton d ...
13 Apr, 2015
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Who is Rand Paul?
He’s the guy named Rand who launched his campaign at the Galt House Hotel.He’s not named after Ayn Rand, says his father. And the Galt House is named after Dr. W.C. Galt, not John, says the hotel’s we ...
07 Apr, 2015
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How Rand Paul Is Different From Ron Paul
Rand Paul is expected to announce the launch of his 2016 presidential campaign on Tuesday. In anticipation of the announcement, people have wondered if his father, former U.S. Representative Ron Paul ...
07 Apr, 2015
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Mike Huckabee Says There Should be Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices
The LA Times reported Saturday that potential 2016 presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) advocates term limits for Supreme Court justices. Huckabee said the Founding Fa ...
30 Mar, 2015
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