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USA Freedom Act Introduced to Limit NSA Surveillance
Reports of National Security Agency surveillance capabilities and oversight continue to surpass previous assumptions. Dragnet data collection lie at the center of legal and privacy concerns. This week ...
31 Oct, 2013
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Top 25 Political Funders Include Home Depot and the City of New York
There is a lot of money in politics, from local, to state, to federal elections. But some groups give a lot more to candidates and committees than others. Data was collected from the Center for R ...
29 Oct, 2013
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Outdated Caucus System in Iowa Leaves Out 90% of Voters
The 2016 presidential election may be three years away, but Iowa is already abuzz with potential Republican candidates.As soon as the dust settled from Mitt Romney’s failed bid to unseat President Bar ...
09 Oct, 2013
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Mother Risks Losing Her Son after Seeking Medical Marijuana Treatment
Sierra Riddle received an unwanted visit from a human services agent last week after making the decision to use hash oils to treat her son’s aggressive form of leukemia instead of chemotherapy.Last ye ...
07 Oct, 2013
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Old Standardized Test Must Be Left Behind To Move Ahead, Bonilla Says
Credit: Aspen Photo / Shutterstock.comGovernor Brown signed Assembly Bill 484 on October 2, ending California's K-12 standardized testing system and moving toward a new one. STAR testing will no long ...
03 Oct, 2013
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Accounting Issues and Social Strife
In 2011, Wisconsin state budget and accounting issues actually got so exciting they brought reminders of protests from the 1960s and 1970s. The 2011 debate centered on how the state would approa ...
20 Sep, 2013
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Rand Paul Fundraising Numbers Reach Nearly $2 Million
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)With over two years before any candidates begin announcing for the presidency, Kentucky US Senator Rand Paul is making the fundraising rounds and retrieving a sizable sum.To to ...
27 Aug, 2013
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NSA Violated Constitution by Breaching Tens of Thousands of American Emails
National trust in the NSA could further deplete in the wake of a 2011 court ruling released Wednesday. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) chief justice Judge John D. Bates ...
22 Aug, 2013
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Wisconsin Bill Proposes Less Campaign Disclosure, Limits Transparency
Wisconsin state Senator Glenn GrothmanWhen evidence surfaced last month in New Jersey that one of the most influential engineering firms in the state, Birdsall, had been making questionable campaign ...
06 Aug, 2013
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False Reporting of Texas Abortion Law Protests Needs Scrutiny
Earlier this week I wrote about the misinformation, and misleading by various law enforcement, media, and bloggers about the Zimmerman Verdict Protesters. We saw it in LA, with false claims from ...
19 Jul, 2013
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