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By bending the knee to China, corporate America endangers democracy
By Helen Raleigh, National Review, October 2019
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Republican who branded himself ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ was voted out of office in 2016 after 24 years.
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by Greg Walters, Vice, November 2018
In 2017, Matthew Whitaker went on television to explain how President Trump could appoint an acting attorney...
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by Jim Zarroli, NPR, November 2017
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By Matthew Alford, The Independent, September 2017
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DNC Shuts Down Climate Debate Compromise
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U.S. border agent confiscated journalist’s passport ‘until he would admit writing propaganda’
By Vincent Wood, The Independent, October 2019
Government officials are investigating after a US journalist reported his passport was withheld by a border agent who repeatedly asked him to admit he wrote propaganda as...
Trump raises idea of arresting House Chairman for treason
By Eileen Sullivan, The New York Times, September 2019
President Trump on Monday questioned whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam B. Schiff, should be arrested for treason for his...
Trump fantasizing about executing ‘spies’ behind the whistleblower complaint
By Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone, September 2019
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By bending the knee to China, corporate America endangers democracy
By Helen Raleigh, National Review, October 2019
Early last week, we learned Apple pulled a popular app, HK Map Live, from the App Store. Hong...
Nigeria misuses overbroad cyberstalking law: levels charges against political protester Sowore
By Cindy Cohn, Electronic Frontier Foundation, September 2019
EFF has long been concerned that—unless carefully drafted and limited—cyberstalking laws can be misused to criminalize political...
Charges dropped against 6-year-old children arrested at Orlando school
By Adrienne Cutway, WKMG ClickOrlando.com, September 2019
State Attorney Aramis Ayala says two 6-year-old children who were arrested at an Orlando school will not be prosecuted and...
