Politics
- Secret government: America against democracy
- The Quiet Coup: No, Not Egypt. Here.
- The Unspoken Truth: Coup d'etat in America
- Robert Reich: An Impertinent Question
- US bridges decay, while politicians focus on ribbon cutting
- Former Bush Economist Defends the 1 Percent
- Blast from the Past: Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Taking Down America
- Michael Hastings Cremated, Family Never Requested; Wife Hires Private Investigator—Curiouser and scarier.
- U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans
- Billionaire Koch brothers use Web to take on media reports they dispute
- Total Arrests Climb to 700 as Thousands Protest GOP in North Carolina
- Why I'm Getting Arrested: A North Carolina Teacher Speaks Out
- GOP to rally in response to 'Moral Monday'
- North Carolina Lawmakers Ram Through Plan That Would Increase Taxes On Poor People
- A State for Sale—"A conservative multimillionaire has taken control in North Carolina, one of 2012's top battlegrounds."
- Mitch McConnell's problem: How can he threaten to obstruct the Senate even more?
- Senate Filibuster Deal An Embarrassment For Mitch McConnell
- In the House, a Refusal to Govern NYT
- Poll: Most Blame GOP Obstruction For Gridlock, Not Obama's Lack Of Persuasion
- Here Are the 15 Bills That Have Actually Become Law So Far This Year
- GOP Hypocrisy and the Farm Bill
- Who's dependent on food stamps? Cheapskate corporations
- Tea Party May Lose Food-Stamp Fight
- Killing the Immigration Bill, Polarizing America
- GOP inaction on immigration is not a viable option
- Group opposing immigration bill plans full-scale campaign on House
- Kids not sure why Cheerios ad featuring interracial couple angered some
- 'White Hispanic' and other media creations on race
- Sen. Vivian Davis Figures: Racism has played role in Republican rise to dominance in Alabama
- Rush Limbaugh Uses N-Word On Air, Says He Can Say It Because 'It Isn't Racist' Anymore
- This Happened: CNN Panel Debates 'N-Word vs. Cracker: Which Is Worse?'—The fact that they can't objectively show the word 'nigger' says it all.
- Senate Control in 2014 Increasingly Looks Like a Tossup—The GOP is poised for a takeover.
- Democrats: It's the states, stupid!—"Unless the Democrats wake up to the importance of winning state legislative elections, they are likely to remain a largely impotent minority in the House of Representatives and equally feeble in the state legislatures."
- Pennsylvania Republicans Looking to Push Out Their Governor—"Tom Corbett is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country. Now his own party is turning on him."
- New Texas voting disputes
- Voting Rights Act Decision Leaves GOP With Tough Choices
- Fla. Supreme Court won't stop redistricting challenge
- SC officials need to own up to 'zombie voter' fabrication—"Last year, Gov. Nikki Haley's DMV director made headlines when he claimed to have discovered that nearly 1,000 dead people had cast ballots in our state." They weren't dead.
- Why D.C. needs public campaign financing
- 'US citizen has no right to free speech?' State Dept spokesperson grilled over Snowden
- Mainstream Amnesia: Why Silent on Snowden?
- A Secret Surveillance Program Proves Challengeable in Theory Only—"By insisting that they need not disclose whether there had been surveillance under the 2008 law, they have immunized the surveillance program from challenges under the Fourth Amendment, which bans unreasonable searches and seizure." NYT
- NSA Snooping: The War on Terror Is America's Mania
- NSA is more than just a spy network, it's global fascism
- Driving somewhere? There's a gov't record of that
- 10 Sci-Fi Stories That Predicted the Surveillance State
- Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey—"I believe you have done the right thing in exposing what I regard as massive violation of the United States constitution."
- Rep. Justin Amash Pushing To Strip The NSA's Funding With An Amendment To The Defense Appropriations Bill
- Rep. Holt to introduce bill to repeal Patriot Act & 2008 FISA Act
- Levin: Only Way To Hold Clapper Accountable Is For President To 'Fire Him'
- NSA Sued By Unusual Coalition Of Gun Rights And Environmental Activists Over 'Dragnet Surveillance'
- Either The Solicitor General Lied To The Supreme Court, Or Senator Feinstein Lied To The Public About Warrantless Wiretapping
- Stratfor: Keeping the NSA in Perspective—"The threat posed by PRISM and other programs is not what has been done with them but rather what could happen if they are permitted to survive."
- Microsoft: Responding to government legal demands for customer data—"We believe the U.S. Constitution guarantees our freedom to share more information with the public, yet the Government is stopping us."
- Will the NSA use the Xbox One to spy on your family?—"Skype swore wiretaps weren't possible before recent reports. Is Kinect next
- A Call to Boycott U.S. Tech Platforms Over the NSA's PRISM Surveillance
- Mark Zuckerberg Runs A Giant Spy Machine In Palo Alto, California
- Okay: Now Do You Realize Why CISPA's Granting Of Broad Immunity For Companies Sharing Data With The Feds Is An Issue?
