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“Now a particularly ironic fact has come to light — it appears that IP addresses...”
– DailyTech - Congress Plugs Anti-Piracy Legislation By Day, Pirates Porn by Night (via robot-heart-politics)
“71 percent of suspensions for insubordination, a relatively rare offense in the...”
– In Washington area, African American students suspended and expelled two to five times as often as whites - The Washington Post (via robot-heart-politics)
“Across the Washington area, black students are suspended and expelled two to...”
– In Washington area, African American students suspended and expelled two to five times as often as whites - The Washington Post (via robot-heart-politics)
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The Obama administration is poised to announce the... →
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mehreenkasana:
PRO TIP: Selling fighter jets to a strategic ally repressive regime doesn’t look good.
Speaking of, I’ve still got my eye on the proposed $53 million arms sale to Bahrain. Can we take a moment to review the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry’s list of violations reported to them throughout their human rights investigation?
a. Deaths; b. Torture;...
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“With income inequality at its highest level in 80 years while the federal tax...”
– John Perr (via liberalsarecool)
Yes, conservatives are hipsters too
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From ThinkProgress’ culture blogger, Alyssa Rosenberg:
[It’s] not really news that people who have tattoos, piercings, good haircuts and cool clothes believe that Christ is their savior and adopt hipster aesthetics to reach their target audiences. Thinking like this is one of the reasons I think progressives need not to get lazy about culture: it’s not enough to assume that...
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Colorado Asks DEA to Reschedule Marijuana, DEA... →
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The head of the Colorado Department of Revenue has written a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration asking that federal controls on marijuana be loosened slightly to account for its “potential medicinal value.”
Colorado is the third state with a medical-marijuana program to ask the DEA to reschedule marijuana…
The letter asks that the DEA consider moving marijuana...
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The Drone as Privacy Catalyst →
Associated today with the theatre of war, the widespread domestic use of drones for surveillance seems inevitable. Existing privacy law will not stand in its way. It may be tempting to conclude on this basis that drones will further erode our individual and collective privacy. Yet the opposite may happen. Drones may help restore our mental model of a privacy violation. They could be just the...
“It was the Reconstructionists who, along with several less extreme activists...”
– Frank Schaeffer (via azspot)
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Percentage increase in National Debt by Presidency →
Reagan 189.0% Bush 43 89.0% Bush 41 51.6% Carter 42.6% Clinton 36.0% Obama 34.0%
Republicans Try to Impose Selfishness on American... →
All year, Republicans have demanded an end to programs the middle class created to aid the majority, the 99 percent. The GOP wants to reverse the new banking regulations that were passed in an attempt to prevent another economic collapse caused by risky Wall Street practices. The GOP tried to to rescind the healthcare reform law that prevents insurance companies from terminating coverage when...
Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for... →
In the space of three years, the administration has built an extensive apparatus for using drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists and stealth surveillance of other adversaries. The apparatus involves dozens of secret facilities, including two operational hubs on the East Coast, virtual Air Force cockpits in the Southwest and clandestine bases in at least six countries on...