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• ‘Anarchopanda’ raises money to fight fines

  
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  Bylaw bans masks, requires itinerary for demonstrations
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• The IRS War on Medical Marijuana Providers

  
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  Freda Art Clarence Walker Stop The Drug War Dispensaries providing marijuana to doctor-approved patients operate in a number of states, but they are under assault by the federal government. SWAT-style raids by the DEA and finger-wagging press conferences by grim-faced federal prosecutors may garner greater ...
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• Virginia Republicans Have a Vagina Problem

  
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  On Saturday, Virginia state Sen. Mark Obenshain clinched his partys nomination for attorney general in the November election. And much like the rest of the GOP ticket, hes got some baggage. Think Progress swiftly unearthed a bill he authored in 2009 that would subject women to legal penalties if they fail to ...
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• New York City’s ‘Stop and Frisk’ Racial Profiling Case at Final Arguments

  
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  Kimani Gray, 16, New York ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Shooting VictimChocolate City is following the final arguments of the class action lawsuit taking place in Manhattan, NY. The two months racial profiling trial is set to conclude today. The federal class action trial involves the City of New York’s stop-and-frisk ...
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• Recent news round-up

  
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  Good NewsArchie Comics gay kiss a poke at real controversyBad NewsTurkey cancels Eurovision Song Contest over lesbian kissAlgerian editor accuses government of censorshipSlow Response by Georgians to Mob Attack on Gay RallyMeasles surges in UK years after vaccine scare
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• Supreme court will not order new Mississippi elections in NAACP case

  
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  NAACP challenged 2011 state elections over legislatures failure to draw new district lines according to 2010 census The US supreme court will not order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the states redistricting, under one of several decisions that were handed down on Monday. ...
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• DHS Training Local Police to Enforce Martial Law

  
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  Dave Hodges Activist Post Bakersfield, CA resident, David Silva, was executed for being drunk in his own home. He was executed by the Kern County Sheriff’s Department. What happened to Silva was clearly an abuse of power but is representative of what the federal government has in store for all of America in ...
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• Nation Awaits Supreme Court Decision on Major Civil Rights Cases

  
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  Racism and bigotry v. Civil Rights The next several weeks will see whether civil rights for minorities are protected in four major political cases. SCOTUSblog.com (sponsored by Bloomberg Law) notes expected rulings on which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide include the following civil rights cases on voting ...
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• Another (apparent) Case of Politically-Driven Government Abuse of a Small Business

  
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  Tweet This Post Catherine Engelbrecht and her husband own a small manufacturing business. Catherine dared to express political opinions and organize political activities which were not to the liking of the Obama administration and its left-wing allies. Very quickly, Engelbrecht Manufacturing found itself facing ...
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• Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes | Glenn Greenwald

  
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  Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administrations attacks on press freedoms emerges (updated below) It is now well known that the Obama justice department has prosecuted more government leakers under the 1917 Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined - in fact, double the number of all ...
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• Russia’s Plan For The BRICS To Dismantle The Dollar System

  
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  Some financial markets commentators seem to be eagerly awaiting the dollar to collapse under the weight of the Fed’s monetary expansion. The wee problem with that view is that everyone knows that the party that...
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• Drone Schools Suggest Inevitability Of Drones In Everyday Life

  
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  Rendering of an X-47B drone flying over an aircraft carrier. (Photo illustration/via Wikimedia Commons) This week, the United States Navy launched its drone prototype, the X-47B, from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush off the coast of Maryland. The X-47B is the first drone that has proven successful in ...
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• Police-Staged Reality and its Implications for Politics

  
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  Michel Foucault got at least one major facet of contemporary society right: the economic system accounts for only a part of what oppresses us. Exploitation, enforced need, a contrived struggle for existence premised on the...
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• New Laws Would Make Environmental Protest “Terrorism”

  
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  Most people have heard of tree-sitting—a tactic environmentalists use to prevent old-growth trees from being cut down and whole forests decimated. In its heyday, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, members of groups like...
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• "I Have No Respect for Oath Breakers"

  
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• War on Terror Brings Tyranny Out in the Open

  
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  Youtube Subscribe to Charlie McGraths Channel Or visit WideAwakeNews.com Referenced Article: US Suspends Constitution in Permanent World War on Terror Enter Your Email To Receive Our Newsletter Close &id;&c;
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• ACLU Demands ‘Modern Family’ Hold Big Gay Wedding

  
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  The ACLU has demanded Modern Family have a big gay wedding, according to a new campaign launched by the American Civil Liberties Union last week. The movement — which now has its own website — calls for two of the series leads to make their civil partnership official in an effort to draw more interest to the ...
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• Obama To Speak On Legality Of Drone Program

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration’s secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. Obama’s speech will be an attempt to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to be more “transparent” ...
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• Google Glass privacy concerns continue to be raised, this time by Congress

  
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  image credit: tedeytan/Flickr Madison Ruppert Members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus are the latest to join the many people raising concerns about Google Glass in a letter to Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page in which they request answers to eight pointed questions. Since the technology ...
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• Google Glass privacy concerns continue to be raised, this time by Congress

  
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  image credit: tedeytan/Flickr Madison Ruppert Activist Post Members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus are the latest to join the many people raising concerns about Google Glass in a letter to Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page in which they request answers to eight pointed questions. Since the ...
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