What remains unknown is whether post-truth Republicans will succeed in 2024 as the Nazis did in 1933.
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Amid Outcry and Occupation, Albuquerque to Pay $6 Million for Wrongful Police Shooting
The ruling comes as the city’s police department faces scathing criticism over excessive use of deadly force, with 23 fatal police shootings since 2010.
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An Ex-Banker and Occupier Walk Into A Jail. Guess Which One's Serving Time?
Cecily McMillan is behind bars, unlike any of the architects of the financial crisis. In this exclusive conversation she explains why her sentence serves a purpose.
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New York City Agrees To Largest Occupy Wall Street Settlement Ever
New York City taxpayers are still paying for the NYPD's approach to policing lawful protest.
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Massive Public Opposition to Oakland Spy Hub Forces City to Change Plans
Unprecedented public outcry this spring prompted the Bay Area city to rework – and vastly diminish – its $11 million plans for a mass surveillance system.
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Vodafone Reveals Existence of Secret Wires that Allow State Surveillance
Wires allow agencies to listen to or record live conversations, in what privacy campaigners are calling a nightmare scenario.
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Revealed: Egyptian Society Outraged By New Social Media Surveillance Program
The new plan expands the security forces' reach and reveals a return to a police state in Egypt.
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Hunger Games Salute Being Used to Protest Thai Military Coup
Groups opposing Thailand's May 22 military coup have been banned from displaying three fingers in the air as the junta clamps down on protest.
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Police Killings Raise Tensions As Protests Continue in Salinas, California
The shooting death two weeks ago of Carlos Mejia was caught on a cell phone and quickly went viral, prompting outrage as he became the third person killed by Salinas police in three months.
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ExposeFacts: A New Organization for Whistleblowing, Journalism and Democracy
The new group, led by Daniel Ellsberg, Barbara Ehrenreich, William Binney and others, will shed light on concealed activities relevant to human rights, corporate malfeasance, the environment, civil liberties and war.
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Twitter Has Quietly Learned To Censor And Ban Its Users When Governments Ask
Twitter has a reputation as an open platform for expressing one's opinions. Last week, it agreed to censor a pro-Ukrainian Twitter feed in Russia. It also blocked a "blasphemous" account in Pakistan. It's not the first time Twitter has censored politically sensitive accounts. Now, it seems, Twitter's reputation as a platform for free speech is at risk.