What remains unknown is whether post-truth Republicans will succeed in 2024 as the Nazis did in 1933.
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Teenagers, Social Media, Terrorism — and the Price for a "Free Society"
Authorities are leaning toward zero tolerance of teenagers who fling around online threats about acts of violence or terrorism, and what might have once merited a slap on the wrist may today result in criminal charges.
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Thousands of Israelis March Against Austerity Measures
2,000 people marched in Tel Aviv against new finance minister's proposed tax rises and spending cuts.
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Obama in Plunderland: Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker? What’s next? Labor Secretary Donald Trump? SEC Chairman Bernie Madoff? The president's latest high-level appointments — boosting corporate power and shafting the public — are despicable.
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Former FBI Agent: "No Digital Communication is Secure"
Mass surveillance is the hallmark of a tyrannical political culture. And the recent admission by a former FBI agent on CNN gives a very good sense of just how limitless these activities are.
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Hedges: The Death of Truth
The global assault on Wikileaks is part of the terrifying metamorphosis of the “war on terror” into a wider war on civil liberties — a hunt not for actual terrorists, but for all those with the ability to expose the mounting crimes of the power elite.
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In Malaysia, Thousands Rally Against Electoral Fraud
Thousands of Malaysians gathered Wednesday to denounce elections which they claim were stolen through fraud by the coalition that has ruled for 56 years.
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Lockdown, USA: Lessons From the Boston Marathon Manhunt
A generalized fear now shapes American society—one that thrives on insecurity, precarity, dread of punishment and concern with external threats.
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Small Town’s Drone Ban Sparks Statewide Discussion in Minnesota
St. Bonifacius may be just one square mile in size, but it was the first city in Minnesota to pass a ban on drones, igniting wider debates about the Fourth Amendment and constitutional rights to privacy.
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In Moscow, Thousands Rally for 1-Year Anniversary of Anti-Putin Protests
20,000 streamed into Moscow on Monday in remembrance of last year's protests against Vladimir Putin's third presidential term, which resulted in more than 400 arrests.
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Homeland Security Has Outspent the New Deal
It's the trillion-dollar concept that no one can define.