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And The Death Panel Serves At The Pleasure Of The King 29 Aug 2012 | 02:22 am
This is a special guest post by actor and civil libertarian John Cusack. First he shares his thoughts on Obama’s record on matters of war and civil liberties — you’ll find that his views are right in...
And The Death Panel Serves At The Pleasure Of The King 28 Aug 2012 | 08:57 am
This is a guest post
Demand Progress Delivers 20,000 Signatures To BART Board In Front Of Today’s Meeting 25 Aug 2011 | 05:48 am
As BART’s board meets to discuss the agency’s decision to disrupt its riders’ cell phone service, Demand Progress has delivered a petition decrying such censorship. More than 20,000 Demand Progress m...
A Missouri School Faces Lawsuit for Censoring LGBT Websites 19 Aug 2011 | 06:32 am
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday, August 15th, 2011 on behalf of four organizations. It is against a Missouri school district for blocking access on its pu...
Snooping Bill Would Force ISPs to Retain and Share Your Browsing History, Credit Card and Bank Info 18 Aug 2011 | 04:30 am
“A direct assault on Internet users” is what the ACLU is calling it. Just before the break, a House committee approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill. They want to force Internet service ...
San Francisco Transit System Censors Cell Phones, Anonymous Fights Back 17 Aug 2011 | 04:44 am
Last Thursday, San Francisco Transit officials made the decision to block cell phone service to stop people from engaging in a large-scale protest of a recent fatal police shooting. In retaliation, th...
Update: Maine Residents Remain Resilient In Opposing Voter Disenfranchisement 17 Aug 2011 | 04:33 am
On June 27, 20011, several groups such as the Maine Civil Liberties Union and the League of Women Voters announced their campaign to petition against the ban on same-day voter registration (read my bl...
Update: Russell Pearce Challenges His Own Recall Election 17 Aug 2011 | 03:25 am
President of the Arizona State Senate Russell Pearce recently filed a suit challenging the procedure and signatures on the recall petition. Maricopa County Superior Judge Hugh Heygi denied his appeal,...
Update: Perry for President 17 Aug 2011 | 03:08 am
Our suspicions were confirmed: Texas governor Rick Perry announced this past Saturday that he’s running for president. It all makes sense now–the covert trip to the Koch Brothers retreat in Aspen, the...
Celebrate The World Wide Web’s 20th Birthday — Ask Your Lawmakers To Oppose The Internet Blacklist Bill 10 Aug 2011 | 01:50 am
It was twenty years ago this week that Tim Berners-Lee, while working at CERN, put the world’s first website online. It announced his new creation: the World Wide Web. Last year while urging Interne...
