Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
October 31, 2008 11:25 AM
ABC News’ Steven Portnoy reports: In a conservative radio interview that aired in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin said she fears her First Amendment rights may be threatened by “attacks” from reporters who suggest she is engaging in […]
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Represntative Michelle Bachmann and friend.
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Bachmann Calls For McCarthyite Investigation Into Anti-American Activities Of Liberals
Appearing on MSNBC’s Hardball today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) attacked the patriotism of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), based on his alleged relationship to former Weather Underground member William Ayers and the values of Obama’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “I’m very […]
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Denver police ‘Beat the Crowds’ T-shirt no laughing matter, protesters charge
By Ernest Luning 9/25/08 5:08 PM
Protest groups are demanding Denver police halt the sale and discipline anyone responsible for the creation of a “commemorative” DNC T-shirt distributed to officers featuring a baseball-bat wielding cop and the slogan “WE GET UP EARLY to BEAT the Crowds […]
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Feds retreat on Amazon buyers’ identities
Subpoena pulled after ruling that protects book customers’ privacy
The Associated Press
updated 7:35 p.m. ET, Tues., Nov. 27, 2007
MADISON, Wisconsin - U.S. prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show.
The withdrawal came after […]
Is he referring to that concept for which
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas said
“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.“
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“We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-
older than our political parties, older than our school system.”
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As is the case with everything in […]
Religious Earmarks on the Rise
Critics Worry That Federal Funds Are Subsidizing Evangelism By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
October 31, 2007
When Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) pulled a controversial $100,000 earmark two weeks ago for a state organization promoting creationist theories, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and other groups hailed it as a significant step […]
Former CEO Says U.S. Punished Phone Firm
Qwest Feared NSA Plan Was Illegal, Filing Says
By Ellen Nakashima and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, October 13, 2007; Page A01
A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after Qwest […]
Please Keep Those Calls And Letters Going…
By Christy Hardin Smith on Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 07:54 am
Yesterday, Spencer Ackerman did a process piece about the contacts that we’ve been pushing on FISA via the ACLU and others. What Spencer didn’t know, because I wasn’t contacted, was that I got the tip from Liz […]
Matthews says Bush administration has “finally been caught in their criminality”
October 4, 8:04 PM
Playing Hardball with the Prez
Chris Matthews had barely finished praising his colleagues at the 10th anniversary party for his “Hardball” show Thursday night in Washington, D.C. when his remarks turned political and pointed, even suggesting that the Bush administration had “finally been […]
Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented
U.S. Effort More Extensive Than Previously Known
By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 22, 2007; Page A01
The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to […]