Tag: aclu
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#MorningMonarchy: September 19, 2018
Diaper characters, edible bottles and vampire facials + this day in history w/grand theft Parsons and our song of the day by Eric Church on your Morning Monarchy for September 19, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 20, 2016
Flint water, LocoL food and biotech no + this day in history w/ACLU and our song of the day by RJD2 on your Morning Monarchy for January 20, 2016.
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EFF, ACLU Lawsuit Against LAPD ALPRs Begins
from blacklistednews.com: Last Friday the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California filed the opening brief in their lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff Department. The lawsuit deals with how the law enforcement agencies are using Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) to…
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Seattle Police Deactivate Downtown Wi-Fi Spy Network
from ap.org: The Seattle Police Department has agreed to deactivate a downtown WiFi network that some worried could be used to spy on residents. The ACLU raised concerns last week about the network, which has equipment visible on utility poles. KOMO reports the wireless mesh network was installed with Homeland Security money and was intended…
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ACLU of Oregon Won’t Take A Stand On Portland Fluoridation
Last week, I wrote to the ACLU of Oregon to basically ask if we can sue the city council members over the lack of a public vote on the fluoridation of public water. They wrote me back Monday night, here is their response: The ACLU of Oregon has not taken a position on the pros…
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Isaac Threatening RNC2012 and NoLa, Is There Meaning?
from blog.nj.com: Bob Dylan famously said you don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing. Some Bible-thumpers have put their own spin on that adage. Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky? That’s because God is punishing you for your sinful ways. Stormy weather, indeed. Now Hurricane…
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#DataDump: #HackedIn, Track Default, Radio and More
Hacker Claims He Stole 4.5M LinkedIn Password Hashes // IE10′s ‘Do-Not-Track’ Default Dies Quick Death // IPv6 switch to prevent the net from running out of addresses // FBI Illegally Pirated Kim Dotcom’s Data Out of New Zealand, File-Sharing King Charges // Video: ACLU Phone App Lets You Shoot the Cops*
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Led By Oregon’s Wyden, Opposition Grows Against Obama’s Refusal to Reveal Secret Patriot Act Powers
from allgov.com: Congressional Democrats, the media and civil libertarians are continuing their fight with President Barack Obama over his administration’s secret interpretations of the Patriot Act. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado, who sit on the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder last week claiming a classified intelligence…
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#Obamessiah Fights to Retain Warrantless Wiretapping
The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to halt a legal challenge weighing the constitutionality of a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications that Congress eventually legalized in 2008.
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Missouri Public Library Blocks Websites About ‘Occult’ Spirituality
The Salem Public Library in Missouri along with its board of trustees face a lawsuit for blocking access to websites discussing indigenous American spirituality and the Wiccan faith.
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aclu tackles the ‘occult’ category in internet filtering software
from patheos.com: ACLU announced that it has filed a lawsuit against a library in Salem, Missouri (download the full complaint) for using Internet filtering software that blocks websites pertaining to Wicca and Native American religions. As Ars Technica notes, sites blocked by the library’s software include Wikipedia’s page on Wicca, but not Christian-run pages that…
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senate bill to turn US into battlefield, vote on #ndaa looms
s.1867 ‘national defense authorization act’ creates police state* from presstv: American rights activists have slammed the US Senate for gearing up to vote on a bill on Monday that would define the whole of the United States as a ‘battlefield’ and allow the military to arrest American citizens in their own back yard without charge…
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va. court rules spiritual counseling is commercial speech, not religious
from god discussion: In Virginia, it’s against the law to read tarot cards, do palm readings or anything of a “fortunetelling” nature without the requisite permits… Patricia Moore-King…claimed that her work as a spiritual counselor was part of her religion, and the requirement to get permits, the tax on business licenses and the county zoning…
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Unchecked Power For Worldwide War Hidden in ‘Defense Authorization’
Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act, being marked up by the House Armed Services Committee this week, is a hugely important provision that hasn’t been getting a lot of attention — a brand new authorization for a worldwide war.
