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Eric Cantor Loses to a Conservative Who Rips Crony Capitalism (2014/06/12)

The DC-insider storyline about this being a great year for the Republican establishment might need to be rewritten. And the rewrite might even require pundits, Republican chieftains and Democrats who are trying to figure out the politics of 2014 to consider complexities they had not previously entertained.

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Category: Politics | Views: 696 | Added by: LIBertea | Date: 2014/06/12 | Comments (0)

Appeals Court Says Police Need A Warrant To Track Phone Users' Location (2014/06/12)

Score One For The 4th Amendment: Appeals Court Says Police Need A Warrant To Track Phone Users' Location (via Techdirt)

A very big and important ruling came out yesterday in the 11th Circuit appeals court, saying that police need to get a warrant to track someone's location (via their mobile phone locations). This is a big deal, as we've been discussing for years. Many…

Category: Society | Views: 577 | Added by: LIBertea | Date: 2014/06/12 | Comments (0)

Police Continues To Obtain Military Equipment, Claiming US Is A 'War Zone' (2014/06/12)

Law Enforcement Agencies Continue To Obtain Military Equipment, Claiming The United States Is A 'War Zone' (via Techdirt)

That law enforcement agencies across the US are swiftly converting themselves into military outfits is hardly a surprise at this point. The problem is that nothing seems to be slowing them down, not even the dismayed reactions of citizens supposedly…

Category: Society | Views: 602 | Added by: LIBertea | Date: 2014/06/12 | Comments (0)