Published: Daily Dot (March 31, 2015)
If there was any doubt that Jeb Bush would repeat his brother’s mistakes on the use of torture if elected president, it has been decisively dispelled.
Last December, the Senate published a report that harshly criticized the use of torture by George W. Bush’s administration.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (March 26, 2015)
It’s doubtful that the PATRIOT Act will be repealed in this legislative session, but make no mistake about it: Dispensing with this bill, one of the more pernicious legacies of the post-9/11 erosion of American civil liberties, is long overdue.
First, here’s an introduction to the measure that could theoretically pull this off: the Surveillance State Repeal Act, which was sponsored by Reps.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (March 4, 2015)
America is rapidly approaching a new phase in its history, and virtually no one seems to care.
The first sign became apparent on Saturday, when a federal court approved the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of the telephone records of American citizens. In theory, this shouldn’t mean very much; the controversial program needs to be re-approved every 90 days in order to stay in effect, and its legal basis, Section 215 of the Patriot Act, is set to expire on June 1 of this year.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (January 19, 2015)
Starting on Jan. 3, hundreds of Nigerians were slaughtered in an attack on the border city of Braga by the notorious Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram. Shortly after, two girls blew themselves up at a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 19 people.... Read Original Article
Published: MSNBC (January 11, 2015)
Listening to Rep. Louis Gohmert’s (R-TX) revanchist logic for his failed bid to oust John Boehner as speaker of the House earlier this month, you’d think the tea party wing of the Republican Party had been working with President Obama. “[We’ll] fight amnesty tooth and nail.