USPS ordered to pay the owner of the Las Vegas statue of liberty $3.5 million after mistakenly using a photo of it on a stamp. [Link] EPA head Scott Pruitt resigns. [Link] The US Border Patrol has boarded ten Canadian fishing boats in the past week. [Link] South...
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News Roundup 4/25/18
Jon Schwarz explains how the Senate's proposed new AUMF will increase presidential war-making powers. [Link] Lawmakers in the House introduce a new AUMF. The House version of the AUMF includes sunsets the Senate version leaves out. [Link] The Senate approves Lt. Gen....
Digital Privacy at the U.S Border: EFF’s New Guide
Protect Yourself While Traveling To and From the U.S. San Francisco - Increasingly frequent and invasive searches at the U.S. border have raised questions for those of us who want to protect the private data on our computers, phones, and other digital devices. A new...
All Law Enforcement Officers are “Heroes” — Including Slave-Catchers
Given the rarity of the surname, it is likely that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is related to deputy federal marshal Edward Gorsuch, who was killed in a violent episode that left the nation shocked and terrified, and was an overture to a long and bloody military...
Tax-bloated Border Bandit Fuels Mercedes on Taxpayer Dime
Juan Fernando Barajas was arraigned this month for using ten government fuel cards to pump more than $1,700 worth of fuel into his personal black Mercedes-Benz SUV. The Nogales-based U.S. border officer also appeared to be fueling his personal F-150 extended cab...
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Over and over, U.S. government officials and their mainstream media allies called Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine an “unprovoked attack.” The slogan became so overused that people began to ask the obvious question: Why do they protest so much? In Provoked: How...
