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Federal Funds Fuel Nationwide Increase in “No Refusal” Blood-Draw DUI Checkpoints By Barry Donegan BenSwann.com often reports on various “no refusal” DUI checkpoints that are being implemented periodically by police in states across the US, at which motorists who are suspected of driving under the influence and refuse a breathalyzer test are sometimes forced to submit to a …

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Sheriff Sends 24 Cops And Armored Vehicle To Collect Civil Judgement From 77 Y/O By The Liberty Crier When officials in the tiny Town of Stettin in Marathon County went to collect a civil judgment from 75-year-old Roger Hoeppner this month, they sent 24 armed officers. And an armored military vehicle. Among other issues, the …

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Holder’s Justice Department Isn’t Interested in the Facts in Ferguson By Bryan Preston The official autopsy of Michael Brown leaked Wednesday. It strongly suggests that there was an altercation between Brown and Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson before the 18-year-old man was shot dead on August 9. The autopsy also revealed that Brown had been …

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Stunning Federal Corruption Case Moving Forward With Almost No Media Attention By Thomas Lifson Corrupt federal prosecutors presenting false evidence in order to shake down a blameless corporation and bring in tens of millions of dollars seems like a pretty dramatic story. Especially when former prosecutors support the charge and a chief judge acts on …

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The Political Impact of the Mainstream Media in America By Eric Zuesse Pew Survey. Conservatives Get Their News from Fox; Liberals Get Theirs Everywhere Pew headlined on October 21st, “Political Polarization & Media Habits,” and reported “Striking Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives,” such as that Fox News Channel dominates as the news-source among conservatives, but that no …

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Police Dept. Requests Facebook PASSWORD From Gun Permit Applicant Request violates Constitution & Facebook’s Terms of Service by Kit Daniels | Infowars.com The Watervliet, N.Y., Police Department is asking pistol permit applicants for access to their Facebook accounts. The department recently sent an applicant a form which asked for his Facebook username and password, and …

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Cops Need a Warrant to Grab Your Cell Tower Data, Florida Court Rules By Kim Zetter Americans may have a Florida drug dealer to thank for expanding our right to privacy. Police departments around the country have been collecting phone metadata from telecoms and using a sophisticated spy tool to track people through their mobile phones—often …

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Parents May Be Liable for What Their Kids Post on Facebook, Court Rules “Legal precedent” on issue of parental responsibility over children’s online activity by Jacob Gershman | Wall Street Journal Parents can be held liable for what their kids post on Facebook, a Georgia appellate court ruled in a decision that lawyers said marked a legal precedent …

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Mexican Gov’t Paying to Help Shield Illegal Immigrants in the U.S. from Deportation by Breitbart The government of Mexico is paying to help its citizens who are living illegally in the United States avoid deportation. According to a report from National Public Radio, the Mexican government through its 50 consulates around the United States has …

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Courts Block Voter ID Laws In Texas, Wisconsin by Associated Press A federal judge likened Texas’ strict voter ID requirement to a poll tax deliberately meant to suppress minority voter turnout and struck it down less than a month before Election Day — and mere hours after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar measure …

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