Now In Effect: New Arizona Law Takes on State, Federal Asset Forfeiture

On Tuesday, a new Arizona law reforming the state’s civil asset forfeiture process went into effect. The new law also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing state laws by passing cases off to the feds.

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Ex-NSA Personnel Show DNC ‘Hack’ Was Actually a Leak and Inside Job

"The Nation‘s Patrick Lawrence wrote a lengthy review of the findings made by various computer experts formerly with the NSA. Published this week, the left-wing magazine’s report notes two bases for their conclusion: (1) hard science shows that a remote hack of the DNC servers resulting in the breach that actually occurred would have been technologically impossible; (2) forensic review of the initial Guccifer 2.0 documents proves that they are poorly-disguised cut-and-paste jobs–forgeries–intended to finger Russia." Continue reading

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Now in Effect: Colorado Law Expands Healthcare Freedom

DENVER, Colo. (Aug. 10, 2017) – Yesterday, a Colorado law that will help facilitate healthcare freedom in the state went into effect. A bipartisan coalition of two representatives and two senators sponsored House Bill 1115 (HB1115). The legislation specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance, thereby freeing…

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Broadcom chip bug opened 1 billion phones to a Wi-Fi-hopping worm attack

"It fills the airwaves with probes that request connections to nearby computing devices. When the specially devised requests reach a device using the BCM43xx family of Wi-Fi chipsets, the attack rewrites the firmware that controls the chip. The compromised chip then sends the same malicious packets to other vulnerable devices, setting off a potential chain reaction." Continue reading

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Now in Effect: Arizona Law Prohibits Warrantless Stingray Spying

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Aug. 10, 2017) – Yesterday, a new Arizona law that in most situations bans the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications without a warrant went into effect. The new law will not only protect privacy in Arizona, but will also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state.…

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If you want to change minds, learn how to write.

George Orwell wasn’t lying. “He who controls the present controls the past, and he who controls the past controls the future.” Anyone who has picked up a history book or watched a “documentary” on PBS or the History Channel gets it. In fact, every pinko academic taking up space at some Ivory Tower history department…

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Activism 101 Podcast #5: Reading Between the Lines of a FOIA Response

In this installment of the Activism 101 podcast, I talk about interpreting information gleaned from freedom of information act requests, and how you can read between the lines and learn more than they intended to tell you.

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Now in Effect: Colorado Opts Out of Federal Asset Forfeiture Program in Most Situations

"While we'd like to see Colorado and every other state completely opt out of this federal program, an 80-85% reduction in seizures through this federal scheme will be a huge step forward to nullify it in practice and effect."

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Now in Effect: Arizona Law Treats Gold and Silver as Money

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Aug 9, 2017) – Today, an Arizona law went into effect that eliminates state capital gains taxes on gold and silver specie, encouraging its use as currency. The new law can help undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money. Rep. Mark Finchem (R-Tucson) sponsored House Bill 2014 (HB2014). The legislation eliminates state capital gains…

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