Supreme Court: Towns Must Stop Treating Residents Like ATMs

"In their quest for cash, municipalities across the nation are trampling individual rights and human dignity by imposing arbitrary and abusive fines on residents. In some cities, if you walk on the left side of the sidewalk rather than the right, you could be fined. BBQ in the front lawn? Face a fine. Have mismatched window treatments? Face a fine."

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N.S.A. Says It’s Purging Millions of Illegally Gathered Call and Text Records

"The agency had collected the data from a system it created under the USA Freedom Act. Congress enacted that law in 2015 to end and replace a once-secret program that had systematically collected Americans’ domestic calling records in bulk."

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ICE whistleblower gets a visit from Homeland Security goons during TV interview

"Before the surprise visit, Schwab told Yuccas that both the Obama and Trump White Houses asked him to 'spin' information. But he said he felt compelled to resign after the current administration told him to lie about an incident that pitted the government against Oakland's mayor."

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