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ALPR: Stalking You by Your License Plate

The number of automated license plate readers has exploded to mind-boggling levels in recent years. Databases now contain billions of scans and they’re growing fast. This empowers local, state and federal governments to not just track you and build profiles on where you go, but also to use AI as a dystopian pre-crime tool to target people based on their driving patterns.

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My Top-5 Issues with the DOJ

Plenty of people are outraged with the FBI and the DOJ, but violations of the constitution are nothing new from these people. They’ve been harassing and abusing millions of people for decades - attacking liberty and ignoring the Constitution. Here are the top-5 ways they’ve done so.

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DEA Plans to Expand License Plate Surveillance Program

WASHINGTON (Oct. 8, 2018) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) plans to expand a surveillance program that tracks the location of millions of everyday people through pictures of their license plates. According to federal contracting data, the DEA will expand the footprint of its license plate tracking program with automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) connected […]

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California Committee Passes Bill to Help Expand Hemp Market, Further Nullify Federal Prohibition in Practice

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 5, 2018) –  On Tuesday, a California Senate committee unanimously passed a bill that would loosen some regulations on hemp seed and cultivation. Passage of this bill would pave the way for faster development of the state’s hemp market, and further nullify federal prohibition in practice and effect. Sen. Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita), along…

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Industrial Hemp Now Legal in Washington, But State Kowtows to Feds

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Aug. 15, 2017) – Last month, it became legal to grow industrial hemp in Washington, but due to state bureaucrats the industry will remain shackled by federal law. On July 23, House Bill 2064 (HB2064) went into effect. The law simply removed industrial hemp from the state’s controlled substances act. While marijuana is legal in…

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AT&T Helping Feds Spy on Everyone

Communications company AT&T spies on you at the behest of the federal government and rakes in millions of taxpayer dollars in the process. Through the program known as Project Hemisphere, AT&T searches trillions of call records for the DEA and other law enforcement agencies. The company collects data from every call that flows through its…

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Two Approaches to Hemp Demonstrate Futility of Asking for Federal Permission

Recently, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) provided a textbook example of why states and the people should nullify unconstitutional federal laws rather than seek permission before exercising their rights. Even though the Nebraska legislature voted to approve hemp planting for university research two years ago, it insisted on requiring researchers to get federal permission. Ironically,…

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Drug decriminalization pays off in Portugal; Will the US take note?

So, what REALLY happens when you decriminalize drugs? Junkies on every street corner? A surge in drug-related crime? Eight years later, Portugal offers compelling evidence that the US' beloved War on Drugs is a gargantuan misstep: read more

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