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Join Us Today For An #EpicLiveStream to Save The Internet

Today, Net Neutrality supporters in the Senate will try to force a vote on the Save the Internet Act using a procedure called “Unanimous Consent.” To raise awareness and put pressure on our representatives to actually represent us, we’re participating in an all day #EpicLiveStream. Join us.

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Case Against Georgia Senator Nikema Williams Dismissed

Charges have been dropped against Georgia Senator Nikema Williams, who was arrested at her place of work — the Georgia State Capitol — while observing a Count Every Vote protest last November. “My charges might have been dropped,” says Williams, “but this is

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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Faces 17 New Charges Under Espionage Act

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange faces 17 new charges under the infamous Espionage Act — which was used to imprison Daniel Ellsberg, Emma Goldman, and Socialist Presidential Candidate Eugene Debs. Assange is not

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Should we bomb the LA Times again?Beyond Baroque Gallery, LA — 8PM on Sat, May 11

In 1910, labor union militants dynamited the LA Times building. Their lawyer, Clarence Darrow, saved the bombers from hanging. On Saturday, May 11, Clarence Darrow will return from the dead to ask the question

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Should we bomb the LA Times?Beyond Baroque Gallery, LA — 8PM on Sat, May 11

In 1910, labor union militants dynamited the LA Times building. Their lawyer, Clarence Darrow, saved the bombers from hanging. On Saturday, May 11, Clarence Darrow will return from the dead to ask the question

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Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and The Deepwater Horizon

If the the U.S. jails Julian Assange, they should jail me, and my colleagues at The Guardian and New York Times. We all used the Manning / Assange / WikiLeaks emails. Shame on

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The Deepwater Horizon appeared first on Greg Palast.

Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks, and The Deepwater Horizon

If the the U.S. jails Julian Assange, they should jail me, and my colleagues at The Guardian and New York Times. We all used the Manning / Assange / WikiLeaks emails. Shame on

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The Deepwater Horizon appeared first on Greg Palast.

Interstate Crosscheck on the Verge of CollapseKey States Withdraw from the Program

…after six years of investigating Kris Kobach’s Interstate Crosscheck voter purge program, the entire racially biased, violently partisan vote suppression tactic is on the verge of collapse. Unfortunately, nearly a score of states still use Crosscheck. Worse, even those

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Trump May Name Kris Kobach New Immigration CzarTheir real agenda: 2020 vote suppression

When the young Kris Kobach created a computer system for the Department of Homeland Security that secretly tracked visiting Muslims, President George W. Bush was so offended that he personally

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Stick Your Damn Hand in It: 30th Birthday of the Exxon Valdez Lie

March 24 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez grounding and the smearing of 1,200 miles of Alaska’s coastline with its oil. It also marks the 30th Anniversary of a lie. Lots of lies...

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30th Birthday of the Exxon Valdez Lie appeared first on Greg Palast.