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Liberties we cherish seem to be on the line
The revelation that the federal government has spied on millions of supposedly private phone and Internet communications makes President Barack Obama's headache over the IRS targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exemptions seem a passing migraine....Tags: U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, News Media, Freedom of the Press, Politics
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California passes a budget that could be a federal template
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers passed a budget Friday that lays the groundwork for the largest expansion of public healthcare in the country, placing the state at the leading edge of President Obama's federal overhaul. The budget, which the...
Tags: Government, Career and Workplace, Employees, Politics, Mark Leno
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Foreign affairs
Ever since President Bill Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," whatever remains of standards seem to have fallen even lower among people who hold offices and positions once thought to require good behavior and strong...Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Bill Clinton, Prostitution, Hillary Clinton
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Immigration bill likely to provoke a civil war
If the current immigration bill proposed by both major parties passes and is signed into law in its present and projected forms, the predictable result will be a split as yet unseen in our history between all blacks and all Latinos of both genders,...Tags: Immigration, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, Politics, Social Issues
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Two looks at Florida Democrats
Central Florida Political PulseThe Florida Democratic Party's past and present read like the Chicago Cubs' chronic woes in an analysis written by the Sun-Sentinel's Anthony Man: -- Despite having a sizable lead in voter registrations, they hold just 69 of 193 state and federal...Tags: Dan Marino, Government, Elections, Regional Elections, Bill Nelson
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Extent of snooping likely too invasive
The question of whether the government has gone too far or if such measures are necessary is hard to answer unless we know the full extent of what is being collected, why it is being collected and what the government will do with the intelligence....Tags: U.S. Congress, White House, John Boehner
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Republicans oppose, Democrats support NSA surveillance, poll finds
A majority of Americans oppose National Security Agency programs using records gathered from telecom and Internet companies, according to a poll released Wednesday. Fifty-three percent told Gallup they disagree with federal efforts to “compile...
Tags: Elections, Terrorism, Parties and Movements, White House, Politics
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Emanuel heading to Israel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his youngest daughter will leave for Israel on Friday to commemorate her bat mitzvah, the third such trip he has made with his children. While there, the mayor will attend the Israeli Presidential Conference, running June 18-20...Tags: Israel, Elections, Chicago Mayor, Politics, Rahm Emanuel
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Mail Call - June 14
“What’s all this uproar about the government monitoring phone calls? It’s been going on for seven years. It’s part of the Patriot Act. All the senators and most congressmen voted for the Patriot Act. It was happening under George...Tags: The Herald-Mail, George W. Bush
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Officials: Edward Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive
WASHINGTON -- Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive to smuggle highly classified documents out of an NSA facility in Hawaii, using a portable digital device supposedly barred inside the cyber spying...Tags: Robert Mueller, Fort Meade (military base), National Security Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
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Chinese state media chide U.S. over Edward Snowden's allegations
BEIJING -- Officially, the Chinese government has nothing at all to say about Edward Snowden. But unofficially, it is only too happy to dump on the United States. After days of silence, state media have let loose with a barrage of criticism concerning...Tags: Politics, Beijing (China), Political Systems, Ai Weiwei, Crime, Law and Justice
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For black professors, Obama remarks and record disappoint
(Editor's note: This guest column is based on an open letter sent to President Barack Obama by six African-American male professors last week.) President Obama's recent commencement speech at Morehouse College inspired this column. As scholars of the...Tags: Bowie State University, Elections, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Poverty
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