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Obamacare Is A Failure, But It Will Only ‘Explode’ If Trump Sabotages It

The Republicans’ disastrous repeal effort made the ACA marginally less unpopular, but its favorability rating is still below 50 percent. Democrats didn’t win this recent fight; Republicans simply lost.

Jonathan Walker
بواسطة Jonathan Walker
President Donald Trump, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, meets with members of the media regarding the health care overhaul bill, March 24, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. The American Health Care Act has gone down in a blaze of glory. It is time to focus on what President Donald Trump has long said would be his plan B. Trump previously admitted he favored letting Obamacare collapse and then he would try to repeal the law after it completely failed. “If we waited

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FBI Facial Recognition Technology Has ‘No Limits,’ Congressional Hearing Reveals

Law enforcement has access to photos of 50 percent of all adult Americans without their knowledge or consent.

Nika Knight
بواسطة Nika Knight
FBI

If Congress doesn't take legislative action, the FBI's vast and growing facial recognition database could someday soon allow the government to track Americans' "every move" in a breathtaking, nationwide violation of the Fourth Amendment. That was the takeaway of a scathing hearing in the Congressional Oversight Committee on the FBI's use of

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US Govt Sued Over Warrantless Laptop, Cellphone Searches

The intrusive searches reached a staggering 25,000 in 2016, up from 5,000 in 2015.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
Transportation Security Administration agent Kevin Effan, left, allows a screened passenger to board his American Airlines flight. (AP Photo)

A lawsuit by a legal watchdog was filed Monday against the U.S. government over the surge in warrantless searches of laptops and cellphones of travelers to the U.S., including citizens, which has amounted to more than 5,000 searches in February alone and seems to disproportionately target Muslims and those traveling from Muslim-majority

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UK Students ‘Disciplined’ Over Support For Boycott On Israeli Goods

Dozens of academics signed a petition calling on the university to withdraw the disciplinary charge against the students who carried a banner which read “Stop Arming Israel”.

Middle East Monitor
بواسطة Middle East Monitor
Image of a banner reading 'Stop Arming Israel' by the student-led BDS campaign at the University of Manchester on 3 March 2017 (BDS Campaign University of Manchester/Facebook)

The University of Manchester has come under sharp criticism for its decision to discipline two students for their role in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign during Israel Apartheid Week earlier this month. Dozens of academics signed a petition calling on the university to withdraw the disciplinary charge against the students who

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Dick Cheney: Russian Interference An “Act Of War”

Cheney’s accusation comes at a time when both the Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees are investigating possible Russian interference in the election that brought President Donald Trump to power.

ZeroHedge.com
بواسطة ZeroHedge.com
Dick Cheney talks with daughter, Elizabeth, after arriving at the convention center on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 31, 2000. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Former US Vice President and the man whose image appears in the dictionary by the word "neocon", Dick Cheney criticized Russia's alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, saying it could be considered an “act of war” against the U.S. "There’s no question there was a very serious effort made by Mr. Putin and his government, his

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Do Muslims Commit Most U.S. Terrorist Attacks?

Nope. Not even close.

Ronald Bailey
بواسطة Ronald Bailey
Police tape surrounds the parking lot behind the AME Emanuel Church as FBI forensic experts work the crime scene where nine people where shot by Dylann Storm Roof, 21, in Charleston, S.C. Since the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, the Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked domestic terrorist plots and attacks in the United States. It lists more than 100, including the slaying of nine black churchgoers during a 2015 prayer meeting in Charleston, S.C. (AP/Stephen B. Morton)

"It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. In many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it," asserted President Donald Trump a month ago. He was referring to a purported media reticence to report on terror attacks in Europe. "They have their reasons, and you understand that," he added. The implication, I

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