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  • FISA data security

    Yes, the Patriot Act amendment to track us online is real

    by 
    Violet Blue
    Violet Blue
    05.22.2020

    Looks like more bad news with the renewal of the Patriot Act/USA Freedom Act — and its terrible provision to allow government collection of Americans’ internet browsing and search histories without a warrant.

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    A whole new low in government trust

    by 
    Violet Blue
    Violet Blue
    01.27.2017

    Our country changed so quickly in the past week that it feels like the pod doors have been sealed shut and an antigravity switch flipped inside our borders. From the outside, it probably looks like a snowglobe scene of hell. The Doomsday Clock advanced, "thanks to Trump," and it's now only two and a half minutes to nuclear midnight, while The Economist's Democracy Index downgraded the US from "full democracy" to "flawed."