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Conyers Trying to Avoid Impeachment of Bush and Cheney
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: impeach, constitution, law, illegal, bush, cheney, kucinich, demand, war, iraq, iran, nukes )

NotSilent
- 41 days ago - consortiumnews.com
".....left little doubt that the committee's review was meant to fend off demands....for impeachment.." HEY FOLKS, IT'S TIME WE MADE IT CLEAR TO CONYERS WE WON'T TAKE THIS GARBAGE. They can still attack Iran and destroy the US even more than they have
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U.S Court: "School Officials Cannot Strip Search Young Girl Looking for Hidden Advil"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, Justice System, Court of Law, School, Teachers, Strip Search, Law, Congress, Government, Drug War, Drug Policy, Constitutional Rights, Children, Parents, Bill of Rights, Ethics, Politics, Public Health, Corruption, Child Welfare, Police State )

Town
- 44 days ago - blog.aclu.org
2kinds of people: Ones who think its ok to strip search young girl suspected of bringing Advil to school. Others who think those people be kept as far away from child as possible.Sometimes its hard to tell difference between drug warriors & child molester
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YouTube Ordered To Release User Data: Viacom Had Sought Access to Database In Copyright Battle
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: courts, law, Viacom, You Tube )

Michael
- 53 days ago - washingtonpost.com
A federal judge in New York this week ordered the video-sharing site YouTube, the world's third-most-visited Web site, to release data on the viewing habits of its tens of millions of worldwide viewers.
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Big Pharma Whistleblower Awarded $1.6 Million for Exposing Cancer Drug Medicare Fraud
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: medicare fraud, law )

Michael
- 56 days ago - naturalnews.com
A federal judge has awarded a whistleblower $1.6 million for tipping off federal prosecutors to a scheme by pharmaceutical company Cell Therapeutics to illegally promote unapproved uses of the cancer drug Trisenox.
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Human Rights Watch: We "Are Concerned About USA's Criminal Justice System"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: United States, World, Prison, Federal, Law, Government, Prison Industry, Human Beings, Trade, Market, Corporations, Judicial System, Justice, Corruption, Ethics, Congress, Freedom, Supreme Court, Constitution of the United States, Prison Nation, Drug )

Town
- 78 days ago - hrw.org
US incarceration rates are climbing even higher. Statistics released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics show that for every 100,000 American Citizens 762 are in Prison. No other Nation in the world puts this many of its People in Prison.
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American Indians Swindled Out of More Than $100 Billion in Oil, Gas, Grazing, Timber and Other Royalties Overseen By the Interio
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: United States, Federal, State, American Indian, Native American, Suit, Indian Trust Fund, Department of the Interior, Land, Fairness, DOI, Government, Law, Government, Corruption, Oppression )

Town
- 78 days ago - ap.google.com
It has been 12 years since a group of American Indians sued the government, saying Washington had cheated them out of profits from land royalties since 1887. All the while, the plaintiffs grow older, nearing the end of their lives, uncertain if even
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$1.4 Billion From U.S Taxpayers to South America for Their "Drug Wars"...Enter Blackwater
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: United States, Federal, Tax, Taxpayer, Money, Market, Trade, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Law, Government, Waste, Federal Contracts, Blackwater, DynCorp, Merida Initiative, human rights, Constitution of the United States, Prison Nation, Police State )

Town
- 80 days ago - bloomberg.com
Senator Leahy: "Congress supports Merida Initiative" Leahy: American People are the " primary market for illegal drugs & source of most of the guns" MERIDA INITIATIVE APPROVED WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS LANGUAGE
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Immigration Prosecutions Hit Record Levels
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: u.s., politics, americans, illegal immigration, law, bushadministration, government )

Cal
- 85 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Federal law enforcement agencies have increased criminal prosecutions of immigration violators to record levels, in part by filing minor charges against virtually every person caught illegally crossing some stretches of the U.S.-Mexico border, according t
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Its Just a Joke, Governors Son Says
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: United States, Federal, State, Law, Government, Congress, Ethics, Prison, Prison Industry, Corruption, Constitution of the United States, Bill of Rights, Taxes, Prison Nation, Police State )

Town
- 88 days ago - psychoanalystsopposewar.org
People aren't sent to prison to be rehabilitated, they're sent there to get what they deserve, that paves the way for accepting the brutal abuses committed in prison and as in comments made by Lockyer, we take a perverse satisfaction in its existence
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Kathryn Johnston 92 Years Old
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: War on Drugs, Drug policy, United States, police power, law, government, abuse, threat, society, justice, constitution, bill of rights )

Town
- 105 days ago - infowars.com
was killed by an Atlanta SWAT team last year. An erroneous tip from an informant was enough for the Atlanta Police Department to invade her home. Police have since admit lying to obtain a search warrant and planting drugs in her home after killing her.
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Bill Would Help Business Owners With Disabilities
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: law )

Michael
- 159 days ago - change.org
More residents with disabilities could find work if a bill sponsored by Delegate Rick Weldon passes in the Maryland General Assembly. Weldon wants to expand a program that gives preference for state contracts to businesses that employ disabaled
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End the Chemical War Against Wildlife.
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, destruction, endangered, environment, habitatdestruction, politics, wildlife, AnimalCruelty, killed, killing, law, slaughter, wildanimals, government )

Tara
- 181 days ago - aldf.org
Contact your U.S. representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor the Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act, H.R. 4775. 20 representatives are needed. Compound 1080, a toxic poison, was outlawed in 1972 but was legalized by the EPA in the mid-80's.
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The Supremes Protect Medical Device Manufacturers - Another Bush Victory
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Supreme Court, Bush, corporate protections, law, lawsuits, liability, health, FDA )

Cate
- 188 days ago - nytimes.com
In a decision renderted yesteray, "the makers of medical devices...are immune from liability for personal injuries as long as the Food and Drug Administration approved the device before it was marketed and it meets the agency's specifications." THE FDA???
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Company Orders Largest Recall of Ground Beef - New York Times
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Company, Orders, Largest, Recall, beef, Westland/Hallmark Meat Company, business, consumers, news, safety, society, law, government, health, humans, protection, safety )

Tamme
- 189 days ago - nytimes.com
A California meat company on Sunday issued the largest beef recall in history, 143 million pounds, some of which was used in school lunch programs, Department of Agriculture officials announced.
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70 Yr Old Woman Arrested, Cuffed For Lousy Lawn - VIDEO
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: U.S., police, Law, constitution, politics, government )


- 203 days ago - abclocal.go.com
Utah police have arrested a 70-year-old great grandmother for not maintaining her lawn.
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