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What we know about Russian evolving role in voter suppression

By Mark | February 8, 2018

In the months after the 2016 election, as you may recall, it was reported that the Russians had attempted to breach the election systems of 21 U.S. states. Well, thanks to an NBC News report, we now know that a handful of these state systems were successfully penetrated. Furthermore, according to Jeanette Manfra, the head […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Cambridge Analytica, Chris Murphy, CIA, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, cybersecurity, Donald Trump, election hacking, election integrity, election meddling, George Bush, George W. Bush, gerrymandering, hacking, Jeanette Manfra, Mike Pompeo, propaganda, provisional ballot, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russiagate, sanctions, Senate Judiciary Committee, voter registration, voter suppression, voting | 118 Comments

Republicans after adding over $1 trillion to our national debt to fund tax give-aways to the rich, say they can’t find $8 billion to extend health care for 8.9 million children living in poverty

By Mark | December 23, 2017

While sold to the American people as a “middle class tax cut” that wouldn’t help the super-rich like Donald Trump, the tax reform legislation just passed by the Republicans is, in fact, a windfall for the rich that does considerably less for American’s middle class than the Obama stimulus package of 2009 did. Had the […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged #CorkerKickback, America Cares Act, Bob Corker, budget deficit, Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, cruelty, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, FDR, health care, health insurance, mandates, Medicaid, Medicare, middle class tax cuts, New Deal, Paul Ryan, poverty, Republican lies, rolling back the New Deal, social safety net, social security, stimulus, tax reform, tax scam, taxes, the top 1%, threats to the middle class, wealth inequality, welfare | 8 Comments

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden comes clean on why he turned over classified government documents to the press, just how much the intelligence community knows about us, and what his actions will likely cost him

By Mark | June 9, 2013

Earlier today, the identity of last week’s much-talked-about National Security Agency whistleblower was made public. His name is Edward Snowden, and he’s a former technical assistant for the CIA, who, most recently, worked for the NSA through the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d highly recommend that you watch […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged Booz Allen Hamilton, Bradley Manning, Bush, China, Constitution, Courage, domestic spying, Edward Snowden, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, espionage, Espionage Act, Facebook, FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Glenn Greenwald, Google, Microsoft, Nathan Hale, national security, National Security Agency, NSA, Obama, PalTalk, Patriot Act, patriotism, PRISM, privacy, Protect America Act, Skype, surveillance, surveillance culture, Surveillance State, telecommunications, threats to Democracy, treason, Verizon, War on Terror, whistle blower, Yahoo, YouTube | 43 Comments

Guilty until proven innocent in the age of ubiquitous electronic surveillance

By Mark | June 6, 2013

Upon taking office, President Obama issued a memorandum on the subject of transparency: “My Administration,” he said, “is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency […]