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Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, Google Home

Privacy experts are keeping a close watch on the case of a Bentonville, Arkansas, man who was charged with murder after prosecutors obtained a warrant to receive data from his Amazon Echo,

January 4, 2017
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Category: Justice

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New Analysis Highlights Alarming Anti-Consumer Impacts of Proposed Enbridge/Spectra Energy Mega-Merger

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The advocacy group Food & Water Watch released an extensive analysis today documenting the significant anti-competitive, anti-consumer and anti-environmental impacts of the proposed merger between Enbridge Inc. and Spectra Energy Corp. Food & Water Watch called

January 4, 2017
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Category: Environment

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ACLU Releases Analysis of Sessions’ Civil Liberties Record Ahead of Confirmation Hearings

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The American Civil Liberties Union released a comprehensive analysis of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record on civil liberties issues ahead of the January 10-11 confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general.

January 4, 2017
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For Head of SEC, Trump Taps Another Fox to Guard Wall Street Henhouse

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Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton, who defended big banks against regulators during the financial crisis, is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the federal agency charged with policing Wall Street.

January 5, 2017
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Category: Politics

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In Syria, Western Media Cheer Al Qaeda

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The Syrian government—a dictatorship known for imprisoning, torturing and disappearing dissidents—is easy to vilify. And over the last five years of Syria’s civil war, it has committed its share of atrocities. But there is more than one side to every

January 4, 2017
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WaPo Spreading Own Falsehoods Shows Real Power of Fake News

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The putative scourge of “fake news” has been one of the most pervasive post-election media narratives. The general thrust goes like this: A torrent of fake news swept the internet, damaging Hillary Clinton and possibly leading to a Donald Trump victory.