Tag: Executive Power
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DHS to Get “Heat Ray” Weapon
The secret police are being offered ray guns. They have already ordered their shock gloves.
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Pentagon Plans to Livestream Execution
The United States is now preparing to bring back the spectacle of execution, and broadcast it to the world.
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ICE Collects Millions of Voter Records
It will bear remembering what uses this government makes of our voter information.
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Trump Says Arrest New York Times
Trump’s latest demand concerns reporting about the size of a rally crowd.
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Russia Says There Is No Plague
We may not know whether Russia is telling the truth until much later.
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DOJ Sues to Keep Masked Agents
History is filled with examples of autocratic regimes’ using masked secret police, and the United States government is going to court to assert its right to join them.
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Amnesty: Dismantle ICE
Autocrats often seek to build a secret police answerable only to them. Ours is called ICE.
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Armed Agents at the Polls
The upcoming midterm elections, who gets to vote in them, and how they are conducted, are shaping up to be one of the most important battles for the future of our democracy.
