patriot act

Never Forget That Republicans Used 9/11 To Start Two Middle East Wars

Never Forget That Republicans Used 9/11 To Start Two Middle East Wars

The Bush administration used a terror attack on American soil to rack up a $6 trillion debt for two wars…

9 years ago

NSA Critics Get A Historic Win As Senate Passes USA Freedom Act

History was made today, as the Senate voted 67-32 to reform a key provision of the Patriot Act by scrapping…

10 years ago

Even President Obama Is Laughing At Mitch McConnell’s Failure

Six years and some change later, the man who set out a detailed plan to derail the Obama presidency before…

10 years ago

The White House Reminds Everyone That Obama Crafted A Reformed Patriot Act Over A Year Ago

The White House's response to the Republican-led Senate's lead-by-crisis on the Patriot Act was to remind everyone that the President…

10 years ago

Mitch McConnell Humiliated And Rand Paul Loses As Senate Votes To Advance USA Freedom Act

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wanted to extend the Patriot Act while Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) wanted to kill…

10 years ago

Democrats Threaten To Kill The Patriot Act’s Domestic Spying Programs With Filibuster

Democrats and libertarian-leaning Republicans have unified around the common goal of killing some of the Patriot Act's worst domestic spying…

10 years ago

Democrats Defend Freedom By Introducing Bill To Completely Repeal The Patriot Act

U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) have introduced the Surveillance State Repeal Act. The Democratic bill would…

10 years ago

Surprise, Surprise! Alex Jones Calls Las Vegas Shooting a False Flag Set Up By Obama

Well, that sure didn't take long. Alex Jones, crazy right-wing conspiracy theorist and con artist, took to his radio show…

11 years ago

Sen. Al Franken, ‘I don’t want transparency only where it’s convenient to the government.’

Sen. Al Franken has introduced a bill that would lift the secrecy surrounding FISA and the Patriot Act. Franken explained,…

11 years ago

Your Private Information is Less Safe than Ever – And it was Never Safe

Governments have been spying on their citizens since the dawn of time. They're just better at it now than ever…

12 years ago

The New Terrorists: How Ordinary American Activists are Receiving This Dangerous Label

The trend toordinary American activists as domestic terrorists is alarming, bringing to new reasons to revisit the PATRIOT…

12 years ago

Patriot Act Defenders Already Calling for NSA Leaker Edward Snowden to Be Prosecuted

Republicans and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein are already going on record calling for the prosecution of NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

12 years ago