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Hasan Minhaj summarizes my woes in 8 minutes.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 16 May 19

Gosh, I don't normally share nor speak the names of the sinister characters but Hasan Minhaj delivers a summation of what is happening in my country in the present time, and this inevitably entails graphic images to make the power...

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...and the walls come a tumbl'n down...

usaction @usaction (649) • United States 2 Oct 11

A little more than 20 yrs ago, The Berlin Wall finally fell. Some may not recall this, depending on various factors, including age, or may have heard about it, but not understood it, really. I know I was still in elementary...

Did the Patriot Act actually expire?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 27 Jun 11

This one is definitely one for the courts to decide, we'll see how it turns out. There is a machine in the White House called an "Autopen". It is a contraption that produces the president's signature. It's been used by many...

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Obama never actually signed Patriot Act revision

Latrivia @Latrivia (2878) • United States 18 Jun 11

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/us/politics/28sign.html Looks like machines are taking over in every industry, including the presidency.I'm interested in seeing how this will go down. Personally I think if we're going to...

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Be careful which books you check out at the library

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 15 Feb 11

yep. The House passed the extension to the Patriot Act. They will now see what books you check out at the library. My question here is, didnt Speaker Boehner say that every bill will have to show where in the Constitution it...

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President Obama wants wiretap authority to monitor cell phones, Internet

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 27 Sep 10

There is a report in the New York Times that the President will ask Congress for a law to make it easier to monitor the Internet including social networking, to require Internet providers to maintain records of where you visit and...

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Obama on the patriot act and the people that expected it to be repealed

EvanHunter @EvanHunter (4026) • United States 29 May 10

A lot of people voted for Obama because they felt he was going to repeal the patriot act (or unpatriotic act as I like to call it). I have searched youtube and other places and haven't come up with a place where he said...

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Obama signs Patriot Act Extention today

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 27 Feb 10

The man who ran on how horrible the Patriot Act was...just signed into law a one year extention on it. It was set to expire on Sunday...but instead of Vetoing it or plan just letting it expire...he signed it. Anyone figured this...

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Why we need the Patriot Act

Ima_C_Suvaya @Ima_C_Suvaya (431) • United States 27 Sep 09

I believe that's why the feds prematurely arrested this Zazi guy. 0bama was starting to get a lot of negative press from the right and the left for extending the patriot act. It is certainly timely that a couple of terrorists are...

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Preasure Washington to get rid of the partriot act

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 5 May 09

How many of you think the patriot act should be repealed completely? How many of you are willing to put preasure on your elected officials to do it? How many of you are willing to keep putting preasure on them until they do it no...

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16 year old in custody under the Patriot Act

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 5 May 09

FBI arrested a 16 year old boy in North Carolina a few months ago for being a "terrorist" and a "enemy combatant" under the patriot act. According to Annette Lundeby (the boys mother)of Oxford, N.C., armed FBI agents and local...

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Patriot act not going away just yet

xfahctor @xfahctor (14113) • Lancaster, New Hampshire 17 Mar 09

111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1467 To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March...

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Court rules against Obama

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 27 Feb 09

The Obama administration has lost its argument that a potential threat to national security should stop a lawsuit against the government's warrantless wiretapping program. A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday...

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The D1ck Is Back Bringing Fright and Fear!

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 4 Feb 09

Usually members of the preceding Administration lay low for at least a short while, giving the new President and Administration a bit of a "honeymoon" period before they begin to publicly criticize and attack. I guess we should...

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Gonzo is Gone-zo!

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 28 Aug 07

So, Attorney General Gonzales finally resigned...or was he FIRED? Is he just one more in a long line of Bushies to take the fall? I'm not a lawyer and I don't pretend to be the smartest person in the world but to me it's been easy...

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Patriot Act - what do you think!

Amy @artemis432 (7474) • Abernathy, Texas 9 Apr 07

Tell me what you think of the Patriot Act. Enquiring minds want to know!

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Will you actually accept a National ID card?

TheHermit @TheHermit (98) • United States 8 Apr 07

A National ID is one step closer to fascism. It'll make it easier to set up checkpoints and roadblocks. It'll create a database of everything about you. So what? You've got nothing to hide? I wonder how many jews, homosexuals and...

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How has the patriot act affected you?

countryautobc @countryautobc (128) • Canada 14 Jan 07

I have a few on line busiensses and I must say while I understand the reason behind the patriot act I get frustrated by the stupidness of some of the requirements. What is your experience or thought on this?

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Loosing rights to privacy

BDnLacy @BDnLacy (324) • United States 12 Jan 07

Has anyone heard anything about the US Government has started reading peoples postal mail? I was discussing the wire tapping thing with a freind last night and she told me that they can now ever open and read our mail. If this so,...

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3 blasts hit the Philippines!

balutskie @balutskie (50) • Philippines 10 Jan 07

yesterday, Jan 10, three blasts hit the cities of Kidapawan, General Santos and Cotabato, located in the southern part of the Philippines. At least four were killed and a number were injured including children. Critics of the...

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