Key House Democrats join hands with Republicans to give Trump & co. the right to spy on basically everyone, pending a likely passage in the Senate.
In better news, a federal judge put a temporary block on the Trump administration’s plan to end DACA.
Examining the far-too-many US prosecutors who not only hinder justice, but actively work against it to keep proven innocents in prison.
(via @radleybalko)Now Brazil wants to censor the Internet and “punish” speech it doesn’t like in the name of stopping “fake news”.
Trump is yapping again about loosening the US’s libel laws to make it easier to sue people who say things he doesn’t like. First Amendment attorney Ken “Popehat” White already explained why, as worrying as this attitude is from the sitting President, it’s not likely to lead to any policy changes.
Finally, professional Catholic Church apologist Bill Donohue is still saying that no institution in the world deals with sexual abuse better than the global religious syndicate that multiple investigations have found still covers up child molestation cases to this day.
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