Govt overstates terrorist convictions
I think this is a pretty big deal, reported in the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/... In a 2009 sample of 103 defendants, auditors found that 11 were reported as guilty on terrorism...
View ArticleGood news from Redstate.com
And, surprisingly, it's in a crappy piece by Erick Erickson (loon) calling for the GOP to reject the Senate compromise bill. But in the last paragraph Erickson writes:"The RedState contact email is...
View ArticleGive to the max day
Today is give to the max day for a number of non-profits. I'm going to ask you to support the ACLU of Minnesota. http://givemn.razoo.com/...Over the last few years, I've posted diaries about the work...
View ArticleWhite's only water fountain
This is nuts - if The Onion wrote this an editor would have said "No, that's too unbelievable - dial it back a bit." http://www.cnn.com/...
View ArticleACLU files suit on behalf of immigrant children
https://www.aclu.org/..."Eleven-year-old Luisa was too young to apply on her own for a visa to come from Guatemala to the United States where she hoped to be reunited with her mother. But since federal...
View ArticleHillary surprised by Dreamers
From Politico http://www.politico.com/...It looks like Hillary wants to talk to dreamers about as much as Rand Paul does (although she at least does say something before leaving. Sure, it was...
View ArticleLewis Black and ACLU team up against voter ID laws
Lewis Black is in this video on horrible voter ID laws. https://www.facebook.com/...And he and many ACLU supporters are also signing onto this letter, being sent to hundreds of politicians....
View ArticleACLU of MN settles racial profiling case
A few years back, I wrote about a racial profiling case in rural Minnesota (http://www.dailykos.com/...). Officers and sheriff deputies in a small town in Minnesota arrested a women simply because...
View ArticleWhat does Clinton stand for?
Seriously? I've been attacked by many because I don't want Clinton as the nominee. Fine. Tell me why I'm wrong. Where does she stand on real issues? I've looked at her website and, while it'll...
View ArticleAmerican Internment Camps
A pretty powerful piece on the evils of the Obama administration's plans to house families in detention facilities.https://www.aclu.org/... Last summer, the Obama administration announced its plans to...
View Article33 Democratic Senators condemn Obama family detention policies
https://www.aclu.org/...The ACLU wrote a strong piece on the Obama administration's family detention policies. One third of the Senate has had enough of the Obama administration’s abusive...
View ArticleICE detaining pregnant women
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/...More reporting on the Obama administration's inhumane treatment of families seeking asylum. As many women and children fled massive violence - including domestic violence...
View ArticlePowerful statement from JACL
Japanese American Citizens League released a powerful statement against the family detention centers the Obama administration is using.http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/... During World War II,...
View ArticleACLU reveals massive discrimination in Minneapolis
The ACLU did great work on studying the problems facing minorities in Minneapolis. https://www.aclu.org/... When Officer Rod Webber quickly approached the car that Hamza Jeylani was sitting in, the...
View ArticleGeorge Takei supports the ACLU, do you?
https://aclum.org/...The ACLU of Massachusetts honored George Takei for his years of support. Mr. Takei talked about his experiences as a survivor of U.S. internment camps during World War II, as a...
View ArticleClinton is horrible for immigrants
I've posted several diaries on the injustices immigrants are facing here and have repeatedly said that Clinton is horrible on this issue. Last year, Clinton was willing to throw away immigrant...
View ArticleSenator Feinstein 'joining the Trump bandwagon'
http://www.politico.com/...More political fall out after the unfortunate murder of a young white woman by a Mexican national in San Francisco. Sadly, her death was used by politicians in both parties...
View ArticleThese are the democrats?
Hilarious and spot on piece by Albert Burneko at The Concourse on the democratic candidates. http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/... Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of the Navy, a Republican Senator, and...
View ArticleThe problem with Clinton's flip flops
http://www.politico.com/...Good article by Jack Schafer on Clinton's flip flopping. Hillary Clinton has a propensity to change her mind on big issues. She has reversed her positions on gay marriage,...
View ArticleTexas gets win against US citizen children
Lots of media on this, here's the huffpost link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...Some counties in Texas have refused to accept Mexican IDs of parents as valid documentation in their hospitals for...
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