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How cops get away with it: Why the government can read your emails, but not count shooting deaths
Heather Digby Parton
There's no way to know how many people are shot and killed by police each year. That needs to change now
The left’s secret midterm weapon: How marijuana ballot initiatives can change turnout
Heather Digby Parton
With so much support for medical marijuana, Dems could get surprising boost on the ballot. Except one big holdout
Fox News’ latest phony obsession: Ferguson, gun control and Second Amendment hypocrisy
Heather Digby Parton
Fox News & NRA glorify the "open carry" movement. They're less excited when African-Americans exercise those rights
“Just do what I tell you”: Why cops’ tasing people is nothing to laugh at
Heather Digby Parton
People think videos of cops tasing people are funny. Here's why it's anything but harmless
Militarized cops’ scary new toys: The ugly next frontier in “crowd control”
Heather Digby Parton
The horror we saw in Ferguson may be just the start. Here's some other police gear our military is working on
Ferguson brings the libertarians: Why a new coalition has everyone confused
Heather Digby Parton
After Mike Brown's shooting, an alliance of left and right emerged to demilitarize police. But here's what it's not
Wingnuts’ sad dream to be cool: Why they worship Reagan and the military
Heather Digby Parton
From seeing Ted Nugent as a counterculture hero to their love of the Gipper, here's what drives the wannabe rebels
Ferguson’s weaponized cops and America’s long, ugly history of police violence
Andrew O'Hehir
Two dark forces collided in Ferguson: The militarization of America's cops and a long tradition of racist violence
Warrior cops on steroids: How post-9/11 hysteria created a policing monster
Heather Digby Parton
Since 9/11 we've spent huge sums to outfit local authorities with military gear. It's un-American -- and here's why
Gun nuts’ alcohol debacle: Why their new booze scheme is the scariest yet
Heather Digby Parton
Texas gun owners want to expand their rights again. And this time the NRA may not be able to contain its lunatics
Tea Party quack’s new target: Sal Russo’s plan for Silicon Valley
Heather Digby Parton
Tea Party Express's Sal Russo has made a killing ripping off right-wingers. But this is his most audacious task yet
Tea Party’s horrifying cousin: Here comes “constitutional conservatism”
Heather Digby Parton
The sad club of dupes known as the Tea Party is not the real problem. This scary ideological undercurrent might be
Rush Limbaugh’s third-grade nightmare: Introducing his new civil rights curriculum
Heather Digby Parton
The gasbag has found a creative new way to pump up book sales -- and it's very bad news for America's children
Wingnut scams the troops: How Tea Party quack uses fake charities to get rich
Heather Digby Parton
Meet Sal Russo, the man accused of running a faux veterans charity and Tea Party PAC -- to shadily pocket millions
GOP’s “toxic” laundering scheme: How echoes of Jack Abramoff are emerging
Heather Digby Parton
Group of GOP power brokers demonstrates the party's penchant for fleecing Indian tribes and Christian conservatives
Reagan’s crony returns to spew his drivel — on MSNBC?
Heather Digby Parton
Ronan Farrow welcomed an expert on to discuss the integrity of America's spies. The problem: It was John Negroponte
When an extremist Christian fundamentalist got to run a whole state
Heather Digby Parton
Kansas is the new battleground for the soul of the GOP. Sam Brownback's term as senator should be a cautionary tale
Proof the GOP’s newfound “libertarianism” is a big ol’ sham
Heather Digby Parton
How the Koch brothers and their conservative allies are using the "L" word to disguise their latest schemes
The GOP’s “war for women” strategy is desperate and clueless and wrong
Heather Digby Parton
Republicans have finally realized that (gasp!) women actually vote. But efforts to court them are dead on arrival
David Brooks and Ruth Marcus are mind-numbingly wrong about marijuana
Heather Digby Parton
The pundits continue to spew outdated, inaccurate bromides against a drug they admit they themselves have used
Journalism under fire: America’s freedom of the press is in danger
Heather Digby Parton
A new report highlights the increasing hostility that investigative reporters face
Police’s common sense trouble: How minor offense situations turn deadly
Heather Digby Parton
The best officers can discern when asserting is important. Failing to instantly obey doesn't have to lead to death
Texas gun nuts’ scary ritual: How hatred of a president turned profane
Heather Digby Parton
The "open carry" crew is now spouting right-wing conspiracy theories and waving guns in the worst place imaginable
Centrists’ hot new obsession: How they’re hoping to strip party bases of power
Heather Digby Parton
Joe Klein and company want "jungle primaries" -- an invention designed to thwart the enemy: people with ideologies
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