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Nov 27 2013
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Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit 'Radicalizers'
The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations of those whom the agency believes are radicalizing others through incendiary speeches, according to a top-secret NSA document.
HuffPost
Jun 04 2015
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9 Completely Bonkers Things The Newest GOP Presidential Candidate Believes About The Constitution
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to announce his bid to seek the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday. It will be Perry’s second attempt to secure a home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Perry showed commendable candor in the lead-up to his 2012 bid regarding his unorthodox views about the Constitution. Most politicians who hope to win a
ThinkProgress
Jul 14 2015
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The Problems With Facebook’s Polarization Study
Yesterday, Facebook released a study in Science that pushed back on the idea of the "filter bubble": that social media creates a kind of echo chamber in which users never see arguments from the other side, helping to insulate those users from substantive political debate. Taken to its extreme, the Filter Bubble might almost completely close users off to new ideas and information, leaving them
New York Magazine
Jan 13 2020
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Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown
Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic’s initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.
Videos sent to the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran and later verified by The Associated Press show a crowd of demonstrators near Azadi, or Freedom
CNBC
May 21 2020
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Pandemic, in park: Viewers pull up to drive-ins again
For many, pandemic life has been filled with unsettling firsts. But around the U.S. and the world, people are finding some cozy comfort in a decades-old idea: the drive-in.
When Danish singer-songwriter Mads Langer stepped onto a concert stage in late April, he wasn’t greeted with cheers and clapping. He was welcomed by the honking of car horns.
Around 500 vehicles gathered to
Christian Science Monitor
Jun 15 2020
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Ron Johnson's investigations thrust freewheeling GOP senator into election-year spotlight
Sen. Ron Johnson wouldn’t appear to be one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies at first glance.
The Wisconsin Republican doesn’t flood the airwaves to defend the president. He isn’t a fixture in the conservative media world, and he hasn’t seen his political stock boosted by a barrage of tweets and retweets from the president. In 2018, he even criticized Trump’s mix of tariffs and
Politico
Jun 27 2013
News
Long layover: Ecuador says it could take two months to decide on Snowden's asylum
For the fifth straight day former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden remains “in transit” in a Moscow airport, officials there say, while Ecuador announced his political asylum bid could take up to two months to approve.
Christian Science Monitor
Jun 20 2013
News
SENATE CLOSE ON IMMIGRATION DEAL — HERE ARE THE DETAILS
White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill’s border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully.
The Blaze
Jan 10 2013
News
Republican Party Path Back From 2012 Election Requires Shift In Culture, Not Just Tactics
One week after Barack Obama thumped Mitt Romney to secure the presidency, I pedaled over to the headquarters of the Reserve Officers Association, a six-story building in a prime spot across the street from the Capitol and next door to the Supreme Court.
HuffPost
Sep 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
The Economist’s Analysis of Facebook Media Bias Misses the Mark
A recent examination of media bias on Facebook caught our eye here at AllSides. It is an important topic and we found the report to be interesting, but we also found some problems with it that lead to invalid conclusions.
We’ve identified a number of flaws in the methodology used in a report from The Economist, "Facebook offers a distorted view of American news," which says Facebook may
AllSides Staff