For sale: Your private browsing history

Congress passes bill allowing ISPs to sell customer Web surfing data.

Republicans Passed Bill allowing Internet Carriers to sell anyone’s browsing history

Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes – combined

A new report tallies the staggering toll of the drug war.

In this video, former Salt Lake City Mayor and 2012 Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson decries the horrific social and financial consequences of mandatory minimum sentencing laws, sharing the outrageous case of Weldon Angelos, condemned to spend 55 years in federal prison for non-violent drug offenses. Even the Republican judge in the case regarded the sentence as excessive, and called upon President Obama to release Angelos.

Rocky also issues a call to arms for citizens to write to the president and their local congressional representatives, calling for the commutation of Angelos’ sentence and to overturn these counterproductive and costly mandatory minimum sentencing laws.

Weldon Angelos received a 55 year mandatory minimum sentence for selling marijuana, a sentence even his judge opposed. After serving 13 years, he was freed last year after bipartisan lawmakers, his judge, and his family worked together to reduce his sentence.

Now, Weldon is using his story to stop mandatory minimum sentences. Sign his petition here: http://www.change.org/jeffsessions

Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes — combined.

FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR PUTTING MORE PEOPLE IN PRISON

Private Prisons Yet Another Trump Giveaway to Corporate America

Reversing course from the Obama administration, Trump’s Justice Department announced it will continue the use of private prisons to house federal inmates.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/investing/private-prison-stocks-soar-trump/

One of the reasons more people are in prison in the United States than another other country is because of the corporate profits it generates.  Who’s responsible? Mostly Republicans due to their hard line attitudes about crime & punishment, and their being beholden to Corporate and Special Interests which profits from mass incarceration.

This is capitalism gone amuck.

After 30 years of being Tough on Crime in the U.S., no other nation incarcerates more of its citizens than we do. The War on Drugs has been a horrible failure.

We have five percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of its prisoners. The cost of housing all those inmates: $80 billion a year.

60 Minutes visited several German prisons and were amazed how laid back everybody seemed at each of them — prisoners and guards. Heidering Prison outside Berlin is as clean and bright as a Google campus. The prison is surrounded by fences, not walls, so inmates can see the outside world.

There is no death penalty.

Life inside prison mirrors life outside as much as possible. Germans call it “normalization.” It starts with small prison populations. Low-level offenders get fines or probation. Prison is reserved for the worst of the worst — murderers, rapists, career criminals. Cells have doors, not bars. It’s for privacy. Inmates can decorate as they please.

In Germany, 75 percent of lifers are paroled after 20 years or less.

The United States Justice System should be Humane like Germany’s

https://thinkprogress.org/229-house-republicans-just-voted-to-keep-trumps-tax-returns-secret-a6843e9a6260

Republicans Who Want to Keep Trump’s Tax Returns Secret

Rep. Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), said he intended to use a 1924 tax law that allowed members of the House Ways and Means Committee to privately examine Trump’s tax returns to determine if there are conflicts of interest or Constitutional violations He introduced an amendment to see Trump’s returns and Republicans voted straight down party line to reject it.

U.S. Representative Devin Nunes (CA-22)
Phone: (202) 225-2523

U.S. Representative Kevin Brady (TX-08)
Phone: (202) 225-4901

U.S. Representative Sam Johnson (TX-03)
Phone: (202) 225-4201

U.S. Representative Pat Tiberi (OH-12)
Phone: (202) 225-5355

U.S. Representative Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Phone: (202) 225-7761

U.S. Representative Peter Roskam (IL-06)
Phone: (202) 225-4561

U.S. Representative Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
Phone: (202) 225-5015

U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (NE-03)
Phone: (202) 225-6435

U.S. Representative Lynn Jenkins (KS-02)
Phone: (202) 225-6601

U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen (MN-03)
Phone: (202) 225-2871

U.S. Representative Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
Phone: (202) 225-6605

U.S. Representative Diane Black (TN-06)
Phone: (202) 225-4231

U.S. Representative Tom Reed (NY-23)
Phone: (202) 225-3161

U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03)
Phone: (202) 225-5406

U.S. Representative Jim Renacci (OH-16)
Phone: (202) 225-3876

U.S. Representative Pat Meehan (PA-07)
Phone: (202) 225-2011

U.S. Representative Kristi Noem (SD-AL)
Phone: (202) 225-2801

U.S. Representative George Holding (NC-02)
Phone: (202) 225-3032

U.S. Representative Jason Smith (MO-08)
Phone: (202) 225-4404

U.S. Representative Tom Rice (SC-07)
Phone: (202) 225-9895

U.S. Representative Dave Schweikert (AZ-06)
Phone: (202) 225-2190

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-02)
Phone: (202) 225-3915

U.S. Representative Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Phone: (202) 225-2778

Republicans constantly say they are for State’s Rights.  The above videos exposes how they are Hypocrites about states rights when those rights get in the way of what THEY want.

The economy does better under Democratic presidents. Videos & graphs show Republican Rule is Bad For Jobs & Economy

Lawrence talks to Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars and lawyers, about his offer to provide free legal help to any of Donald Trump’s accusers.

Lawyers for Trump Accusers Have Message After Lawsuit Threat: Bring It On

Two lawyers representing some of the women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct are telling the presidential candidate they are not…

Lawyers are offering to defend Trump’s sexual assault accusers for free

But Trump’s lawsuit threats are still intimidating to women who might consider coming forward.

Civil Rights Attorneys have offered free legal services to protect and defend Freedom of Speech.  Organizations such as Geller Law Group and Protect Democracy have offered legal services “dedicated to preventing our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government.”

Ted Boutrous of the law firm Gibson Dunnhas also offered to provide free legal help. Click here to read article

Mike Pence LIED numerous times at the VP Debate. This proves he can’t be trusted and is unfit to serve in Public Office

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FACTS ABOUT MIKE PENCE

Mike Pence is Anti-Women’s Rights / Anti-Choice

Pence has instituted some of the most restrictive reproductive rights laws in the country.

Mike Pence Refused to Pardon a Wrongfully Convicted Man “out of respect for the judicial process”

Mike Pence has a Long History Attacking Social Security & Medicare

Here’s a quote from National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare, President/CEO Max Richtman, about Trump picking Pence as his VP…

“By choosing Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has sent a very clear message to America’s seniors that their priorities will hold little weight in a Trump administration. During his decade-plus tenure in the U.S. Congress, Mike Pence consistently voted in favor of legislative efforts to cut benefits in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. He has a long history of blaming earned benefit programs for America’s economic woes and supporting middle-class benefit cuts to protect tax cuts for the wealthy. Few members of Congress have an anti-seniors voting record as consistently strong as Mike Pence.

Mike Pence was one of Congress’ biggest proponents of privatization. He supports cutting Social Security benefits by raising the retirement age, reducing the COLA, means-testing and turning Medicare into “CouponCare.” As he told CNN, ‘I’m an all of the above guy. I think we need to look at everything that’s on the menu,’ and the record shows he has done just that by supporting every form of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefit cut proposed in the past decade.

The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare scored Mike Pence at 0% on issues important to seniors during the 2011-2012 Congress since he voted for multiple pieces of legislation that would cut benefits and programs that protect senior’s health and financial security.”

Pence Signed Legislation Enacting Harsh Sentencing For Drug Offenses Opposed By Indiana Legal Groups.

Pence, A Supposed Criminal Justice Reform Candidate, Has Actually Passed Numerous Measures That Support Mass Incarceration.

Pence Signed Tax Cuts For Corporations, High-Income Individuals That Failed In Other Red States.

Pence Signed Law Capping Indiana Minimum Wage, Employee Benefits.

Pence Defended State’s Union-Busting “Right-To-Work” Laws

Pence’s Indiana Education Record Has Focused On Boosting Privatization

Pence Has Numerous Connections To A Right-Wing-Funded Indiana School Choice PAC And National Education Privatization Groups.

Pence Is A Climate Science Denier

Pence Has Repeatedly Tried To Block The EPA’s Landmark Climate Change Plan

The Journal Gazette: “Pence Defies EPA, Pleasing Donors.” The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, IN, reported that in opposing the EPA Clean Power Plan, Pence was “standing with big political donors,” including utilities and coal companies that have contributed almost $2 million to his campaign and the foundation that “funds economic development travel for Pence”

Pence Helped Kill Indiana’s Successful Energy Efficiency Program

Pence Received A Low 4 Percent Lifetime Score On LCV’s Environmental Scorecard

The NRA Praised Pence For Adopting Its Radical Agenda

Pence Is A Long-Time Obamacare Opponent

Pence Signed Indiana’s Notorious Anti-LGBT “Religious Freedom” Bill Into Law

Pence Was Surrounded By Anti-LGBT Extremists When He Signed The Bill Into Law.

Pence Has A Long History Of Anti-LGBT Activism

Pence Signed a Anti-Choice Bill That Would Place Multiple New Restrictions On Abortion

Was a Republican Congressman and Self-Described “Rush Limbaugh On Decaf” Conservative Radio Host

Mike Pence Signed a Law Legalizing Discrimination Against Gay / LGBT People.

To be clear, under the law Mike Pence signed, a business could refuse service to anyone who they THINK looks gay on the basis of being against the business owner’s religion.

Imagine being denied service because someone thinks you LOOK gay and legally being denied recourse against the person / business which did you wrong. That’s the type of country we would live in if Republicans get their way…. a country were discrimination is legal and no recourse against businesses and individuals who engage in discrimination.

FALSE STATEMENTS MADE BY PENCE

Here’s a list of False Statements made by Mike Pence which include the statement “Hillary Clinton took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire during the terrorist attack in Benghazi”, which is a LIE – http://politifact.com/personalities/mike-pence/statements/byruling/false/

Republicans has SHAMELESSLY exploited the deaths of 4 Americans for their own political gain.

The numerous Benghazi investigations by Repubs (which cost taxpayers over 4 million dollars) has been motivated by Politics, Hate for President Obama and to “Get” Hillary Clinton.

60 Americans Died at embassies and consulates around the world under George W. Bush, versus 4 deaths under the watch of Obama / Clinton. There was no outrage and endless investigation by Republicans into the 60 Deaths under Republican George W. Bush. No one called for Bush to be prosecuted or executed.

CLEARLY, President Obama had a much better track record of less deaths at embassies (4 versus 60) than Republicans and George W. Bush.

22 Million emails of George W. Bush were lost / deleted. There was no outrage and endless investigation by Republicans into the deletion of 22 Million emails of George W. Bush. Many other high level Republicans has used private email servers such as Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.

This is a prime example of what hypocrites Republicans are, making a BIG DEAL out of the 4 deaths which occurred during Obama’s Presidency while saying and doing nothing about the 60 deaths which occurred when BUSH was President and making a BIG DEAL out of Hillary using a private email server and emails lost when Republicans did the same and much worst.

This is a continuation of Republican’s irrational, pathological hate which Republican Politicians use to fire up their base so their uninformed constituents will continue voting for them so they keep their jobs and continue to do nothing for the American people.

Trump and Republicans are in no position to criticize anyone. If anyone is “crooked”, it’s Donald Trump.

Lawsuits has been filed against Trump in connection with the now defunct Trump University.

It has been reported that Trump has screwed his own contractors out of millions of dollars they were owned and much more.

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Here’s a list of false statements as reported by PolitiFact – http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/byruling/false/

Donald Trump told NRA members that “Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the 2nd amendment”. That statement is a LIE and was clearly made to score points with NRA members and the Republican base who hates Hillary Clinton.

Making false statements such at this proves that he can’t be trusted and that he has no credibility.

Trump has flip flopped on many issues. This video shows him praising Hillary Clinton. He was once friendly to the Clinton’s, now he says their criminals.

Chris Cristy was the first major politician to support Trump and has been friends with Cristy for many years. Trump betrayed Cristy by selecting Pence as his running mate.

This shows that his words and loyalty to people mean nothing, and he will do and say what ever it takes to get elected.

Republican politicians are in no position to criticize Hillary Clinton either.

As an example of how LAWLESS Republicans are, Republican Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush and his administration subverted democracy by rigging the 2000 election by illegally and wrongfully purging thousands of black voters off the voter rolls. This gave his brother, George W. Bush a winning lead of only 537 votes.

If it weren’t for Jeb Bush’s illegal voter purge, Al Gore would have decisively won Florida and the 2000 election.

No charges were ever brought against Jeb and his administration even though the Civil Rights Commission recommended that he and members of his administration be prosecuted – http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/ch9.htm

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That rigged election ended up costing the lives of thousands of people because of George W. Bush’s disastrous Iraq war, which wouldn’t have happened if Al Gore were President. It also caused a conservative majority in the Supreme Court due to Bush’s appointments. Full details at https://republicanreports.org/2000-election-rigged-2/

The 2004 election was rigged by Republicans in Ohio through a combination of the Ohio Election Computers being rerouted to computers in Tennessee and the votes flipped, ballot destruction and disenfranchisement of minorities. Extensive investigations produced shocking proof yet no charges were ever brought against anyone involved. Full details at https://republicanreports.org/2004-election-stolen/

Republicans even RIGGED their own convention in 2012 as show in this video.

This shocking video shows how the Republican establishment didn’t listen to members of their own party at the 2012 Republican Convention and didn’t allow them to vote on an important rule change. The rule change was already decided by the Republican establishment and written into a teleprompter script read by Speaker of the House, John Boehner.

On January 20, 2009, the day of President Obama’s Inauguration, Republican Leaders in Congress violated their Oath of Office by plotting to obstruct President Obama on everything to make his presidency a failure, with no regard to how it would negatively affect the American people.

They voted Against Jobs Bills, Blocked Bills to our Help Veterans, Blocked Ending Tax Beaks for Companies sending Jobs Overseas, Blocked Extending Unemployment Assistance, Blocked Medical Help for 9/11 1st Responders and much more

Republicans say they are for less government but when it comes to Women’s Rights, they want the government to tell them what they can do with their own bodies. They have passed laws against women’s rights and want to completely make abortions illegal even in cases of incest or rape.

If you are one of those who hate President Obama and Hillary Clinton, you have allowed yourself to be brain washed by the Republican Establishment. To them, it’s all about maintaining power and control over the masses.

A rigged election which caused the death of Thousands of American troops and over 100,000 Iraqis is of far greater consequence than any so called “crimes” committed by Hillary Clinton.

Hillary and Democrats will make sure American’s Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Women’s Rights and democracy is protected.

Republican’s want to take away Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Women’s Rights, Legalize Discrimination and much more.

Here’s a list of some of the lawless, undemocratic, rotten things Republicans has done since the 2000 election. Proof of everything on this list is on this website.  These are only a few examples of how Republicans have no regard for Democracy or the will of the American people. To them, the end justifies the means as it did when they rigged the 2000 election and 2004 election for George W Bush.

Republicans have shown that they condone out right lying, character assassinations, cheating, lawless, UN-American, undemocratic conduct as long as it benefits them so they stay in power.

Today’s Republicans are a DISGRACE and have defiled the GOP Party of Lincoln.

Republicans has claimed for years that the welfare system is making people dependent on government handouts. Turns out more Red States rely on welfare more than Blue States

The Political Scandal No One Is Talking About

In the above video Anita Hill stated in her Senate testimony on 10/12/91  about Clarence Thomas;

“He would turn the conversation to a discussion of sexual matters. His conversations were very vivid. He spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes.  He talked about pornographic materials depicting individuals with large penises or large breasts involving various sex acts. On several occasions, Thomas told me graphically of his own sexual prowess.  Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all, and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about this subject. I would also try to change the subject to education matters or to non-sexual personal matters, such as his background or his beliefs.”  Hill also claimed Thomas stated “there is a pubic hair in my Coke” and he spoke of “Long Dong Silver“.

Republican Senator Orrin Hatch was one of Clarence Thomas’s biggest supporters and defenders as shown in the above video.

Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas

lillian mcewen says justice clarene thomas,who she used to date,was kinda obsessed with porn

Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas

In the above article, ex girlfriend Lillian McEwen stated “He was obsessed with porn.”   “He would talk about what he had seen in magazines and films, if there was something worth noting.”

McEwen also said that the conservative Thomas was constantly on the make at work.  “He was always actively watching the women he worked with to see if they could be potential partners,” said McEwen. “It was a hobby of his.”  She added that he once told her he had asked a woman at work what her bra size was.

Lying Under Oath Could be used as grounds for Removal from Office

If McEwen’s accusations are true, that would collaborate Anita Hill’s testimony and prove that Clarence Thomas lied to the Senate, committed perjury, engaged in Sexual Harassment and should be removed as a Justice of the Supreme Court.

Alaska lawyer says Justice Clarence Thomas groped her at a party in 1999, according to report

Woman posted on Facebook, saying Thomas fondled her when she was a 23-year-old Truman Foundation scholar.

More Accusations of Sexual Abuse by Clarence Thomas

What They Didn’t Tell You About Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas

Few young women today have heard of the person who transformed their professional world; that includes Anita Hill’s own students at Brandeis, where she currently teaches. Even those Americans who were glued to the televised nomination hearings don’t know the complicated backstory.

Lying In The Confirmation Process: Clarence Thomas

Like William Rehnquist before him, Clarence Thomas perjured himself twice in order to get onto the Supreme Court. Part 4 of the series, “The Structure of Lies in Conservative Jurisprudence”.

Additional articles which substantiate that Clarence Thomas lied

Supreme Court Justice Failed To Disclose His Wife’s $700,000 Income

Supreme Court Justice Failed To Disclose His Wife’s $700,000 Income

Democratic lawmakers have called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual financial disclosure forms.

Republicans Blocking Wall Street Reform

Trump Says He’ll Dismantle Wall Street Reform

Republicans Help Banker Buddies

What Wall Street Reform Means for You

Video title: Trump turns to dark side for new campaign finance strategy

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Video title: Trump’s new fundraisers a dubious cast of characters

Rachel Maddow reviews the pasts people who are being named to his fundraising team, including the disturbing record of the Donald Trump campaign’s new national finance chair, Steven Mnuchin

Republicans voted down a bill that would have provided funds to state and local governments to create 1 million new jobs.

Why did Republicans oppose jobs bills? Because they didn’t want President Obama to get credit for anything which might help the economy or the American people so Republicans could take back the White House.