RESPONSE ACTION NETWORK 04/25/2015

Here is your weekly update on the politics and policies affecting our liberties. "America's Soft Police State" It's not an issue most Republican or Democratic politicians are eager to discuss, but the protections guaranteed to us in the Fourth Amendment are under assault. It didn't happen overnight, but rather by a slow, steady, accumulation of laws, regulations, and court opinions. But the end result is the same: the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and we all now live in what can only be called a "soft police state" . . . Read The Full Article ▶ Google gets creepy We've all read the stories about how governments intrude, snoop, spy and pry on private citizens (all in the name of keeping us safe). But governments aren't the only people out there gathering your information. One of the biggest, and most powerful, is Google. And contrary to its company motto of "Don't Be Evil," Google is definitely becoming creepy: Between Google Search, Gmail, Maps, Android, YouTube, Glass, Now, Books, Wallet, Chromecast, Wear, Nest and its alliance with car companies, Google now knows more about you than you do . . . Read The Full Article ▶ This is how the state crushes its enemies We have written extensively about government abuse of power. This article describes what has been going on in Wisconsin, where a county D.A. bent the full powers of the state to nail Gov. Scott Walker for daring to question the privileges of state employees unions -- and any individual citizen who supported him in that fight. It is one of the most malicious and arrogant abuses of power you will ever read. Here is a sample . . . Read The Full Article ▶ Hillary's uranium problem (with a side of Putin) Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign took a shot below the waterline from, of all places, the New York Times. It's a story of money, cronyism, and uranium. With a guest appearance by Russian President Vladimir Putin: The [Pravda] article, in January 2013, detailed how the Russian atomic energy agency, Rosatom, had taken over a Canadian company with uranium-mining stakes stretching from Central Asia to . . . Read The Full Article ▶ Coburn's advice to Congress: Go home Tom Coburn may have retired from the Senate, but he still has some pointed words for his former colleagues. In an interview regarding his new project with the Manhattan Institute on reforming the Food and Drug Administration, Coburn had this advice for the Congress: My advice is come home. You're more likely to fix the problems at home than you are there. Until the American people see transparently . . . Read The Full Article ▶