When it failed to reach a budget agreement on Monday, the federal government was forced to suspend non-vital functions such as national parks. Yesterday government employees across the nation were instructed to report to work and wait for further instruction. Those employees deemed non-essential were given one to four hours to leave out of office… Continue reading Go Home, NSA: The Letter Dismissing Our Favorite Feds for the Government Shutdown
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The Government Meltdown and Obamacare: What’s Next?
To little surprise, Republicans and Democrats couldn’t agree on a spending plan for the fiscal year that started on Tuesday. Haggling over spending on Obamacare, they left the nation in a state of flux. One of the main responsibilities of Congress is to pass bills to fund the government budget. When this doesn’t happen, you… Continue reading The Government Meltdown and Obamacare: What’s Next?
Constitute: A New Way to Search the World’s Constitutions
As Americans, we understand just how important a constitution is to maintaining a sovereign nation. One of the basic steps toward drafting a constitution is looking at other documents and precedents. Constitute, an online database of the world’s constitutions, now provides a way to quickly search and analyze the world’s constitutions. Did you know that… Continue reading Constitute: A New Way to Search the World’s Constitutions
Facebook Reveals New Report Detailing Global Government Requests for User Data in 2013
After speculation that major companies like Facebook were involved in PRISM, a secret government program that monitors user data, Facebook aims to bring more transparency to its privacy policy. Previously, Facebook released a statement regarding the user data request process in place for government authorities. Today Facebook follows up on that statement by releasing its first Global Government Requests… Continue reading Facebook Reveals New Report Detailing Global Government Requests for User Data in 2013
NSA Independance Day [COMIC]
It’s clear that Americans have become fed up with the NSA and other government programs spying on all of their phone calls, emails and other internet activity. ‘Restore the Fourth’ rallies are gathering in 50 cities nationwide this July 4th to protest these unconventional surveillance tactics that appear to violate not only our privacy, but… Continue reading NSA Independance Day [COMIC]
Reddit Rallies to Restore Your Privacy Rights on July 4th #restorethefourth
Restore the Fourth is a non-partisan, non-violent protest gathering nationwide on July 4th to raise awareness about unconstitutional surveillance methods that are currently being employed by the U.S. Government. What started out as a grassroots movement 24 days ago on Reddit, has turned into a full-blown demand by Reddit and the rest of the community… Continue reading Reddit Rallies to Restore Your Privacy Rights on July 4th #restorethefourth
10 Funny NSA and Government Surveillance Parodies and Memes
Quite the ruckus has been made over the last few days regarding our privacy or, better put, lack thereof. Just about every major tech company, including Google and Facebook, has released statements denying involvement with a secret government surveillance program called PRISM after a report by the Washington Post claimed otherwise. Though the Post has retracted some of… Continue reading 10 Funny NSA and Government Surveillance Parodies and Memes
