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DownsizeDC.org is one of 68 organizations and security experts that told the President to veto the Cyber Information and Sharing Act (CISA).

You can read our letter to the President here. …read more

In a glaring example of how the burgeoning State holds a powerful grip on humanity, political academics say that 1.6 billion people around the world are forced to pay bribes to dirty politicians and corrupt cops. That’s nearly a quarter of the global population robbed of money or personal possessions, on top of the legal taxation scheme they are subject to already.
The book, titled Paying Bribes for Public Services: A Global Guide to Grass-Roots Corruption, is written by Professor Richard Rose of Strathclyde and Dr. Caryn Peiffer of Birmingham.
“The evidence on grassroots corruption comes from surveys interviewing more than 250,000 …read more

On November 3, 2015, Pennsylvania voters will elect there new State Supreme Court Justices in partisan elections. There will be three Democrats, three Republicans, and probably one independent candidate. The independent candidate is Paul Panepinto, who switched his registration from Republican to independent in March 2015. He needs 16,639 valid signatures by August 3, 2015. A news story of July 27 says he has 22,000 signatures.
The last time a minor party or independent candidate for Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was on the ballot was in November 1993, when Patriot Party nominee Robert Surrick qualified. …read more

CYBERSECURITY: After you read this, you’ll say, “Obama is right!” #tlot Retweet

I wrote a letter to the President telling him to veto the CISA bill if it comes to his desk.

THEN, I sent this similar letter to my Representative and Senators telling them to oppose it using DownsizeDC.org’s Hands Off the Internet Campaign.

I think President Obama was on to something in his April 15, 2012 Statement of Administration Principles. There, he said that a cybersecurity law must preserve “Americans’ privacy, data confidentiality, and civil liberties and recognize the civilian nature of cyberspace.”

CISA fails on …read more

Ralph Nader has this op-ed in the New York Daily News. Nader’s general point is that mainstream news media do a terrible job of covering candidates. His column is specifically triggered by the Huffington Post’s policy of not covering Donald Trump in its political news, but instead in its entertainment news. Nader’s piece also criticizes the Commission on Presidential Debates. …read more

Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY — Unfortunately, the sad reality is that yet another accusation of excessive force by the NYPD is hardly newsworthy anymore. But there was something different about what happened last night inside the Target store in Flatbush. And most of it was caught on video.
The man who captured the video told The Free Thought Project that he “witnessed several police officers repeatedly jumping with their knees on the victim’s head while he was already being held by a team of additional officers.”
The video then shows half a dozen officers putting their weight on the man as they held …read more

Evansville, IN – While on a ride-along with his police officer father, 21-year-old Brock Underwood assaulted a man and attempted to break his cell phone for filming a police encounter.
His father, Officer Bryan Underwood was stopped at a gas station and making an aggressive arrest when a witness quickly took out his cell phone and began filming the situation. The bystander tried to get as close to the police vehicle as he could to check if the suspect was alive and okay, as the officer had allegedly shot him just before the arrest.
As the bystander was moving to get a …read more

On Saturday, July 25, Frank Fahrenkopf appeared on the Smerconish show on CNN. Fahrenkopf has been the most influential leader of the CPD since it was established in 1987. He said the Commission hasn’t decided yet whether to ease the 15% poll rule for entry into the general election presidential debates. He mentioned that the Annenberg Working Group on Presidential Campaign Debates had recently suggested that the first debate should have a 10% threshold. He said the Commission will decide by one year before the first debate. Because the first debate is usually in the …read more

San Bernardino, CA — In an apparent attempt to give rise to their bottom line, the San Bernardino Police Department took to the streets dressed as panhandlers this week.
Four officers donned their cardboard signs and walked the street looking for vile criminal law breakers who’d dare to be inside a vehicle without their seat belts on.

According to the NY Daily News,
The four-hour operation led to 50 total vehicle stops, including 33 for cell phone violations, 15 seat belt violations and five cars impounded because the drivers were either unlicensed or driving on suspended licenses, police said.
Officers Walton and Alvarez wore …read more