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One of the most insidious abuses of state power lies in the practice of civil asset forfeiture (CAF), where government agents can seize cash and property from citizens who are not charged with a crime. Law enforcement needs only the suspicion (often concocted) of a crime to immediately steal a person’s belongings, and the person must then prove his or her innocence with costly attorney’s fees to get their property back.
The case of Joseph Rivers, 22, provides a shocking example of how bad it can get. While on his way to Hollywood to start a music career, the DEA stole …read more

At the Dark Android Project, I generally recommend either loading CyanogenMod or AOSP onto your Android device. Getting away from Alphabet/Google’s ever-increasing control of the OS is doing more harm than good, in my opinion (and if you want to be really saucy, don’t even use the Google Play Store, use F-Droid instead). But those recommendations were never meant to be the only ones, they just happened to be the most popular.
But now there is a new entrant into Dark Android-recommended Android-based operating systems: Resurrection Remix.
With the more specific goal of taking older hardware and bringing it up to the …read more

I’m going to paint a picture for you here. You don’t have to agree, you may think I’m insane, but last time I laid out an idea like this, I was absolutely right (and I was still called insane). And I’ll tell you right up front that much of this is very, very hypothetical…
The original idea that I was called insane about was a couple of years ago on my science and tech podcast, Sovryn Tech, I had theorized that the various tech giants in Silicon Valley were all planning on creating their own internets. As in with their own …read more

It’s estimated that every year cigarette butts make up nearly 1.7 billion pounds of toxic, non-biodegradable trash. Not to mention, there’s evidence every year of fires, large and small, that were caused by smoldering butts littered on dry, grassy areas.
According to Texas Legislation, disposing of a cigarette is illegal and can result in a fine up to $500.
Sec. 365.012. ILLEGAL DUMPING; DISCARDING LIGHTED MATERIALS; CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person disposes or allows or permits the disposal of litter or other solid waste at a place that is not an approved solid waste site, including …read more

Frankfort, KY — In a mockery of the legal system, a Kentucky lawmaker has proposed an obnoxious piece of legislation that will require men to jump through several hoops prior to acquiring erectile dysfunction medication.
HB396 16RS Erectile Dysfunction Drug Bill, was proposed last week by Rep. Mary Lou Marzian of Louisville.
“I want to protect these men from themselves,” Marzian, who is a nurse, told the Courier-Journal.
“This is about family values,” she added.
The humiliating hoops proposed in the Bill, are nothing short of absurd. Prior to prescribing a man Viagra:
A health care practitioner shall:
(1) Require a man to have two (2) …read more

The year is young. Look at what we’ve already accomplished…
One Subject at a Time Act (OSTA) introduced in the Senate by Rand Paul (Kentucky)
OSTA introduced in the House by Representative Mia Love (Utah)
OSTA with record 11 co-sponsors in the House
Collaborated with Representative Ron Blum (Iowa) to create the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA), which cuts Congressional pay when there’s a deficit
Filed three amicus briefs in federal courts
We wanted to get the good news out to a wider audience. Here’s some of what happened…
Sent out a PR Newswire release about OSTA. It was published on 69 websites (with a potential audience of …read more

The year is young. Look at what we’ve already accomplished… One Subject at a Time Act (OSTA) introduced in the Senate by Rand Paul (Kentucky) OSTA introduced in the House …

It’s amazing what’s already happened this year

The Dallas Police Department recently issued a “warning” against the homeless that has many citizens in disbelief. The Facebook post, dated February 12, suggests that offering money to panhandlers from your car is a serious threat to your safety, and encourages people to call the police instead of giving them a dollar.
Instead of offering any actual cases where homeless panhandlers have stolen a vehicle or attacked someone, the Dallas PD talks about one homeless person with a criminal history and asks ominously, “Do you want this person in your car???”
“Giving to Panhandlers May Be More Risky Than You Think…
You’ve heard …read more

Chattanooga, TN — When 60-year-old Nancy Mason was in the process of being booked into the Hamilton County, Tennessee, jail on theft charges she refused to remove her earrings quickly enough setting off a violent chain of events. For not complying fast enough, Sheriff’s Sergeant Rodney Terrell tased her — sending the woman crashing to the ground, landing on and breaking her arm in the fall.
Before being booked, Mason is ordered to remove her jewelry but refuses to do so. “I will report you,” she says to Terrell. Terrell, can be heard saying, “Report all you want, I will not …read more