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Sunday, January 17, 2016 |
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Maui TEA Party Hosts Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Michael P Ramirez
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 4072 Views :: First Amendment
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Friday, Jan. 22 6pm at J. Walter Cameron Center Auditorium, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku....
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Monday, January 11, 2016 |
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From Inside the Supreme Court, the Key Exchanges on a Case Pitting Unions vs. First Amendment
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:45 PM :: 6147 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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This morning, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the requirement in California that government employees, such as public school teachers, pay fees to the local union even if they choose not to join the union....
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Sunday, January 10, 2016 |
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March for Life--State Capitol January 22
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 12:45 PM :: 6554 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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We are only days away from the opening of the Hawaii State Legislature....
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015 |
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How to Evade Contractor Contribution Ban After A-1 A-Lectrician Ruling
By Andrew Walden @ 7:38 PM :: 6401 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Politicians
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Corporation X's parent company, Corporation Y, desires to make contributions to Hawaii candidates....
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Saturday, December 19, 2015 |
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HRC: Hawaii Counties Not Gay Enough
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 5760 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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The average score for cities in Hawaii is 49 out of 100 points, which falls below the national average of 56. Hawaii: 57, Honolulu: 57, Kalawao: 36, Kauai: 47, Maui: 60....
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
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Word with Ward: Portnoy, Kato Discuss Shield Law
By Video @ 1:33 AM :: 4582 Views :: First Amendment
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Representative Gene Ward addresses the Shield Law with Dr. Gerald Kato, UH Associate Professor, Journalism and Jeffrey S. Portnoy, Partner, Cades Schutte LLP....
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectricitian--Feds Overreach on Election Regulation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 PM :: 6139 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
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Planned Parenthood Turns Tragedy Into Censorship
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 PM :: 5304 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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In the wake of a violent tragedy, Planned Parenthood has redoubled its efforts to silence its critics....
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Monday, November 30, 2015 |
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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear A-1 A-Lectrician Case
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 5949 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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The 9th Circuit held the ban satisfied exacting scrutiny....
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Friday, November 20, 2015 |
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Victory for Free Speech: Pastor, Maui County Settle 1st Amendment Lawsuit
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 5883 Views :: First Amendment
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At the direction of Fair organizers, an MPD officer ordered the Goodhues to leave not just the Fair area, but other nearby public sidewalks as well....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectrician Case: Secret Email Group Connects Hawaii AG to Soros-Funded Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 AM :: 8368 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Deirdre Marie-Iha, a lawyer from the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, asks for help defending against a free speech case....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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Full Text: Veterans Sue for Voting Rights in US Territories
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 5332 Views :: First Amendment, Military
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...the Illinois veterans are allowed to continue voting in Illinois by absentee ballot ... if they reside in the Northern Mariana Islands (“NMI”), American Samoa, or in a foreign country, but not if they reside in Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
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Political Correctness Jumps Shark? -- “Hey Hey Ho Ho Reporters Have Got to Go!”
By Video @ 1:50 PM :: 5748 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Be sure to watch the U Missouri Mass Communications Professor looking for “some muscle over here”....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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Reporters threatened by campus security at public meeting at UH Hilo
By News Release @ 12:47 PM :: 6322 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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A complaint has been filed with UH Hilo Security. UHSUnews student reporters say they will continue to attend UHHSA meetings and exercise their right to record as afforded by UH policy and laws....
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Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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Hawaii Marine Corps base stands firm on keeping ‘God bless the military’ sign
By News Release @ 10:59 PM :: 7325 Views :: First Amendment, Military, Religion
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In a letter to MRFF dated Oct. 9, Killeen wrote that the “sign will remain in its present location and not be altered in any way”....
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
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Kaneohe Base commander told 'God bless' sign can stay
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 PM :: 7756 Views :: First Amendment, Military, Religion
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...The sign at Marine Corps Base Hawaii reads: "God bless the military, their families, and the civilians who work with them." It has stood there for 14 years....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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Attacks on ‘God bless the military’ sign at Hawaii Marine Corps base unfounded
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 7584 Views :: First Amendment, Military, Religion
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“Only someone with a great misunderstanding of the First Amendment or an axe to grind against religion would claim that such a slogan poses a threat or is in any way unconstitutional."
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Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
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September 17 is Constitution Day
By Rachelle Chang @ 6:02 PM :: 4865 Views :: First Amendment
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How well do you know the U.S. Constitution?
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
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ACLU Scores Big Wins for Panhandlers and Potheads
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 11005 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Homelessness, Labor, Drugs
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The ACLU has shared a copy of the settlement agreement in this case with Maui County and Kauai County, both of which have had similar pre-employment medical examination requirements....
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Monday, August 31, 2015 |
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Court: Removal of Protest Signs OK After City Finally Figures out how to Seize Property
By Robert Thomas @ 12:03 PM :: 5600 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment
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You remember that case about property on the rural north shore of Oahu, in which the City and County of Honolulu is condemning a vacant parcel in order to build a new fire station....
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Sunday, August 16, 2015 |
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Accused of Self-Dealing, UH Foundation Makes Inconvenient HNN Story ‘Disappear’
By Andrew Walden @ 11:34 PM :: 10193 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Alvin Katahara said his former boss, UH Foundation Vice President Janet Bullard, ordered him to make thousands of dollars in payments to a company headed by her husband....
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Sunday, August 16, 2015 |
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Survey Finds 38% of Hawaii Union Households Unaware of Right to Opt-Out of Union Membership
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 7181 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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More than 1 in 4 union members answered "Yes" in response to the question, "If it were possible to opt out of membership in a labor union without losing your job or any other penalty, would you do it?"
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Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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Honolulu City Lights non-profit application deadline is August 31
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 5333 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment
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Non-profit organizations wishing to create a display on the Frank F. Fasi Civic Center grounds during the annual Honolulu City Lights exhibition must submit applications by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 31....
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: Pandora's box has been opened
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:18 PM :: 6345 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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No more than 48 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court redefined marriage for all 50 states, calls to revoke the tax-exempt status for churches began....
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Friday, July 3, 2015 |
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The Ethics Commission Needs Ethics!
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:02 AM :: 4773 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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The Honolulu City Ethics Commission has just adopted a new policy that minimizes government transparency....
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Saturday, June 27, 2015 |
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Hawaii Family Advocates Responds to Gay Marriage Ruling
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 1:25 AM :: 6379 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Could non-profit organizations face revocation of their tax-exempt status if they say that marriage is between one man and one woman?
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Even Where Gay Marriage is Legal, It’s not Equal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:38 PM :: 6150 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Judicial Activism From Supreme Court on Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 6241 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
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University of Hawaii: The empty ‘marketplace of ideas’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 AM :: 5689 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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On college campuses fear of offending people now trumps the fear of losing free speech....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Hawaiian 'Aloha' movie foes are 'perpetually aggrieved' 'delicate flowers'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:26 PM :: 6606 Views :: First Amendment, Greenmail
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Bumpy Kanahele got paid. Walter Ritte did not. Note to Next movie maker: Pay Ritte and avoid these problems... or don't pay any of them and reap the free publicity.... decisions, decisions....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Video: Grassroot Forum on Government Transparency
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:17 PM :: 5165 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...Grassroot Institute held an expert panel on the issue of transparency and government secrecy in Hawaii....
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Monday, May 25, 2015 |
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Final Chapter In Judicial Selection Commission List Public Records Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:23 PM :: 5313 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectrician Case: 9th Upholds Hawaii Election-Finance Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 5562 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Several of Hawaii's campaign-finance laws challenged by a construction firm are not unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit ruled....
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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Behind Closed Doors: Shining the Light on Government Secrecy in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:22 PM :: 5270 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...a system designed to protect secrets and keep the public uninformed....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 6895 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Students for a Free Tibet has launched a global “Say No to China’s Confucius Institutes” campaign....
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Monday, April 13, 2015 |
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My Father Was Gay: Why I Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 7127 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of my father’s partners/ex-partners are still alive....
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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I Oppose Gay Marriage. Should I Still Be Able to Get a Job?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:58 PM :: 5730 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...Memories Pizza isn’t an isolated incident.... Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was forced to step down... In January, Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired ....
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Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
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OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 7109 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....
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Monday, March 9, 2015 |
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Shield Law: Karl Rhoads Picks up where Clayton Hee Left Off
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 4552 Views :: First Amendment
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...What Rhoads is proposing, together with the Attorney General’s Office, is a setback for hard won court cases by the news media over the past 30 years....
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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Police seek man on video at the scene of a suspicious Kona Church Fire
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 7227 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Religion
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At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
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Another Journalist Quits Omidyar: 'Blocked at Every Turn by Incompetence, Bad Faith'
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 5701 Views :: First Amendment
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The problems were partly due to mismanagement but even more, as I have suggested, to the dishonesty of the leadership and its willingness — even eagerness — to shamelessly lie to its own employees....
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Monday, February 23, 2015 |
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332 Pages of Secret Regs: ‘Net Neutrality’ and Censorship Go Hand in Hand
By Selected News Articles @ 8:57 PM :: 5074 Views :: First Amendment
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...While the FCC is inserting government bureaucracy into all aspects of Internet access, the FEC is debating whether to regulate Internet content, specifically political speech posted for free online....
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
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Muslims Beat Up ‘Coexist’ Artist
By Selected News Articles @ 1:42 PM :: 5849 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...“coexist,” written on a wall using a Muslim crescent as the letter “C,” a Star of David as the letter “X,” and a Christian cross as a “T.”....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Duke Aiona Appointed Executive Director of Hawaii Family Advocates
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 7149 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians
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...the appointment of James “Duke” Aiona as interim executive director will strengthen the organization’s ability to speak for families across the state....
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Liberal Societies Are Not Doing a Very Good Job Defending Their Liberal Values
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:14 PM :: 5012 Views :: First Amendment
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“Islamophobic is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons....”
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Thursday, January 8, 2015 |
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Students behind the UH Hilo free speech case speak out for the first time
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 5347 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Merritt and Anthony are prepared to speak about their case publicly, which will be the first time they are able to do this in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
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Malia Zimmerman to work for Fox News Los Angeles
By Selected News Articles @ 4:28 PM :: 7108 Views :: First Amendment
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"As of Jan. 19, I will be working with Fox News Channel as an investigative reporter from its Los Angeles bureau"
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Martyrs for the Truth
By Selected News Articles @ 12:43 PM :: 4646 Views :: First Amendment
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Saturday, December 27, 2014 |
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