FBI renews broad Internet surveillance push – Politics and Law

Director Robert Mueller tells Congress that police are ‘increasingly unable’ to bring criminals to justice because rapid advances in technology thwart surveillance. Read this blog post by Declan McCullagh on Politics and Law.   Original post on cnet.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1956

The American Presidency Project contains the most comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to the study of the President of the United States. Compiled by John Woolley and Gerhard Peters   Original post on ucsb.edu    Comments on reddit.com   

Anderson Cooper: “The Fact Is, I’m Gay.” – The Dish – By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast

[Re-posted from earlier today.] Last week, Entertainment Weekly ran a story on an emerging trend: gay people in public life who come out in a much more restrained and matter-of-fact way than in the past. In many ways, it’s a…   Original post on thedailybeast.com    Comments on reddit.com   

‘We have cancelled your booking’ – the criminalization of travel to the West Bank is laid bare to the world

A flytilla passenger and participant of the Welcome to Palestine-Bienvenue Palestine campaign describes learning that the British airline, Jet2, canceled her flight to Tel Aviv.   Original post on mondoweiss.net    Comments on reddit.com