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New York, NY – Following a New Yorker report on Monday that four women had accused New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of sexual degradation and physical violence, and subsequent calls by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to resign, Schneiderman announced his resignation. Schneiderman told the New Yorker in a statement: “In the privacy of intimate […]

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(DCNF) Admitted drug addicts and dealers were among the hundreds of thousands of people and businesses the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) licensed to manufacture, distribute or prescribe pharmaceuticals over the past 12 years, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. The agency stripped only 240 licenses for wrong-doing over the same period. The DEA’s […]

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Chicago, IL – Although Illinois passed legislation in 2013 requiring police to attain a warrant before using drones for most surveillance purposes, legislation reportedly backed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel would eliminate that restriction and allow the government to monitor large gatherings, rallies and protests using drones. The proposal— SB 2562— by state Sen. Martin […]

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BuzzFeed created dozens of native political ads for anti-Trump super PACs in 2016 that were “based off mounds and piles and troves of data and information” it had collected on its own users, according to former BuzzFeed vice president. At the same time, BuzzFeed refused to work with pro-Trump groups because to do so would […]

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