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Tech giants defy feds, notify users of data demands
It appears tech giants will no longer comply with the government's demand that they hand over users' data without telling them. Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators’ demands [...]
Join Us at LPAC 2014!
On Sunday, C4L Chairman Ron Paul emailed our members to announce the 2014 Liberty Political Action Conference. This year's event will be held at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 18-20, and event planners are working [...]
Classic Ron Paul: Free-Market in Organ Donation
Kathleen Sebelius will soon be departing from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but not before vesting in the federal pension system which will enable her to avoid having to obtain health care from an Obamacare [...]
Statism in your coffee?
Is your morning cup of coffee the statists' next target? Maybe, if the author of "7 Worrisome facts about caffeine" has his way. The seventh "worrisome" fact in this article is that the Food and Drug Administration (the same [...]
IRS steals innocent Americans' assets
Campaign for Liberty knows first-hand what it is like to have the IRS target and intimidate you. Here is another saddening story of the IRS going after innocent Americans courtesy of The Washington Post: Terry, who came to Michigan from Iraq in [...]
Cops in PA can now search your car without a warrant
Watch out if you live in Pennsylvania! Not only can local authorities seize your home over a $6 tax bill, but now cops can search your car without a warrant. From Lancaster Online Previously, citizens could refuse an officer’s request to [...]
Brian Bieron Takes on Internet Sales Taxes
In a speech at the 2013 Liberty Political Action Conference last September, Internet policy professional Brian Bieron discussed with attendees the problems with the so-called "Marketplace Fairness Act," Internet sales taxes, and the growth of [...]
Cost of fixing ObamaCare website rises to $121 Million
This is in addition to the $93.7 million it cost to build the non-functional website in the first place. From The Washington Times: Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that oversees the HealthCare.gov website, [...]