Ace of Spades Headlines

Paul weighs Supreme Court challenge to NSA surveillance programs
"'I’m going to be asking all the internet providers and all of the phone companies: Ask your customers to join me in a class action lawsuit.'" [rdbrewer]

When everything is a crime, government data mining matters
"But I’m also concerned with what could be done with the information gathered about American citizens not suspected of a crime if put into the hands of politicians and political groups, and bureaucrats who work for or are sympathetic to such politicians and political groups. . . . [T]his already has resulted in a flourishing culture of intimidation directed at the Tea Party, traditional marriage supporters, conservatives, and other opponents of Obama and the Obama agenda." [rdbrewer]

TheGuardian: Interview with NSA whistleblower
"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under. . . . The extent of their capabilities is horrifying." Related: Background on the whistleblower. [rdbrewer]

Ben Domenech: Three Challenges to Libertarian Populism
"Where once the thread of American populism was about the redistribution of other people’s money, now it is about ending the government’s unfair redistribution of opportunity. This is a task which should unite the city mice and country mice, and with the right leadership, it will." [rdbrewer]