893 statements
1271 justifications
1151 verifications
Statements Related to Parts of the PATRIOT act were written long before 9/11
-
FBI uses the PATRIOT act to spy on regular criminals instead of suspected terrorists like they're supposed to.
(2+/0- justifications)
-
President Obama passed a recovery act that created millions of jobs, many for teachers, firefighters, and police officers
(1+/0- justifications)
-
The website recovery.gov allows taxpayers to see how the government spends every dollar of the 2009 Recovery Act
(1+/0- justifications)
-
All people act in self-interest
(1+/0- justifications)
-
The PATRIOT Act was written before 9/11
(1+/0- justifications)
-
Parts of the PATRIOT act were written long before 9/11; conservatives have been attempting to enact the most troubling provisions since Reagan
(1+/0- justifications)
-
US officials were authorized to use illegal "enhanced interrogation techniques" by the "torture memos" written by Jay Bybee, John Yoo, and other Office of Legal Counsel attorneys
(0+/0- justifications)
-
None of the PATRIOT act was written just prior to and specifically because of 9/11
(0+/0- justifications)
-
More than 1 in 30 adults in Washington DC are HIV positive-- higher than parts of Africa
(1+/0- justifications)
-
Free software is the (long-term) future of software.
(2+/0- justifications)
-
The U.S. should release prisoners arrested for violent crimes who subsequently act nonviolently
(1+/0- justifications)
-
Ludditism has a long history
(1+/0- justifications)
-
Increased patent filing fees in the America Invests Act (AIA) are a tax on innovation
(1+/0- justifications)
-
In the U.S. a partnership is formed any time two or more persons act together to conduct business and share any profits
(1+/0- justifications)