CBS Tampa Bay | SB 92 would prohibit evidence gathering by unmanned aerial vehicles.

William Grigg | Once he was down on the ground, Fleming was swarmed by law enforcement.

huffingtonpost.com | Single-party rule in 37 states paves way for big changes.

Philip Rucker | Despite what is expected to be fierce opposition from the National Rifle Association and its allies on Capitol Hill.

Faisal Moghul | A man’s home is no longer his castle, and we are all poorer for it.

cnsnews.com | Lifetime Secret Service protection to former presidents and their wives.

Travis Holte | Obama, chief actor for the world bankocracy, is not happy with his fellow bankster puppet in the UK, David Cameron.

Steve Watson | Everything is spying on you.

Steve Watson | Girl must comply with tracking program or leave altogether.

Slate.com | Europeans, take note: The U.S. government has granted itself authority to secretly snoop on you.

ClickOrlando.com | Starting Thursday, couple will be fined $500 per day that garden stays up past deadline.

livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com | Rep. Gabby Giffords gets behind effort to restrict Second Amendment.

EFF.org | “No amount of ‘social conditioning’ can convince those concerned about privacy and civil liberties that expanded DNA collection is a good idea.”

BBC News | “The things we’re working on is to recognise you by the way you walk or by the shape of your ear.”

Fox News | Crooks looking to avoid getting shot now know which targets are soft and those who need weapons know where they can steal them.

The Australian | Tobacco taxes are set to be repeatedly increased over the next five years.

zerohedge.com | Tragic news about Tim “TuboTax” Geithner.

Infowars.com | If the ATF will steal toy guns from retailers catering to faux combat soldiers, what will they do with the real McCoy?

Electronic Frontier Foundation | 2012 was a terrible year for online privacy against government surveillance.

Karen De Coster | The lifestyle of Britain’s Royal Family and America’s Sultan of Sludge.

My Fox DC | The police car appears to stop in order to investigate the craft.

Jesse Walker | If the extraterrestrials won’t invade, we’ll just have to do the job ourselves.

Guardian.co.uk | Two amendments that would have provided basic oversight for US government’s warrantless surveillance program.

Computer World | Drones, warrantless phone, internet and mobile tracking, police merging with surveillance tech.; so far, it’s been a good year for Big Brother.

RT | Stone and historian Peter Kuznick argue that Obama is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and that he’s earned forgiveness because of the “nightmare of the Bush presidency that preceded him.”

Sky.com | Legalizes deletion of posts and pages containing “illegal” information.

Conor Friedersdorf | New attempts to rein in government spying have just failed, guaranteeing that the privacy of more innocent Americans will be violated.

EFF.org | Today is an incredibly important vote for the future of your digital privacy, but some in Congress are hoping you won’t find out.

Washington’s Blog | “Abuses Of Power Always – Always – Expand Beyond Their Original Application”.

Reuters | Officials say it could help curb “rumors and vulgarity.”

EFF.org | Laws penalizing blasphemy, apostasy, or defamation of religion (including religious “hate speech”) are present in 94 countries.

CNet.com | ‘U.S. officials have warned for years about the vulnerability of the electrical grid to cyberattacks.’

David Kramer | It looks like the German sheeple mentality didn’t die in the bunker along with Hitler.

RT | The European Commission has withdrawn its request to review ACTA’s compatibility with the EU law.

Brandon Smith | Was the shooting of 20 students in Newtown, Connecticut the Neo-Liberal version of 9/11?

Infowars.com | You can bet the farm this insider doesn’t own a gun.

huffingtonpost.com | Prohibit the manufacturing of high-capacity magazines as early as this week.

Carolyn Hamlett | The problem is not the guns.

Bill Anderson | No problem nearly 20 years ago when U.S. Government forces massacred 76 people, including 26 children, at Waco.

Butler Shaffer | The only solution to the collective madness of our world lies in the processes of individuation.

Infowars.com | The parents of a ten year old are outraged that their child was strip searched to look for a missing $20 bill.

TheAge.com.au | Social media users who use tweets and online posts to comment on a military operation could be regarded as legitimate military targets.

Steve Watson | Wall Street Journal Report admits details Infowars warned of nine months ago.

Paul Joseph Watson | Security firm exposes dangers of so-called “smart” products.

Wall Street Journal | Counter-terrorism officials wanted a government dragnet to sweep up millions of records about U.S. citizens—even people suspected of no crime.

washingtonsblog.com | Americans are the most spied upon people in world history.

Weekly Standard | “Given the shady nature of the middle-of-the-night introduction of the resolution, it’s unclear how ITU conference will proceed.”

Tad DeHaven | We’re apparently supposed to feel sorry for the government employees who get paid to trample on our civil liberties.

Melissa Melton | Man used a laptop and free software to easily hack a drone.

Infowars.com | Submissions for the Infowars Drone Mob video contest are open now!