H.R.1955 - Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 as reported to house.
  • Short: Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Official: To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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01/10/08
A tutorial in Orwellian Newspeak

After its opening “tribute” to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...

Source: Aljazeera.com, UK
01/09/08
New Hampshire has sent a message.....Live Free or Die No Longer Valid

As it stands they are voting for those who want the National ID Card, HR 1955 - Thought Crimes Bill, Gun Restrictions, Continuous War, the never ending ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
01/09/08
Force or Violence: In regards to Homegrown Terrorism

I posted about HR 1955 back in December, it raised a couple eyebrows here on Newsbloggers as well as elsewhere on the web, including my old friends at ...

Source: AOL News Newsbloggers, VA
01/08/08
READER’S VIEW: New terrorism act is thinly disguised legislation ...

By THOMAS HANNAFORD, South Weymouth The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (HR-1955/ S.1959) is an affront to free speech - a piece of suppressive ...

Source: The Patriot Ledger, MA
01/08/08
Timed Release

In fact, the mainstream media slept through the Patriot Act just as it is napping through HR 1955. Remember, too, that less than a handful of elected ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
01/08/08
12th Annual Satellite Awards: The Kite Runner, Mortensen and SiCKO

California Representative Jane Harmon (D-CA) introduced on April 19, 2007 HR 1955 onto the floor of the House of Representatives. ...

Source: Malibu Arts Reviews, CA
01/07/08
Thinking For Yourself Is Now A Crime

Harman's bill is called the " Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act." When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked ...

Source: Newstarget.com, Taiwan
01/07/08
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for January 7, 2008

When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked with identifying extremist people, groups, and ideas. The commission will hold hearings around ...

Source: BuzzFlash, IL
01/06/08
Now congressional Democrats are attacking free speech

Harman's bill is called the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act." When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked ...

Source: Online Journal, FL
01/05/08
Thinking for yourself is now a crime

... “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.” [ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1955 ] When HR 1955 becomes law, ...

Source: Axis of Logic, MA
01/04/08
Thinking for Yourself is Now a Crime

Harman's bill is called the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act."When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked ...

Source: CounterPunch, CA
01/04/08
Darrow, DeWalt won't run again in Newfane

Peter Welch, D-Vt. Activists round the state have chastised Welch for not acting more effectively to end the war in Iraq and for recently signing HR 1955: ...

Source: Brattleboro Reformer,  United States
01/03/08
Did the Internet Make Terrorism a Hate Crime?

It's called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, also known as HR 1955, and one of the first things it says is that "Congress ...

Source: Reason Online, CA
01/03/08
Dr. Ron Paul Writings: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown ...

(PressMediaWire) Dr. Paul Writes - Madam Speaker, I regret that I was unavoidably out of town on October 23, 2007, when a vote was taken on HR 1955, ...

Source: Press Media Wire (Press Release), VA
01/03/08
Now Congressional Democrats Are Attacking Free Speech

When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked with identifying extremist people, groups, and ideas. The commission will hold hearings around ...

Source: VDARE.com, VA
01/03/08
Government repression: from 1950 to HR 1955

Hooverism, McCarthyism, the Patriot Act, HR 1955: these are inevitable outgrowths of a system built on the domination of a tiny minority over a large ...

Source: Party for Socialism and Liberation
01/02/08
Government repression: from 1950 to HR 1955

Hooverism, McCarthyism, the Patriot Act, HR 1955: these are inevitable outgrowths of a system built on the domination of a tiny minority over a large ...

Source: Party for Socialism and Liberation
01/02/08
Terrorizing our freedoms

Protect our Constitution, our freedoms and our democracy, and just say "no" to HR 1955/SB 1959. This bill is another attempt to hide truth behind ...

Source: Pasadena Star-News, CA
01/02/08
Bill a threat to civil liberties

Jane Harmon, Democrat of California, introduced HR 1955 onto the floor of the House of Representatives. On Oct. 24, 2007, this bill, named the “Violent ...

Source: Lawrence Journal World, KS
12/31/07
Will Media Broadcast "THE PEOPLE'S PARADE" At The Rose Parade New ...

With the bipartisan passage of HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007, and its Senate clone, S. 1959 pending passage in ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
12/31/07
Truth Squaded! An Encounter with Rep. Henry Waxman

At the end of the night I asked core Change LA members Katy Kurtzman - whose question was about the new Thought Crime Bill HR 1955, and Jeremy Rothe-Kushel ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
12/31/07
Will Big Brother finally arrive in 2008?

We are now faced with the even more troublesome "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" (HR 1955), whose vague language ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
12/31/07
Will Media Broadcast "THE PEOPLE'S PARADE" At The Rose Parade New ...

With the bipartisan passage of HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007, and its Senate clone, S. 1959 pending passage in ...

Source: Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands
12/30/07
Acrimonious Acronyms And The USA FUBAR

HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. 2. Committee on Homeland Security Fact Sheet Prepared by the Majority Staff: ...

Source: Swans, CA
12/29/07
Bill would harm free speech

It is House bill HR 1955, which has now reached the Senate. It sets up a committee to identify domestic groups as terrorists. The loose wording would allow ...

Source: DesMoinesRegister.com, IA
12/28/07
Nomi Prins on mortgage meltdown, Kamau Karl Franklin on HR 1955

This week on CounterSpin: a special look at two stories. One of them has received significant media attention that you might not always understand; ...

Source: FAIR
12/27/07
Why MSM Blackout on HR 1955 and Why are you still sitting down?

by Henry B Stevens, citizen Henry says this bill is a full frontal violent attack on free speech in the United States. "and other purposes. ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
12/27/07
Internet Thought Control Bill Under Fire

HR 1955 passed by a 404-6 margin on Oct 23, 2007. On Nov. 6, 2007, the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment held ...

Source: Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands
12/26/07
Best of the Indy, 2007

Exposing the “Thought Crimes Act”: Jessica Lee’s intrepid reporting brings to light the Homegrown Extremism and Violent Radicalization Act (HR 1955), ...

Source: The Indypendent, NY
12/25/07
Are You Scheduled for Political Termination? HR 1955 & S.1959

Several vague provisions in HR 1955 and S.1959 such as “facilitate” could be used by Government to add thousands of activist organizations and millions of ...

Source: Bay Area Indymedia, CA

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