From the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: The Department of Defense has released documentation confirming government surveillance of groups opposed to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law banning openly lesbian, gay and bisexual service members. The government’s TALON reports were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) in January. The release of the documents follows media reports indicating government surveillance of civilian groups at several universities across the country.

From the Brennan Center: LSC’s Office of the Inspector General (IG) has initiated a new investigation of LSC grantee California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), the fifth investigation of CRLA in the past five years. CRLA reports that the IG disclosed in December that a complaint from Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) prompted the new investigation, which comes on the heels of CRLA’s successful advocacy against dairy farmers for violating labor laws.

Check out this Responsible Weath release which says that even more people now prefer keeping or reforming the estate tax, as opposed to repealing it. The release says:

Last week the National Priorities Project released their annual publication Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go? The publication shows how the median income family's income tax dollars are spent for every state and 200 cities, towns and counties. It also looks at the shift in how tax dollars were spent in 2005 compared with 2000. For example, NPP has found that the military's share of the income tax dollar has risen by 20 percent since 2000, while the share of spending has dropped for job training (-21 percent), environment (-19 percent), housing (-7 percent) and veteran's benefits (-2 percent).