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** APRIL 23, 2023
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech ([link removed])

Fiscal Insanity: The Government Borrows $6 Billion a Day, and We’re Stuck with the Bill ([link removed])

Fake News Curated by the Deep State: Government Spin Doctors Control the News Cycle ([link removed])

A State of Never-Ending Crisis: The Government Is Fomenting Mass Hysteria ([link removed])

Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Recognizing the Need to Protect Due Process Rights, Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Lawsuit for Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Death Row Case ([link removed])

Court Threatens Street Preacher With Arrest for Using Bible Verses to Criticize Same-Sex Marriage, Denouncing Drag Show on Social Media ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Challenges Rule Change That Could Allow Universities to Discriminate Against Religious Student Groups ([link removed])

Asset Forfeiture Scheme Empowers Cops to Seize and Keep Cars, Cash & Homes Even When Owners Are Not Charged With a Crime ([link removed])

Calif. Officials Used Cell Phone Data, Geofence Surveillance to Spy on Church Assemblies During COVID-19 Lockdown ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Supreme Court Halts Restrictions on Medication Abortions ([link removed])

Ninth Circuit Affirms Biden Vaccine Mandate for Contractors in Arizona ([link removed])

Masterpiece Cakeshop Asks Colorado Supreme Court to Protect Baker’s Right to Refuse Cake Celebrating Gender Transition ([link removed])

California Sued Over Law Requiring Cities, Towns, Communities With Sexist or Racist Names to Choose New Names ([link removed])

Fourth Circuit Lets Parents Fight Virginia School Bias Reporting Policy That Makes Children Self-Censor Themselves ([link removed])

Supreme Court Allows Federal Agencies to Be Taken to Court ([link removed])

Supreme Court to Decide if Postal Worker Should Get Pass for Sabbath Sunday ([link removed])

Supreme Court to Hear Important Asset Forfeiture Procedural Property Rights Case ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best ([link removed])

Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government. America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise ([link removed])

Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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How Long Do You Have to Report Police Brutality? ([link removed])

A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America ([link removed])

Elderly Kansas Man Driving 3 Miles Over 35 Mph Speed Limit Tased by Deputy ([link removed])


** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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How The U.S. Criminalizes Homelessness ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Law-Enforcement Agencies Have Sent 35 Warnings About This Movie ([link removed])

FBI Richmond Used Undercover Agent to Spy on Catholics ([link removed])

FBI Documents Associate Internet Slang Like ‘Based’ and ‘Red Pill’ With ‘Extremism’ ([link removed])

ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Dangerous Bill Would Normalize Face Surveillance in California ([link removed])

Wastewater Surveillance Could Be a New Way to Track Trends for Illnesses Like COVID ([link removed])

Deputy Attorney General Pushes to Renew FISA Surveillance Law That Will Expire at the End of 2023 ([link removed])

Feds See the Document Leak as an Opportunity for Surveillance and Control ([link removed])

What Happens When Police Use Artificial Intelligence Like Facial Recognition ([link removed])

Tesla Workers Shared Sensitive Images Recorded by Customer Cars ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Firefighter Says Robot Dogs and Drones Are Here to Stay ([link removed])

Someone Directed an AI to “Destroy Humanity” and It Tried Its Best ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Assisted-Living Homes Are Rejecting Medicaid and Evicting Seniors ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Minn. Senate Green Lights Laws Providing for Gender-Affirming Care, Abortion Rights ([link removed])

Trump Says if Elected He Will Force Federal Workers to Pass a Political Test and Fire Them if They Fail ([link removed])

Senators Introduce Bill to Create Digital Identity for All Americans ([link removed])

The RESTRICT Act Will Usher In a New Era of Censorship Under the Guise of “National Security” ([link removed])

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