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APRIL 23, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech 

Fiscal Insanity: The Government Borrows $6 Billion a Day, and We’re Stuck with the Bill 

Fake News Curated by the Deep State: Government Spin Doctors Control the News Cycle 

A State of Never-Ending Crisis: The Government Is Fomenting Mass Hysteria 

Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Recognizing the Need to Protect Due Process Rights, Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Lawsuit for Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Death Row Case 

Court Threatens Street Preacher With Arrest for Using Bible Verses to Criticize Same-Sex Marriage, Denouncing Drag Show on Social Media 

Rutherford Institute Challenges Rule Change That Could Allow Universities to Discriminate Against Religious Student Groups  

Asset Forfeiture Scheme Empowers Cops to Seize and Keep Cars, Cash & Homes Even When Owners Are Not Charged With a Crime 

Calif. Officials Used Cell Phone Data, Geofence Surveillance to Spy on Church Assemblies During COVID-19 Lockdown 
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IN THE COURTS

Supreme Court Halts Restrictions on Medication Abortions 

Ninth Circuit Affirms Biden Vaccine Mandate for Contractors in Arizona 

Masterpiece Cakeshop Asks Colorado Supreme Court to Protect Baker’s Right to Refuse Cake Celebrating Gender Transition 

California Sued Over Law Requiring Cities, Towns, Communities With Sexist or Racist Names to Choose New Names 

Fourth Circuit Lets Parents Fight Virginia School Bias Reporting Policy That Makes Children Self-Censor Themselves 

Supreme Court Allows Federal Agencies to Be Taken to Court 

Supreme Court to Decide if Postal Worker Should Get Pass for Sabbath Sunday 

Supreme Court to Hear Important Asset Forfeiture Procedural Property Rights Case

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A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best  

Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government. America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise 

Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids 

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

How Long Do You Have to Report Police Brutality? 

A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America 

Elderly Kansas Man Driving 3 Miles Over 35 Mph Speed Limit Tased by Deputy

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

How The U.S. Criminalizes Homelessness
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Law-Enforcement Agencies Have Sent 35 Warnings About This Movie 

FBI Richmond Used Undercover Agent to Spy on Catholics 

FBI Documents Associate Internet Slang Like ‘Based’ and ‘Red Pill’ With ‘Extremism’ 

ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Dangerous Bill Would Normalize Face Surveillance in California 

Wastewater Surveillance Could Be a New Way to Track Trends for Illnesses Like COVID 

Deputy Attorney General Pushes to Renew FISA Surveillance Law That Will Expire at the End of 2023 

Feds See the Document Leak as an Opportunity for Surveillance and Control 

What Happens When Police Use Artificial Intelligence Like Facial Recognition 

Tesla Workers Shared Sensitive Images Recorded by Customer Cars

TECHNOLOGY

Firefighter Says Robot Dogs and Drones Are Here to Stay 

Someone Directed an AI to “Destroy Humanity” and It Tried Its Best

ECONOMY

Assisted-Living Homes Are Rejecting Medicaid and Evicting Seniors

POLITICS

Minn. Senate Green Lights Laws Providing for Gender-Affirming Care, Abortion Rights 

Trump Says if Elected He Will Force Federal Workers to Pass a Political Test and Fire Them if They Fail 

Senators Introduce Bill to Create Digital Identity for All Americans 

The RESTRICT Act Will Usher In a New Era of Censorship Under the Guise of “National Security”

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