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** APRIL 30, 2023
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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The War on Free Speech Is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government ([link removed])

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])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Rutherford Institute Asks Supreme Court to Rein in the IRS' Unconstitutional Power Grabs, Warrantless Searches of Innocent Taxpayers’ Bank Accounts ([link removed])

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])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Federal Ban on Bump Stocks Rejected by Appeals Court Panel ([link removed])

Disney Sues Florida’s DeSantis for ‘Weaponizing’ Government ([link removed])

10th Circuit Agrees Colorado Springs Officer Did Not Commit Constitutional Violation at Church ([link removed])

Horn-Honking and the First Amendment ([link removed])

Supreme Court to Decide if First Amendment Stops Government Officials From Blocking Social Media Critics ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

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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Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth ([link removed])


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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD
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* The Second American Revolution ([link removed])
* The Erik Blair Diaries ([link removed])

T-SHIRTS
* Defund the Thought Police ([link removed])
* Make America Free Again ([link removed])
* Wake Up, America ([link removed])
* What the Bill of Rights Means Today ([link removed])
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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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The NYPD Reintroduces Robot Dogs ([link removed])

NYPD Program Aimed at Predicting Which Cops Will Misbehave Flags 1,132 Officers for Review ([link removed])

Is NYPD's 'SnitchBot' A Glimpse Into The Future Of Racist Policing? ([link removed])

Robot Dogs Deployed in New York Building Collapse Revive Surveillance Fears ([link removed])

The IRS Is Hiring Special Agents Prepared to Use ‘Deadly Force’ if Needed and Is Paying Up to $95,000 ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Armed U.S. Drones Escort Evacuation of American Citizens in War-Torn Sudan ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man to Get $7.5 Million Payment ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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FBI Houston to Hold Multi-Agency Nuclear Incident Training Exercise ([link removed])

DHS ‘Violence Prevention’ Grants Continue to Harm Marginalized Communities ([link removed])

DHS Announces First-Ever AI Task Force ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Government Report Shows Steep Decline in FBI’s ‘Backdoor Searches’ on Americans ([link removed])

Biden Has a New Pitch to Reup a Controversial Surveillance Program ([link removed])

How Parenting Tech Opens the Door to State Surveillance ([link removed])


** ASSET FORFEITURE
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Kansas Cops Seize Over $4 Million in Cash and Property ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Biometric Smart Gun Uses Facial and Fingerprint Recognition ([link removed])

DHS Moves to Address the Promise, and the Perils, of AI ([link removed])

Car Manufacturers Introduce New A.I./Biometric Technologies to Detect Medical Emergencies in Drivers and Passengers ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Cashless Stores Accept Money, Dispense Cards With “Reverse ATMs” ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Minnesota Senate Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill ([link removed])

Washington Governor Signs Assault Weapon Sales Ban ([link removed])

3 States Pass Major Gun Control Reform Packages ([link removed])

Maine Gets Another (Necessary) Opportunity to Defund Its Local Intelligence Fusion Center ([link removed])

Ron DeSantis Taken to Court Over Censorship ([link removed])


** CULTURE
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What’s Stopping ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ From Telling You How? ([link removed])

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