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APRIL 30, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The War on Free Speech Is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government 

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 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Asks Supreme Court to Rein in the IRS' Unconstitutional Power Grabs, Warrantless Searches of Innocent Taxpayers’ Bank Accounts 

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
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IN THE COURTS

Federal Ban on Bump Stocks Rejected by Appeals Court Panel 

Disney Sues Florida’s DeSantis for ‘Weaponizing’ Government  

10th Circuit Agrees Colorado Springs Officer Did Not Commit Constitutional Violation at Church 

Horn-Honking and the First Amendment 

Supreme Court to Decide if First Amendment Stops Government Officials From Blocking Social Media Critics

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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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 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

The NYPD Reintroduces Robot Dogs 

NYPD Program Aimed at Predicting Which Cops Will Misbehave Flags 1,132 Officers for Review 

Is NYPD's 'SnitchBot' A Glimpse Into The Future Of Racist Policing? 

Robot Dogs Deployed in New York Building Collapse Revive Surveillance Fears 

The IRS Is Hiring Special Agents Prepared to Use ‘Deadly Force’ if Needed and Is Paying Up to $95,000

AMERICA AT WAR

Armed U.S. Drones Escort Evacuation of American Citizens in War-Torn Sudan

BEHIND BARS

Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man to Get $7.5 Million Payment
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NATIONAL SECURITY

FBI Houston to Hold Multi-Agency Nuclear Incident Training Exercise 

DHS ‘Violence Prevention’ Grants Continue to Harm Marginalized Communities 

DHS Announces First-Ever AI Task Force

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Government Report Shows Steep Decline in FBI’s ‘Backdoor Searches’ on Americans 

Biden Has a New Pitch to Reup a Controversial Surveillance Program 

How Parenting Tech Opens the Door to State Surveillance

ASSET FORFEITURE

Kansas Cops Seize Over $4 Million in Cash and Property

TECHNOLOGY

Biometric Smart Gun Uses Facial and Fingerprint Recognition 

DHS Moves to Address the Promise, and the Perils, of AI 

Car Manufacturers Introduce New A.I./Biometric Technologies to Detect Medical Emergencies in Drivers and Passengers

ECONOMY

Cashless Stores Accept Money, Dispense Cards With “Reverse ATMs”

POLITICS

Minnesota Senate Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill 

Washington Governor Signs Assault Weapon Sales Ban 

3 States Pass Major Gun Control Reform Packages 

Maine Gets Another (Necessary) Opportunity to Defund Its Local Intelligence Fusion Center 

Ron DeSantis Taken to Court Over Censorship

CULTURE

What’s Stopping ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ From Telling You How?

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