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** AUGUST 4, 2019
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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The Rise of the American Gestapo: Has It Already Happened Here? ([link removed])

Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Re-Affirms Ruling Barring Prison Officials From Subjecting Death Row Inmates to Harsh, Dehumanizing Conditions ([link removed])

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** IN THE COURTS
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Man Who Created Parody Police Department Facebook Page Can Proceed With Lawsuit ([link removed])

A Lawsuit Details a Horrific Night of Beatings in a Pennsylvania Jail ([link removed])

No Immunity For SWAT Team That Hurled A Flash-Bang Grenade In The General Direction Of A Two-Year-Old Child ([link removed])

Appeals Court Rules Baltimore Police Mandatory Non-Disclosure Agreements Unconstitutional ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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The Death Penalty Is a Miscarriage of Justice: It Should Be Abolished ([link removed])


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** JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Stun Belts in Court: Restraint or Punishment? ([link removed])

How Indigent Defense Systems Fail Poor Defendants ([link removed])

How Qualified Immunity Became Absolute Immunity for Police Officers ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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When Is Violating the Constitution by Pulling Over Motorists With No Legal Justification 'Not a Bad Thing'? ([link removed])

Amazon's Free Doorbell Cameras Only Cost Law Enforcement Agencies Their Dignity And Autonomy ([link removed])

Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring ([link removed])

Body-Cam Footage Shows Cops Mocking Dallas Man as He Dies ([link removed])

Cop Shot Woman After Aiming at Dog ([link removed])


** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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79-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Jail Time for Feeding Stray Cats ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Us Soldiers Now Stationed Inside Migrant Detention Camp As ‘Prison Guards’ ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Money From a US Military Retirement Program to Be Diverted to Pay for Trump’s Border Wall ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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No Accountability In Washington. The CIA Wants To Hide All Its 'Assets' ([link removed])

Home Equity Theft: How a Man’s Home Was Seized Over $8.41 in Unpaid Taxes ([link removed])

Government by Blackmail: Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s Mentor and the Dark Secrets of the Reagan Era ([link removed])

Arizona Man Shocked to Find Out His Mother’s Donated Body Was Strapped to a Chair and Detonated in U.S. Military ‘Blast Testing’ ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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The Terrible Anxiety of Location Sharing Apps ([link removed])

Amazon & Google Use Secret Police Deals and Freebies To Spy On Everyone ([link removed])

Satellites Are Becoming Real-Time Spies in the Sky ([link removed])

Cops Are Giving Amazon's Ring Your Real-Time 911 Caller Data ([link removed])

1 in 2 Americans Are Already In A Government Facial Recognition Database ([link removed])

‘Five Eyes’ Security Alliance Calls for Access to Encrypted Material ([link removed])

DARPA: Testing Mass Surveillance Balloons Across The US ([link removed])

Apple Suspends Review of Voice Recordings After Privacy Concerns ([link removed])


** SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? ([link removed])

Philadelphia is Using a Sonic Weapon on Kids -- To Keep them Out of Parks ([link removed])

The Hidden Challenges in Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology ([link removed])

The Government’s Artificial Intelligence Reality ([link removed])

Facebook Is Funding Brain Experiments to Create a Device That Reads Your Mind ([link removed])

Pentagon Lasers That Beam Messages Into Your Head ([link removed])


** ENVIRONMENT
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Plastic Junk Spawns Desert Island Disaster in Pacific ([link removed])


** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Is Porn a Public Health Crisis? 16 States Say Yes ([link removed])


** CULTURE
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