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AUGUST 4, 2019

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Rise of the American Gestapo: Has It Already Happened Here? 

Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Re-Affirms Ruling Barring Prison Officials From Subjecting Death Row Inmates to Harsh, Dehumanizing Conditions 

Denouncing Bureaucratic Overregulation, Rutherford Institute Defends Church Ministry Prevented From Giving Free Eyeglasses to the Homeless 
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IN THE COURTS

Man Who Created Parody Police Department Facebook Page Can Proceed With Lawsuit 

A Lawsuit Details a Horrific Night of Beatings in a Pennsylvania Jail 

No Immunity For SWAT Team That Hurled A Flash-Bang Grenade In The General Direction Of A Two-Year-Old Child 

Appeals Court Rules Baltimore Police Mandatory Non-Disclosure Agreements Unconstitutional

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

Stun Belts in Court: Restraint or Punishment? 

How Indigent Defense Systems Fail Poor Defendants 

How Qualified Immunity Became Absolute Immunity for Police Officers

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

When Is Violating the Constitution by Pulling Over Motorists With No Legal Justification 'Not a Bad Thing'? 

Amazon's Free Doorbell Cameras Only Cost Law Enforcement Agencies Their Dignity And Autonomy 

 Everything Cops Say About Amazon's Ring Is Scripted or Approved by Ring   

Body-Cam Footage Shows Cops Mocking Dallas Man as He Dies 

Cop Shot Woman After Aiming at Dog

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

79-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Jail Time for Feeding Stray Cats

AMERICA AT WAR

Us Soldiers Now Stationed Inside Migrant Detention Camp As ‘Prison Guards’
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Money From a US Military Retirement Program to Be Diverted to Pay for Trump’s Border Wall

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

No Accountability In Washington. The CIA Wants To Hide All Its 'Assets' 

Home Equity Theft: How a Man’s Home Was Seized Over $8.41 in Unpaid Taxes 

Government by Blackmail: Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s Mentor and the Dark Secrets of the Reagan Era 

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

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

The Terrible Anxiety of Location Sharing Apps 

Amazon & Google Use Secret Police Deals and Freebies To Spy On Everyone 

Satellites Are Becoming Real-Time Spies in the Sky 

Cops Are Giving Amazon's Ring Your Real-Time 911 Caller Data 

1 in 2 Americans Are Already In A Government Facial Recognition Database 

‘Five Eyes’ Security Alliance Calls for Access to Encrypted Material 

DARPA: Testing Mass Surveillance Balloons Across The US 

Apple Suspends Review of Voice Recordings After Privacy Concerns

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? 

Philadelphia is Using a Sonic Weapon on Kids -- To Keep them Out of Parks 

The Hidden Challenges in Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology 

The Government’s Artificial Intelligence Reality 

Facebook Is Funding Brain Experiments to Create a Device That Reads Your Mind 

Pentagon Lasers That Beam Messages Into Your Head

ENVIRONMENT

Plastic Junk Spawns Desert Island Disaster in Pacific

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Is Porn a Public Health Crisis? 16 States Say Yes

CULTURE

Tom Waits Releases Anti-Fascist Folk Ballad

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