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MARCH 1, 2020

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Looming Financial Nightmare: So Much for Living the American Dream 

Compliance 101: Gun-Toting Cops Endanger Students and Turn the Schools into Prisons 

We’re All in This Together: A Case for Not Giving Up on the American Dream 

Red Flag Nation: Anti-Gun Laws, Sanctuary Cities and the Second Amendment 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

In 5–4 Ruling, U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Border Patrol Agent Accountable for Shooting Across Border, Killing a Child at Play 

Rutherford Institute Denounces Automated Speed Cameras As Unconstitutional, Profit-Driven & an Extension of the Surveillance State 

Rutherford Institute Asks Supreme Court to Prevent Government From Meddling in Church Decisions Involving Who Can Teach Religious Doctrine 

Citing Harm to Environment, Rutherford Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Stop Construction of Gas Pipeline Through Appalachian Trail 

Law Criminalizing Speech That ‘Encourages’ Immigrants to Remain in the Country Is So Broad That It Could Be Used to Punish Anti-Government Speech

TRI IN THE NEWS

The Big Picture: John Whitehead on the Patriot Act Renewal 18 Years Later 

The News with Rick Sanchez: John Whitehead on the Government's Targeting of Military Veterans 
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IN THE COURTS

Court Rules YouTube Not Bound by First Amendment 

Man Punched and Kicked by Police Not Guilty; Judge Rips Conduct of Officers  

Caltrans Settles Claims of Unconstitutional Homeless ‘Sweeps’ for $5.5 Million

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

Compliance 101: Gun-Toting Cops Endanger Students and Turn the Schools into Prisons

Red Flag Nation: Anti-Gun Laws, Sanctuary Cities and the Second Amendment

Betraying the Constitution: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act?

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Rejecting the Matrix: Breaking the Chains that Bind the Mind 

Stop Giving the Government the Power to Play God

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

A Key FBI Photo Analysis Method Has Serious Flaws, Study Says

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Police Accused of Racial Profiling, Using Excessive Force in Federal Lawsuit 

AMERICA AT WAR

More U.S. Veterans Have Committed Suicide In The Last Decade Than Died In The Vietnam War
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GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

D.C. Issues Record $1 Billion in Traffic and Parking Tickets, AAA Calls It ‘Predatory’

WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

Body-Slammed by School Staffer, Boy Suffered Brain Bleed and Neglect

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

An Online Search for Abortion Pills Put This Woman in Jail 

ICE Has Run Facial-Recognition Searches on Millions of Maryland Drivers 

“1984” Has Come to China 

SmartRent Gives Property Owners Unprecedented Access To Renters' Private Lives 

Ring and Nest Helped Normalize American Surveillance and Turned Us Into a Nation of Voyeurs

DRONES

DARPA Wants Millions To Design An Unmanned 'Flying Gun'

POLITICS

New Mexico Governor Signs Red-Flag Gun Bill, Tells Sheriffs to Enforce It or Resign 

Post-Impeachment, Trump Declares Himself the ‘Chief Law Enforcement Officer’ of America

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