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OCTOBER 22, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Postcards from a Police State: 22 Years of Blowback from the USA Patriot Act 

Guns for Hire: America’s Crisis State Goes Global 

This Is Not Freedom, America: The Profit Incentives Driving the American Police State 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

In a Blow to Due Process, Supreme Court Gives Police the Green Light to Misidentify, Arrest and Jail Innocent Americans 

Sounding Alarm Over Mass Surveillance Systems, Rutherford Institute Opposes Police Use of License Plate Readers 

No, the Government Should Not Be Allowed to Use Warrantless Drone Surveillance to Snoop on Citizens at Home or Spy on Private Property 
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IN THE COURTS

Supreme Court Takes Up Fight Over Biden Administration’s Online Misinformation Fight 

Supreme Court Keeps Pause on Missouri Pro-Gun Law 

Utah Sues TikTok, Alleging It Lures Children Into Addictive and Destructive Social Media Habits 

Idaho Can Enforce ‘Total Abortion Ban’ During Appeal 

Sixth Circuit Ruling Lets Tennessee and Kentucky Enforce Bans on Hormone Therapy for Minors 

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Federal Agency Contacts With Social Media Firms 

Feds Ask Supreme Court to Decide if Weed Smokers, Non-Violent Felons Can Own Guns 

Schools Cannot Ban ‘Merely Offensive’ Speech on Gender Identity, Appeals Court Rules

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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Dictators Bent on Building Military Empires: The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars 

360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans 

Federal Bureau of Intimidation: The Government’s War on Political Freedom 

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

Enemies of the Deep State: The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

The Amount of Time You Have to Sue the Police Shouldn’t Depend on Where You Live

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

UN Report Reveals Alarming Rates of Police Brutality and Racial Injustice in the US 

NYPD Cops Sued for Misconduct Cost City Millions in Settlements — Then Get Promotions 

Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

The EEOC Is Trying to Make ‘Misgendering’ a Thought-Crime

AMERICA AT WAR

The Navy Will Start Randomly Testing SEALs and Special Warfare Troops for Steroids 

US Military Shoots Down Missiles and Drones as It Faces Growing Threats in Volatile Middle East

BEHIND BARS

Billion-Dollar Supersize Prisons Are Slated to Be Built Across the U.S. but Do They Help or Hurt Public Safety?
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NATIONAL SECURITY

2022 FBI Crime Data Is Out. Here’s What You Need to Know 

The TSA Wants to Put a Government Tracking App on Your Smartphone 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Campus Surveillance: Students and Professors Decry Sensors in Buildings 

Court Downplayed Privacy Risks to Uphold Cops’ Keyword Warrant, Experts Say 

How Americans View Data Privacy 

State Governments Collect the DNA of Nearly Every Newborn Baby in the US 

Hundreds of Stores From Walgreens to Macy’s Are Silently Deploying Facial Recognition Technology to Spy on Shoppers 

FREE SPEECH

New York Demands Social Media Platforms Censor Users Over Israel-Hamas War 

New York's Online Hate Speech Law Raises Serious First Amendment Concerns 

TECHNOLOGY

Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan

EDUCATION

Guns Are Seized in U.S. Schools Each Day. The Numbers Are Soaring

POLITICS

Bill Seeks to Curtail Police Use of Facial Recognition in Massachusetts 

New York Proposes Background Checks For 3-D Printers: Latest Crackdown Effort On ‘Ghost Guns’

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