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** March 15, 2020
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown? ([link removed])
Coronavirus vs. the Mass Surveillance State: Which Poses the Greater Threat? ([link removed])
The Looming Financial Nightmare: So Much for Living the American Dream ([link removed])
** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Federal Courts Rule That Individuals Shot by Police but Not Immediately Arrested May Not Sue Police for Wrongdoing Under the Fourth Amendment ([link removed])
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 ([link removed])
Rutherford Institute Denounces Automated Speed Cameras As Unconstitutional, Profit-Driven & an Extension of the Surveillance State ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Woman Sues TSA for Inserting Fingers Inside of Her During “Search” ([link removed])
Federal Court: Smell of Marijuana Justified Police Search of ‘Entire House,’ Including Safes and Locked Boxes ([link removed])
A D.C. Judge Issues a Much-Needed Opinion on ‘Junk Science’ ([link removed])
State Court Says It Isn't Theft To Remove An Unmarked Law Enforcement Tracking Device From Your Car ([link removed])
Judge Orders Assange Held in Glass Box During Extradition Trial ([link removed])
** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Coronavirus vs. the Mass Surveillance State: Which Poses the Greater Threat? ([link removed])
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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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** JUSTICE SYSTEM
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This Company Is Using Racially-Biased Algorithms to Select Jurors ([link removed])
** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Police-Enforced Quarantine Hits Calif. Residential Block After Man’s Coronavirus Death ([link removed])
Did Maryland Police Shoot And Kill A Sleeping Man? ([link removed])
** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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Two 10 Year Old Boys Arrested On Felonies For Playing With Toy Guns in Colorado ([link removed])
** BEHIND BARS
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A Little-Known State Law Says Felons Must Carry a Special ID or Go to Jail ([link removed])
Chelsea Manning Ordered Released From Jail ([link removed])
Police Jail Woman Who Paid Bail With Marijuana-Scented Cash ([link removed])
Children Detained in America’s Prisons Are Charged for Underwear, Food, Books, Even Family Visits ([link removed])
In Case of Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak, New York Plans To Use Prison Labor to Dig Mass Graves ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Cuomo Sends in the National Guard ([link removed])
The U.S. Government Couldn’t Shut Down the Internet, Right? Think Again ([link removed])
** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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Caught Fabricating Evidence, Convicted Cop Remains on Force 2½ Years Later ([link removed])
The IRS's History of Attacking Political Dissenters and Opponents ([link removed])
FBI And DOJ Personnel Confirm Agents Frequently Fudge Facts When Seeking FISA Warrants ([link removed])
** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Google Tracking Data Made This Cyclist a Suspect for Burglary ([link removed])
Where Privacy Ends, Technocracy Begins ([link removed])
BP To Turn Smart Cities Into 24/7 Real-Time Listening Devices Using Fiber Optic Cables ([link removed])
China’s Excessive Coronavirus Public Monitoring Could Be Here to Stay ([link removed])
Through Apps, Not Warrants, ‘Locate X’ Allows Federal Law Enforcement to Track Phones ([link removed])
Should Government Be Able To Track Your Every Move Outside Your House For The Rest Of Your Life? ([link removed])
AI Company Has Access To Pretty Much Every Piece Of Surveillance Tech The State Of Utah Owns ([link removed])
ICE Targets Sanctuary Cities With Increased Surveillance ([link removed])
Airbnb Gives Renters Secret Risk Assessments And Personality Tests ([link removed])
** TECHNOLOGY
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Scientists Achieve First Step In Creating Cyborgs ([link removed])
Mind Reading: New Software Agents Will Infer What Users Are Thinking ([link removed])
Post-Coronavirus Future? Injectable Biosensors, A.I. Virus Detection, Robots and a Cashless Society ([link removed])
How Coronavirus Turned the “Dystopian Joke” of FaceID Masks Into a Reality ([link removed])
** EDUCATION
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School Resource Officer Handcuffs 7-Year-Old ([link removed])
Police Report Filed for Stolen Juice Box From Union School District ([link removed])
** ECONOMY
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Super-Rich Jet Off to Disaster Bunkers Amid Coronavirus Outbreak ([link removed])
** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Wash Your Hands—but Beware the Electric Hand Dryer ([link removed])
ALEC Behind Push For Mandatory Vaccinations ([link removed])
The Decline of Play in Preschoolers — And the Rise in Sensory Issues ([link removed])
Would It Be Unamerican To Refuse Coronavirus Vaccination? ([link removed])
** POLITICS
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Joe Biden: Father of the Drug War's Asset Forfeiture Program ([link removed])
Coronavirus Spending Bill Could Be Used to Cement Spying Authorities ([link removed])
** FURTHER READING
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China Is Ill, but It Goes Much Deeper Than the Coronavirus ([link removed])
In Coronavirus Fight, China Gives Citizens a Color Code, With Red Flags ([link removed])
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