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** DECEMBER 17, 2023
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President ([link removed])

Bah Humbug: The Police State Wants Us To Be a Nation of Snowflakes ([link removed])

The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Rutherford Institute Cautions Public About Ancestry DNA Kits and Associated Privacy Risks Posed by Police & Hackers ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Warns Against Government’s Plan To Ask Households About Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity in Mandatory Survey ([link removed])

After Fighting for Freedom Abroad, Decorated Gulf War Veteran Is Punished for Exercising His Own Right to Political Free Speech at Home ([link removed])


** LEGAL FEATURES
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Constitutional Q&A: The Twelve Rules of Christmas ([link removed])

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey (2023) ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Virginia Court Revives Lawsuit by Teacher Fired for Refusing to Use Trans Student’s Pronouns ([link removed])

Kansas Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to ‘Impersonating Election Official’ Law ([link removed])

Second Circuit Sends Trans Athletes Challenge Back to Federal Court ([link removed])

Federal Judge Blocks Berkeley from Closing Homeless Encampment ([link removed])

Wisconsin Judge Declares 1849 Law Does Not Apply to Consensual Abortions ([link removed])

Arizona Inmate Claiming Religious Rights Abuse Gets Day at Ninth Circuit ([link removed])

This NRA Supreme Court Case Has Big Implications for Porn ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

We the Exploited: The U.S. Government Buys and Sells Its Citizens for Profit and Power ([link removed])

A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best ([link removed])

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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Remembering the Less Fortunate ([link removed])


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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD
* Battlefield America: The War on the American People (Autographed) ([link removed])
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* The Erik Blair Diaries ([link removed])

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* Defund the Thought Police ([link removed])
* Make America Free Again ([link removed])
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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Tracking 5 Years of Shootings by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, including the FBI and DEA ([link removed])

What Bodycams Tell Us About the Challenges of Policing the Police ([link removed])

Police Tech Isn’t Designed to Be Accurate — It’s Made to Exert Social Control ([link removed])

How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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The Pentagon's Rush To Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going To Kill Us All ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Why Are More Women in the U.S. Being Incarcerated? ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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U.S. Terrorist Watchlist Grows to 2 Million People — Nearly Doubling in 6 Years ([link removed])

A Digital-Surveillance State Won’t Make Us Any Safer ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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FBI Seized $86 Million From People Not Suspected Crimes (http:// ​ Nisha Whitehead ​ [link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Congress Renews Warrantless Digital Spying Program as Part of $886 Billion Spending Bill ([link removed])

Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching ([link removed])

23andMe Confirms Hackers Stole Ancestry Data on 6.9 Million Users ([link removed])

CVS, Rite Aid, Kroger Give Cops & Govt Warrantless Access to Patient Records ([link removed])

Constitutional Attorney Says Privacy Laws Need Updating ([link removed])

Pharmacies Share Medical Data with Police without a Warrant, Inquiry Finds ([link removed])

It’s Time to End the Third-Party Doctrine ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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What Was Once Science Fiction Is Now Reality: Orwellian Uses of Safety Tech in K-12 Schools ([link removed])


** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Smithsonian Took Brains from Dozens of DC’s Most Marginalized Residents ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Biden DOJ’s Gun Law Blueprint Will Impact Ability to Defend Yourself ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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What Nixon and Watergate Tell the Country about Trump and Jan. 6 ([link removed])

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