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DECEMBER 17, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President 

Bah Humbug: The Police State Wants Us To Be a Nation of Snowflakes 

The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Cautions Public About Ancestry DNA Kits and Associated Privacy Risks Posed by Police & Hackers 

Rutherford Institute Warns Against Government’s Plan To Ask Households About Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity in Mandatory Survey 

After Fighting for Freedom Abroad, Decorated Gulf War Veteran Is Punished for Exercising His Own Right to Political Free Speech at Home 

LEGAL FEATURES

Constitutional Q&A: The Twelve Rules of Christmas 

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey (2023) 
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IN THE COURTS

Virginia Court Revives Lawsuit by Teacher Fired for Refusing to Use Trans Student’s Pronouns 

Kansas Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to ‘Impersonating Election Official’ Law 

Second Circuit Sends Trans Athletes Challenge Back to Federal Court 

Federal Judge Blocks Berkeley from Closing Homeless Encampment 

Wisconsin Judge Declares 1849 Law Does Not Apply to Consensual Abortions 

Arizona Inmate Claiming Religious Rights Abuse Gets Day at Ninth Circuit 

This NRA Supreme Court Case Has Big Implications for Porn

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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 

A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best 

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Remembering the Less Fortunate 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Tracking 5 Years of Shootings by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, including the FBI and DEA 

What Bodycams Tell Us About the Challenges of Policing the Police 

Police Tech Isn’t Designed to Be Accurate — It’s Made to Exert Social Control 

How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras

AMERICA AT WAR

The Pentagon's Rush To Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going To Kill Us All 

BEHIND BARS

Why Are More Women in the U.S. Being Incarcerated?
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NATIONAL SECURITY

U.S. Terrorist Watchlist Grows to 2 Million People — Nearly Doubling in 6 Years 

A Digital-Surveillance State Won’t Make Us Any Safer

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

FBI Seized $86 Million From People Not Suspected Crimes

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Congress Renews Warrantless Digital Spying Program as Part of $886 Billion Spending Bill 

Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching 

23andMe Confirms Hackers Stole Ancestry Data on 6.9 Million Users 

CVS, Rite Aid, Kroger Give Cops & Govt Warrantless Access to Patient Records 

Constitutional Attorney Says Privacy Laws Need Updating 

Pharmacies Share Medical Data with Police without a Warrant, Inquiry Finds 

It’s Time to End the Third-Party Doctrine

EDUCATION

What Was Once Science Fiction Is Now Reality: Orwellian Uses of Safety Tech in K-12 Schools

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Smithsonian Took Brains from Dozens of DC’s Most Marginalized Residents

POLITICS

Biden DOJ’s Gun Law Blueprint Will Impact Ability to Defend Yourself

FURTHER READING 

What Nixon and Watergate Tell the Country about Trump and Jan. 6

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