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** FEBRUARY 11, 2024
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex ([link removed])

Terror by Night: Who Pays the Price for Botched SWAT Team Raids? We Do ([link removed])

Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Supreme Court Gives Government the Green Light to Obstruct Citizens From Voting at Polling Places Based on the Content of Speech on Clothing ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Calls on Supreme Court to Uphold Laws Prohibiting Censorship by Tech Companies & Protecting Free Speech on Social Media ([link removed])


** LEGAL FEATURES
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The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech ([link removed])

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey ([link removed])

Special Report: The Right to Be Let Alone: How to Safeguard Your Freedoms in the Face of the Government’s COVID-19 Power Grabs ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Missouri Returns First Amendment Access to Court Records ([link removed])

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to End Maryland’s Assault Weapons Ban ([link removed])

California Gun Owners Take Privacy Fight Over Purchase Data to Ninth Circuit ([link removed])

South Carolina Court Weighs Death Row Inmates’ Challenge to Firing Squad, Electric Chair ([link removed])

DC Circuit Denies Trump’s Claim of Presidential Immunity in Election Subversion Case ([link removed])

Supreme Court Prepares to Decide the Future of Insurrectionist Presidents ([link removed])

Not Wearing a Mask During Covid-19 Health Emergency Isn’t a Free Speech Right, Appeals Court Says ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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The White House's Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws ([link removed])

Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List ([link removed])

Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent ([link removed])

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** JUSTICE SYSTEM
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How the FBI Infiltrated Denver’s Racial Justice Movement ([link removed])

Senators Ask The DOJ To End Federal Funding For Predictive Policing Programs ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Police Turn to AI to Review Bodycam Footage ([link removed])

Family of Black Girls Handcuffed by Colorado Police, Held at Gunpoint Reach $1.9 Million Settlement ([link removed])

How Journalists Are Failing to Cover the Cops ([link removed])

Cops Arrested Him for a Fictitious Traffic Violation Because He Flipped Them Off ([link removed])

Reporter Sues Police Officials Over Raid on Rural Kansas Newspaper ([link removed])

Georgia Police and FBI Conduct SWAT-Style Raids on ‘Cop City’ Activists’ Homes ([link removed])

Virginia Keeps Even Basic Police Data Secret ([link removed])

Massive New Study Reveals That Qualified Immunity Is About More Than Police Misconduct ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Hidden Prison Labor Web Linked to Foods From Target, Walmart ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Government’s Definition of Domestic Extremists Include Most Christians, Conservatives ([link removed])

The Biden Administration Is Protecting Trump-directed Surveillance Records ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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FBI Contractor Charged With Stealing Car Containing Gun Magazine From FBI Headquarters ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Buying Spying: How the Commercial Surveillance Industry Works ([link removed])

San Diego Amends Surveillance Tech Rules for Police ([link removed])

Study Reveals Inadequacy of Police Departments’ Social Media Surveillance Policies ([link removed])

Financial Big Brother Is Watching You ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH
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Nancy Pelosi’s War Against Free Speech and Assembly ([link removed])

Meta’s Review of Hate Speech Policy Sparks Concern of Further Censorship of Pro-Palestinian Content ([link removed])

Law Schools Must Adopt Free Speech Policies to Maintain ABA Accreditation ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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23andMe’s Lesson to Tech Elites: The Days of Sloppy Security Are Over ([link removed])

How Are Chatbots Being Used in Government Agencies? ([link removed])

How Congress Is Gearing Up to Take Advantage of Generative AI ([link removed])


** CRIME
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With ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams on the Rise, FBI Moves to Stop the Bleeding ([link removed])

Scammers Used Deepfake CFO on Video Call to Trick Company Employee Into Sending Them $25M ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Veterans Can Lose Their Gun Rights if They Can’t Manage Their Finances ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Congress Passes Bill to Protect Moving Privacy ([link removed])

Arizona Bill Targeting ‘Swatting’ Could Raise First Amendment Concerns ([link removed])

Nebraska Lawmakers Seek to Ban Practice Allowing Police to Seize Millions From Motorists ([link removed])

Illinois Bill Would Give Tax Credit to Residents Fleeing States With Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care Bans ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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Does Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment Apply to President Trump? ([link removed])

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