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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex 

Terror by Night: Who Pays the Price for Botched SWAT Team Raids? We Do 

Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Supreme Court Gives Government the Green Light to Obstruct Citizens From Voting at Polling Places Based on the Content of Speech on Clothing 

Rutherford Institute Calls on Supreme Court to Uphold Laws Prohibiting Censorship by Tech Companies & Protecting Free Speech on Social Media 

LEGAL FEATURES

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech 

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey 

Special Report: The Right to Be Let Alone: How to Safeguard Your Freedoms in the Face of the Government’s COVID-19 Power Grabs
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IN THE COURTS

Missouri Returns First Amendment Access to Court Records 

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to End Maryland’s Assault Weapons Ban 

California Gun Owners Take Privacy Fight Over Purchase Data to Ninth Circuit 

South Carolina Court Weighs Death Row Inmates’ Challenge to Firing Squad, Electric Chair 

DC Circuit Denies Trump’s Claim of Presidential Immunity in Election Subversion Case 

Supreme Court Prepares to Decide the Future of Insurrectionist Presidents 

Not Wearing a Mask During Covid-19 Health Emergency Isn’t a Free Speech Right, Appeals Court Says

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

The White House's Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws 

Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List 

Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent 

Podcast Archive

JUSTICE SYSTEM

How the FBI Infiltrated Denver’s Racial Justice Movement 

Senators Ask The DOJ To End Federal Funding For Predictive Policing Programs

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Police Turn to AI to Review Bodycam Footage 

Family of Black Girls Handcuffed by Colorado Police, Held at Gunpoint Reach $1.9 Million Settlement 

How Journalists Are Failing to Cover the Cops 

Cops Arrested Him for a Fictitious Traffic Violation Because He Flipped Them Off 

Reporter Sues Police Officials Over Raid on Rural Kansas Newspaper 

Georgia Police and FBI Conduct SWAT-Style Raids on ‘Cop City’ Activists’ Homes 

Virginia Keeps Even Basic Police Data Secret 

Massive New Study Reveals That Qualified Immunity Is About More Than Police Misconduct

BEHIND BARS

Hidden Prison Labor Web Linked to Foods From Target, Walmart
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Government’s Definition of Domestic Extremists Include Most Christians, Conservatives 

The Biden Administration Is Protecting Trump-directed Surveillance Records

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

FBI Contractor Charged With Stealing Car Containing Gun Magazine From FBI Headquarters

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Buying Spying: How the Commercial Surveillance Industry Works 

San Diego Amends Surveillance Tech Rules for Police 

Study Reveals Inadequacy of Police Departments’ Social Media Surveillance Policies 

Financial Big Brother Is Watching You

FREE SPEECH

Nancy Pelosi’s War Against Free Speech and Assembly 

Meta’s Review of Hate Speech Policy Sparks Concern of Further Censorship of Pro-Palestinian Content 

Law Schools Must Adopt Free Speech Policies to Maintain ABA Accreditation

TECHNOLOGY

23andMe’s Lesson to Tech Elites: The Days of Sloppy Security Are Over 

How Are Chatbots Being Used in Government Agencies? 

How Congress Is Gearing Up to Take Advantage of Generative AI

CRIME

With ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams on the Rise, FBI Moves to Stop the Bleeding 

Scammers Used Deepfake CFO on Video Call to Trick Company Employee Into Sending Them $25M

ECONOMY

Veterans Can Lose Their Gun Rights if They Can’t Manage Their Finances

POLITICS

Congress Passes Bill to Protect Moving Privacy 

Arizona Bill Targeting ‘Swatting’ Could Raise First Amendment Concerns 

Nebraska Lawmakers Seek to Ban Practice Allowing Police to Seize Millions From Motorists 

Illinois Bill Would Give Tax Credit to Residents Fleeing States With Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care Bans

FURTHER READING 

Does Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment Apply to President Trump?

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