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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Global Deep State: A Fascist World Order Funded by the American Taxpayer 

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  

I’m Not Breaking Up With America This Valentine’s Day and Neither Should You 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech 

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 
MAKE THE GOVERNMENT PLAY BY THE RULES OF THE CONSTITUTION: DONATE TODAY

IN THE COURTS

Judge Orders Trump to Pay More Than $350 Million in Civil Fraud Suit 

EPA Broke Federal Law in Handing Off Wetlands Permit Approval to Florida, DC Judge Rules 

Indiana Asks Seventh Circuit to Reinstate Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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Who Pays the Price for Botched SWAT Team Raids? We Do 

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

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

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

The Rise of the Security Industrial Complex: One America News

TRI IN THE NEWS

The Census Bureau Is Considering How to Ask About Gender Identity. People Have Their Opinions

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Police Fired at Handcuffed Man in SUV After Mistaking Acorn for Gunshot 

Lawmakers Preliminarily Approve No-Go Zone Around First Responders

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Vegas Bans Stopping on Pedestrian Bridges

AMERICA AT WAR

The New Drone Wars: As Prices Fall, Casualties Mount 

DC Needs You Angry At Foreign Tyranny So You Won't Notice It At Home 

The War in Ukraine Is Fueling Record Us Arms Exports

BEHIND BARS

If You Spend Time in Jail Because the Government Lied, You Should Be Able to Sue 

Artificial Intelligence Is Putting Innocent People at Risk of Being Incarcerated
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GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

The Government Is Using Data Brokers to Evade Privacy Protections 

Qualified Immunity Is Not Limited to Police Brutality. It Protects a Wide Variety of Abusive Officials

WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

FBI Sees Concerning Increase in Sextortion Cases Targeting Teenage Boys

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Proposed Questions on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity for the Census Bureau’s Biggest Survey 

Facial Recognition: Coming Soon to an Airport Near You 

The Government Wants to Scan Your Face in the Name of Security, but Who Is Watching the Government? 

Urban Surveillance Is More Menacing Than Ever 

‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare 

A Company Tracked Visits to 600 Planned Parenthood Locations for Anti-Abortion Ads 

Online Retailer Temu Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit in Illinois Over Data Privacy Concerns 

US Puts Boots on the Ground in Japan to Bolster Disease Surveillance 

Government Funds AI Tools for Whole-of-Internet Surveillance and Censorship

CENSORSHIP & FREE SPEECH

Progressives Are Ditching Free Speech To Fight 'Disinformation' 

A Strong First Amendment Keeps Government Bullies At Bay 

A Small Town, Public Art, and the First Amendment 

The White House Pressured Amazon to Target Dissenting Books

ASSET FORFEITURE

Five Years Later Supreme Court Decision Still Hasn’t Significantly Limited Asset Forfeiture

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Why Health Insurers Suddenly Want Sicker Patients

POLITICS

Bipartisan Complaints After House Nixes Vote On 9/11-Era Surveillance Law 

Trump Privately Backs 16-Week Abortion Ban With Exceptions, Report Says 

How Red-Light Camera Laws Could Help Drive Federal AI Regulation 

Mayors Ask DHS to Extend Migrant Work Permits

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