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** FEBRUARY 25, 2024
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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COVID-19 Tested Our Commitment to Freedom. Three Years Later, We’re Still Failing ([link removed])

The Global Deep State: A Fascist World Order Funded by the American Taxpayer ([link removed])

2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Rutherford Institute Challenges Government Efforts to Censor Speech and Pressure Tech Companies to Block, Ban, De-Platform and Restrict Users ([link removed])

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])

Rutherford Institute Denounces Rise in Government’s Cancel Culture Efforts to Censor, Ostracize & Shun Politically Unpopular Viewpoints ([link removed])


** LEGAL FEATURES
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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])

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Judge Weighs Second Attempt by Social Media Companies to Avoid Claims Their Apps Hook Kids ([link removed])

San Francisco ‘Sweep’ Suit on Hold as Supreme Court Considers Homeless People’s Rights ([link removed])

Supreme Court Review of Red State Social Media Laws Carries Big Changes for Online Platforms ([link removed])

Judge Confirms $5 Million Award to Lindell’s ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ Contest Winner ([link removed])

Texas School Legally Punished Black Student Over Hairstyle, Judge Says ([link removed])

How the Reversal of Roe v. Wade Led to the Alabama Supreme Court Ruling That Frozen Embryos Are Children ([link removed])

Biden Administration Sued Over Surveillance Records Amid FISA Debate ([link removed])


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

2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex ([link removed])

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

The White House's Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws ([link removed])

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** VODCAST, RECENT INTERVIEWS
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The Rise of the Security Industrial Complex: One America News ([link removed])

Are You Being Watched? (Whitehead Interview with Good Morning, CHD) ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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New US Background Database Unlikely to Stop Police Misconduct, Critics Warn ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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12 Years After Degrading Mass Strip Search, Women in Prison Won $1.4M Settlement ([link removed])
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** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech ([link removed])

A Virtual Reality Tour of Surveillance Tech at the Border ([link removed])

The SEC’s Market Surveillance System Implicates the Fourth and Fifth Amendment Rights of Investors ([link removed])

Keyword Search Warrants and the Fourth Amendment ([link removed])

Can New Legislation Protect Us From the Companies Building Tech to Read Our Minds? ([link removed])


** ASSET FORFEITURE
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Kansas Police Seize Millions in Assets Annually ([link removed])

What Happens to Confiscated Money After It’s Been Seized by Police? ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Google Suspends Gemini AI Chatbot’s Ability to Generate Pictures of People ([link removed])

Scientists Recreate Fingerprints From the Sound of Swiping on a Touchscreen ([link removed])

New Compact Facial-Recognition System Passes Test on Michelangelo’s David ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Oaths and Pledges Have Been Routine for Political Officials. That’s Changing in a Polarized America ([link removed])

Utah House Passes Bill to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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Is the U.S. a Christian Nation? Here’s What the Constitution Says ([link removed])

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