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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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APRIL 14, 2024

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Tyranny by the Numbers: The Government Wants Your Money Any Way It Can Get It 

The Government Wants to Play God. What Does That Mean for Our Freedoms? 

Rule by Criminals: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State 

The Language of Force: How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power 

The State of Our Nation No One’s Talking About: Tyranny Is Rising as Freedom Falls 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Denounces Oregon City Law Against Sleeping, Camping in Public as Unconstitutional Attempt to Criminalize Homelessness 

Rutherford Warns Florida ‘No Go Zone’ Law Could Chill First Amendment Activity, Thwart Citizen Journalists & Embolden Police Misconduct 

Court Fails to Hold Constables Accountable for Wrongfully Evicting Blind Man, Leaving Him Homeless During a Snowstorm 

Government Tries to Sidestep Accountability for Violating Citizens’ First Amendment Right to Political Expression Critical of Biden and Trump 

Rutherford Institute Challenges Government Efforts to Censor Speech and Pressure Tech Companies to Block, Ban, De-Platform and Restrict Users 

LEGAL FEATURES

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 

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech
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IN THE COURTS

Supreme Court Sides With California Property Owner in Fifth Amendment Fight Over Permit Fees 

Special Counsel Tells Supreme Court That Donald Trump Is Not Above the Rule of Law 

NYC Agrees to $17.5 Million Settlement Over Forced Removal of Hijabs for Mugshot Photos 

Second Circuit Revives Suit From Connecticut Veteran Challenging State Park Handgun Law 

Arizona Supreme Court Rules a Near-Total Abortion Ban From 1864 Is Enforceable 

Iowa Asks State Supreme Court to Let Its Restrictive Abortion Law Go Into Effect 

Federal Judge Blocks Florida Teacher’s Pronoun Restriction

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

COVID-19 Tested Our Commitment to Freedom. Four Years Later, We’re Still Failing 

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

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

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

How to Stand Up for Freedom (Interview with Collapse Life)  

Counting the People (Interview with Financial Rebellion, CHD) 

Are You Being Watched? (Whitehead Interview with Good Morning, CHD) 

The Rise of the Security Industrial Complex: One America News 

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Police Sergeant Choked Handcuffed Man. Town Kept the Video Secret  

Police Fired Nearly 100 Shots Over 41 Seconds During Fatal Traffic Stop

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Georgia Parents Investigated for Letting 7-Year-Old Get a Cookie From Store
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NATIONAL SECURITY

The Intelligence Community Exists To Spy On Americans 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

House Passes Reauthorization of Key US Surveillance Program After Days of Upheaval Over Changes 

ECONOMY

Technocracy Depends On The Digitalization Of Money

HEALTH & MEDICINE

More Than 30m Americans Could Face Drinking Water Crisis as Officials Find Major Flaws in US Dam

SOCIAL MEDIA

Georgia Joins States Seeking Parental Permission Before Children Join Social Media

POLITICS

Democratic Donors Paid More Than $1M for Biden’s Legal Bills for Special Counsel Probe 

California Lawmaker Looks Toward Removing Native American Terms From School Mascots, Team Names 

DeSantis OKs Bills Halting Police Civilian Oversight, Stopping Bystanders From Getting Close 

The Biden Administration Announces Rule That Will Require More Background Checks on Gun Buyers 

Trump Says He Wouldn’t Sign Federal Abortion Ban

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