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** APRIL 28, 2024
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Divide and Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News ([link removed])

Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution ([link removed])

Tyranny by the Numbers: The Government Wants Your Money Any Way It Can Get It ([link removed])

The Government Wants to Play God. What Does That Mean for Our Freedoms? ([link removed])

Rule by Criminals: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Rutherford Institute Threatens First Amendment Lawsuit Over Censorship of Religious Content From High School Valedictorian’s Graduation Speech ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Defends Women’s Basketball Coach’s First Amendment Right to Religious Expression ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Denounces Oregon City Law Against Sleeping, Camping in Public as Unconstitutional Attempt to Criminalize Homelessness ([link removed])

Rutherford Warns Florida ‘No Go Zone’ Law Could Chill First Amendment Activity, Thwart Citizen Journalists & Embolden Police Misconduct ([link removed])

Court Fails to Hold Constables Accountable for Wrongfully Evicting Blind Man, Leaving Him Homeless During a Snowstorm ([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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Supreme Court to Decide if Biden Administration Can Regulate ‘Ghost Guns’ ([link removed])

Ninth Circuit: Seattle Police Cannot Arrest Street Preacher for Inciting Hostility ([link removed])

Seventh Circuit: Convicted of Sex Offenses May Not Be Banned From Speaking on the Phone to Their Children ([link removed])

California Supreme Court Rules That County Jail Kitchen Workers Can Go Unpaid ([link removed])

Breadth of Homelessness Crisis Stumps Supreme Court ([link removed])

Appeals Court Rules That Cops Can Physically Make You Unlock Your Phone ([link removed])

Ballot Initiative Titles Are Government Speech, Tenth Circuit Rules ([link removed])

Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments Over Emergency Abortions ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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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 ([link removed])

We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President ([link removed])

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

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** ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS
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How to Stand Up for Freedom (Interview with Collapse Life) ([link removed])

Counting the People (Interview with Financial Rebellion, CHD) ([link removed])

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

The Rise of the Security Industrial Complex: One America News ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Ancestry Says It Fought Two Police Requests to Search Its DNA Database ([link removed])

Killer in the Family Tree? DNA Sites Could Be Used to Track Down Suspects ([link removed])

Cops Are Now Using AI to Generate Police Reports ([link removed])

D.C. Officers Who Were Previously Disciplined Won’t Get Renewed Contracts ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Solitary Confinement Endures in Prison, Even For Youth ([link removed])

Florida Bills Woman $127,000 After She Spent Only 10 Months Behind Bars ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Assange Extradition Case Moves Forward While The CIA Covers Its Tracks ([link removed])

The FBI Was Monitoring 2017 Student Protests Against Ben Shapiro ([link removed])

Too Much Power for Spy Agencies ([link removed])

Senators Renew Scrutiny of Border Officers’ Authority to Search Americans’ Phones ([link removed])

DHS Launches New AI Safety and Security Board ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Biden Signs Bill Extending a Key US Surveillance Program After Divisions Nearly Forced It to Lapse ([link removed])

Richmond International Airport Begins Using Facial Recognition Technology ([link removed])

SEC Hit With New Lawsuit Alleging ‘Mass Surveillance’ of Americans Through Stock Market Data ([link removed])

Google to Pay $62 Million for Tracking Users Without Consent ([link removed])

Supermarket Facial Recognition Fail: How to Avoid It Happening ([link removed])

TSA Visited Apple and Google To Discuss Collaboration for Digital ID ([link removed])

MTA Banned From Using Facial Recognition to Enforce Fare Evasion ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP
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Cancel Culture Comes for Colleges as Graduation Season Begins ([link removed])

Journalist Jailed for Asking Police a Question ([link removed])

Librarians Fear New Penalties, Even Prison, as Activists Challenge Books ([link removed])

Student Protests Are Testing US Colleges’ Commitment to Free Speech ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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DNA Database to Help Fight Against Illegal Wildlife Trafficking ([link removed])

Meta Oversight Board Reviews Handling of AI-Created Celebrity Porn ([link removed])

You Actually Shouldn’t Use Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone. Here’s Why ([link removed])

AI Can Predict Political Orientation From Blank Faces ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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Tennessee Passes Bill to Let Teachers Carry Guns, a Year After Mass Shooting ([link removed])


** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Set to Take Effect ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers ([link removed])

New Biden Rule Protects Privacy for Women Who Get Abortions ([link removed])

DeSantis Signs Bill Limiting Book Objections in School Libraries ([link removed])

17 States Challenge Federal Rules Entitling Workers to Accommodations for Abortion ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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What You Need to Know About Qualified Immunity And How It Shields Those Responsible for Wrongful Convictions ([link removed])

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