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** APRIRL 13, 2020
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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COVID-19’s Challenge to the Christian Church: What Would Jesus Do? ([link removed])

Draconian Lockdown Powers: It’s a Slippery Slope from Handwashing to House Arrest ([link removed])

Suspending the Constitution: Police State Uses Crises to Expand Its Lockdown Powers ([link removed])

This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown? ([link removed])

Coronavirus vs. the Mass Surveillance State: Which Poses the Greater Threat? ([link removed])


** COVID-19: THE LATEST
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Kentucky Will Take Down License Plates of People Attending Easter Services and Order Them to Quarantine ([link removed])

Big Data Is Helping Us Fight The Coronavirus — But At What Cost To Our Privacy? ([link removed])

Fauci: Coronavirus Immunity Cards for Americans Are ‘Being Discussed’ ([link removed])

Boston Suburb Sets Up One-Way Sidewalks and Will Fine Those Who Walk in the Wrong Direction ([link removed])

Michigan Order Bans ‘Travel Between Residences,’ With a Few Exceptions ([link removed])

The COVID-19 "Lockdowns" Are What Twenty-First-Century Mob Rule Looks Like ([link removed])

Governments Are Using the Coronavirus to Hide Information From Reporters and Citizens ([link removed])

The Outer Banks Tried To Crack Down On Outsiders, But They Keep Sneaking In ([link removed])

Google Publishes Movement Data to Bolster War Against Coronavirus ([link removed])

Los Angeles May Keep People From Traveling Outside Neighborhoods If Virus Cases Soar ([link removed])

Kentucky Coronavirus: Some Residents Who Are Refusing to Self-Isolate to Wear Ankle Monitors ([link removed])

NYPD’s Aggressive Policing Risks Spreading the Coronavirus ([link removed])

‘Immunity Passports’ Could Speed Up Return to Work After COVID-19 ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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The Rutherford Institute's Statement on the Right to Religious Freedom During COVID-19 ([link removed])

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Blank Check Policing, Allows Cops to Stop Cars Registered to Unlicensed Owners, Whether or Not Owners Are Driving ([link removed])

Tenn. Supreme Court Allows Police to Carry Out Warrantless, Suspicionless Searches of Probationers’ Homes, Undermining Fourth Amendment ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Judge Rules Against Virginia Man’s Request to Allow Groups of 10 or More to Attend Easter Church ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Draconian Lockdown Powers: It’s a Slippery Slope from Handwashing to House Arrest ([link removed])

Suspending the Constitution: Police State Uses Crises to Expand Its Lockdown Powers ([link removed])

This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown? ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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Stealing from the Citizenry: How Government Goons Use Civil Asset Forfeiture to Rob Us Blind ([link removed])


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** JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Parking Lot Court Ready to Go ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Police Interrupt Palm Sunday Service After Neighbor Reports Church ([link removed])


** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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Former Police Officer Arrested in Park for Throwing Ball With Daughter Due to Coronavirus Social Distancing Rules ([link removed])

Arresting People for Coughing Won’t Keep Communities Safer ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Maryland Forms Coronavirus ‘Strike Teams’ to Combat Nursing Home Outbreaks ([link removed])
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** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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White House Uses COVID-19 As A Reason To Create A Real-Time National Coronavirus Surveillance System ([link removed])

Judge Rips Jared Kushner's Proposed Coronavirus Surveillance System, Says It Breaches the Constitution ([link removed])

Thermal Imaging Cameras are Still Dangerous Dragnet Surveillance Cameras ([link removed])

Beware: Our New Online Culture is a Feast for Mass Surveillance ([link removed])

Edward Snowden Warns Coronavirus Surveillance Could Lead to Abuse ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH
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Book Burnings in the Digital Age: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Now….Poetry? ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Google-Fitbit Merger Would Cement Google’s Data Empire ([link removed])

Drone Hovers Above NYC, Urges People to Practice Social Distancing ([link removed])


** DRONES
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Legislative Watch: The Rise of Drones During the Pandemic ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Nearly a Third of US Apartment Renters Didn’t Pay Any Rent for April ([link removed])

Businesses Banning Banknotes, Asking Customers to Use Credit, Debit Cards ([link removed])

Replacing Cash: Will U.S. Start Becoming a Cashless Society in 2020? ([link removed])

Is A Cashless Society Good For America? ([link removed])


** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Responds to Bill Gates’ Statements on a Mandatory Coronavirus Vaccine ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Experts Sound Alarm Over Trump Plan to Purge 7 Inspectors General ([link removed])

Secret Provision Sets Up Mysterious $450 Billion Coronavirus Bailout Fund — With Almost No Oversight ([link removed])

From Drafting Doctors to Stealing Equipment, Politicians Violate the Limits of a Free Society ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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A New World Is Being Born: What Will It Be? ([link removed])

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