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** SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Don’t Trust the Government. Not with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms ([link removed])

Overthrowing the Constitution: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms ([link removed])

Children of Big Brother: What It Means to Go Back-to-School in the American Police State ([link removed])

Technofascism: The Government Pressured Tech Companies to Censor Users ([link removed])

Who Owns America? Oligarchs Have Bought Up the American Dream ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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TRI Calls on SCOTUS to Discourage Attempts by the Government to Sidestep Fiscal Accountability ([link removed])

TRI Takes Government to Trial for Disfavoring One Religion Over Other Religious Practices ([link removed])

TRI Defends Right of Political Speech, Right to Criticize Candidates and Keep Voters Informed ([link removed])

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Hold Facebook Accountable for Working With the Government to Censor Speech ([link removed])

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** LEGAL FEATURES
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The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech ([link removed])

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])
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** IN THE COURTS
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California Parents Challenge Student Gender Identity Law ([link removed])

Illinois Supreme Court Rules Burnt Weed Smell Alone Doesn’t Justify Vehicle Searches ([link removed])

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"Equity Training" Requirement for Public Employees Didn't Violate First Amendment ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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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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The White House's Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws ([link removed])

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** ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS
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Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Innocent Woman Sues After Police Seize Car Using Incorrect License Plate Reader Data ([link removed])

Chicago to Pay Out $15 Million, Most for Police Misconduct Cases ([link removed])

Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Weakened Misconduct Penalties for Cops Days Before Leaving ([link removed])
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** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Feds Warn of ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Your Online Data ([link removed])

Social Media and Online Video Firms Are Conducting ‘Vast Surveillance’ on Users ([link removed])

AI Could Lead to Inconsistent Outcomes in Home Surveillance ([link removed])

FBI Seeks Options for Facial Recognition Searches Against Online Images ([link removed])

Instagram Rolls Out Teen Accounts, Other Privacy Changes Designed to Protect Those Under 18 ([link removed])

The Man Quietly Rewriting American Privacy Law to Favor Corporations ([link removed])

Safeguarding Personal Privacy In The AI Era ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP
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Here’s What to Know About Free Speech Protections Outlined by the First Amendment ([link removed])


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California Cracks Down on Sexually Explicit Deepfakes ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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A Majority of Americans Can’t Recall Most First Amendment Rights ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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