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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Don’t Trust the Government. Not with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms 

Overthrowing the Constitution: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms 

Children of Big Brother: What It Means to Go Back-to-School in the American Police State 

Technofascism: The Government Pressured Tech Companies to Censor Users 

Who Owns America? Oligarchs Have Bought Up the American Dream 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

TRI Calls on SCOTUS to Discourage Attempts by the Government to Sidestep Fiscal Accountability 

TRI Takes Government to Trial for Disfavoring One Religion Over Other Religious Practices 

TRI Defends Right of Political Speech, Right to Criticize Candidates and Keep Voters Informed 

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Hold Facebook Accountable for Working With the Government to Censor Speech 

TRI Calls on SCOTUS to Rein In Police Use of Deadly Force Against Unarmed Citizens 

LEGAL FEATURES

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech 

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 
JOIN THE FIGHT TO MAKE AMERICA FREE AGAIN: $250,000 MATCHING GIFT CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY

IN THE COURTS

California Parents Challenge Student Gender Identity Law 

Illinois Supreme Court Rules Burnt Weed Smell Alone Doesn’t Justify Vehicle Searches 

Digital ID Can Be Used to Vote, North Carolina Court Decides 

"Equity Training" Requirement for Public Employees Didn't Violate First Amendment

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 

Who Pays the Price for Botched SWAT Team Raids? We Do 

The White House's Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws 

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Innocent Woman Sues After Police Seize Car Using Incorrect License Plate Reader Data 

Chicago to Pay Out $15 Million, Most for Police Misconduct Cases 

Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Weakened Misconduct Penalties for Cops Days Before Leaving
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SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Feds Warn of ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Your Online Data 

Social Media and Online Video Firms Are Conducting ‘Vast Surveillance’ on Users 

AI Could Lead to Inconsistent Outcomes in Home Surveillance 

FBI Seeks Options for Facial Recognition Searches Against Online Images 

Instagram Rolls Out Teen Accounts, Other Privacy Changes Designed to Protect Those Under 18 

The Man Quietly Rewriting American Privacy Law to Favor Corporations 

Safeguarding Personal Privacy In The AI Era

FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP

Here’s What to Know About Free Speech Protections Outlined by the First Amendment

TECHNOLOGY

California Cracks Down on Sexually Explicit Deepfakes

EDUCATION

A Majority of Americans Can’t Recall Most First Amendment Rights

POLITICS

Trump-Backed Georgia Election Board Votes to Require Hand Counts of Ballots
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