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Investigative Report on the Left's Attack on America_, is set for
publication on October 15. It details a long chain of abuses officials
and political groups have made against the American people and is
available for pre-order now at JudicialWatchBook.com
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My first three books were _New York Times_ bestsellers.

Since the release of the previous book, _A Republic Under Assault_,
the Left has taken extraordinary steps to eradicate American liberty,
motivated by a radical ideology whose adherents occupy the nation’s
highest offices. Now, in _Rights and Freedoms in Peril_: _An
Investigative Report on the Left’s Attack on America _(Threshold
Editions/Gallery Books), I detail a long chain of abuses officials and
politicians have made against the American people and call readers to
battle for the soul and survival of America.

You will be taken to the front lines where the progressive movement
threatens America’s most venerable institutions, undermining the
core principles that make this country a beacon of hope to the world.
The Left has declared war on everything from the rule of law to a
colorblind U.S. Constitution, border security, and government
accountability. Their anti-American agenda must be stopped to save our
country’s future.

My previous book, _A Republic Under Assault, The Left’s Ongoing
Attack on American Freedom_
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is a hard-hitting, fast-paced look at how the Radical Left and the
Deep State tried to destroy the Trump presidency. It expands on the
observation that “President Biden has a personal corruption problem,
has obvious health challenges, and must manage internal warfare
between his party’s corrupt corporate wing and its rising
Communists. His moral claim on the presidency is rejected by a massive
number of voters.”

The first two bestselling books, _The Corruption Chronicles_
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and _Clean House_
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revealed what Judicial Watch, the world’s largest and most effective
watchdog group, uncovered in its battles against Obama administration
secrecy.

Politicized indictments, ruined elections, invasions, and compromised
politicians have placed our republican form of government in danger.
There is a way forward, but we must be diligent about understanding
the scope and detail of the peril.

Shedding light on the truths and secrets of the left, _Rights and
Freedoms in Peril_
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provides that way
forward.

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES AIR FORCE ACADEMY FOR DEI DETAILS

Diversity, equity and inclusion, DEI, seems like Job No. 1 for our
nation’s military academies. The Biden-Harris Defense Department is
obsessed with indoctrinating our rising military leadership with woke,
anti-American ideology. Judicial Watch filed yet another lawsuit to
expose and stop this abuse of the young men and women in the Air Force
Academy.

We filed the lawsuit
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on behalf of our steadfast friends at Stand Together Against Racism
and Radicalism in the Services, Inc. (STARRS) against the U.S.
Department of Defense for records regarding the U.S. Air Force
Academy’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plans (_Stand
Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc. v. U.S.
Department of Defense_
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_(No. 1:24-cv-02712)).

We sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after
the U.S. Air Force Academy failed to adequately respond to two Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) requests concerning DEI tracking at the
Academy.

A November 2021 request seeks:

> An assessment mandated by the Superintendent to be produced by
> September 2013.
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> “Measurements” referenced in Annex 2, Goal D5 and Priorities 2.1
> and 2.2.
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> Cadet wing demographics (e.g., race, ethnicity, and gender) upon
> entry and graduation for each year between 2003 and 2021 and
> corresponding representation in cadet commander positions at wing,
> group, and squadron levels.
An August 2024 request asks for:

> Records of cadet wing demographics (e.g., race, ethnicity, and
> gender) upon entry and graduation for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024
> and corresponding representation in cadet commander positions at
> wing, group, and squadron levels.
Included in the Air Force Academy’s DEI 2013 report
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is the statement by Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael Gould:

> The USAFA Diversity and Inclusion Plan, 2012 Revision, is an action
> plan for D, E, & I that Team USAFA will implement over the next five
> years. The Annexes are a set of “living documents” for each
> Mission Partner and Directorate. My staff and I will evaluate the
> content found in the Annexes at the close of each fiscal year, so
> the first evaluation will take place in September 2013.
STARRS
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mission “is to help educate
our fellow Americans regarding the criticality of having a military
that focuses solely on the essential readiness needed to fight and win
our nation’s wars.”
Our lawsuits and FOIA requests on Critical Race Theory and other
leftist extremism are extensive.

In June 2024, we sued
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the
Defense Department for records regarding deletion of the words
“Duty, Honor, Country” from the United States Military Academy at
West Point’s mission statement.

In March 2023, records
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we
obtained from the Department of Defense showed the Air Force Academy
has made race and gender instruction a top priority in the training of
cadets.

In July 2023, we exposed
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records from the United States Air Force Academy that included
instructional materials and emails that address topics such as
Critical Race Theory, “white privilege,” and Black Lives Matter.

In July 2022, we sued
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the Department of Defense for records related to the United States
Naval Academy (USNA) implementing Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the
training of naval recruits.

In June, we received records revealing Critical Race Theory
instruction at the U.S. Military Academy at West Poin
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One
training slide contains a graphic titled “MODERN-DAY SLAVERY IN THE
USA.” [Emphasis in original]

As you can see, DEI is an obsession for the Biden-Harris military. We
must expose and get it out root and branch.

JUDICIAL WATCH SUES OVER BREAK-IN BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS COVERING
HARRIS

The Biden-Harris Secret Service broke into a business and tried to
cover it up – and they’re still trying to cover it up.

We filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit
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against the Department of Homeland Security for Secret Service records
about a break-in at a hair salon by Secret Service agents in
Pittsfield, MA, during a campaign fundraising visit by Vice President
Kamala Harris (_Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Homeland
Security_
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(No,1:24-cv--02750)).

We sued after the Secret Service failed to respond to an August 12,
2024, FOIA request for:

* All emails and text messages of members of the Vice Presidential
Protective Detail regarding the break-in by Secret Service officials
of the Four One Three Salon in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on July 27,
2024, as described in various news media, such as
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* Communications of the special agent-in-­charge of the Secret
Service field office in Boston, as well as Acting USSS Director Ronald
Rowe, Assistant Director Michael Plati, Assistant Director Brian
Lambert, and Assistant Director David Smith regarding the break-in of
the Four One Three Salon.

* Copies of all complaints filed against the Secret Service by
individuals or businesses impacted by Secret Service operations in
connection with the July 27 Harris campaign fundraiser in Pittsfield,
Massachusetts.

The _New York Post_ reported
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on August 11: “The Secret Service apologized to a salon owner in
Massachusetts who alleged that individuals broke into her business to
use the bathroom during the agency’s security work for a nearby Veep
Kamala Harris fundraiser…. [A] Secret Service officer covered a
camera outside her salon with tape.”

In September, following up on reports that the Biden Secret Service
denied President Trump’s requests for additional Secret Service
protection, we sued
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the
Department of Homeland Security for all Secret Service and other
records regarding potential increased protective services to former
President Trump’s security detail prior to the attempt on his life
at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

In August we released records showing that the Secret Service has made
it a top priority that “diversity and inclusion is not just
‘talked about’ – but demonstrated by all employees through
‘EVERY ACTION, EVERY DAY.’” [Emphasis in original]

On July 31, we reported
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that the
United States Secret Service completely denied multiple FOIA requests
for documents about the assassination attempt on former President
Trump.

On July 22, we announced
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a
lawsuit for records of an incident in which a Secret Service agent
assigned to protect Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly got into a
scuffle with colleagues
In February we released
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documents showing that Assistant Director Michael Plati ordered his
staff not to respond to a request for information from Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.’s head of security.

To be blunt, the Secret Service is a dysfunctional agency overcome by
political corruption, incompetence, as well as diversity, equity and
inclusion (DEI) obsession. And, as the near assassinations of Trump
show, this dysfunction is deadly dangerous.

BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION SUES LANDLORDS THAT BAN TENANTS WITH
CRIMINAL RECORDS

Leftists seem to like people who break the law. If you’re a
landlord, they will force you to take them in. Our _Corruption
Chronicles_ blog explains
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> To keep with an Obama era housing rule that prohibits landlords from
> banning tenants with criminal records, the Biden administration is
> going after property owners that use background checks to screen
> prospective renters. Under the civil rights law known as the Fair
> Housing Act
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> housing discrimination is prohibited based on race or color,
> religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability, but
> Obama’s U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
> issued an order
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> in 2016 adding criminals to the protected class. In the document
> Helen R. Kanovsky, then HUD General Counsel, wrote that a policy or
> practice that restricts access to housing on the basis of criminal
> history has a disparate impact on individuals of a particular race,
> national origin, or other protected class and that violates the Fair
> Housing Act even if the discrimination is unintended. “Because of
> widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. criminal
> justice system, criminal history-based restrictions on access to
> housing are likely disproportionately to burden African Americans
> and Hispanics,” HUD’s top legal official wrote.
>
> To abide by the Obama order, the Biden administration has
> aggressively pursued landlords that do not want to rent to
> criminals. This month the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a
> lawsuit against the owners and managers of a residential property in
> Kinloch, Missouri, for engaging in a pattern or practice of race
> and/or color discrimination against prospective black tenants by
> banning renters with felony convictions and certain other criminal
> histories. The agency alleges in its complaint
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that the defendants
> violated the Fair Housing Act under the same skewed interpretation
> delivered by Obama’s HUD General Counsel. The residential
> multifamily rental apartment complex, Suburban Heights, is around 15
> miles from St. Louis and has 102 units in six two-story buildings.
> Since 2015 management has enforced a categorical ban on tenants with
> criminal histories, “which are known to have significant
> statistical disparities,” the DOJ writes, adding that by choosing
> to use that policy defendants deterred prospective black tenants
> from applying to rent and excluded them from housing opportunities
> at their property.
>
> “It is well documented and known that there are statistical
> Black-White racial disparities in conviction and incarceration
> rates,” the DOJ complaint states. “Incarceration data indicates
> that Black individuals are significantly more likely than White
> individuals to have the types of convictions covered by Suburban
> Heights’ Criminal History Ban. This is true nationwide and, to an
> even greater extent, in St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Black
> individuals are at least four times, and often more than five times,
> more likely than White individuals to be incarcerated in prisons,
> both at any given point in time and over the course of their
> lifetimes.” As an example, the agency offers that the national
> black-white disparities in prison incarceration rates are
> consistently five to one. In the St. Louis area, the black-white
> incarceration disparity is worse at seven to one, according to the
> federal complaint. “These Black-White statistical disparities in
> incarceration rates are an appropriate proxy and the best available
> evidence for the statistical disparities in rates of the types of
> convictions covered by Suburban Heights’ Criminal History Ban,”
> the lawsuit says, adding that the property managers chose to adopt
> and enforce a policy which predictably excludes black tenants at a
> higher rate than white tenants.
>
> The DOJ is using the same argument to go after local governments
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law
> enforcement agencies across the country that have implemented
> measures to curb an epidemic of crime, drugs and gang violence in
> rental properties. The popular laws, enacted by thousands of cities
> nationwide are commonly known as “crime-free” and “nuisance”
> programs that restrict housing based on criminal and arrest records
> and punish landlords and tenants with excessive calls to police and
> emergency services or those engaged in criminal activity. To improve
> living conditions in mainly low-income rentals 2,000 cities across
> 48 states have adopted crime-free and nuisance policies, according
> to the DOJ, which has legally challenged many of the measures in the
> last few years claiming that they are discriminatory and therefore
> violate federal law because they “unfairly penalize communities of
> color
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> Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who heads the Biden
> DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, claims that “even when
> well-intentioned, these programs can disrupt lives, force families
> into homelessness and result in loss of jobs, schooling and
> opportunities for people who are disproportionately low-income
> people of color – all in violation of federal law.”

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