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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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DECEMBER 2, 2024

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Divide and Conquer: Political Riptides Threaten to Overwhelm the Nation 

This Is How It Begins: The Deep State Wants to Terminate the Constitution 

The Very Definition of Tyranny: A Dictatorship Disguised as Democracy 

Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins)  

The Politics of Fear: Laying the Groundwork for Fascism, American-Style

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Supreme Court Sends Chilling Message to Gun Owners: Comply or Die—SCOTUS Fails to Hold Police Accountable for Shooting Armed Citizens Who Pose No Threat 

Rutherford Institute Defends Gulf War Veteran, Challenges Efforts to Chill Political Speech Critical of Public Officials 

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Whether Police Can Be Held Accountable for Reckless Behavior Leading to Use of Deadly Force 

Supreme Court Allows Police to Rely on Red Tape and Technicalities to Keep Thousands of Dollars in Seized Cash From Innocent Owners

LEGAL FEATURES

Constitutional Q&A: Helping the Homeless
JOIN THE FIGHT TO MAKE AMERICA FREE AGAIN: $250,000 MATCHING GIFT CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY

IN THE COURTS

No Immunity for Oklahoma City Officer Who Shot 14-Year-Old 

Second Circuit to Consider if Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant 

Iowa Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to K-9’s Brief Contact With Car During Sniff 

A SWAT Team Freed a Hostage but Damaged an Innocent Person’s House. Who Should Pay? 

People Who Gave Money to Scam School Run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Can Sue Government

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President 

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

Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List 

Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent 

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

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

How to Stand Up for Freedom (Interview with Collapse Life) 

Counting the People (Interview with Financial Rebellion, CHD) 

Are You Being Watched? (Whitehead Interview with Good Morning, CHD)

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

The Uncertain Fate of Federal Investigations Into Police Misconduct 

City Reaches $20 Million Settlement in the Death of a Grandmother Shot by a Police Officer

BEHIND BARS

Private Companies Will Cash In on Trump’s Immigration Policy 

What Trump’s Victory Means for the Private Prison Industry
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NATIONAL SECURITY

How Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Can Use AI to Extend Immigration Crackdown 

FBI Issues Holiday Scam Warning for Online Shoppers

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Eye in the Sky: The Feds Have Quietly Built Surveillance Towers Along the Canadian Border in Vermont, New York 

The Future of Online Privacy Hinges on Thousands of New Jersey Cops

EDUCATION

Illinois’ AG Said It’s Illegal for Schools to Use Police to Ticket Students. But His Office Told Only One District

HEALTH & MEDICINE

‘Slippery Slope’ Fears Over Assisted Dying Have Echoes of Abortion Debate

POLITICS

‘It’s Illegal’: Rand Paul Breaks With Trump on Two Key Campaign Promises 

Trump Says He’ll Leave Abortion to the States. It Won’t Be So Simple

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