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** FEBRUARY 21, 2025
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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The Deep State Wins Again: All the Ways ‘We the People’ Keep Losing Our Freedoms ([link removed])

A Constitutional Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Survive This Presidency? ([link removed])

Sleepwalking into Tyranny: How Power is Silently Being Seized ([link removed])

The Rise of the Immortal Dictator: What Will AI Mean for Freedom and Government? ([link removed])

The Constitution Has Gone AWOL: From Presidential Power Grabs to Martial Law ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Did Facebook Conspire With the Government to Censor Speech in Violation of the First Amendment? Case Could Redefine Social Media Censorship ([link removed])

Jailhouse ‘Blessed Are the Peacekeepers’ Motto Sparks Debate Over ‘Separation’ of Church and State ([link removed])

Does ‘Moment-of-Threat’ Doctrine Give Police a License to Kill? Supreme Court Asked to Rein In Police Recklessness and Use of Deadly Force ([link removed])

Your Home at Risk: Warrantless Police Raids and Searches Could Soon Be on the Rise ([link removed])

Wrong House. Wrong Raid. Wrong Justice: SWAT Teams Run Amok 30 Years After Crime Bill ([link removed])


** LEGAL FEATURES
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Second Circuit Clears Cops to Use Phone Cameras During Vehicle Searches ([link removed])

Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Against Biden-Era Abortion Accommodations ([link removed])

Trump Justice Department Sues New York State Over DMV Policies for Immigrants ([link removed])

Federal Judge Skeptical Doge Has Authority to Embed Agents Throughout Federal Government ([link removed])


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We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President ([link removed])

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Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids ([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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Grandmother Detained and Subjected to a Body-Cavity Strip-Search by Cops ([link removed])

Justice Department Cuts Database Tracking Federal Police Misconduct ([link removed])

Grand Jury Recommends Abolishing Alabama Police Department Because of a ‘Culture of Corruption’ ([link removed])

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DHS Launches Multimillion-Dollar Ad Campaign to Discourage Illegal Immigration ([link removed])

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Missouri Republican Proposes ‘E-Harmony for Babies’ Database to Track Pregnant Women ‘At Risk’ of Seeking Abortion ([link removed])

Is Surveillance Changing How We See the World? ([link removed])


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The First Amendment vs. the Wannabe King ([link removed])

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Hawaii Can Auction Off Your Car Without Ever Convicting You ([link removed])


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** POLITICS
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Federal Workers Reel as Trump Administration Carries Out Wave of Mass Firings ([link removed])

Trump Bans AP and Words He Doesn’t Like ([link removed])

How Trump Is Trying to Expand the Already Colossal U.S. Prison System ([link removed])

‘Long Live the King’: Trump Adds Monarch Rhetoric to Actions ([link removed])

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