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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Deep State Wins Again: All the Ways ‘We the People’ Keep Losing Our Freedoms 

A Constitutional Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Survive This Presidency? 

Sleepwalking into Tyranny: How Power is Silently Being Seized 

The Rise of the Immortal Dictator: What Will AI Mean for Freedom and Government? 

The Constitution Has Gone AWOL: From Presidential Power Grabs to Martial Law 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Did Facebook Conspire With the Government to Censor Speech in Violation of the First Amendment? Case Could Redefine Social Media Censorship 

Jailhouse ‘Blessed Are the Peacekeepers’ Motto Sparks Debate Over ‘Separation’ of Church and State

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

Your Home at Risk: Warrantless Police Raids and Searches Could Soon Be on the Rise

Wrong House. Wrong Raid. Wrong Justice: SWAT Teams Run Amok 30 Years After Crime Bill 

LEGAL FEATURES

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech
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IN THE COURTS

Second Circuit Clears Cops to Use Phone Cameras During Vehicle Searches  

Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Against Biden-Era Abortion Accommodations 

Trump Justice Department Sues New York State Over DMV Policies for Immigrants 

Federal Judge Skeptical Doge Has Authority to Embed Agents Throughout Federal Government

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent 

Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids 

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

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

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Grandmother Detained and Subjected to a Body-Cavity Strip-Search by Cops 

Justice Department Cuts Database Tracking Federal Police Misconduct 

Grand Jury Recommends Abolishing Alabama Police Department Because of a ‘Culture of Corruption’ 

NYC Paid $200 Million to Settle Police Misconduct Lawsuits in 2024 

Chicagoans Paid $107.5 Million in Police Misconduct Lawsuits in 2024
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NATIONAL SECURITY

DHS Launches Multimillion-Dollar Ad Campaign to Discourage Illegal Immigration 

Border Patrol to Stop Usage of Body Cameras in the Field

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

NYPD Releases Trove of Info on Surveillance Tech 

Missouri Republican Proposes ‘E-Harmony for Babies’ Database to Track Pregnant Women ‘At Risk’ of Seeking Abortion 

Is Surveillance Changing How We See the World?

FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP

The First Amendment vs. the Wannabe King 

The Courts Must Decide Between Elon Musk and the First Amendment

ASSET FORFEITURE

Hawaii Can Auction Off Your Car Without Ever Convicting You

TECHNOLOGY

Revolutionizing Robots Can See Through Walls and Smoke

POLITICS

Federal Workers Reel as Trump Administration Carries Out Wave of Mass Firings 

Trump Bans AP and Words He Doesn’t Like 

How Trump Is Trying to Expand the Already Colossal U.S. Prison System 

‘Long Live the King’: Trump Adds Monarch Rhetoric to Actions 

Trump Again Raises Idea of Running for an Unconstitutional Third Term 

What Is the Third Term Project? Pro-Trump Group Bids to Change Constitution

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