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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Deep State’s War on Truth—Waged with Doublespeak, Delusion and Propaganda 

Nullifying the Constitution Won’t Make America Great Again 

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? 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

SCOTUS Inaction on Botched SWAT Raid Coupled with Trump’s Push for Greater Police Immunity Could Usher In a New Era of Lawless Policing & Brutality 

The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for the Government to Violate Your Rights—Without Paying the Price 

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

LEGAL FEATURES

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

‘Not a King’: Trump Bid to Fire NLRB Member Ruled Illegal 

Judge Puts Federal Funding Freeze on Ice, Finding Trump Placed Himself ‘Above Congress’ 

Judge Indefinitely Blocks Trump’s Cuts to National Institutes of Health Research Funding 

Court Rules Search of Passenger Purse Illegal 

Judge Rules Trump Bid to Fire Employee Appeals Board Chairman Illegal 

First Circuit Debates Whether Running Water Is a Constitutional Right 

Supreme Court Clips EPA Wings on Rules for Wastewater Release 

FIRE Files First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Texas A&M Drag Show Ban

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 

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

Executive Orders, AI Tyranny, and 42 National Emergencies: Is the Constitution Dead? (Interview with Collapse Life) 

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

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

The Rising Call for Regulating Police Robots

BEHIND BARS

Trump Officials to Reopen Texas Detention Center for Migrant Families 

Private Prison Companies Set to Make Billions Reopening Jails for ICE
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SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Are You Willing To Sacrifice All Your Privacy For AI? 

The Biggest Threat to Privacy Is Not Elon Musk

FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP

Trump Threatens to Stop Funding for Any Colleges Allowing ‘Illegal Protests’ 

President Trump Said He Brought Back Free Speech. Some of His Actions Contradict That 

State Department to Reportedly Use AI to Revoke Visas of Students It Sees as Hamas Supporters

POLITICS

War Heroes and Military Firsts Are Among 26,000 Images Flagged for Removal in Pentagon’s DEI Purge 

States Slam White House Over ‘Slap in the Face’ Mass Federal Layoffs  

Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

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