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MAY 31, 2020

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

From 9/11 to COVID-19, It’s Been a Perpetual State of Emergency

The Slippery Slope to Despotism: Paved with Lockdowns, Raids and Forced Vaccinations

The Worst Is Yet to Come: Contact Tracing, Immunity Cards and Mass Testing 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

New York State Gives Green Light for Churches to Hold Drive-In Worship Services in a Victory for Common Sense in the Midst of COVID-19 

Rutherford Institute Sues Delaware for Overstepping First Amendment Restrictions, Meddling in Church Affairs and Violating Religious Freedom 

Rutherford Institute Warns of First Amendment Lawsuit After Police Threaten Church With $1000 Fines for Holding Drive-In Worship Services 

TRI IN THE NEWS

Attorney Who Warns About Big Tech and Big Brother Sees Big Problem 

Know Your Rights or Get Swept Up Into Government’s ‘Massive’ Contact-Tracing ‘Show Your Papers’ Scheme 

Delaware Sued for Violation of Religious Freedom 

Gov. Cuomo Gives Go Ahead for Drive-In Services for Churches 

New York Pastor Threatened With $1,000 Fine for Holding Drive-In Church Service 

Harvard Prof With $4 Million Home Wants Future Without Yours
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IN THE COURTS

Kentucky’s Covid-19 Travel Ban Ruled Unconstitutional 

Supreme Court Won’t Force States to Speed Up Church Reopenings 

Federal Judge Guts Florida Law Requiring Felons to Pay Fines Before They Can Vote 

Judge Rules Michigan Barber Can Stay Open Days After His License Was Suspended for Defying Coronavirus Lockdown 

Ohio Judge Deems the State's COVID-19 Lockdown 'Arbitrary, Unreasonable, and Oppressive'

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From 9/11 to COVID-19, It’s Been a Perpetual State of Emergency

The Slippery Slope to Despotism: Paved with Lockdowns, Raids and Forced Vaccinations 

The Worst Is Yet to Come: Contact Tracing, Immunity Cards and Mass Testing

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COVID-19: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Coronavirus Dystopia 

Prestige Ameritech Offered to Make Millions of N95 Masks in Texas. The Government Turned Him Down 

“We Need An Army Of Contact Tracers” – Meet The Enforcement Arm Of The “New Normal” 

“Contact Tracer” and “Disease Investigator” Jobs Spring Up Across the Country 

“Metalhead” DARPA Robot Enlisted by Police to Enforce Social Distancing 

The Intelligence Community Wants New COVID-19 Tracking Tools 

As 100,000 Die, COVID-19 Lays Bare America’s Brutal Fault Lines" Race, Gender, Poverty and Politics 

U.S. Field Hospitals Stand Down, Most Without Treating Any COVID-19 Patients 

Lockdowns Made No Difference to Coronavirus but Destroyed Millions of Livelihoods Worldwide, JP Morgan Study Claims 

Only One in Two Americans Say They’d Take a COVID-19 Vaccine 

Undercover Agents Enforcing State Health Rules at Restaurants, Bars 

The COVID-19 Tracer Training Course Is A Guide To Suspending Rights 

No Masks Allowed: Stores Turn Customers Away in US Culture War 

What if the Government Has It Wrong? 

Illinois Governor Threatens Business Owners with a Year in Prison if They Try to Reopen

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Restrained Man Pleads With Police in Fatal Incident in Minnesota  

FBI Investigates Death of Black Man in Minneapolis After Video Shows Police Officer Kneeling on His Neck

Police Are Complicit in Politicians' Disregard for the Rule of Law 

As Protests Ramped Up Across The Country, So Did Police Brutality 

NYPD Officer Rams Into Crowd of George Floyd Protesters 

Police Act Like Laws Don’t Apply to Them Because of ‘Qualified Immunity.’ They’re Right. 

Louisville Police Shoot Pepper Pellets at TV Crew Live on Air 

A Pregnant Black Woman Miscarried After California Police Allegedly ‘Stomped’ on Her Stomach 

10 Ways a Roadside Police Stop Can Go Wrong

AMERICA AT WAR

Pentagon Puts Military on Standby As Trump Prepares to Deploy Army to the Streets 

Where Do Many Police Departments Train? In Israel 

Federal Government Buys Riot Gear, Increases Security Funding, Citing Pandemic 

Texas Sheriff Raids Bar Protest With Military-Style Assault Vehicle, SWAT Team

BEHIND BARS

GPS-Monitoring Ankle Bracelets for People Charged With Crimes Cause Huge Personal and Financial Trouble
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GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Media Elite Denounce Looting Even as Billionaires Reap Record Profits from Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts 

Wealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Coronavirus Bailout 

Two Cops Were Given Qualified Immunity After Allegedly Stealing $225,000. SCOTUS Won’t Hear the Case

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Immunity Passports Are a Threat to Our Privacy and Information Security 

Airlines Pushing Contact Tracing, ‘Immunity Passport’ As Right To Travel 

Sonoma County to Require Cellphone App, Temperature Checks for Employees Returning to the Workplace 

Lawmakers Warn Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Is Ripe for Abusive Surveillance 

NSA’s Social Network Mapping is More Vast, Omnipresent and Horrifying Than Snowden Revealed 

Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network 

Trump's Secret New Watchlist Lets His Administration Track Americans Without Needing a Warrant 

DoorDash Uses COVID-19 As An Excuse To Track Customers Locations 

When Your Hospital Morphs Into A Real-Time Surveillance Center... 

Your Car Knows Secrets About You. Here’s How to Protect Yourself 

TSA To Check Passengers' Temperature At Airports

TECHNOLOGY

Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society 

Online Services Uses Advanced Artificial Intelligence to Scan Social Media Posts of Job Applicants 

Nextdoor Helps Spread Neighborhood Snitching By Showering Law Enforcement With Gifts 

Apple Sneaks COVID-19 Contact Tracing into Latest Phone Update 

Robots Could Gain Artificial Eye That 'Sees' Like Human

ECONOMY

The World’s 25 Richest Billionaires Have Gained Nearly $255 Billion In Just Two Months 

RESISTANCE

Protesters, Rioters, Looters, and Revolutionaries, Be Aware There Are Government Agents Among You 

Nothing Is Certain But Death, Taxes, And Police Infiltration Of US Protests 

Hong Kong's Government Is Now Calling Pro-Democracy Protesters ‘Terrorists’

POLITICS

As Chief Prosecutor, Klobuchar Declined to Bring Charges Against Cop that Killed George Floyd 

Virginia's Creeping Authoritarianism

FURTHER READING 

America Gasps for Air 

US Must Take ‘Serious Action’ to Halt Police Killings of Unarmed African Americans 

Early Americans Would Have Rejected the U.S. Government of Today 

Reviving the Freedom of Association 

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