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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Theft of a Nation: How the Deep State Swamp Is Stealing the People’s Power 

The New Gulag: Mental Health Detentions and the Criminalization of Dissent 

The Untouchables: The Sexual Predators Within America’s Power Elite 

The Wearables Trap: How the Government Plans to Monitor, Score, and Control You 

The Rise of the Prison State: Trump’s Push for Megaprisons Could Lock Us All Up 

America’s Most Lawless Agency: ICE Is the Prototype for Tyranny

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Can the Government Decide What Counts as Worship? Court Says Yes—Rutherford Says No 

Supreme Court Lets Facebook Off the Hook for Government-Directed Censorship 

Fourth Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s ‘Law Firm Intimidation Policy’ as Unconstitutional 

Wrong Address, Wrong Target, Real Justice: U.S. Supreme Court Holds FBI Liable for Botched SWAT Raid 

'1984' Becomes Government Policy: What’s Happening to Harvard Could Happen to Anyone 

SCOTUS: Religious Parents Should Have a Say About LGBTQ Curriculum in Elementary Schools 

In a Legal Defeat for Government Efforts to Weaponize Immigration, Judge Orders Release of U.S. Protester Detained for Political Speech 

Trump Administration Accused of Using Deportation Powers to Punish Protesters, Chill Political Speech 

Police Can No Longer Rely on ‘Moment-of-Threat’ Doctrine to Sidestep Scrutiny for Misconduct Leading to Use of Deadly Force

LEGAL FEATURES

Deporting Political Protesters Threatens Us All: Khalil v. Trump 

Executive Overreach and the Erosion of Constitutional Safeguards: When the Executive Branch Becomes Judge and Jury 

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey
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IN THE COURTS

Federal Judge Issues Fourth Block of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Since Supreme Court Ruling 

Constitution Deleted: Web Glitch Erases Part at Odds With White House Policy 

DC Circuit Overturns Contempt Ruling Against Trump in Venezuelan Deportation Battle 

Florida Judge Freezes Construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ 

Trump Asks SCOTUS for Go-Ahead to Continue Immigration Raids in California 

Sixth Circuit Says Second Amendment Doesn’t Cover Machine Guns

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath 

Apocalypse Now: The Government’s Use of Controlled Chaos to Maintain Power 

Child Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America 

Podcast Archive
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SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious”

HEALTH & MEDICINE

China Fights Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus With Drones, Fines and Nets

POLITICS

5 Things to Know About Possible FBI Involvement in Texas Redistricting Battle 

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