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SEPTEMBER 6, 2025

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

A Police State Presidency: When ‘Rule of Law’ Becomes ‘Rule by Gunpoint’ 

Burning the Flag or Torching the Constitution: Only One Destroys Freedom 

The U.S. Government Is Waging Psychological War on Its Citizens: Inside the Deep State’s PsyOps Machine 

The Police State Has a New Playbook: Martial Law, One City at a Time 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

In a Decisive First Amendment Victory, Court Rules: Government Can’t Freeze Funding to Impose State-Sanctioned Ideology on Harvard 

Rutherford Institute Warns Communities Against Adopting Draconian Measures That Criminalize Homelessness and Violate Civil Liberties 

In a Blow to Transparency, Supreme Court Lets Baltimore Police Stonewall Public Records Requests About Police Misconduct 

Rutherford Institute Warns Against Ordinance That Could Bar Churches From Offering Cold-Weather Shelters to the Homeless 

LEGAL FEATURES

Executive Overreach and the Erosion of Constitutional Safeguards: When the Executive Branch Becomes Judge and Jury 
MAKE THE GOVERNMENT PLAY BY THE RULES OF THE CONSTITUTION: DONATE TODAY

IN THE COURTS

US Supreme Court Poised to Resolve Clashes Over Trump’s Power 

US Appeals Court Rejects Trump Bid to Restore Passport Policy Targeting Transgender People 

Jury Orders Google to Pay $425 Million for Violating User Privacy 

Most Trump Tariffs Are Not Legal, Appeals Court Rules 

Trump Administration Brings Tariffs Case to Supreme Court 

‘Unconstitutional’ and ‘Unlawful’: Judges Push Back on Trump’s Expanding Power 

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Who Threw a Sandwich at Federal Officer in D.C.

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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Burning the Flag or Torching the Constitution: Only One Destroys Freedom 

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

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

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

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

Speaking Truth to Empire: Interview with John Whitehead

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Four Idaho Police Officers Who Fatally Shot an Autistic Teen Won’t Be Charged 

North Carolina City Passes 4th Amendment Resolution to Protect City Workers From ICE  

Noem Teases Federal Crime Crackdowns in Other Cities

AMERICA AT WAR

Pentagon Officials Fume Over Trump’s Department of War Rebrand 

Zoom In, Zoom Out on Venezuela 

Trump to Reinterpret 1987 Missile Treaty to Sell Heavy Attack Drones Abroad 

US Special Forces Killed North Korean Civilians in Botched 2019 Mission

BEHIND BARS

From Surveillance to Robot Guards: How AI Could Reshape Prison Life 

DHS Opens Immigration Detention Facility at Notorious Louisiana Prison
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Noem, DHS End Deportation Protections for Some Venezuelans

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

ICE Contract Could Bring Controversial Surveillance Tech to American Streets 

The DNA of Migrant Children Taken by the Trump Administration

ASSET FORFEITURE

DEA Seized $8K From Man at an Atlanta Airport Because He ‘Looked Suspicious’

EDUCATION

Big Tech Has Transformed the Classroom – and Parents Are Right to Be Worried

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Texas Lawmakers Approve Letting Private Citizens Sue Abortion Pill Providers

RESISTANCE

Jury Nullification in the Age of Trump

POLITICS

Trump DOJ Is Looking at Ways to Ban Transgender Americans From Owning Guns 

The Supreme Court Has Expanded Trump’s Power. He’s Seeking Much More.

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