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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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NOVEMBER 1, 2025

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances 

Who Would Jesus Bomb? The Gospel According to the Military-Industrial Complex 

Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America 

Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution 

Political Gaslighting: The Government’s Latest Playbook for Dismantling the Constitution

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Truth Matters: Court to Rehear Challenge to President’s Use of National Guard Against Protesters After ‘Factual Discrepancy’ Emerges 

Extreme, Unprecedented, and Unconstitutional: Legal Coalition Warns Against President’s Unchecked Power to Deploy Troops Against Citizenry 

Ideological Extortion: Civil Liberties Groups Challenge the Government’s Political War on ’Thought Crimes’ at Private Universities 

Penalizing Dissent: Civil Rights Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Attempts to Muzzle Free Speech and Target Peaceful Protesters 

Civil Liberties Groups File First Amendment Challenge to Trump’s National Guard Deployment, Echoing Founders’ Warnings Against Standing Armies

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

IN THE COURTS

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Tracker — Challenges to Trump Administration Actions 

The Supreme Court: The Last Defense Against Trump’s Military Police State 

Trump Lodges Formal Appeal of Criminal Hush Money Case 

States Sue Trump Administration for Withholding Food Aid During Shutdown 

Judge to Unseal More Than 100 Documents in Epstein-Related Civil Suit Against JPMorgan Chase 

Trump Ordered to Thaw SNAP Funds Despite Shutdown

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 

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

Enemies of the Deep State: The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

‘Quick Reaction’ National Guard Forces to Be Trained for Civil Disturbances by 2026 

Trump Claims He Can Send 'Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines' Into US Cities 

How Amazon Turned Your Neighborhood Into a Police Database

AMERICA AT WAR

Meet The Mysterious Billionaire Paying American Troops During Government Shutdown 

Release of Two Survivors of US Strike Against Alleged Drug Smugglers Raises More Questions 

Why Fentanyl Smuggling isn't War and Cannot Justify Extrajudicial Killing

BEHIND BARS

Florida Scrubs Arrests of U.S. Citizens From Immigration Enforcement Data 

In Gift to Private Prisons and Telecom Giants, Trump FCC Jacks Up Price of Inmate Phone Calls
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NATIONAL SECURITY

DHS Agreement Reveals Risks of Using Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks 

Trump Administration Is Sharing Old, Unrelated and Misleading Footage to Promote Its Immigration Agenda 

Trump Admin Implements Most Invasive Digital Face-Scanning System to Date 

Did TSA Rely on “Counter-Extremism” Group to Put Names on a Watchlist?

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

States Collect Millions by Selling Drivers’ Data to Private Investigators, Data Brokers 

NYPD Camera Points Directly Into Their Bedroom 

Global Cybercrime Treaty Draws Criticism from Rights Groups and Tech Companies Over Surveillance Fears 

ICE Just Bought A Social Media Surveillance Bot 

FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP

They Displayed Anti-Trump Buttons — Then the Sheriff Alerted Secret Service 

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme

TECHNOLOGY

Popular AI Chat Site Bans Kids From Talking With Chatbots 

Amazon Unveils AI Smart Glasses for Its Delivery Drivers 

Visa Launches Biometric Digital Identity Initiative For Payments

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Cancer Rates Among Young Adults Are Rising Faster in the Corn Belt

FURTHER READING 

From Courtroom to Canvas: Civil Liberties Defender John W. Whitehead Explores Freedom and Technology Through Art in New Exhibit 

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