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** NOVEMBER 7, 2025
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government ([link removed])

The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances ([link removed])

Who Would Jesus Bomb? The Gospel According to the Military-Industrial Complex ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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A Loss for Transparency, a Win for Government Secrecy: Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder to Expose Corruption, Demand Accountability ([link removed])

Truth Matters: Court to Rehear Challenge to President’s Use of National Guard Against Protesters After ‘Factual Discrepancy’ Emerges ([link removed])

Extreme, Unprecedented, and Unconstitutional: Legal Coalition Warns Against President’s Unchecked Power to Deploy Troops Against Citizenry ([link removed])


** LEGAL FEATURES
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Who Holds the Power to Tax? The Supreme Court Weighs the Limits of Presidential Power ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Judge in Comey Case Scolds Prosecutors, Orders Them to Produce Records From Probe ([link removed])

Supreme Court Soon to Hear a Religious Freedom Case That’s United Both Sides of the Church-State Divide ([link removed])

Supreme Court Appears Dubious of Trump’s Tariffs ([link removed])

How the Laken Riley Act Is Working Against Ice to Free Some Noncitizens ([link removed])

Jury Finds DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Not Guilty of Misdemeanor Assault ([link removed])

UC Faculty, Staff Ask Judge to Halt Trump’s Coercive Funding Cuts ([link removed])

Justices Let Trump Scrap Trans Passport Policy ([link removed])

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Judge Orders Trump to Pay Full Snap Benefits in November ([link removed])

Two Federal Judges Say Use of AI Led to Errors in US Court Rulings ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Burning the Flag or Torching the Constitution: Only One Destroys Freedom ([link removed])

We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President ([link removed])

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We the Exploited: The U.S. Government Buys and Sells Its Citizens for Profit and Power ([link removed])

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** ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS
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Everywhere Wars in the American Police State (Declare Your Independence Interviews John Whitehead) ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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New Jersey Cops Took His Guns Because They Were Worried About His Wife’s Mental Health ([link removed])

Trump May Grow 1122 Program, Help Local Cops Get Discount Military Gear ([link removed])


** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence” ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger ([link removed])

DHS Offers “Disturbing New Excuses” to Seize Kids’ Biometric Data ([link removed])

DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test ([link removed])

Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know ([link removed])


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Trump's War on Truth-Tellers ([link removed])

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With Trump’s Focus Elsewhere, the Economy Shows Signs of Trouble ([link removed])


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