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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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NOVEMBER 7, 2025

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government 

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

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

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

A Loss for Transparency, a Win for Government Secrecy: Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder to Expose Corruption, Demand Accountability 

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 

LEGAL FEATURES

Who Holds the Power to Tax? The Supreme Court Weighs the Limits of Presidential Power 
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IN THE COURTS

Judge in Comey Case Scolds Prosecutors, Orders Them to Produce Records From Probe 

Supreme Court Soon to Hear a Religious Freedom Case That’s United Both Sides of the Church-State Divide 

Supreme Court Appears Dubious of Trump’s Tariffs 

How the Laken Riley Act Is Working Against Ice to Free Some Noncitizens 

Jury Finds DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Not Guilty of Misdemeanor Assault 

UC Faculty, Staff Ask Judge to Halt Trump’s Coercive Funding Cuts 

Justices Let Trump Scrap Trans Passport Policy 

Judge Slams Feds’ Excuses for Violence Against Chicago Protesters 

Judge Orders Trump to Pay Full Snap Benefits in November 

Two Federal Judges Say Use of AI Led to Errors in US Court Rulings

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 

We the Exploited: The U.S. Government Buys and Sells Its Citizens for Profit and Power 

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

Everywhere Wars in the American Police State (Declare Your Independence Interviews John Whitehead)

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

New Jersey Cops Took His Guns Because They Were Worried About His Wife’s Mental Health 

Trump May Grow 1122 Program, Help Local Cops Get Discount Military Gear

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”

AMERICA AT WAR

Map Shows US Forces in Range of Possible Venezuela Attack Drones
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NATIONAL SECURITY

ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger 

DHS Offers “Disturbing New Excuses” to Seize Kids’ Biometric Data 

DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test 

Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know

FREE SPEECH / CENSORSHIP

Trump's War on Truth-Tellers 

Top ICE Official Says Protesters Can Be Arrested for Simply Criticizing Mass Deportation Campaign

ECONOMY

With Trump’s Focus Elsewhere, the Economy Shows Signs of Trouble

POLITICS

Officials Plot to Have Trump Declare National Emergency in 2026, Raising Fears He May 'Hijack' the Next Election

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