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** NOVEMBER 16, 2025
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State ([link removed])

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])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Civil Liberties Groups Urge Supreme Court to Block President’s Attempts to Establish a Standing Army ([link removed])

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])

Ideological Extortion: Civil Liberties Groups Challenge the Government’s Political War on ’Thought Crimes’ at Private Universities ([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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Protest Crackdown and First Amendment Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds ([link removed])

States’ Lawsuit Over Trump $600 Million Cuts to Teacher Grants Survives ([link removed])

Republican Challenge to California Voting Map Appears Hamstrung by Supreme Court Precedent ([link removed])

ICE Must Provide Lawyer Access for Detainees in LA, Judge Says ([link removed])

Judge Blocks Trump Bid to Strip UC Research Funds Over Unfavorable Viewpoints ([link removed])

Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas Drag Show Ban ([link removed])

California Supreme Court Upholds Misgendering Law ([link removed])

Supreme Court to Decide if Ballots Must Be Received by Election Day ([link removed])

DOJ Urges Seventh Circuit to Block Order on Immigration Agents’ Excessive Force ([link removed])

Trump Offers Symbolic, Preemptive Pardons to 2020 Election Deniers ([link removed])

Alaska Native Villages Sue Trump Over Planned Road Through Wildlife Refuge ([link removed])

Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Blocking National Guard Troop Deployment in Portland ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath ([link removed])

Apocalypse Now: The Government’s Use of Controlled Chaos to Maintain Power ([link removed])

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

First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next ([link removed])

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


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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'Reign of Terror' in Chicago as Locals Suffer Under 'Secret Police' Sent by Trump ([link removed])


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The Prison Economy ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Border Patrol Plans to Expand Trump’s Immigration Crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans, With Armored Vehicles and Special Agents ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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How Trump Has Exploited Pardons to Reward Allies and Supporters ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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DHS Platform with Facial-Recognition Access Quietly Monitored College Football Crowds ([link removed])

AI Is Killing Privacy. We Can’t Let That Happen ([link removed])

ICE’s Biometric Dragnet Is a 21st Century General Warrant for Your Body ([link removed])


** ASSET FORFEITURE
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Nearly 2,000 Forfeiture Cases Have Gone Unreported, Leaving Indiana Lawmakers in the Dark ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Massive AI 11GW Data Center In Texas Cites No Tenants ([link removed])

Drones, DNA and AI: How Technology Is Transforming the Search for Missing People ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Markets Skyrocket, Then Plummet After Government Reopens ([link removed])

Pennies Canceled; Mint Says Last One-Cent Coin Has Been Struck ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Congress Tightens THC Restrictions on Hemp, Closing Farm Bill Loophole ([link removed])

Epstein Mentioned Trump Multiple Times in Private Emails, New Release Shows ([link removed])
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