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** NOVEMBER 30, 2025
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Giving Thanks for Our Blessings Means Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Police State Tyranny ([link removed])

America’s Crime Syndicate Government: Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play Presidency ([link removed])

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])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Supreme Court Fails to Keep a Tight Leash on Police K-9 Drug-Sniff Searches That Intrude Into Vehicles, Raising Fourth Amendment Concerns ([link removed])

Civil Liberties Groups Urge Supreme Court to Block President’s Use of Troops in Chicago and Rein In Attempts to Establish a Standing Army ([link removed])

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])

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

Executive Overreach and the Erosion of Constitutional Safeguards: When the Executive Branch Becomes Judge and Jury ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Supreme Court Won’t Let Trump Boot Top Copyright Official, for Now ([link removed])

Georgia Prosecutor Drops Last Remaining Criminal Case Against Trump ([link removed])

11th Circuit Rejects Trump’s Attempt to Revive Hillary Clinton Conspiracy ([link removed])

Federal Judge Says Trump Uses Executive Orders to Usurp Congress ([link removed])

ICE Must Repay Bond to Immigrants Detained Without Warrants in Colorado ([link removed])

20 States Sue Trump Over Cuts to HUD Housing Program for Homelessness ([link removed])

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Driving in Middle Lane Can Be Reason for Traffic Stop ([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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Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath ([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])

Executive Orders, AI Tyranny, and 42 National Emergencies: Is the Constitution Dead? (Interview with Collapse Life) ([link removed])


** JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Gutting of Key US Watchdog Could Pave Way for Grave Immigration Abuses, Experts Warn ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Police Robots Can Now Kill – Have We Gone Too Far? ([link removed])

Police 'Robot Dogs’ Raise Concerns as More Departments Adopt Them ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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‘Kill Everybody’: Hegseth Reportedly Ordered SEAL Team 6 to Leave No Survivors After Caribbean Boat Strike ([link removed])


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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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ICE Recruits Fail Drug Tests, Background Checks Amid Rush to Expand Force ([link removed])

National Guard Shooting Suspect Was Likely Vetted by Us Before Being Granted Asylum ([link removed])

US Will Reexamine All Green Cards Issued to People From 19 Countries ([link removed])

ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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Trump Grants Clemency to Executive Convicted in Fraud Scheme ([link removed])

Trump to Pardon Ex-Honduras President Convicted of Drug Trafficking ([link removed])

FBI Director Kash Patel Faces Intensifying Criticism After Girlfriend Reportedly Used FBI Jet ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Nassau County Exec Plans Wall of Surveillance Cameras at NYC-Long Island Border ([link removed])

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Judge’s Note on Immigration Agents Using AI Raises Accuracy and Privacy Concerns ([link removed])


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AI Can Already Replace 11.7% Of Entire U.S. Workforce ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Trump’s New Executive Order Brings Together Big Tech, Academics and the Government on AI Research ([link removed])
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