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** July 18, 2020
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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America, You’ve Been Blacklisted: McCarthyism Refashioned for a New Age ([link removed])

Tyranny Without a Tyrant: The Deep State’s Divide-and-Conquer Strategy Is Working ([link removed])

America’s Revolutionary Founders Would Be Anti-Government Extremists Today ([link removed])

This Way Lies Madness: The Summer of Hate Meets the Age of Intolerance ([link removed])

The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power ([link removed])

Engineering a Race War: Will This Be the American Police State’s Reichstag Fire? ([link removed])

This Is Not a Revolution. It’s a Blueprint for Locking Down the Nation ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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In a Victory for Religious Freedom, U.S. Supreme Court Prohibits Government From Meddling in Employment Decisions at Religious Schools ([link removed])

Victory: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Discriminatory Law Preventing Students From Using Scholarships to Attend Religious Private Schools ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Warns Tech Giants: Attempts to Censor Unpopular Viewpoints Online Run Afoul of First Amendment ([link removed])

Supreme Court: No Consequences for Police Who Destroy Home, Mistakenly Shoot 10-Year-Old Boy, or Sic Police Dog on Suspect Already Under Arrest ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Asks Virginia Supreme Court to Prohibit Police From Using License Plate Readers As Warrantless Mass Surveillance Tool to Track Drivers ([link removed])


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** IN THE COURTS
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Court: Charlotte Police Drug Search in Traffic Stop Was Illegal ([link removed])

UConn Not Liable for Unconstitutional Punishment of Athlete Because She Flipped the Bird on National TV ([link removed])

Indiana Supreme Court Says Compelled Decryption Of Smartphones Violates The Fifth Amendment ([link removed])

Justice Alito's Brief Retelling of Blaine Amendment History ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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America, You’ve Been Blacklisted: McCarthyism Refashioned for a New Age ([link removed])

Tyranny Without a Tyrant: The Deep State’s Divide-and-Conquer Strategy Is Working ([link removed])

America’s Revolutionary Founders Would Be Anti-Government Extremists Today ([link removed])

Madness: The Summer of Hate Meets the Age of Intolerance ([link removed])

The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power ([link removed])

This Is Not a Revolution. It’s a Blueprint for Locking Down the Nation ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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The Freedom Crisis in America ([link removed])


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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Federal Officers in Unmarked Vans Detain Portland Protesters ([link removed])

Research Shows Police Actions Often Escalated Confrontations ([link removed])

Police Partially Blinded Eight People on the Same Day of George Floyd Death Protests: ([link removed])

Police Officer Charged, Fired After Holding Gun to Handcuffed Man’s Head for Refusing to Give His Name ([link removed])

Nationalizing the Police Is Not the Answer ([link removed])

U.S. Police Unions Approved for Millions in Pandemic Aid ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Seattle City Council Member Suggests Firing White Officers In Massive Reduction Of Police Department ([link removed])

Police Throw Black Lives Matter Protester Out of Wheelchair, Then Break It in Viral Video ([link removed])

Trump Says Federal Government May ‘Take Over Cities,’ Because Crime ([link removed])

Fort Hood a Dangerous Place for Women in the Military ([link removed])

Why Police Pay Nothing for Military Equipment ([link removed])

ICE Offering 'Citizens Academy' Course with Training on Arresting Immigrants ([link removed])
MAKE THE GOVERNMENT PLAY BY THE RULES OF THE CONSTITUTION: SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM ([link removed])


** COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS
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Mask Rules Expand Across U.S. as Clashes Over the Mandates Intensify ([link removed])

The US National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Drive Authoritarian Technocracy ([link removed])

Ohio County Starts Hotline to Report People Not Wearing Masks ([link removed])

Colorado Town Threatens Up To A Year In Jail For People Who Don’t Wear Masks ([link removed])

Fauci Says Vaccine May Only Be 75% Effective And Transitory ([link removed])

Won't Talk To Contact Tracers? There's A Subpoena For That ([link removed])

239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne ([link removed])

How ‘Immunity Passports’ Could Create an Antibody Elite ([link removed])

West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station To Start Citing People Not Wearing Face Coverings ([link removed])

The Coronavirus Is Mutating ([link removed])


** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Customs to Expand License Plate Reading Program Nationwide ([link removed])

An 11-Year-Old Changed Election Results on a Replica Florida State Website in Under 10 Minutes ([link removed])

Germany Seizes Server Hosting Pilfered U.S. Police Files ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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With ‘Judges Judging Judges,’ Rogues on the Bench Have Little to Fear ([link removed])

Did NYPD Scrub References to Police Brutality on Its Wikipedia? ([link removed])

Thousands of U.S. Judges Who Broke Laws or Oaths Remained on the Bench ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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UN Expert Joins Call for Immediate Moratorium on Sale, Transfer and Use of Surveillance Tech ([link removed])

CBP Updates Privacy Impact Assessment On License Plate Readers; Says Opting Out Involves Not Driving ([link removed])

Technocrats Pitch Surveillance System To Detect Next Pandemic ([link removed])

Police Are Seeking Tesla Owners to Solve an Attempted Murder ([link removed])

Facial Recognition Is Here But We Have No Laws ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH
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Bari Weiss Quits New York Times After Bullying by Colleagues Over Views: ‘They Have Called Me a Nazi and a Racist’ ([link removed])


** ASSET FORFEITURE
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Through Civil Asset Forfeiture, Police Become the Real Looters ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Time to Ditch the Smart Phone? ([link removed])

Amazon Shopping Cart Knows What You’re Buying ([link removed])

Dataminr Helped Police Use Tweets To Surveil BLM Protests ([link removed])

Car Owners Forced To Breathe Into A Breathalyzer To Start Their Vehicles ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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L.A. Schools Police Will Return Grenade Launchers but Keep Rifles, Armored Vehicle ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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No Change on the Way to No Cash ([link removed])

‘I Can’t Keep Doing This:’ Small-Business Owners Are Giving Up ([link removed])

Yelp: 41% Of Closed Businesses Are Closed For Good ([link removed])


** RESISTANCE
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87 Charged With Felony After Protest on AG’s Lawn ([link removed])

North Carolina City Bans Protests, Protects Confederate Monument ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Pompeo Takes On the Politicization of Human Rights ([link removed])

Officials Tell CNN Trump Calls With World Leaders Are Unhinged, Delusional ([link removed])


** CULTURE
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The Beatles in Jacksonville, 1964: Inside the Fab Four’s Historic Stand Against Segregation ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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Judge Napolitano: Why I’m Worried About ‘Tyrannical’ Governors and Anarchy in the Streets ([link removed])

PCR: White Professors Live In Fear ([link removed])

A Letter on Justice and Open Debate ([link removed])

We Are All Prisoners of Groupthink ([link removed])

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