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JULY 13, 2019

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Heart of Darkness: The Sexual Predators Within America’s Power Elite 

How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage 

It’s Time to Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Victory: TSA Agrees to Drop $2600 Fine Against Texas Man Who Opted Not to Board a Flight Rather Than Be Subjected to Invasive Pat-Down Search 

Victory: Virginia Officials Agree to Suspend Campaign Sign Restrictions That Discriminate Against Political Speech 

Rutherford Institute Challenges Unconstitutional Sign Restrictions That Discriminate Against Political Speech
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IN THE COURTS

Court: It's Cool If The (Federal) Government Searches A Phone The (Local) Government Seized Illegally 

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Debt-Collection Exception to Robocall Ban 

Minnesota High Court: No Right to Lawyer for DWI Suspects Given Search Warrant for Blood

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Family Sues Cops After They Tased Man Doused In Gasoline – Man Died From His Burns 

Amazon Ring Worked With Police in Sting Operations 

Cops Taser, Pepper Spray Dad in Front of His Kids, for Filming 

Replica Handgun Found Next to 17-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead By Police 

FBI Investigating Tattooed Deputy Gangs in Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

When a Kid's Lemonade Stand is Illegal 

Citizens Now Charged with a Crime for Repairing Their Own Car in Their Own Garage

AMERICA AT WAR

U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin Officially Introduce Directed Energy Weapons Into Warfare 

Give Peace a Chance: Don’t Believe the War Profiteers 

Veterans Say America’s Wars Aren’t Worth It, Poll Finds

BEHIND BARS

We Still Don’t Know How Many People Died In American Jails 4 Years Ago
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

After 119 Exonerated, Former Deputy Arrested in Drug Planting Probe 

Trump’s Golf Trips Could Cost Taxpayers Over $340 Million 

Child Rape Victim Goes to Police for Help and Is Tied Up and Raped by Her Detective

WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

51 Arrests Made in Texas Child Sex Crime Sting 

Trump Labor Secretary Who Cut Epstein Deal Plans to Slash Funds for Sex Trafficking Victims 

Welcome to the Hellfire Club: America’s Elites Cavorted With a Pedophile 

Epstein Had His Own Lodge at Interlochen’s Prestigious Arts Camp for Kids

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

FBI, ICE Find State Driver’s License Photos Are a Gold Mine for Facial-Recognition Searches 

Hacked Border Surveillance Firm Wants to Profile Drivers, Passengers, and Their “Likely Trip Purpose” in New York City 

ICE and the Ever-Widening Surveillance Dragnet 

Police Use License Plate Readers To “Grid” Entire Neighborhoods 

Americans Shocked to Find Their Rights Literally Vanish at U.S. Airports 

How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China’s Surveillance State 

Leaked ‘Gotham’ User Manual Shows How Fast Police and Government Can Grab Your Info 

The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail

TECHNOLOGY

Amazon Asks FCC for Permission to Launch Internet Satellites 

Digital Driver’s Licenses Could Become a Real Option in Some States 

Humans Are on the Verge of Merging With Machines 

Scientists Claim We Are Living In A Computer Simulation 

AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans Missed

EDUCATION

Florida’s Statewide Student Data Project Alarms Privacy Groups

ECONOMY

Hong Kong Protests 'Show The Dangers of a Cashless Society'  

Ship Seized In Record $1.3 Billion Cocaine Bust Belongs To JPMorgan 

More Store Closings Coming: An Estimated 12,000 Shops Could Close by the End of 2019

SOCIAL MEDIA

Apple Cofounder Says Most People Should Get Off Facebook Permanently

POLITICS

Accused Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s Political Connections 

Trump Accused of Hosting Cocaine-Fueled Parties With Girls As Young As 15 Years Old

CULTURE

Punisher Creator Says It's 'Disturbing' to See Authority Figures Embrace the Vigilante

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