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** SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Welfare Checks Turn Deadly: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Calling the Cops ([link removed])

Martial Law Masquerading as Law and Order: The Police State’s Language of Force ([link removed])

The Bill of Rights Turns 230, and What Do We Have to Show for It? Nothing Good ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Rutherford Institute Challenges Discriminatory Law Preventing Students From Using Scholarships to Attend Private Schools With Religious Ties ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Challenges Arkansas Jail’s Postcard-Only Rule as Unconstitutional Infringement of Prisoners’ First Amendment Rights ([link removed])

Blank Check Policing: Cops Stop Cars Registered to Unlicensed Owners, Whether or Not Owners Are Behind the Wheel ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Amicus Brief: Espinoza v. Mont. Dept. of Revenue ([link removed])

Amicus Brief: HRDC v. Baxter County ([link removed])

Amicus Brief: Kansas v. Glover ([link removed])

‘They Just Came In to Unload on This Guy’: Judges Question Attorneys for Officer Involved in Shooting That Paralyzed Myrtle Beach Man ([link removed])

DC Court: State Secrets Privilege Trumps Any Citizens' Right To Know Whether Or Not Their Own Gov't Is Trying To Kill Them ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Welfare Checks Turn Deadly: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Calling the Cops ([link removed])

Martial Law Masquerading as Law and Order: The Police State’s Language of Force ([link removed])

Is the U.S. Government the Enemy of the People? America’s Lost Liberties, Post-9/11 ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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The Path to Total Dictatorship: America’s Shadow Government & Its Silent Coup ([link removed])


** TRI GIFT SHOP
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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Exchange Programs Between American and Israeli Police Raise Concerns About Military-Style Policing Tactics in US ([link removed])

DEA Agents Ambush Amtrak Passengers With Controversial Searches and Seizures ([link removed])

Prosecutors Say Ex-Cop Who Killed Neighbor Was Distracted by Texts ([link removed])

Sheriff’s Deputies Say They Were Beaten by Fellow Deputies ([link removed])

Police Use Of Force Data Remains A Mess And The FBI's Involvement Isn't Making Anything Any Better ([link removed])

24-Year-Old Man Dies After at Least 3 Officers Use Tasers on Him at Once ([link removed])


** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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Georgia Preschool Can’t Sell Fresh Produce, City Says ([link removed])

California Wants to End Homelessness by Putting People in Jail ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Farm Workers in Afghanistan ([link removed])

FBI Arrests Army Soldier Who Allegedly Discussed Plans to Bomb Major American News Network ([link removed])

VA Says 60,000 Veterans Committed Suicide Over Recent Decade ([link removed])
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** WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY
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Ohio Child Sex Trafficking Sting Nabs More Than 100, Including Church Leader, ER Doctor ([link removed])

Grandmother Outraged After 6-Year-Old Arrested for ‘Tantrum’ ([link removed])

Abortionist Kept Thousands of Dead Babies ([link removed])

Missing NC Girl Found With Human Traffickers in North Texas ([link removed])

Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Paid Doctors to Medicate ‘Sex Slaves’ ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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IRS Testing Behavioral Analytics to Verify Online Users ([link removed])

Secret FBI Subpoenas For Personal Data Go Far Beyond Previously Known ([link removed])

New AI Cameras Catching Texting Drivers Behind the Wheel ([link removed])

Automatic License Plate Readers Are The Latest Neighborhood Perk ([link removed])

Private Companies Gathering Plate Data Are Selling Access To People's Movements For $20 A Search ([link removed])

Pennsylvania Prosecutor Built A Surveillance Network Using Forfeiture Funds And Compromised Chinese Cameras ([link removed])

Alexa Can Soon Control Your Wi-Fi and Brief You on Your Kid’s Homework ([link removed])

The Viral Globalization Of AI Surveillance ([link removed])

The FISA Oversight Hearing Confirmed That Things Need to Change ([link removed])


** NOT-SO-FREE SPEECH
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Jury Acquits Dad Charged After Criticizing Judge on Facebook ([link removed])

Louisiana's Terrible Criminal Defamation Law Again Being Used To Unconstitutionally Target A Critic Of Law Enforcement ([link removed])

Miami Cops Attack Black Man for Recording Them With Cell Phone ([link removed])


** SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Google Claims It Has Achieved ‘Quantum Supremacy’ ([link removed])

Making DNA Is Now Cheap And Easy, And That Could Pose Security Risks ([link removed])

Scientists Invent Super Camera ([link removed])

Microsoft Head Says Rise Of Killer Robots Is ‘Unstoppable’ ([link removed])

The NSA May Retroactively Decrypt Most Digital Files In About 3 Years, Thanks to Quantum Computing ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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Why Schools Should End Active Shooter Drills Immediately ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Social Credit Will Shift Law in the West “From Constitution… to Analytics and Algorithm” ([link removed])


** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Homeowners Worry About Possible Health Effects of Mystery Towers Going Up All Over Cincinnati Area ([link removed])


** SOCIAL MEDIA
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NYPD’s Use Of ‘Sentiment Meter’ On Social Media Reveals Public’s Trust Level ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Donald Trump Says 'When I Took over the United States' In Reference to the Beginning of His Presidency ([link removed])

Judge Andrew Napolitano: In Ukraine Call, Trump Apparently Personally and Directly Committed a Crime ([link removed])

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