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SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Welfare Checks Turn Deadly: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Calling the Cops 

Martial Law Masquerading as Law and Order: The Police State’s Language of Force 

The Bill of Rights Turns 230, and What Do We Have to Show for It? Nothing Good

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Challenges Discriminatory Law Preventing Students From Using Scholarships to Attend Private Schools With Religious Ties 

Rutherford Institute Challenges Arkansas Jail’s Postcard-Only Rule as Unconstitutional Infringement of Prisoners’ First Amendment Rights 

Blank Check Policing: Cops Stop Cars Registered to Unlicensed Owners, Whether or Not Owners Are Behind the Wheel
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IN THE COURTS

Amicus Brief: Espinoza v. Mont. Dept. of Revenue 

Amicus Brief: HRDC v. Baxter County 

Amicus Brief: Kansas v. Glover 

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

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

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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Welfare Checks Turn Deadly: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Calling the Cops

Martial Law Masquerading as Law and Order: The Police State’s Language of Force 

Is the U.S. Government the Enemy of the People? America’s Lost Liberties, Post-9/11

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

The Path to Total Dictatorship: America’s Shadow Government & Its Silent Coup

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Exchange Programs Between American and Israeli Police Raise Concerns About Military-Style Policing Tactics in US 

DEA Agents Ambush Amtrak Passengers With Controversial Searches and Seizures 

Prosecutors Say Ex-Cop Who Killed Neighbor Was Distracted by Texts 

Sheriff’s Deputies Say They Were Beaten by Fellow Deputies 

Police Use Of Force Data Remains A Mess And The FBI's Involvement Isn't Making Anything Any Better 

24-Year-Old Man Dies After at Least 3 Officers Use Tasers on Him at Once

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Georgia Preschool Can’t Sell Fresh Produce, City Says 

California Wants to End Homelessness by Putting People in Jail

AMERICA AT WAR

U.S. Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Farm Workers in Afghanistan 

FBI Arrests Army Soldier Who Allegedly Discussed Plans to Bomb Major American News Network 

VA Says 60,000 Veterans Committed Suicide Over Recent Decade
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WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

Ohio Child Sex Trafficking Sting Nabs More Than 100, Including Church Leader, ER Doctor 

Grandmother Outraged After 6-Year-Old Arrested for ‘Tantrum’ 

Abortionist Kept Thousands of Dead Babies 

Missing NC Girl Found With Human Traffickers in North Texas 

Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Paid Doctors to Medicate ‘Sex Slaves’

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

IRS Testing Behavioral Analytics to Verify Online Users 

Secret FBI Subpoenas For Personal Data Go Far Beyond Previously Known 

New AI Cameras Catching Texting Drivers Behind the Wheel 

Automatic License Plate Readers Are The Latest Neighborhood Perk 

Private Companies Gathering Plate Data Are Selling Access To People's Movements For $20 A Search 

Pennsylvania Prosecutor Built A Surveillance Network Using Forfeiture Funds And Compromised Chinese Cameras 

Alexa Can Soon Control Your Wi-Fi and Brief You on Your Kid’s Homework 

The Viral Globalization Of AI Surveillance 

The FISA Oversight Hearing Confirmed That Things Need to Change

NOT-SO-FREE SPEECH

Jury Acquits Dad Charged After Criticizing Judge on Facebook 

Louisiana's Terrible Criminal Defamation Law Again Being Used To Unconstitutionally Target A Critic Of Law Enforcement 

Miami Cops Attack Black Man for Recording Them With Cell Phone

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Google Claims It Has Achieved ‘Quantum Supremacy’ 

Making DNA Is Now Cheap And Easy, And That Could Pose Security Risks 

Scientists Invent Super Camera 

Microsoft Head Says Rise Of Killer Robots Is ‘Unstoppable’ 

The NSA May Retroactively Decrypt Most Digital Files In About 3 Years, Thanks to Quantum Computing

EDUCATION

Why Schools Should End Active Shooter Drills Immediately

ECONOMY

Social Credit Will Shift Law in the West “From Constitution… to Analytics and Algorithm”

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Homeowners Worry About Possible Health Effects of Mystery Towers Going Up All Over Cincinnati Area

SOCIAL MEDIA

NYPD’s Use Of ‘Sentiment Meter’ On Social Media Reveals Public’s Trust Level

POLITICS

Donald Trump Says 'When I Took over the United States' In Reference to the Beginning of His Presidency 

Judge Andrew Napolitano: In Ukraine Call, Trump Apparently Personally and Directly Committed a Crime

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