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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Machinery of Death: When the Government Acts as Judge, Jury and Executioner

Techno-Censorship: The Slippery Slope from Censoring ‘Disinformation’ to Silencing Truth 

The Deep State's Conspiracy to Kill the Constitution

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

TRI Challenges Police Effort to Force Users to Disclose Phone Pass Codes in Violation of Fifth Amendment Right to Remain Silent 

Religious Freedom Victory: U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Death Row Inmate’s Right To Have Pastor Present As Spiritual Advisor During Execution 

TRI Warns: Government Officials Cannot Censor Speakers Critical of COVID-19 Protocols During Public Comment Sessions
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IN THE COURTS

Supreme Court Again Allows Indoor Church Services, Lifts Ban

Supreme Court Dismisses Slew of 2020 Presidential Election Lawsuits 

Supreme Court Allows Release of Trump Tax Records to Manhattan Prosecutor 

7th Circuit Nixes $44.7M Award to Man Shot by Off-Duty Cop 

Supreme Court Rolls Back Another Horrible Qualified Immunity Decision By The Fifth Circuit 

‘Everything Has Been Criminalized,’ Says Neil Gorsuch as He Pushes for Stronger Fourth Amendment Protections 

Fifth Circuit Says Tasing A Person Soaked In Gasoline And Setting Them On Fire Isn't An Unreasonable Use Of Force 

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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When the Government Acts as Judge, Jury and Executioner 

Techno-Censorship: The Slippery Slope from Censoring ‘Disinformation’ to Silencing Truth 

Pure Evil: The Boys and Girls Being Sold for Sex During COVID-19 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

COVID-19 Body Snatchers: Psychological Warfare or Pandemic Threat? 

A Nation Imploding: Digital Tyranny, Insurrection and Martial Law 

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COVID-19

Detroit TV Anchor Dies One Day After Taking COVID Vaccine 

Naomi Wolf Bemoans COVID Lockdowns, Fears ‘Totalitarian State’ 

EU Told to Back Vaccine Passports or Google May Do It Anyway 

JUSTICE SYSTEM

Virginia Becomes the First Southern State To Abolish Death Penalty 

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Homeless Black Man Fatally Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy After Jaywalking 

Victim of Botched Chicago Police Raid Sues City 

Deputy Allegedly Had Fentanyl in System at Time of Deadly Chase 

Police Consider Placing Flowers On Car Windshields 'Suspicious Activity' 

10 Largest US Cities Will Spend More on Police Than Public Health This Year  

Police Trainer: “Be Polite, Be Professional, Have a Plan To Kill Everyone You Meet.” 

Police Use Attack Dogs and Drones To Investigate Mysterious Loud Booms 

Texas Cop Pulls Gun, Threatens to Murder Innocent Man for Driving Safely 

AMERICA AT WAR

Feds Now Say Right-Wing Extremists Responsible for Majority of Deadly Terrorist Attacks Last Year 

BEHIND BARS

An Artist Used a Drone to Photograph ICE Detention Centers 

Black Teen Jailed For Walking In Street During Snowstorm 

Arizona's $24-Million Prison Management Software Is Keeping People Locked Up Past The End Of Their Sentences 

Guantanamo Bay’s ‘Most Tortured Prisoner’ Spills All on Violent 14 Years Behind Bars 
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NATIONAL SECURITY

TSA Seeks to Hire Over 6,000 Airport Security Screening Officers

WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

Suspects In Repeated Sexual Abuse Of 10-Year-Old Girl Go Free, While Girl Is Locked Up In A Psychiatric Facility 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Virginia's Weak Privacy Bill Is Just What Big Tech Wants 

UK- Government Has Created The "Largest Vehicle Surveillance System Of Its Type In The World"

FREE SPEECH

Cancel Culture Compared to ‘Medieval Mob Looking for Someone To Burn’  

Bill Gates Says Social Media Bans Not an Answer to Divisiveness 

Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor More, Threatening the First Amendment 

TECHNOLOGY

Google’s Eric Schmidt & The Artificial Intelligence Military-Industrial Complex 

Understanding Eisenhower’s Warning Of Technological Elite Takeover 

Boston Dynamics Mad Someone Used Their Terrifying RoboDog as Intended 

This Thermal Camera Attachment Gives Any Smartphone Predator-Like “Heat-Vision” 

Video Shows NYPD’s New Robotic Dog in Action in the Bronx

EDUCATION

Los Angeles Slashes Number of School Police Amid National Debate 

ECONOMY

Some Texans Received Electric Bills Up to $17,000 After the Storm 

Farms In The Midwest Have Lost Much Of Their Most Fertile Soil  

HEALTH & MEDICINE

People With Extremist Views Less Able To Do Complex Mental Tasks, Research Suggests

POLITICS

Maine Town Is a Second Amendment Sanctuary for Gun Owners 

Biden Administration Looks to FEMA to Help Combat Domestic Terrorism in Wake of Capitol Attack 

Proposed Local Legislation Protects Drivers Who Hit Protesters 

FURTHER READING 

Petitioning Government or Courts Will Never Result in Gaining Freedom: Only Mass Disobedience Can Prevail 

Airliner Encountered Unidentified Fast-Moving Cylindrical Object Over New Mexico 

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