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March 28, 2021

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

After a Year Under Lockdown, Will Our Freedoms Survive the Tyranny of COVID-19? 

Digital Trails: How the FBI Is Identifying, Tracking and Rounding Up Dissidents 

The Government’s War on Free Speech: Protest Laws Undermine the First Amendment 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Reconsider Mandatory Life Sentences for Young Adults Suffering Mental, Emotional Trauma 

Rutherford Institute Sues Delaware Over Police Enforcement of ‘Evict First, Ask Questions Later’ Policy, Demands Reforms and Due Process 

'Civil Liberties in the Age of COVID-19': Rutherford Institute Issues In-Depth Report on the Year-Long Impact of Lockdowns, Mandates & Restrictions 

Student Accused of ‘Disorderly Conduct’ for Sharing Faith on Campus Can Sue College Police, Rules 8-1 Supreme Court 
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IN THE COURTS

Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Facebook Cannot Shield All Information on Apps that Violated User Privacy 

Capitol Riot Defendants Notch Win at Appeals Court 

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Lincoln Officers for Seizing Omaha Man’s Car, Shoes  

Police Seized Woman by Shooting Her, High Court Says  

Carrying Guns in Public Is Not a Constitutional Right, Ninth Circuit Rules 

Supreme Court Justices Appeared Pretty Pro-Cop During Oral Arguments Over Warrantless Searches of Private Homes 

Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court To Let Cops Enter Homes And Seize Guns Without A Warrant 

Appeals Court: A Drug Dog “Alert, As Opposed to a Final Indication, Is Sufficient To Establish Probable Cause”

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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The State of Our Freedoms After a Year Under Lockdown 

Digital Trails: How the FBI Is Identifying, Tracking and Rounding Up Dissidents 

Home Invasions: All the Ways the Government Can Lay Siege to Your Property 

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth 

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COVID-19

New York Launches Nation’s First ‘Vaccine Passports’ 

Rutgers Becomes First US College To Make COVID Jabs Mandatory For Students 

Oregon Wants To Make COVID-19 Restrictions Permanent and Track Vaccine Refusers 

Magic Kingdom Uses COVID-19 As An Excuse To Install Facial Recognition 

Royal Caribbean Will Only Accept Vaccinated Passengers On Next Caribbean Cruise 

Three Feet or Six? Distancing Guideline for Schools Stirs Debate

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Children Can Be On Their Own When Grilled By Police. The Push for Protection is Growing 

A Police Union Contract Puts Taxpayers on the Hook to Defend Officers When the City Won’t 

Predictive Policing: Weaponizing Data and Location 

Lawmakers Weighing Proposal That Would Ban Overnight Search Warrants 

Florida Sheriff's Office Sued For Using 'Predictive Policing' Program To Harass Residents 

Texas Rangers Say They'll Stop Trying to Hypnotize Witnesses

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

6-Year-Old Black Boy Arrested for Picking a Tulip 

Parking While Poor? Complex Says It Tows Cars for Being Unsightly
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Director Says NSA’s Domestic Surveillance Authority ‘Rightly’ Limited 

DHS Looking at Tracking Travel of Domestic Extremists 

DHS Considers Putting Domestic Extremists On The No-Fly List 

The U.S. Intelligence Community, Flouting Laws, is Increasingly Involving Itself in Domestic Politics

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Prison Mail Surveillance Company Keeps Tabs On Those On the Outside, Too 

This Company Tracks Car Locations In Real-Time Almost Anywhere In The World

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists Discover How To Implant False Memories, Remove Others 

Technocracy Will Dehumanize All Humans Into 'Digital Assets' 

Autonomous Vehicles Will Automatically Stop For Police, Roll Down Their Windows And Unlock Their Doors

ECONOMY

Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Plummeting Sperm Counts, Shrinking Penises: Toxic Chemicals Threaten Humanity

POLITICS

US Sinks to New Low in Rankings of World’s Democracies 

Stimulus Package Means Billions for State and Local Tech

FURTHER READING 

The Largest Purveyor Of Negative News Is The U.S. Media

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