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** APRIL 11, 2021
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Financial Tyranny: Footing the Tax Bill for the Government’s Fiscal Insanity ([link removed])

Stand Up to Tyranny: How to Respond to the Evils of Our Age ([link removed])

After a Year Under Lockdown, Will Our Freedoms Survive the Tyranny of COVID-19? ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Rutherford Institute Warns Against Schools Expanding Zero Tolerance by Monitoring and Punishing Students for Social Media Activity Off-Campus ([link removed])

Federal Court Gives Denver Police the Green Light To Intimidate, Threaten & Retaliate Against Individuals Who Record Police Brutality, Misconduct ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Reconsider Mandatory Life Sentences for Young Adults Suffering Mental, Emotional Trauma ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Police Allowed To Use The Crime Victims Protect Act To Hide Officers Names From The Public ([link removed])

Appeals Court Reinstated A Fired Seattle Cop Who Fractured A Handcuffed Woman's Eye Socket ([link removed])

Cops Can't Be Sued For Seizing An Innocent Man's Drivers License, Car And Shoes Because He Couldn't Prove It Offended His Rights ([link removed])

Supreme Court Orders California to Allow in-Home Prayer Meetings ([link removed])

Michigan Man Files Lawsuit Challenging ‘No-Fly List’ ([link removed])

Judge Says DEA, TSA Can Continue To Be Sued For Stealing Cash From Airline Passengers ([link removed])

First Circuit Upholds First Amendment Right to Secretly Audio Record the Police ([link removed])

California Supreme Court Says Keeping People Locked Up Just Because They Can't Make Bail Is Unconstitutional ([link removed])

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Mask Mandate ([link removed])

State Appeals Court Says Flying A Drone Over Someone's Property Violates The Fourth Amendment ([link removed])

Judges Rule in Favor of Catholic Professor Who Refused To Refer to a Male Student as a Female ([link removed])

The 9th Circuit Says the Right To Bear Arms Does Not Extend Beyond Your Doorstep ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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The State of Our Freedoms After a Year Under Lockdown ([link removed])

Digital Trails: How the FBI Is Identifying, Tracking and Rounding Up Dissidents ([link removed])

Home Invasions: All the Ways the Government Can Lay Siege to Your Property ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth ([link removed])


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** COVID-19
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European Court Backs Mandatory Vaccinations For Children ([link removed])

Florida Governor Vows To Ban ‘Vaccine Passports’ Over Privacy Concerns ([link removed])

Idaho Becomes 3rd State to Ban COVID-19 'Vaccine Passports', Iowa Could Be Next ([link removed])

You Can Fly! CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Travel Safely within the U.S. ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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CDC Declares Racism ‘A Serious Public Health Threat’, While Ignoring Rampant Police Abuse ([link removed])

Chauvin’s Attorney Argues Floyd Saying, ‘I Can’t Breathe,’ Was a Form of Resisting Arrest ([link removed])

Cop Who Mistook Star Trek Memorabilia For Weapons Beat And Broke An Elderly Man's Arm ([link removed])

NYPD “Goon Squad” Manual Teaches Officers to Violate Protesters’ Rights ([link removed])

Police Beat Black Teen So Violently They Left a Boot Imprint on His Face—Over Speeding Ticket ([link removed])

Black Army Officer Caron Nazario Held at Gunpoint, Pepper-Sprayed by Police ([link removed])

Fort Lauderdale Enables Police Misconduct, New Lawsuit Says ([link removed])

LAPD Video Shows Black Man Arrested in Search for White Suspect ([link removed])


** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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Undercover NYPD Cop Arrests Woman on Hate Charges for Yelling Anti-Asian Slur at Him ([link removed])

Biden’s New Executive Orders Just Turned a Whole Lot of Gun Owners Into Felons ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Intelligence Report on “Extremism” Equates Anarchists With Right-Wing Militias ([link removed])

The Flow of Military Equipment to Police Has Accelerated Under Biden ([link removed])

The Pentagon’s Target List for Extremist Infiltrators — Right and Left ([link removed])

Feds Confiscate Guns in Flathead Valley with 30 Vehicles, Three Tanks, and Helicopter ([link removed])

FBI Raids Business Renting Anonymous Safety Deposit Boxes, Forces Customers To Reveal Identity To Get Stuff Back ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Texas Prisons Lose Money Every Year To Keep Prisoners Picking Cotton, Other Field Crops ([link removed])

City Jail Populations Are Falling, So Why Are Their Budgets Increasing? ([link removed])

Attorney-Client Privilege Rights In Federal Bureau Of Prisons Come Under Fire ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Former NSA General Counsel Wants To Create NSA, FBI, CISA Cybersecurity Fusion Centers ([link removed])

Border Patrol Stops And Questions Drivers Who Look At Them Funny ([link removed])

Feds Plan To Broadcast Government Propaganda To Streaming Platforms ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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TSA Has Never Stopped a Terrorist But They’ve Been "Legally" Robbing Travelers for Years ([link removed])

When Police Kill, They Are Rarely Prosecuted and Hard To Convict ([link removed])

Soldier Says She Was Sexually Assaulted by 22 Troops at Oklahoma Base ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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US Government Is Purchasing (Clear) Smart Data To Spy on Its Citizens ([link removed])

Officials Use COVID To Create Statewide Vehicle Surveillance Programs ([link removed])

LexisNexis to Provide Giant Database of Personal Information to ICE ([link removed])

Cops Ran Thousands of AI Facial Recognition Searches — Often Without Any Oversight ([link removed])

Your ‘Smart Home’ Is Watching – And Possibly Sharing Your Data With the Police ([link removed])

Lawsuit Accuses Northwestern University of Unlawfully Collecting Students’ Biometric Data ([link removed])

Smartphones Share Our Data Every 4 ½ Minutes Even When Devices Are Idle ([link removed])


** SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Facebook Is Making an Augmented Reality Wristband That Lets You Control Computers With Your Brain ([link removed])

Microsoft Scores $21.9 Billion U.S. Army Contract For Augmented Reality Headsets ([link removed])

First-Ever “Pig-Monkey Chimeras” Born in Chinese Lab ([link removed])

Harvard Halts Plans for Controversial Geoengineering Experiment ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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IRS Tax Refund To Start in May for $10,200 Unemployment Tax Break ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Hogan Vetoes Three Major Police Accountability Bills ([link removed])

Biden To Announce Executive Action on Ghost Guns, Red Flag Laws ([link removed])

Biden To Nominate Official From Gun-Control Group To Head ATF ([link removed])

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