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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Debut Fiction: In John W. Whitehead’s New Dystopian Novel ‘The Erik Blair Diaries,’ George Orwell Travels to the Future in Order to Save the Past 

Bring All the Troops Home: Stop Policing the Globe and Put an End to Endless Wars 

The Dangers of Going Back to School After a Year of COVID-19 Lockdowns 

The Right to Bodily Integrity: Nobody Wins and We All Lose in the COVID-19 Showdown

T Is for Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z 

A New State of Segregation: Vaccine Cards Are Just the Beginning 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Issues Guidance on How To Request a Religious Exemption for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in the Workplace 

On Appeal: Should Police Be Allowed To Retaliate Against Citizens for Exercising Their First Amendment Rights by Recording Police Brutality?

Supreme Court Watch: Can the Government Require That Citizens Prove the Need for Self-Protection in Order To Carry a Gun Outside the Home? 

Court Ruling Strips Apartment Dwellers of Fourth Amendment Rights, Leaves Hallways Open to Warrantless Police Surveillance & Arrests 

Florida Town Bans ‘Indecent’ Political Speech on Signs & Clothing, Fines Protesters $3000 for Displaying Flags Proclaiming ‘F--k Biden’ 

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Overturn Ruling That Trouble Understanding Police Orders Constitutes Resistance, Justifies Use of Excessive Force 
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IN THE COURTS

Fifth Circuit Appeals Court: Ten Seconds Of Doing Nothing Is Reasonably Suspicious 

Cops Harassed Them and Searched Their Homes Without Warrants. A Judge Says They Can Sue

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

Bring All the Troops Home 

Authoritarians Drunk on Power: It Is Time to Recalibrate the Government 

The Right to Be Let Alone: What to Do When COVID Strike Force Teams Come Knocking 

George Orwell’s 1984 Has Become a Blueprint for Our Dystopian Reality 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

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

TRI GIFT SHOP

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T-SHIRT: The Rutherford Institute Classic Resistance
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MUG: “Time to Wake Up!”
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BOOK: The Erik Blair Diaries (debut novel) by John W. Whitehead
BOOK: Battlefield America: The War on the American People (Autographed by John W. Whitehead) 
BOOK: A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State (Autographed) by John W. Whitehead
BOOK: The Second American Revolution

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Internet Shutdown Emerging As Authoritarian Weapon Of Choice 

Brooklyn DA Releases 10,000 Police Misconduct Records 

Police Laid Down a Geofence Dragnet for Protestors 

Another State Will Train Police to Draw Blood From Drunk Driving Suspects 

Cops Are Dressing Up Like FedEx Guys and Arresting People for Drugs 

BEHIND BARS

Mistaken Identity Lands Man in Hawaii Mental Hospital 

Marine Undergoes Mental Health Check Amid Afghan Criticism 
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COVID-19

Can the Government Force You to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine? 

Florida Set to Levy $5K Fines on Businesses Requiring Vaccination Proof 

Vaccine Mandates for All Illinois Teachers, Health Care Workers, College Students 

Judge Strips Mother of Parental Rights Over Vaccination Status 

Hear Eric Clapton's Latest Protest Song, 'This Has Gotta Stop'

NATIONAL SECURITY

U.S. Has ‘More Terrorists Today Than on 9/11’ 

9/11 Triggered a Homeland-Security Industrial Complex That Endures 

The Cost of the Post-9/11 Security State Is $21 Trillion 

NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Snowden Warns Smartphone Owners About Danger of Personal Data Scanning by Phonemakers 

FBI Used Spy Planes to Aggressively Surveil Florida Man 

Florida Moves Forward With Digital Driver's Licenses and IDs 

TECHNOLOGY

Universities Allow Dozens of Grubhub Delivery Robots on Their Campuses

DRONES

The Air Force Is Developing Bird-Like Microdrones with Flapping Wings 

Police Use Drones To Listen To Protesters, Break Windows And Answer 911 Calls 

EDUCATION

Virginia Tech Disenrolls 134 Unvaccinated Students 

ECONOMY

States Borrowed Billions to Pay Unemployment Benefits. Soon Interest is Due

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