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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Metaverse Is Big Brother in Disguise: Freedom Meted Out by Technological Tyrants 

Predators with Badges: The Sex Traffickers on America’s Police Forces 

Mayhem & Madness: Authoritarian Monsters Wreak Havoc on Our Freedoms 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Challenging Technocensorship, Rutherford Institute Appeals to Federal Court to Prohibit Facebook From Censoring COVID-19 Vaccine Critics 

Supreme Court Asked to Decide if Spiritual Requests by Death Row Inmates Should Take Precedence Over Prison Protocol in the Execution Chamber 

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hold Government Liable for Shootings, Violent Behavior by Off-Duty Police Equipped With Service Weapons  
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IN THE COURTS

CDC Signs Off on Children’s Coronavirus Vaccine 

Appeals Court Hits Brakes on Biden COVID-19 Vaccine Rule for Employers 

Federal Judge Overrules Texas Ban on Mask Mandates in Schools 

Court Says United Airlines Vaccine Mandate Can Continue 

Death-Row Demand for Pastor’s Touch Could Split Justices 

Appeals Court Hears Challenge to School Ban on Gun T-Shirts 

Supreme Court To Decide If Dred Scott Applies To Americans On Guns

COVID-19

More Than Half of US States Are Suing To Stop Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate 

Police Charged Thousands of People For Petty COVID Violations 

Majority of Federal Employees Disagree With Biden’s Vaccine Mandate 

Sweeping Restrictions on COVID-19 Safety Measures Become Law in Tennessee 

Feds Pay Zero Claims For Covid-19 Vaccine Injuries/Deaths 

San Francisco Will Soon Require Everyone 5 and Older To Show Vaccination Proof for Restaurants, Theaters, Warriors Games

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The Metaverse Is Big Brother in Disguise 

Predators with Badges: The Sex Traffickers on America’s Police Forces 

Mayhem & Madness: Authoritarian Monsters Wreak Havoc on Our Freedoms

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Cops Convicted of Murder After They Tasered Man More Than 50 Times 

LA Advances Plan To Arm Park Rangers 

Boosted by the Pandemic, ‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ Are a Political Force

AMERICA AT WAR

Uncertain Future for the International Criminal Court’s Investigation into the CIA Torture Program 

DHS Warns of “Anti-Government Extremists” Terrorism Over Possible Upcoming COVID Lockdowns

BEHIND BARS

In Florida, Two Strikes and You’re in Prison Forever 

Julian Assange’s Health Central to Ruling on Extradition to U.S. 

Prison Gerrymandering Draws Districts Around People Who Can’t Vote
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WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

How Leftists Are Building The Framework For 'Parenting Licenses'

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Panopticon: How Mainstream Academia Normalized Mass Imprisonment 

U.S. Treasury Is Buying Private App Data to Target People 

New Patent Proposes Digital Surveillance to Vaccinate People Based on Social Credit Style Scores 

Facebook Ends Its Use of Facial Recognition 

Cars To Be Equipped With "In-Air" Alcohol Detection Systems That Test The Breath Of Everyone

TECHNOLOGY

Metaverse: AR Pioneer Warns 'It Could Make Reality Disappear' 

Trilateral Commission Members On The Future Of The World 

Facebook’s Metaverse Plans Labelled As ‘Dystopian’ and ‘A Bad Idea’ 

AI Starting To Have Big Real-World Impact 

EDUCATION

Florida Schools Want Kiosks With Tourniquets, Quick Clot 

Arizona School Board, Police Coordinated To Spy On, Arrest Concerned Parents 

Florida Teacher Place on Leave for Showing R-Rated Film “Alexander” to High School Students

ECONOMY

Meet Skimpflation: A Reason Inflation Is Worse Than the Government Says It Is 

Does the Constitution Allow a Billionaire Tax? 

HEALTH & MEDICINE

California Couple Sues Fertility Clinic Following IVF Embryo Mix-Up

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