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DECEMBER 19, 2021

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Christmas Baby Born in a Police State: Then and Now

You'd Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It 

The War Over Life, Liberty and Privacy Rights: From Abortion to COVID-19 and Beyond 

The Road to Fascism: Paved with Vaccine Mandates and Corporate Collusion 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Challenges Government Efforts to Sidestep Accountability and Avoid Paying Legal Fees for Constitutional Violations

Boston Uses 'Government Speech' Doctrine to Prohibit Display of Christian Flag While Displaying Flags Promoting Gay Pride, Islam, etc. 

Attorneys Sue to Prohibit Delaware From Using Emergency Powers to Restrict Religious Gatherings and Practices 

Rutherford Institute Urges Supreme Court to Rule That Prolonged, Warrantless Spying by Police Using Hidden Cameras Is an Illegal Search 
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IN THE COURTS

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules in Favor of DUI Blood Draws by EMTs 

Fifth Circuit Overturns Nationwide Injunction on Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers 

Sixth Circuit Allows Biden Employer Vaccine Mandate To Take Effect 

COVID-19

Ohio National Guard Mobilized to Help With Rising COVID Cases 

Yale Epidemiologist: Pandemic Of Fear 'Manufactured' By Authorities 

China Collects American DNA With COVID Tests 

Kroger to Charge COVID Vaccine Resistant Employees $50/Month; Cut Paid COVID-19 Sick Leave 

Across the World, Covid Anxiety and Depression Take Hold 

Air Force Discharges 27 for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine 

Netherlands ‘Going Into Lockdown Again’ To Curb Omicron

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You'd Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It

The War Over Life, Liberty and Privacy Rights 

The Road to Fascism: Paved with Vaccine Mandates and Corporate Collusion 

The Empire of Lies Breaks Down 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

Archaic Citizen’s Arrest Laws Led To Ahmaud Arbery’s Death. They’re Still On The Books In Many States

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Arizona Mom Threatened With Prison, Placed on Secret Blacklist For Letting Kids Play At the Park

AMERICA AT WAR

Chicago Neighborhood Hires Private Security Firm To Tackle Crime

BEHIND BARS

Louisiana Solitary Confinement Reform Still Leaves Many in Indefinite Lockdown 

Prison Phone Companies Are Recording Attorney-Client Calls Across the US
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GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Massive Child Sex Trafficking Ring Busted, Ran for Decades, Protected By Police in Exchange for Sex

TECHNOLOGY

#MeToo Comes To Metaverse: “There I Was, Being Virtually Groped” 

Man And AI Machine: Co-Evolutionary Hybrid Intelligence? 

Reddit-Trained AI Told Researchers That AI Can Never Be Ethical 

The Digital Dehumanisation of Mankind

HEALTH & MEDICINE

FDA Eliminates Key Restriction on Abortion Pill As Supreme Court Weighs Case That Challenges Roe v. Wade

SOCIAL MEDIA

TikTok Posts Referencing Violence Raise Anxiety at Schools

POLITICS

NJ Gun Bill Would Put Violators in Version of “Reeducation” Classes

FURTHER READING 

Beware of Those Who Question Those Who Question Authority

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