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** JANUARY 8, 2022
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022 ([link removed])

2021 Year in Review: Madness, Mayhem and Tyranny ([link removed])

You'd Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It ([link removed])

The War Over Life, Liberty and Privacy Rights: From Abortion to COVID-19 and Beyond ([link removed])

The Road to Fascism: Paved with Vaccine Mandates and Corporate Collusion ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Americans Swept Up Into Massive Digital Data Dragnet As Police Use Warrantless Real-Time Cell Phone Data to Track Travel, Movement ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Challenges Government Efforts to Sidestep Accountability and Avoid Paying Legal Fees for Constitutional Violations ([link removed])

Boston Uses 'Government Speech' Doctrine to Prohibit Display of Christian Flag While Displaying Flags Promoting Gay Pride, Islam, etc. ([link removed])

Attorneys Sue to Prohibit Delaware From Using Emergency Powers to Restrict Religious Gatherings and Practices ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Urges Supreme Court to Rule That Prolonged, Warrantless Spying by Police Using Hidden Cameras Is an Illegal Search ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Judge Rules Against Pipeline Company Trying to Keep “Counterinsurgency” Records Secret ([link removed])

Arizona Supreme Court Voids State Vaccination, Mask Ban Laws ([link removed])

Federal Appeals Court Rules Seminary Has Right to Enforce Sexual Standards ([link removed])

Judge Issues Stay Against Vaccine Mandate for Navy SEALs Seeking Religious Exemption ([link removed])

Family Courts Ordering Parents To Get Vaccinated Or Lose Their Time With Their Child ([link removed])

U.S. Supreme Court: New Mexico State Police Who Shot A Woman Driving Away From Them in 2014 Cannot Be Sued Because The Law Was Not Clearly Established ([link removed])

Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Child Protection Officials Cannot Search The Home of A Mother For Protesting Outside Housing Authority ([link removed])

Iowa Appeals Court: Cops Who Stop, Detain and Search Innocent People at Gunpoint Cannot Be Sued ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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The Right to Bodily Integrity: Nobody Wins and We All Lose in the COVID-19 Showdown ([link removed])

The Police State’s Reign of Terror Continues ... With Help from the Supreme Court ([link removed])

You'd Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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'We the People' Against Tyranny: Seven Principles for Free Government ([link removed])


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** COVID-19
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Family Courts Have Started To Weigh In on Unvaccinated Parents ([link removed])

Corporate/Government COVID Passports And Digital ID's ([link removed])

WHO Says COVID Vaccine Booster Programs Will Prolong Pandemic ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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California Man Says Run-In With Police Left Him Paralyzed ([link removed])

New Law Requires Police to Train Yearly on How to Stop Fellow Cops from Breaking the Law ([link removed])

14-Year-Old Girl Shot and Killed When Police Open Fire on Suspect in Store ([link removed])

How One of America’s Largest Employers Leans on Federal Law Enforcement ([link removed])

California Cops Sic K-9 on Uber Driver for Missing Car Payments ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Jailhouse Lawyers Are Often Punished With Solitary Confinement ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Why DOJ Is Avoiding Domestic Terrorism Sentences for Jan. 6 Defendants ([link removed])

In 2021, the Police Took a Page Out of the NSA’s Playbook ([link removed])

China Harvests Masses of Data on Western Targets ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Little Black Book To Remain Secret in Court Deal ([link removed])

How Judges Accused of Misconduct Dodge Public Scrutiny ([link removed])

Army Veteran Who Infiltrated The KKK Discovers Lots Of Cops Are Members ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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If You Are A Criminal, FBI Secretly Collected Your Cell Phone GPS Data ([link removed])

The Year Flock Safety License Plate Readers Exploded Across The Country ([link removed])

Dystopian Biometrics in Us Airports Are Set To Take Off in 2022 ([link removed])

The FBI's ‘Secret Spy Plane Surveillance Program’ Follow People's Daily Movements ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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China Introduces “AI Prosecutor” That Can Automatically Charge Citizens of a Crime ([link removed])

Swedes Are Implanting Microchip Vaccine Passports ([link removed])


** DRONES
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How Police Are Using Drones ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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UK University Censors “Domestic Violence” in Ancient Greek Poem to Avoid Upsetting Students ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Biden’s ‘Infrastructure’ Bill Contains Backdoor ‘Kill Switch’ For Cars ([link removed])


** CULTURE
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The Not-So-Magical Erasure of J.K. Rowling ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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Propaganda And the Fatal Attraction Of Technocratic-Fascism ([link removed])

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