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JANUARY 8, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022 

2021 Year in Review: Madness, Mayhem and Tyranny 

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

Americans Swept Up Into Massive Digital Data Dragnet As Police Use Warrantless Real-Time Cell Phone Data to Track Travel, Movement 

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

Judge Rules Against Pipeline Company Trying to Keep “Counterinsurgency” Records Secret 

Arizona Supreme Court Voids State Vaccination, Mask Ban Laws 

Federal Appeals Court Rules Seminary Has Right to Enforce Sexual Standards 

Judge Issues Stay Against Vaccine Mandate for Navy SEALs Seeking Religious Exemption 

Family Courts Ordering Parents To Get Vaccinated Or Lose Their Time With Their Child 

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 

Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Child Protection Officials Cannot Search The Home of A Mother For Protesting Outside Housing Authority 

Iowa Appeals Court: Cops Who Stop, Detain and Search Innocent People at Gunpoint Cannot Be Sued

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

The Police State’s Reign of Terror Continues ... With Help from the Supreme Court

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

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'We the People' Against Tyranny: Seven Principles for Free Government

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COVID-19

Family Courts Have Started To Weigh In on Unvaccinated Parents 

Corporate/Government COVID Passports And Digital ID's 

WHO Says COVID Vaccine Booster Programs Will Prolong Pandemic

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

California Man Says Run-In With Police Left Him Paralyzed 

New Law Requires Police to Train Yearly on How to Stop Fellow Cops from Breaking the Law 

14-Year-Old Girl Shot and Killed When Police Open Fire on Suspect in Store 

How One of America’s Largest Employers Leans on Federal Law Enforcement 

California Cops Sic K-9 on Uber Driver for Missing Car Payments

AMERICA AT WAR

Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay

BEHIND BARS

Jailhouse Lawyers Are Often Punished With Solitary Confinement
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Why DOJ Is Avoiding Domestic Terrorism Sentences for Jan. 6 Defendants 

In 2021, the Police Took a Page Out of the NSA’s Playbook 

China Harvests Masses of Data on Western Targets 

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Little Black Book To Remain Secret in Court Deal 

How Judges Accused of Misconduct Dodge Public Scrutiny 

Army Veteran Who Infiltrated The KKK Discovers Lots Of Cops Are Members

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

If You Are A Criminal, FBI Secretly Collected Your Cell Phone GPS Data 

The Year Flock Safety License Plate Readers Exploded Across The Country 

Dystopian Biometrics in Us Airports Are Set To Take Off in 2022 

The FBI's ‘Secret Spy Plane Surveillance Program’ Follow People's Daily Movements

TECHNOLOGY

China Introduces “AI Prosecutor” That Can Automatically Charge Citizens of a Crime 

Swedes Are Implanting Microchip Vaccine Passports

DRONES

How Police Are Using Drones

EDUCATION

UK University Censors “Domestic Violence” in Ancient Greek Poem to Avoid Upsetting Students

POLITICS

Biden’s ‘Infrastructure’ Bill Contains Backdoor ‘Kill Switch’ For Cars

CULTURE

The Not-So-Magical Erasure of J.K. Rowling

FURTHER READING 

Propaganda And the Fatal Attraction Of Technocratic-Fascism

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