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FEBRUARY 13, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Dystopia Disguised as Democracy: All the Ways in Which Freedom Is an Illusion 

The Government’s Kill Switch for Your Car, Your Freedoms and Your Life 

Authoritarian Madness: The Slippery Slope from Lockdowns to Concentration Camps 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Judges Cannot Create Exceptions to the Constitution: Supreme Court Upholds Sixth Amendment Right of Defendants to Cross-Examine Witnesses 

NC Board of County Commissioners Prohibits Criticism of Government Officials at Public Meetings 

Supreme Court Weakens First Amendment Right to Film Police in Public

TRI IN THE NEWS

WATCH: Judging Freedom - "DC Millionaires & Billionaires Don't Care About Our Rights & Freedoms" 

County Commissioners Approve Public Comment Policy, Despite Concerns From Free Speech Advocates
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IN THE COURTS

Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Chesapeake Parents’ Challenge of Youngkin School Mask Order 

Miami Beach Law Used To Arrest People Filming Cops Challenged 

Alabama Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Red Light Camera Ordinance 

Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Ballot Drop Box Ban for April Election

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

Totalitarian Paranoia Run Amok: Pandemics, Lockdowns & Martial Law 

The Age of Intolerance: Cancel Culture’s War on Free Speech 

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

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Enemies of the Deep State: The Government’s War on Domestic Terrorism Is a Trap 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Police Fatally Shot 1,055 People in 2021 

Murderville, Texas, and “The Cops”

AMERICA AT WAR

New DARPA Black Hawk A.I. War Machines Set to Take to the Skies  

U.S. Army Works With Microsoft on Augmented Reality Headset Program 

U.S. Army Begins To Discharge Soldiers Who Refuse COVID-19 Vaccination
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NATIONAL SECURITY

DHS Says Online “Misinformation” Is a Terror Threat 

'Black Mirror-Like' Robo-Dogs Patrol US Border, Searching For Illegals 

Delta Asks Justice Department for National ‘No-Fly’ List of Unruly Passengers 

Coming Soon: Climate Lockdowns? 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Police Conduct Warrantless Surveillance with Stingrays 

​​Tech Firm Offers Cops Facial Recognition to ID Homeless People 

If EARN IT Passes, What Happens On Your iPhone Won’t Stay On Your iPhone 

NSA Admits Exploitable Loophole That Helps It Spy on US Citizens Without a Warrant 

China Showcases Massive Surveillance Capabilities At Beijing Olympics 

FREE SPEECH

Democrats Are Pressuring Companies to Censor For Them

TECHNOLOGY

Meet Cecilia, the World’s First Interactive Robotic Bartender 

Meta Establishes Four-Foot “Personal Boundary” To Deter VR Groping 

Meta Unveils 'Personal Safety Bubble' After Metaverse's Dark Side Exposed

EDUCATION

Proposed CA Law Would Require Schools To Collect Gun Ownership Information From Parents of Students 

New Mexico National Guard Members Filling In As Substitute Teachers 

ECONOMY

The U.S. Is Debating Whether To Adopt a Digital Dollar

POLITICS

Oklahoma Considers Database For Pregnant People As Roe Hangs In The Balance 

South Dakota Bans Biological Males From Women’s and Girls’ Sports

FURTHER READING 

Totalitarianism is Always Built on Fear

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