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November 24, 2019

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Impeach the Government: Rogue Agencies Have Been Abusing Their Powers for Decades 

Casualties of War: Military Veterans Have Become America’s Walking Wounded 

A New Kind of Tyranny: The Global State’s War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Broken Justice: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Address Racial Bias & Systemic Injustice That Contributed to Hispanic Inmate’s Death Sentence 

Overkill: 13-Year-Old Student Handcuffed, Arrested, Charged With Felony & Criminally Prosecuted for Pointing Imaginary ‘Finger Gun’ at Classmates 

What to Do When Compliance Is Not Enough? Police Defend Use of Taser, Chokehold & Excessive Force Against Man Who Complied During Arrest
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IN THE COURTS

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Police Can’t Force You to Tell Them Your Password 

Debt Collector Beats Bulk of DA Letterhead Lawsuit 

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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If Voting Made Any Difference, They Wouldn’t Let Us Do It

The Government's War on Cash: Your Money or Your Life

Saint or Sinner, Government Eyes Are Watching Every Move You Make

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Stealing from the Citizenry: How Government Goons Use Civil Asset Forfeiture to Rob Us Blind

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Philly Police Union Attacks Eagles Football Player for Opposing Police Brutality 

Cops Put GPS Tracker on Man’s Car, Charge Him With Theft for Removing It 

Police Settle $1.2 Million Excessive Force Case 

"Safer By The Slice" Crime Tip Program, Rewards Students And Faculty With A Free Pizza 

Police Officer Tases Woman Sitting on Her Hands 

No Charges for U.S. Park Police in Shooting of Unarmed Motorist 

Sheriff’s Department Investigates Deputy Who Tackled 15-Year-Old Quadruple Amputee at Group Home 

Sheriff's SWAT Team Barges Into Fort Lauderdale House Without Search Warrant

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Couple May Be Jailed for Living in RV After Fire Burns Home 

Dallas’ Ban on Churches Sheltering Homeless Won’t Be Lifted in Time for Winter

AMERICA AT WAR

Traveler Detained in Montana for Speaking Spanish in the US 

US-Born Marine Vet Wrongly Held by ICE for Three Days to Be Paid 190G 

The So-Called War on Terror Has Killed Over 801,000 People and Cost $6.4 Trillion

BEHIND BARS

US Taxpayers Spent Almost $1 Billion Incarcerating Innocent Black People 

Why Are So Many People Dying in Alabama Prisons? 

China Killing Prisoners To Harvest Organs For Transplant
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NATIONAL SECURITY

DHS Database To Hold Biometric Data On 229 Million… By 2022

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Criminal Cases in St. Louis County Under Review Over Possible DNA Evidence Problems 

Cop Is Caught Molesting Girl in Bathroom and Threatens Her Mother 

Over 1,000 Cops Caught Illegally Accessing Police Database to Stalk Citizens 

Federal Spending Is Even Worse Than Advertised

WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

Nearly 400 Children Rescued and 348 Adults Arrested in Canadian Child Pornography Bust

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Digital Billboards Are Tracking You 

Ring: Doorbell Camera Footage Can Be Kept by Police Forever and Shared With Whomever They’d Like 

NY Company Charged with Sale of Chinese Surveillance Equipment in US 

Can Police Track Me Through a DNA Database? 

Verizon Wants to Turn Fiber Networks into Citywide Sensors 

New Home “Amazon Experience Centers” Are Really Amazon Home Surveillance Centers

FREE SPEECH /  CENSORSHIP

Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent

TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Physicist: ‘No Safe Way To Implement 5G’

ECONOMY

Trump Announces More Emergency Bailouts As U.S. Farm Debt Soars To $416 Billion

HEALTH & MEDICINE

More People in the United States Dying from Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Than Previously Estimated

POLITICS

Trump Reportedly Hosted Secret Dinner With Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg 

Former Top Navy Seal Who Oversaw the Osama bin Laden Raid Says the US Is ‘Under Attack From the President’

FURTHER READING 

Americans Need To Stop Funding The Chinese Gulag

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