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MAY 15, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

You’ve Been Flagged as a Threat: Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back  

When the Government Plays God: The Slippery Slope from Abortions to Executions 

The Illusion of Freedom: We’re Only as Free as the Government Allows 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Boston Violated First Amendment by Prohibiting Christian Flag, Rules Unanimous Supreme Court 

Supreme Court Allows Police to Use Warrantless Real-Time Cell Phone Data to Sweep Americans Into Digital Data Dragnet 

TRI IN THE NEWS

Brannon Howse Live: Are We At War With Our Government To Protect Our Freedom?
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IN THE COURTS

State Appeals Court Rules Red Light Camera Program Is Constitutional  

Court Tosses Shooting Conviction Based on ‘John Doe’ Warrant 

Texas Asks Fifth Circuit To Reinstate Social Media Law 

Ninth Circuit ‘Reaffirms’ 2nd Amendment Rights for Young People 

Texas High Court OKs Investigations Into Parents of Transgender Kids

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

Flagged as a Threat: Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back  

When the Government Plays God: The Slippery Slope from Abortions to Executions 

The Illusion of Freedom: We’re Only as Free as the Government Allows 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

In the Age of Petty Tyrannies, You May Already Be a Criminal

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

U.S. Police Trainers With Far-Right Ties Are Teaching Hundreds of Cops 

In Monroe County, No-Knocks Were the Rule Rather Than the Exception 

Cops Threw a 61-Year-Old to the Ground After She Tried to Film Them

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

NYC School Calls Security On Woman Who Stopped To Watch Kids Playing During Recess 

Middle Schoolers Accused of Sexual Harassment for Using Wrong Gender Pronouns

AMERICA AT WAR

Police Are Purchasing Armored Tanks For Extremist Protests, Mudslides And Avalanches

BEHIND BARS

Mom Arrested After DNA Links Her to Babies Left in 2003 and 1999 Along Mississippi River
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WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY

FBI Probed Parents Under Counterterrorism ‘Threat Tag’ for Protesting School Boards

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

New Jersey Combating Vehicle Theft With $10 Million in License Plate Readers  

ICE Has Spent $2.8 Billion on Surveillance Tech Since 2008 

AI Surveillance Cameras Now Being Used To Detect Potential Threats

DRONES

DHS Coordinated with Chinese Drone Company to Create the First Totally Surveilled City in America

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The Sales Machine of the ‘Kingpin’ of Opioid Makers 

U.S. Surpasses Record 100,000 Overdose Deaths in 2021 

POLITICS

Criminalizing Abortion: Cue the Enforcement Nightmare 

FURTHER READING 

The Supreme Court: Unreachable, Inaccessible and Frightening

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