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JULY 24, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy 

Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent 

Rogue Cops: The Supreme Court Is Turning America Into a Constitution-Free Zone 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Supreme Court’s Final Rulings Insulate Cops Against Lawsuits, Sanction Incompetence, Undermine Miranda Rights & Affirm Death by Firing Squad 

Supreme Court: The Government Cannot Require That Citizens Prove the Need for Self-Protection in Order to Carry a Gun Outside Their Home 

Religious Freedom Victory: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Public School Coach’s Right To Silently Pray on the Field After Football Games 
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IN THE COURTS

Nebraska High Court OKs Warrantless Blood Test  

Appeals Court Finds Cop Had No Duty To Warn Before Siccing Dog on Suspect

Court Suppresses Phone Search, Telling Cops A Warrant With No Probable Cause Is Like Having No Warrant At All 

Police Sweep Google Searches To Find Suspects. The Tactic Is Facing Its First Legal Challenge 

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy 

Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent 

Rogue Cops: The Supreme Court Is Turning America Into a Constitution-Free Zone 

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The Death of the United States Constitution: It's Time to Make America Free Again 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Black Man Killed by Police Had 46 Gunshot Wounds on His Body

AMERICA AT WAR

House Passes $840 Billion Annual Defense Bill 

With Few Able and Fewer Willing, U.S. Military Can't Find Recruits

BEHIND BARS

Schoolgirls Handcuffed, Arrested for Disorderly Conduct for Fighting in School Yard
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Chinese Company’s Purchase of North Dakota Farmland Raises U.S. Security Concerns 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Democrats Widen Scrutiny of Tech Over Abortion Data Privacy  

DHS Spent Millions on Cellphone Data To Track Americans and Foreigners Inside, Outside U.S. 

The FBI Forced A Suspect To Unlock Amazon’s Encrypted App Wickr With Their Face 

Amazon Admits Giving Police Ring Footage Without Consent

FREE SPEECH

Facebook’s Use of Ex-CIA Analysts To Determine “Misinformation” Policy Raises Alarm-Bells 

TECHNOLOGY

Amazon Plans To Start Delivering Packages by Drone 

Chess Robot Grabs and Breaks Finger of Seven-Year-Old Opponent 

Investigators Analyze DNA Sample to Make Arrest in 1975 Murder  

Emotion AI: A Possible Path to Thought Policing 

Amazon’s Alexa Could Soon Speak in a Dead Relative’s Voice

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Los Angeles Braces for Return of Indoor Mask Mandate  

Scientists Supercharge Human Muscle Cells By Injecting Them With "Bear Serum" 

Scientists Hijack Fruit Fly Brains to Remote Control Their Wings 

FDA Receives Application for First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

POLITICS

Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Emergency Abortion Guidance 

Newsom Signs Gun Control Bill Inspired by Texas Abortion Ban 

Digital ID Closer to Becoming Reality in US as House and Senate Advance Bill 

FURTHER READING 

'We Have Entered The Last Stage of Tyranny' – Dr. Naomi Wolf

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