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AUGUST 14, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Repression, Terror, Fear: The Government Wants to Silence the Opposition 

The Three I’s of a Police State Education: Indoctrination, Intimidation & Intolerance 

The Genetic Panopticon: We’re All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Challenges Anti-Boycott Law, Denounces Attempt by Texas Officials To Muzzle Political Viewpoints 

Supreme Court to Determine Timeline for Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Death Row Case Rife with Racial Bias & Prosecutorial Misconduct 

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

Appeals Court: ‘Frisking’ A Vehicle Is Completely Normal And Not Any Sort Of Rights Violation 

Appeals Court: Deputy Who Forced a Woman To Expose Herself While He Masturbated Cannot Be Sued 

Court Gives a Green Light to Geofence Warrants, Overriding Fourth Amendment

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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VODCAST: ON TARGET

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

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OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

He Went Swimming After Hours at Rockaway Beach, He Ended Up in Handcuffs
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GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Sheriff Ordered Raid on Batmobile Garage in Indiana As Favor to Friend

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

UN’s Digital World Brain Seeks To Track Everything And Everyone 

Cops Complain After San Diego Residents Are Allowed To Oversee City Surveillance Programs 

Why The Massive China Police Database Hack Is Bad News For Surveillance States Everywhere 

Can the Constitution Protect Digital Policing?

FREE SPEECH

Virginia Politicians Are Suing Books They Don’t Like 

Oral Arguments Begin in Obscene Sign City Ordinance

TECHNOLOGY

Dozens of Whole Foods Stores Allow Customers to Pay with Palm Print Biometric Data

EDUCATION

‘Massager’ Was Mistaken As Firearm, Prompting School Lockdown 

North Carolina County Putting AR-15s in Every School for Security

ECONOMY

Biden Is Planning a New Digital Currency. Here’s Why You Should Be Very Worried 

NYC Could Become the First US City To Implement a Congestion Fee for Motorists 

Congress Is Supersizing the IRS. Here’s Why That’s Bad News for Everyday Americans 

Inside the IRS ‘Pipeline’ Used To Process Tax Returns 

Americans Fear IRS Will Use Inflation Reduction Act Funding To Audit Average and Lower-Income Taxpayers 

Billionaire-Funded Eco Group Quietly Taking Farmland Out of Production in Rural America 

Embryos Can Be Listed As Dependents on Tax Returns, Georgia Rules

SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Scientists Create World’s First ‘Synthetic Embryos’

POLITICS

Mar-a-Lago Search Showed Legal Peril of Trump Documents, National Security Probe

What Unsealed Trump Search Warrant Papers Suggest About Federal Investigation 

Biden’s ‘Crime Prevention’ Plan Repeats Old Mistakes on Policing 

What Is Biden Administration Trying To Tell Us With Its Hiring of 87K IRS Agents? 

President Biden Signs Executive Order on Digital Assets

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