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AUGUST 28, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

UPCOMING: ‘Anatomy of a Police State’: John W. Whitehead to Speak at National Conference on the Menace of a National Police Force to Our Freedoms 

The FBI’s Gestapo Tactics: Hallmarks of an Authoritarian Regime 

Weaponizing the Bureaucracy: Who Will Protect Us from the Government’s Standing Army? 

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

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Challenges Government Efforts To Undermine Sixth Amendment Rights, Unfairly Deny Protections to Citizens in Criminal Cases 

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

Federal Court Strikes Down Texas Ban On Young Adults Carrying Guns In Public 

Scanning Student Rooms During Remote Tests Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules 

11th Circuit Upholds State's Grand Jury Secrecy Law as Constitutional 

Appeals Court: People Need To Get A Permit To Take Pics. Within the National Park System 

Facebook Agrees To Settle Data Privacy Lawsuit

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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Weaponizing the Bureaucracy: Who Will Protect Us from the Government’s Standing Army? 

Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy 

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

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Free Speech in an Age of Government Bullies, Corporate Censors and Compliant Citizens 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

A 37th Person Has Their Murder Conviction Overturned Due To Police Misconduct 

Jury Awards $100 Million to Man Paralyzed After Cop Tased Him in the Back

AMERICA AT WAR

The IRS Already Spent Over $20 Million On Military Equipment And Ammo
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NATIONAL SECURITY

How the CIA has Infiltrated Social Media Companies

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

How Can Privacy Survive in a World That Never Forgets? 

Police Use of a Baby’s DNA To ID Its Father as a Suspect Violated the Public’s Trust 

Law Enforcement Purchase of Consumer Data Draws Congressional Scrutiny 

CIA Spying on Assange “Illegally” Swept up Us Lawyers, Journalists: Lawsuit

TECHNOLOGY

Capitol Records Signs First AI Virtual Rapper

EDUCATION

DeSantis Adds Cops, First Responders to Teaching Vacancy Plan

ECONOMY

Tent Cities Are Taking Over Vast Stretches Of Our Major Cities

POLITICS

Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws — and to Own Guns 

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