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OCTOBER 10, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

All of Us Are in Danger: When Anti-Government Speech Becomes Sedition 

Federal Bureau of Intimidation: The Government’s War on Political Freedom 

Masters of Deceit: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear, Mind Control & Brain Warfare 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Biden Administration’s Attempt to Force Healthcare Workers to Violate Their Ethical and Religious Convictions Circumvents the Constitution 

Free Speech Victory: Court Overturns $3000 in Fines Against Protesters Who Displayed Controversial Anti-Biden, Anti-Trump Political Signs 

Zero Tolerance = Zero Common Sense: Sixth Grader Reported to Police for Flashing Toy Gun as Part of Zoom Class Halloween Game
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IN THE COURTS

Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Protections for Tech Companies 

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Ban on Gun ‘Bump Stocks’ 

Ninth Circuit Rules California Can’t Ban ‘For-Profit’ Prisons 

Can Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law Strike Down the State’s Abortion Ban? 

Appeals Court: Border Patrol Can Use Hotel Managers To Let Them Search Rooms To Circumvent the Fourth Amendment 

Appeals Court Ruling Allows Arizona Abortions To Restart 

Ninth Circuit Urged To Allow Look at Use of Chemical Weapons by Feds on Portland Protesters

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Federal Bureau of Intimidation: The Government’s War on Political Freedom  

Masters of Deceit: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear, Mind Control & Brain Warfare 

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

Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy 

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

John W. Whitehead speaks at the Ron Paul Institute's 2022 Washington Conference: "The American Police State: Who Will Protect Us From The Government's Standing Army?"

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

‘Law Enforcement Lookup:' Thousands of NYPD Misconduct Files Made Available to Public 

Interior Dept. To Require Body Cams for Law Enforcement 

Death Penalty Dropped for Man Charged in Botched No-Knock Raid 

Uvalde School Police Force Indefinitely Suspended Over Mass Shooting Response 

Officer Fired After Shooting Teenager Who Was Eating in a McDonald's Parking Lot

AMERICA AT WAR

DHS Is Spending Millions To Combat “Misinformation” and “Disinformation” 

Army Secretly Allows Shooting Dogs, Cats for Research
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Nearly Half of the Country Now Has Serious Doubts About the FBI 

The US Government Takes One More Step Towards Digital ID Program

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

County Uses Cannabis Abatement Enforcement To Extract Hundreds of Thousands in Fine Without Proof

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Meet the Military Contractor Running Fare Collection in NYC Subways — and Around the World 

Cleveland Has Spent Millions on Police Cameras. Why Are the Locations a Secret? 

Surveillance Shift: San Francisco Pilots Program Allowing Police To Live Monitor Private Security Cameras 

Rape Kit DNA Protected Under a New California Law  

Utility Pumps Customers' Smart Meter Data To Police Without Warrant 

US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data

FREE SPEECH

The U.S. Government’s Vast New Privatized Censorship Regime 

State Court Finds Punta Gorda Sign Ordinance Unconstitutional

TECHNOLOGY

How AI Is Helping Birth Digital Humans That Look and Sound Just Like Us

RESISTANCE

Sinead O'Connor No Longer Alone In Church Protest 

POLITICS

Biden Pardons Federal Convictions for Marijuana Possession

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