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** JANUARY 9, 2023
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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What to Expect from the Government in 2023? More of the Same ([link removed])

2022’s Danger Signs: From Totalitarian Paranoia to Authoritarian Madness ([link removed])

Yes, Jesus Would Have Been Branded a Domestic Extremist Today ([link removed])

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It ([link removed])

The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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U.S. Postal Worker Ordered to Miss Sunday Church Services in Order to Deliver Amazon Packages ([link removed])

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Challenging Government Efforts to Undermine Sixth Amendment Rights, Unfairly Deny Protections to Citizens ([link removed])

Criminalizing Free Speech: Texas Harassment Law Could Make It Illegal for a Parent to Repeatedly Text Teen Child About Neglected Chores ([link removed])
SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM ([link removed])


** IN THE COURTS
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Ninth Circuit Sides With Mongol Nation, Letting Them Keep Trademark Logo ([link removed])

Supreme Court Revives Case of Death Row Inmate Convicted on Bad DNA Evidence ([link removed])

LA Cop Loses Immunity Bid in Fatal Gym Shooting ([link removed])

Trans Boy Strikes Out in 11th Circuit School Bathroom Fight ([link removed])

Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony? ([link removed])

How the Supreme Court Could Encourage Platform Transparency Without Chilling Free Speech ([link removed])

Cop Who Let His K-9 Bite a Handcuffed Woman’s Breast for Running a Red Light Can Be Sued ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated ([link removed])

Make Way for the Killer Robots: The Government Is Expanding Its Power to Kill ([link removed])

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself ([link removed])

Podcast Archive ([link removed])


** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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John W. Whitehead Speaks on Politics, Activism and the Rights of Churches to Foment Change, Speak Truth to Power ([link removed])


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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD
* Battlefield America: The War on the American People (Autographed) ([link removed])
* A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State (Autographed) ([link removed])
* The Second American Revolution ([link removed])
* The Erik Blair Diaries ([link removed])

T-SHIRTS
* Defund the Thought Police ([link removed])
* Make America Free Again ([link removed])
* Wake Up, America ([link removed])
* What the Bill of Rights Means Today ([link removed])
* America: A Constitution-Free Zone? ([link removed])
* The Rutherford Institute Classic Resistance ([link removed])

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* “Time to Wake Up!” ([link removed])
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* "Defend Your Rights" ([link removed])
* “Play by the Rules of the Constitution” ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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NYPD Cops May No Longer Detain Innocent People to Check Them for Warrants ([link removed])

Cops Arrest Black WSJ Reporter Doing Interviews At Bank — Threatened ‘This Could Get Bad For You If You Don’t Comply’ ([link removed])

Cops Killed More People in 2022 than Any Year on Record ([link removed])

Eudora Police Enforce Curfew by Stopping and Searching Anyone Outside Between 8pm- 6am ([link removed])


** OVERCRIMINALIZATION
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City of Zion Agrees To Stop Fining People for Resisting Warrantless Home Inspections ([link removed])
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** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Corporate Coalition Pushes Government to Create Digital ID Infrastructure ([link removed])

How the California Privacy Rights Act Reshapes U.S. Privacy Compliance in 2023 ([link removed])

Not Big Brother, but Close: A Surveillance Expert Explains Some of the Ways We’re All Being Watched, All the Time ([link removed])

Louisiana’s New Porn Law Carries User Privacy Risks ([link removed])

What Truckers Already Know About the Future of Electronic Worker Surveillance ([link removed])

Beverly Hills Police Use “Hawkeye” Drone to Patrol the Streets of the Wealthy ([link removed])

Amazon’s Roomba Caught Spying on Users, Taking Photos of Them on the Toilet and Posting to Social Media ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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Inside 285 Cases Where Campus Cops Injured — Or Killed — Students at School ([link removed])


** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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The New Front in the Right’s War on Abortion ([link removed])

Fetal Personhood Promises to Be Next Major Fight in Abortion War ([link removed])

Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to US Drug Zones ([link removed])


** SOCIAL MEDIA
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FBI Instructed Twitter to Target Satirical Accounts, Posts ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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New Law Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for US Troops ([link removed])

House GOP Select Panel Will Target DOJ and FBI and Their ‘Ongoing Criminal Investigations’ ([link removed])

‘Big Brother Is Protecting You’: Eric Adams Pledges Stronger Policing, More Technology in 2023 ([link removed])


** CULTURE
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A Third of Americans Have Stopped Going to Church: Survey ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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We Are Still Locked Down ([link removed])

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