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JANUARY 9, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

What to Expect from the Government in 2023? More of the Same 

2022’s Danger Signs: From Totalitarian Paranoia to Authoritarian Madness 

Yes, Jesus Would Have Been Branded a Domestic Extremist Today 

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It 

The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

U.S. Postal Worker Ordered to Miss Sunday Church Services in Order to Deliver Amazon Packages 

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Challenging Government Efforts to Undermine Sixth Amendment Rights, Unfairly Deny Protections to Citizens 

Criminalizing Free Speech: Texas Harassment Law Could Make It Illegal for a Parent to Repeatedly Text Teen Child About Neglected Chores 
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IN THE COURTS

Ninth Circuit Sides With Mongol Nation, Letting Them Keep Trademark Logo 

Supreme Court Revives Case of Death Row Inmate Convicted on Bad DNA Evidence 

LA Cop Loses Immunity Bid in Fatal Gym Shooting 

Trans Boy Strikes Out in 11th Circuit School Bathroom Fight 

Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony? 

How the Supreme Court Could Encourage Platform Transparency Without Chilling Free Speech 

Cop Who Let His K-9 Bite a Handcuffed Woman’s Breast for Running a Red Light Can Be Sued

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated 

Make Way for the Killer Robots: The Government Is Expanding Its Power to Kill 

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

NYPD Cops May No Longer Detain Innocent People to Check Them for Warrants 

Cops Arrest Black WSJ Reporter Doing Interviews At Bank — Threatened ‘This Could Get Bad For You If You Don’t Comply’ 

Cops Killed More People in 2022 than Any Year on Record 

Eudora Police Enforce Curfew by Stopping and Searching Anyone Outside Between 8pm- 6am

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

City of Zion Agrees To Stop Fining People for Resisting Warrantless Home Inspections 
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SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Corporate Coalition Pushes Government to Create Digital ID Infrastructure 

How the California Privacy Rights Act Reshapes U.S. Privacy Compliance in 2023 

Not Big Brother, but Close: A Surveillance Expert Explains Some of the Ways We’re All Being Watched, All the Time 

Louisiana’s New Porn Law Carries User Privacy Risks 

What Truckers Already Know About the Future of Electronic Worker Surveillance 

Beverly Hills Police Use “Hawkeye” Drone to Patrol the Streets of the Wealthy 

Amazon’s Roomba Caught Spying on Users, Taking Photos of Them on the Toilet and Posting to Social Media

EDUCATION

Inside 285 Cases Where Campus Cops Injured — Or Killed — Students at School

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The New Front in the Right’s War on Abortion 

Fetal Personhood Promises to Be Next Major Fight in Abortion War 

Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to US Drug Zones 

SOCIAL MEDIA

FBI Instructed Twitter to Target Satirical Accounts, Posts

POLITICS

New Law Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for US Troops 

House GOP Select Panel Will Target DOJ and FBI and Their ‘Ongoing Criminal Investigations’  

‘Big Brother Is Protecting You’: Eric Adams Pledges Stronger Policing, More Technology in 2023

CULTURE

A Third of Americans Have Stopped Going to Church: Survey

FURTHER READING 

We Are Still Locked Down

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