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** JANUARY 22, 2023
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans ([link removed])

Don’t Trust the Government with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms ([link removed])

What to Expect from the Government in 2023? More of the Same ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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TRI Warns Jail Officials: The First Amendment Requires the Government to Treat All Religious Beliefs Equally ([link removed])

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])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Judge Rules Against State Rep Who Blocked Constituent on Facebook ([link removed])

Religious Accommodation Test on Thin Ice With Justices’ New Case ([link removed])

Police Argue Qualified Immunity, Not First Amendment, at Issue in Fake Police Facebook Page Case ([link removed])

Supreme Court Says N.Y. Gun Law May Be Enforced While Challenges Continue ([link removed])

Reverse-Keyword Search Warrant Used to Identify Suspects in Deadly Arson Case Goes to Colorado Supreme Court ([link removed])

Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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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])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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Judging Freedom: John Whitehead on America’s Toxic Cult of Violence ([link removed])


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** JUSTICE SYSTEM
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The FBI and Personal Liberty ([link removed])


** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Cops, EMTs Plead Not Guilty in Murder of Unarmed Colorado Man ([link removed])

NYPD Mulls New Tactic to Curb Rampant NYC Homelessness ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Parole Denied for 90% of Alabama Inmates, a New Low ([link removed])

Man Arrested for Pointing Finger at Cops, Then Starves to Death in Jail ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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U.S. No Fly List Left on Unprotected Airline Server ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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A New Study Says 12 States Allow Local Governments to Seize Far More Than What’s Owed From Homeowners Who Are Behind on Taxes ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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The Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep up Millions of Our Financial Records ([link removed])

FBI Reveals It Uses CIA and NSA to Spy on Americans ([link removed])

COVID-Related Tech Is Being Exploited by the Police State for Mass Surveillance ([link removed])

Google Keyword Search Warrants Questioned by Colorado Lawyers ([link removed])

Government Snoops Caught Spying on Peaceful Americans ([link removed])

A New Report Outlines a Vision for National Wastewater Surveillance ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH
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The Opponents of Free Speech Are Gaining Ground — Here’s How We Can Fight Back ([link removed])

Police Arrested Men for Joking. What Happened to the First Amendment? ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Boston Dynamics’ Robot Atlas Shows Off Eerily Human-Like Skills ([link removed])


** DRONES
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Most Farmers Could Be Flying Drones in a Decade ([link removed])

New Drone Can Collect Environmental DNA From Tree Branches ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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Minnesota To Ban Christians From Teaching In Public Schools ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Google Layoffs: 12,000 Jobs Cut, Reducing Employee Count by 6% ([link removed])

Microsoft Layoffs: 10,000 Employees Affected ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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FBI Searches Biden’s Wilmington Home and Finds More Classified Materials ([link removed])

The American Public No Longer Believes the Supreme Court Is Impartial ([link removed])

House Creates Panel on ‘Weaponization of the Federal Government’ ([link removed])

Rule Published for Religious Freedom in Social Services ([link removed])

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