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JANUARY 22, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans 

Don’t Trust the Government with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms 

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

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

TRI Warns Jail Officials: The First Amendment Requires the Government to Treat All Religious Beliefs Equally 

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 
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IN THE COURTS

Judge Rules Against State Rep Who Blocked Constituent on Facebook 

Religious Accommodation Test on Thin Ice With Justices’ New Case 

Police Argue Qualified Immunity, Not First Amendment, at Issue in Fake Police Facebook Page Case 

Supreme Court Says N.Y. Gun Law May Be Enforced While Challenges Continue 

Reverse-Keyword Search Warrant Used to Identify Suspects in Deadly Arson Case Goes to Colorado Supreme Court 

Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech

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360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans 

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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Judging Freedom: John Whitehead on America’s Toxic Cult of Violence

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

The FBI and Personal Liberty 

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Cops, EMTs Plead Not Guilty in Murder of Unarmed Colorado Man 

NYPD Mulls New Tactic to Curb Rampant NYC Homelessness

BEHIND BARS

Parole Denied for 90% of Alabama Inmates, a New Low 

Man Arrested for Pointing Finger at Cops, Then Starves to Death in Jail
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NATIONAL SECURITY

U.S. No Fly List Left on Unprotected Airline Server

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

A New Study Says 12 States Allow Local Governments to Seize Far More Than What’s Owed From Homeowners Who Are Behind on Taxes

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

The Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep up Millions of Our Financial Records 

FBI Reveals It Uses CIA and NSA to Spy on Americans 

COVID-Related Tech Is Being Exploited by the Police State for Mass Surveillance 

Google Keyword Search Warrants Questioned by Colorado Lawyers  

Government Snoops Caught Spying on Peaceful Americans 

A New Report Outlines a Vision for National Wastewater Surveillance

FREE SPEECH

The Opponents of Free Speech Are Gaining Ground — Here’s How We Can Fight Back 

Police Arrested Men for Joking. What Happened to the First Amendment?

TECHNOLOGY

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Atlas Shows Off Eerily Human-Like Skills

DRONES

Most Farmers Could Be Flying Drones in a Decade 

New Drone Can Collect Environmental DNA From Tree Branches

EDUCATION

Minnesota To Ban Christians From Teaching In Public Schools

ECONOMY

Google Layoffs: 12,000 Jobs Cut, Reducing Employee Count by 6% 

Microsoft Layoffs: 10,000 Employees Affected

POLITICS

FBI Searches Biden’s Wilmington Home and Finds More Classified Materials 

The American Public No Longer Believes the Supreme Court Is Impartial 

House Creates Panel on ‘Weaponization of the Federal Government’ 

Rule Published for Religious Freedom in Social Services  

States Are Readying a Flurry of Privacy Bills

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