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JANUARY 20, 2020

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Red Flag Nation: Anti-Gun Laws, Sanctuary Cities and the Second Amendment 

Come Home, America: Stop Policing the Globe and Put an End to Wars-Without-End 

Nullify Government Tyranny: In 2020, Harness the Power of Your Discontent 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Oklahoma Federal Court Rules That Trouble Understanding Police Orders Constitutes Resistance, Justifies Use of Excessive Force (Taser, Chokehold) 

Elderly, Wheelchair-Bound Woman Alleges TSA Agents Groped Her Upper and Lower Body Without Warning in Full View of Other Travelers 

Broken Justice: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Address Racial Bias & Systemic Injustice That Contributed to Hispanic Inmate’s Death Sentence 
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IN THE COURTS

How We Lost the Right to Move Freely 

Does Letting Police Enter Your House Give Them Permission To Wreck It? 

Martin v. City of Boise: Supreme Court Declines to Review Dubious Ninth Circuit Homelessness Decision

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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Red Flag Nation: Anti-Gun Laws, Sanctuary Cities and the Second Amendment 

Betraying the Constitution: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act? 

Welfare Checks Turn Deadly: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Calling the Cops 

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

Man Sues After Google Data Leads to Wrongful Arrest for Murder 

Judge Orders CPD to Turn Over 48 Years’ Worth of Misconduct Files

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Certification Scandal Means Blood Draws, but You’ll Still Get a Roadside Breath Test 

Police Tackle 76-Year-Old Woman to Ground to Arrest Her 

Off-Duty Secret Service Agent Shoots and Kills Dog on a Leash 

Cop Disciplined for Using Taser on Suspect Fleeing on Bike 

"Zipper Killing" Americans: A Police Tactic Of Killing People In A Hail Of Gunfire 

It's Time to Stop Using Police Dogs 

Police Falsely Portrayed People As Gang Members, Falsified Records

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Connecticut College Students Charged With Violating State Law Prohibiting 'Ridicule' after Using Racial Slur

AMERICA AT WAR

Trump Cited Impeachment Pressure to Kill Soleimani 

A Lawless Political Assassination 

Military Contractors Raytheon, Lockheed Martin See Stock Prices Soar Amid Iran Crisis 

Virginia Vows to Shut Down All Gun Ranges Not Owned by the State
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Trump’s Apple Threat Would Put Every iPhone on Earth at Risk 

US Listed Climate Activist Group As ‘Extremists’ Alongside Mass Killers 

Expect ICE to Visit, MIT Tells Faculty and Staff, Urging Cooperation With Visa Checks 

DHS, USCIS, CBP, ICE Share Data With Census After Trump's Executive Order

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Former Judge Who Fixed 4,000 Tickets Gets Disbarred, Banned From Judicial Service 

Surveillance Video Outside Jeffrey Epstein’s Cell Was Deleted In Clerical Error, Jail Says

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

‘I Am Geospatial’ And I Will Track You Forever 

America Is The 4th Worst Abuser Of Biometric Privacy Rights In The World

FREE SPEECH

School District Seeks to Censor Parents on Social Media

TECHNOLOGY

Middle Class Increasingly Hollowed Out As Robots Take Millions Of Jobs 

Sexy Robot Influencers Are Taking Over Instagram — And Coming for Your Jobs 

Scientists Create First ‘Living Robots’ in Major Breakthrough

DRONES

This Weird-Looking Pigeon Is Actually a Drone That Flies With Real Feathers

ECONOMY

Money for Militarized Evictions, but Not for Homes

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The Number of Americans Drinking Themselves to Death Has More Than Doubled

SOCIAL MEDIA

I’m a 37-Year-Old Mom & I Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl. Here’s What I Learned.

POLITICS

Trump Golf Cart Rentals Have Now Cost Us Taxpayers More Than Half a Million Dollars

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