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** FEBRUARY 26, 2023
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Dictators Bent on Building Military Empires: The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars ([link removed])

Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government. America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise ([link removed])

Distract, Divide and Conquer: The Painful Truth About the State of Our Union ([link removed])

Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Supreme Court Lets Police Sidestep Accountability for Retaliating Against Activist Over Right to Criticize the Government Through Satire ([link removed])

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Wikimedia Lawsuit Challenging Mass Internet Surveillance of Americans by NSA ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Warns Police Not to Retaliate Against Citizens Who Exercise Their Constitutional Right to Record Police in Public ([link removed])

Delaware Sidesteps Due Process, Doubles Down on ‘Evict First, Ask Questions Later’ Practice ([link removed])

Rutherford Institute Urges San Francisco Police Commission Not to Expand Power to Kill by Arming Robots for Deadly Force Against Citizenry ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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New Hampshire Can’t Force Hospitals to Board Mental Patients in Crisis ([link removed])

Supreme Court Eviscerates Arizona on Death Penalty Scheme ([link removed])

Ninth Circuit: No First Amendment Issue in San Francisco Park Code ([link removed])

Illinois Justices Rule Against White Castle in Landmark Biometric Privacy Decision ([link removed])

Ninth Circuit Restores Trump-Era Gut of Clean Water Act Rule ([link removed])

US Court Strikes Down Charter Boat Tracking Rule as a Possible Fourth Amendment Violation ([link removed])

Fourth Circuit: Individuals Have a First Amendment Right to Livestream Their Own Traffic Stops ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Distract, Divide and Conquer: The Painful Truth About the State of Our Union ([link removed])

Child Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America ([link removed])

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360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth ([link removed])


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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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Malcom X’s Family Is Suing the CIA, FBI and NYPD ([link removed])

Vermont Police Use Cigarette DNA to Solve Woman’s Murder, 52 Years On ([link removed])

NYC Merchants Turn to K-9 Units to Sniff Out Shoplifters ([link removed])

North Carolina Cop Points Gun at 14-Year-Girl for Calling Her Father During a Traffic Stop ([link removed])

One in 20 US Homicides Are Committed by Police – and the Numbers Aren’t Falling ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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US Commits $2 Billion in Drones, Ammunition, Aid to Ukraine ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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The Case for Getting Rid of America’s Corrupt, Expensive, Barbaric Prisons ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Chinese Agents Hire Private Eyes to Harass Dissidents in U.S., Officials Say ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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Government Agencies Are Buying Their Way Around the 4th Amendment ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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A World in Which Your Boss Spies on Your Brainwaves? That Future Is Near ([link removed])

More Criticism for Border Live-Testing Biometric App for Asylum-Seekers ([link removed])

The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State ([link removed])

Know It All: AI, Facial Recognition, and Police Surveillance ([link removed])

Google's Play Store Privacy Labels Are a 'Total Failure,' Study Finds ([link removed])

Drones, Stingrays, Hidden Microphones: Law Enforcement in Massachusetts Is Increasingly Using Surveillance Technology ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH & CENSORSHIP
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Censors Use AI to Target Podcasts ([link removed])

New Editions of Roald Dahl Books Remove Words Deemed Offensive ([link removed])

First Amendment Advocates Sound the Alarm on New Florida Anti-Defamation Bill ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Journalist Uses AI Voice to Break Into Own Bank Account ([link removed])

As Crime-Solving Goes Hi-Tech, Public Defenders Scramble to Keep Up ([link removed])

Predictive Policing Tool Shows Even Lawmakers Can Be Targets ([link removed])

Is Google's AI Manipulating Your Brain? ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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Arizona Senate Bill to Ban ‘Lewd or Sexual’ Books Called Unconstitutional by Experts ([link removed])

States Look to Remove Legal Protections for Gun Industry Amid Mass Shootings ([link removed])

Immigration: Biden Admin. Unveils New Policy to Limit Asylum Access ([link removed])

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