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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Dictators Bent on Building Military Empires: The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars  

Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government. America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise 

Distract, Divide and Conquer: The Painful Truth About the State of Our Union 

Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Supreme Court Lets Police Sidestep Accountability for Retaliating Against Activist Over Right to Criticize the Government Through Satire 

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Wikimedia Lawsuit Challenging Mass Internet Surveillance of Americans by NSA  

Rutherford Institute Warns Police Not to Retaliate Against Citizens Who Exercise Their Constitutional Right to Record Police in Public 

Delaware Sidesteps Due Process, Doubles Down on ‘Evict First, Ask Questions Later’ Practice 

Rutherford Institute Urges San Francisco Police Commission Not to Expand Power to Kill by Arming Robots for Deadly Force Against Citizenry 
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IN THE COURTS

New Hampshire Can’t Force Hospitals to Board Mental Patients in Crisis 

Supreme Court Eviscerates Arizona on Death Penalty Scheme 

Ninth Circuit: No First Amendment Issue in San Francisco Park Code 

Illinois Justices Rule Against White Castle in Landmark Biometric Privacy Decision 

Ninth Circuit Restores Trump-Era Gut of Clean Water Act Rule 

US Court Strikes Down Charter Boat Tracking Rule as a Possible Fourth Amendment Violation 

Fourth Circuit: Individuals Have a First Amendment Right to Livestream Their Own Traffic Stops

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Distract, Divide and Conquer: The Painful Truth About the State of Our Union  

Child Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America 

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

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

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

Techno-Censorship: When Censoring ‘Disinformation’ Becomes Silencing Truth 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Malcom X’s Family Is Suing the CIA, FBI and NYPD  

Vermont Police Use Cigarette DNA to Solve Woman’s Murder, 52 Years On 

NYC Merchants Turn to K-9 Units to Sniff Out Shoplifters 

North Carolina Cop Points Gun at 14-Year-Girl for Calling Her Father During a Traffic Stop 

One in 20 US Homicides Are Committed by Police – and the Numbers Aren’t Falling 

AMERICA AT WAR

US Commits $2 Billion in Drones, Ammunition, Aid to Ukraine

BEHIND BARS

The Case for Getting Rid of America’s Corrupt, Expensive, Barbaric Prisons
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Chinese Agents Hire Private Eyes to Harass Dissidents in U.S., Officials Say

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Government Agencies Are Buying Their Way Around the 4th Amendment

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

A World in Which Your Boss Spies on Your Brainwaves? That Future Is Near 

More Criticism for Border Live-Testing Biometric App for Asylum-Seekers 

The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State 

Know It All: AI, Facial Recognition, and Police Surveillance 

Google's Play Store Privacy Labels Are a 'Total Failure,' Study Finds 

Drones, Stingrays, Hidden Microphones: Law Enforcement in Massachusetts Is Increasingly Using Surveillance Technology

FREE SPEECH & CENSORSHIP

Censors Use AI to Target Podcasts 

New Editions of Roald Dahl Books Remove Words Deemed Offensive 

First Amendment Advocates Sound the Alarm on New Florida Anti-Defamation Bill 

TECHNOLOGY

Journalist Uses AI Voice to Break Into Own Bank Account 

As Crime-Solving Goes Hi-Tech, Public Defenders Scramble to Keep Up 

Predictive Policing Tool Shows Even Lawmakers Can Be Targets 

Is Google's AI Manipulating Your Brain? 

POLITICS

Arizona Senate Bill to Ban ‘Lewd or Sexual’ Books Called Unconstitutional by Experts 

States Look to Remove Legal Protections for Gun Industry Amid Mass Shootings 

Immigration: Biden Admin. Unveils New Policy to Limit Asylum Access 

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