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MARCH 12, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business 

A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best 

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 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

SCOTUS Gives Texas a Free Pass on Law That Could Chill the Right to Criticize Government, Make It Illegal for a Parent to Repeatedly Text Child  

Supreme Court Case Pits Postal Worker’s Request to Get Sundays Off for Church Against Government Contract to Deliver Sunday Amazon Packages 

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

Federal Court Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Over Councilman Calling Cops ‘Murderers’ 

Federal Judge Pauses Church’s Fight Over Santa Clara COVID Rules 

Appeals Court Upholds Restriction on Twitter’s First Amendment Right to Publish National Security Transparency Report 

Virginia Judge Rules Human Embryos Are ‘Chattel’ Based on Centuries-Old Slave Laws

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

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

Child Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

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

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

Colorado Governor Signs Expanded Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing 

U.S. Justice Dept Takes a Hard Line on Sentencing Reform

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

If You Commit a Crime, Report It on Your Taxes, IRS Says 

Cops Listening To 911 Calls In Real-Time And Geofencing Without A Warrant: A Deadly Combination

BEHIND BARS

State Prison Asks for Help From National Guard
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GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Nearly 200 New Orleans Cops Were Accused Of Sexual Misconduct, Domestic Violence, or Harassment

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

FBI and Pentagon Pushed Research Into Facial Recognition Surveillance 

FBI Admits to Buying Geolocation Data 

Ring Allows Cops To Acquire Recordings Of Non-Suspect’s Home And Business 

DHS Oversight Report Says ICE, Secret Service Illegally Deployed Stingray Devices 

'Geofence' Warrants Threaten Every Cell Phone User  

Now They Can Actually Use WiFi “To See People Through Walls”

FREE SPEECH

‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’ Uses Power to Threaten Democracy

TECHNOLOGY

How Single-Celled Yeasts Are Doing the Work of 1,500-Pound Cows 

Ford Wins Patent for Technology to Remotely Disable Vehicles

POLITICS

White House Silent on COVID-19 Origins Bill Awaiting Biden’s Signature

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