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** MARCH 26, 2023
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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Circus Politics Are Intended to Distract Us. Don’t Be Distracted ([link removed])

Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next ([link removed])

The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Asset Forfeiture Scheme Empowers Cops to Seize and Keep Cars, Cash & Homes Even When Owners Are Not Charged With a Crime ([link removed])

Calif. Officials Used Cell Phone Data, Geofence Surveillance to Spy on Church Assemblies During COVID-19 Lockdown ([link removed])

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 ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Idaho Supreme Court Rules Fourth Amendment Violated When Drug-Sniffing Dog "Intermeddled" With Defendant's Car ([link removed])

Court: First Amendment Protects Warning Drivers About Police Checkpoints ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government. America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise ([link removed])

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

Dictators Bent on Building Military Empires: The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business: Worldview Weekend ([link removed])


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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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As New York Pays Out Millions In Police Misconduct Settlements, Lawmakers Ask Why They Keep Happening ([link removed])

Philadelphia to Pay Nearly $10 Million to Settle Police Misconduct Suit ([link removed])

Louisville Police Engaged in Pattern of Misconduct, Justice Dept. Finds ([link removed])

The FBI Took Her Life Savings But Won’t Say What She Did Wrong ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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How The U.S. Military Developed A Rifle That Caused Temporary Blindness ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Executions by Firing Squad May Be Coming Back in the US ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Mapping Project Reveals Locations of U.S. Border Surveillance Towers ([link removed])

DHS Just Turned 20. It's Time To Abolish It ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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A Corrupt Cop Lead to Nearly 200 Wrongful Convictions ([link removed])

Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles Is Caught Collecting and Selling Personal Data ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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NYPD Facing Lawsuit Over Expansive DNA Database ([link removed])

Your House Has Been Googled – but Don’t Call the Police ([link removed])

Amazon Sued for Allegedly Not Telling NY Store Customers About Body Scans ([link removed])

FBI Finally Admits to Buying Location Data on Americans ([link removed])

Fourth Amendment Under Warrantless Assault ([link removed])

US Allegedly Developing Domestic Biometric Surveillance ([link removed])


** ASSET FORFEITURE
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In Memphis, Car Seizures Are a Lucrative and Punishing Police Tactic ([link removed])

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Man Who Had $39K Seized Gets Money Returned ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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A Nonprofit Wants Your DNA Data to Solve Crimes ([link removed])

Public Outcry Prompts Delay of LAPD Robot Dog Vote ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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Toward Cashless: Panera Bread Debuts Palm Reading Payment System ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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West Virginia GOP Governor Signs ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill ([link removed])

US Lawmakers Warn ‘Clean Reauthorization’ of Surveillance Authorities a ‘Nonstarter’ ([link removed])

Florida Lawmakers Drop Plans to Tackle Unpaid ‘Slave’ Prison Labor ([link removed])

Ron DeSantis’s Plan to Strip First Amendment Rights From the Press, Explained ([link removed])

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