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MARCH 26, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Circus Politics Are Intended to Distract Us. Don’t Be Distracted 

Geofence Surveillance: First, They Spied on Protesters. Then Churches. You’re Next 

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

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Asset Forfeiture Scheme Empowers Cops to Seize and Keep Cars, Cash & Homes Even When Owners Are Not Charged With a Crime 

Calif. Officials Used Cell Phone Data, Geofence Surveillance to Spy on Church Assemblies During COVID-19 Lockdown 

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 
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IN THE COURTS

Idaho Supreme Court Rules Fourth Amendment Violated When Drug-Sniffing Dog "Intermeddled" With Defendant's Car 

Court: First Amendment Protects Warning Drivers About Police Checkpoints

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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

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

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

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

As New York Pays Out Millions In Police Misconduct Settlements, Lawmakers Ask Why They Keep Happening 

Philadelphia to Pay Nearly $10 Million to Settle Police Misconduct Suit 

Louisville Police Engaged in Pattern of Misconduct, Justice Dept. Finds 

The FBI Took Her Life Savings But Won’t Say What She Did Wrong

AMERICA AT WAR

How The U.S. Military Developed A Rifle That Caused Temporary Blindness

BEHIND BARS

Executions by Firing Squad May Be Coming Back in the US
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Mapping Project Reveals Locations of U.S. Border Surveillance Towers 

DHS Just Turned 20. It's Time To Abolish It

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

A Corrupt Cop Lead to Nearly 200 Wrongful Convictions 

Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles Is Caught Collecting and Selling Personal Data 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

NYPD Facing Lawsuit Over Expansive DNA Database 

Your House Has Been Googled – but Don’t Call the Police 

Amazon Sued for Allegedly Not Telling NY Store Customers About Body Scans 

FBI Finally Admits to Buying Location Data on Americans 

Fourth Amendment Under Warrantless Assault 

US Allegedly Developing Domestic Biometric Surveillance

ASSET FORFEITURE

In Memphis, Car Seizures Are a Lucrative and Punishing Police Tactic 

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Man Who Had $39K Seized Gets Money Returned

TECHNOLOGY

A Nonprofit Wants Your DNA Data to Solve Crimes 

Public Outcry Prompts Delay of LAPD Robot Dog Vote

ECONOMY

Toward Cashless: Panera Bread Debuts Palm Reading Payment System

POLITICS

West Virginia GOP Governor Signs ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill 

US Lawmakers Warn ‘Clean Reauthorization’ of Surveillance Authorities a ‘Nonstarter’ 

Florida Lawmakers Drop Plans to Tackle Unpaid ‘Slave’ Prison Labor 

Ron DeSantis’s Plan to Strip First Amendment Rights From the Press, Explained

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