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BOOKS BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD


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NOVEMBER 16, 2025

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State 

Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government 

The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Civil Liberties Groups Urge Supreme Court to Block President’s Attempts to Establish a Standing Army 

Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder to Expose Corruption, Demand Accountability

Truth Matters: Court to Rehear Challenge to President’s Use of National Guard Against Protesters After ‘Factual Discrepancy’ Emerges 

Extreme, Unprecedented, and Unconstitutional: Legal Coalition Warns Against President’s Unchecked Power to Deploy Troops Against Citizenry 

Ideological Extortion: Civil Liberties Groups Challenge the Government’s Political War on ’Thought Crimes’ at Private Universities

LEGAL FEATURES

Who Holds the Power to Tax? The Supreme Court Weighs the Limits of Presidential Power
MAKE THE GOVERNMENT PLAY BY THE RULES OF THE CONSTITUTION

IN THE COURTS

Protest Crackdown and First Amendment Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds 

States’ Lawsuit Over Trump $600 Million Cuts to Teacher Grants Survives 

Republican Challenge to California Voting Map Appears Hamstrung by Supreme Court Precedent 

ICE Must Provide Lawyer Access for Detainees in LA, Judge Says 

Judge Blocks Trump Bid to Strip UC Research Funds Over Unfavorable Viewpoints 

Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas Drag Show Ban 

California Supreme Court Upholds Misgendering Law 

Supreme Court to Decide if Ballots Must Be Received by Election Day 

DOJ Urges Seventh Circuit to Block Order on Immigration Agents’ Excessive Force 

Trump Offers Symbolic, Preemptive Pardons to 2020 Election Deniers 

Alaska Native Villages Sue Trump Over Planned Road Through Wildlife Refuge 

Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Blocking National Guard Troop Deployment in Portland

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Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath 

Apocalypse Now: The Government’s Use of Controlled Chaos to Maintain Power 

We the Exploited: The U.S. Government Buys and Sells Its Citizens for Profit and Power 

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

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

Everywhere Wars in the American Police State (Interview with Declare Your Independence) 

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

'Reign of Terror' in Chicago as Locals Suffer Under 'Secret Police' Sent by Trump

BEHIND BARS

The Prison Economy
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NATIONAL SECURITY

Border Patrol Plans to Expand Trump’s Immigration Crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans, With Armored Vehicles and Special Agents

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

How Trump Has Exploited Pardons to Reward Allies and Supporters

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

DHS Platform with Facial-Recognition Access Quietly Monitored College Football Crowds 

AI Is Killing Privacy. We Can’t Let That Happen 

ICE’s Biometric Dragnet Is a 21st Century General Warrant for Your Body

ASSET FORFEITURE

Nearly 2,000 Forfeiture Cases Have Gone Unreported, Leaving Indiana Lawmakers in the Dark

TECHNOLOGY

Massive AI 11GW Data Center In Texas Cites No Tenants 

Drones, DNA and AI: How Technology Is Transforming the Search for Missing People

ECONOMY

Markets Skyrocket, Then Plummet After Government Reopens 

Pennies Canceled; Mint Says Last One-Cent Coin Has Been Struck

POLITICS

Congress Tightens THC Restrictions on Hemp, Closing Farm Bill Loophole  

Epstein Mentioned Trump Multiple Times in Private Emails, New Release Shows
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