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NOVEMBER 30, 2025

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Giving Thanks for Our Blessings Means Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Police State Tyranny 

America’s Crime Syndicate Government: Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play Presidency 

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 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Supreme Court Fails to Keep a Tight Leash on Police K-9 Drug-Sniff Searches That Intrude Into Vehicles, Raising Fourth Amendment Concerns 

Civil Liberties Groups Urge Supreme Court to Block President’s Use of Troops in Chicago and Rein In Attempts to Establish a Standing Army 

A Loss for Transparency, a Win for Government Secrecy: 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 

Penalizing Dissent: Civil Rights Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Attempts to Muzzle Free Speech and Target Peaceful Protesters

LEGAL FEATURES

Who Holds the Power to Tax? The Supreme Court Weighs the Limits of Presidential Power 

Executive Overreach and the Erosion of Constitutional Safeguards: When the Executive Branch Becomes Judge and Jury 
MAKE THE GOVERNMENT PLAY BY THE RULES OF THE CONSTITUTION

IN THE COURTS

Supreme Court Won’t Let Trump Boot Top Copyright Official, for Now 

Georgia Prosecutor Drops Last Remaining Criminal Case Against Trump 

11th Circuit Rejects Trump’s Attempt to Revive Hillary Clinton Conspiracy 

Federal Judge Says Trump Uses Executive Orders to Usurp Congress 

ICE Must Repay Bond to Immigrants Detained Without Warrants in Colorado 

20 States Sue Trump Over Cuts to HUD Housing Program for Homelessness 

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Driving in Middle Lane Can Be Reason for Traffic Stop

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

Burning the Flag or Torching the Constitution: Only One Destroys Freedom 

We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President 

Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent 

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

Podcast Archive

ON TARGET VODCAST, INTERVIEWS

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

Executive Orders, AI Tyranny, and 42 National Emergencies: Is the Constitution Dead? (Interview with Collapse Life) 

JUSTICE SYSTEM

Gutting of Key US Watchdog Could Pave Way for Grave Immigration Abuses, Experts Warn

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Police Robots Can Now Kill – Have We Gone Too Far? 

Police 'Robot Dogs’ Raise Concerns as More Departments Adopt Them

AMERICA AT WAR

‘Kill Everybody’: Hegseth Reportedly Ordered SEAL Team 6 to Leave No Survivors After Caribbean Boat Strike

BEHIND BARS

ICE Detainees Seek Contempt Order Against DHS Over 26 Federal Plaza Conditions
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NATIONAL SECURITY

ICE Recruits Fail Drug Tests, Background Checks Amid Rush to Expand Force 

National Guard Shooting Suspect Was Likely Vetted by Us Before Being Granted Asylum  

US Will Reexamine All Green Cards Issued to People From 19 Countries 

ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Trump Grants Clemency to Executive Convicted in Fraud Scheme 

Trump to Pardon Ex-Honduras President Convicted of Drug Trafficking 

FBI Director Kash Patel Faces Intensifying Criticism After Girlfriend Reportedly Used FBI Jet

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Nassau County Exec Plans Wall of Surveillance Cameras at NYC-Long Island Border 

Lawmakers Question Legality of Border Patrol License Plate Reader Program 

Some Police Unions Concerned About Use of Facial Recognition to Scan Cops Working Super Bowl 

Judge’s Note on Immigration Agents Using AI Raises Accuracy and Privacy Concerns

TECHNOLOGY

AI Can Already Replace 11.7% Of Entire U.S. Workforce 

POLITICS

Trump’s New Executive Order Brings Together Big Tech, Academics and the Government on AI Research
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