Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison
By: John Whitehead Call it what it is: a panopticon presidency. President Trump’s plan to fuse government power with private surveillance tech to build a centralized, national citizen database is the final step in ...
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The Right to be Left Alone
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting Americans, thereby making warrantless domestic spying easier for the ...
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Technofascism: The Government Pressured Tech Companies to Censor Users
By: John Whitehead Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, has finally admitted what we knew all along: Facebook conspired with the government to censor individuals expressing “disapproved” views about the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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American Theocracy: Politics Has Become Our National Religion
By: John Whitehead Politics has become our national religion. While those on the Left have feared a religious coup by evangelical Christians on the Right, the danger has come ...
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The Social Security and Medicare Scams
By: Laurence M. Vance Charlotte Cowles is a financial advice columnist for The Cut, “a New York Magazine site dedicated to women’s lives and interests, including politics, work, money, relationships, ...
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Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List
By: John Whitehead According to the FBI, you may be an anti-government extremist if you’ve: a) purchased a Bible or other religious materials, b) used terms like “MAGA” and “Trump,” c) ...
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Taking Free Speech Seriously
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano Can the government prevent Big Tech from censoring political and cultural voices on their platforms? Can the government regulate these platforms to compel speech the government ...
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Tyranny Is Rising as Freedom Falls
By: John Whitehead Day by day, tyranny is rising as freedom falls. The U.S. military is being used to patrol subway stations and police the U.S.-Mexico border, supposedly in the name of ...
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Patriot Act at 22: We can only be Truly Safe when We’re Free
By: Michael Boldin 22 years ago – on Oct 26, 2001 – the Patriot Act was signed into law. As John Whitehead wrote, “we’re still grappling with the blowback that arises from ...
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22 Years of Blowback from the USA Patriot Act
By: John Whitehead For those who remember the days and months that followed 9/11, there is an unnerving feeling of déjà vu about the Hamas attacks on Israel. The same shocking ...
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