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Commentary
The Mind Control Police: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”— George Orwell The U.S. government, which speaks in…
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Dystopia Disguised as Democracy: All the Ways in Which Freedom Is an Illusion
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the…
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NC Board of County Commissioners Restricts First Amendment Rights, Prohibits Criticism of Government Officials at Public Meetings
ROCKINGHAM, NC — Despite warnings from civil liberties advocates that its actions risk violating the First Amendment, a North Carolina…
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The Government’s Kill Switch for Your Car, Your Freedoms & Your Life
“A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.”—Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle If we…
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Supreme Court Weakens First Amendment Right to Film Police in Public
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a blow to police accountability and the First Amendment right of…
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Authoritarian Madness: The Slippery Slope from Lockdowns to Concentration Camps
“All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwald, the Auschwitzes—all of them. They must remain standing…
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Totalitarian Paranoia Run Amok: Pandemics, Lockdowns & Martial Law
“Totalitarian paranoia runs deep in American society, and it now inhabits the highest levels of government.”—Professor Henry Giroux Once upon…
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State Law Puts Intellectually Disabled at Risk of Execution, Violates Prohibition Against Cruel & Unusual Punishment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing people with intellectual disabilities is unconstitutional, The…
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Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022
“Looking at the present, I see a more probable future: a new despotism creeping slowly across America. Faceless oligarchs sit at…
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2021 Year in Review: Madness, Mayhem & Tyranny
“Tyranny does not flourish because perpetuators are helpless and ignorant of their actions. It flourishes because they actively identify with those…
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Americans Swept Up Into Massive Digital Data Dragnet As Police Use Warrantless Real-Time Cell Phone Data to Track Travel, Movement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is warning that Americans are being swept up into a massive digital data dragnet…
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Attorneys Challenge Government Efforts To Sidestep Accountability & Avoid Paying Legal Fees For Constitutional Violations
RICHMOND, Va. —The Rutherford Institute is challenging government efforts to sidestep accountability and avoid paying legal fees for constitutional violations.…
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The Christmas Baby Born in a Police State: Then and Now
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and…
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Boston Uses ‘Government Speech’ Doctrine to Prohibit Display of Christian Flag While Displaying Flags Promoting Gay Pride, Islam, etc.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is sounding the alarm over attempts by Boston officials to use the “government speech…
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You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It
“He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So…
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