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Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute

John W. Whitehead

Freedom Under Fire with John Whitehead™, available free of charge, provides listeners and radio stations alike with insightful, relevant and provocative commentary on popular culture and constitutional issues.

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00:09:38

360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2023/01/20

In this age of ubiquitous surveillance, there are no private lives: everything is public. With every new surveillance device we welcome into our lives, the government gains yet another toehold into our private worlds. Indeed, empowered by advances in surveillance technology and emboldened by rapidly expanding public-private partnerships between law enforcement, the Intelligence Community, and the private sector, police have become particularly adept at sidestepping the Fourth Amendment.

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00:08:00

The Constitution Has Already Been Terminated

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/12/21

For anyone to advocate terminating or suspending the Constitution is tantamount to a declaration of war against the founding principles of our representative government and the rule of law. Then again, the Constitution has been on life support for years.

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00:08:44

Make Way for the Killer Robots: The Government Is...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/12/14

Police now have the power to kill with immunity using remote-controlled robots. It’s only a matter of time before these killer robots become as common as SWAT teams.

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00:08:41

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/12/08

There will come a time in the not-so-distant future when the very act of thinking for ourselves is not just outlawed but unthinkable. Where this leads is the stuff of dystopian nightmares: societies that value conformity and group-think over individuality; a populace so adept at self-censorship and compliance that they are capable only of obeying the government’s dictates without the ability to parse out whether those dictates should be obeyed; and a language limited to government-speak.

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00:08:55

Techno-Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay: China and...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/11/27

The future of this nation is being forged beyond the reach of our laws, elections and borders by techno-authoritarian powers with no regard for individuality, privacy or freedom.

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00:08:06

America’s Death Squads: When Police Become Judge,...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/10/19

Warrior cops, hyped up on their own authority and the power of the badge—who feel empowered to act as judge, jury and executioner—have not made America any safer or freer. These death squads believe they can kill, shoot, taser, abuse and steal from American citizens in the so-called name of law and order.

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00:08:55

All of Us Are in Danger: When Anti-Government Speech...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/10/12

Anti-government speech has become a four-letter word. In more and more cases, the government is declaring war on what should be protected political speech whenever it challenges the government’s power, reveals the government’s corruption, exposes the government’s lies, and encourages the citizenry to push back against the government’s many injustices. The ramifications are so far-reaching as to render almost every American an extremist in word, deed, thought or by association.

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00:09:38

Federal Bureau of Intimidation: The Government’s War...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/10/05

Discredit, disrupt, and destroy. That is how the government plans to get rid of activists and dissidents who stand in its way. This has always been the modus operandi of the FBI (more aptly referred to as the Federal Bureau of Intimidation): muzzle anti-government sentiment, harass activists, and terrorize Americans into compliance.

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00:09:22

Masters of Deceit: The Government’s Propaganda of...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/09/29

The U.S. government has become a master of deceit. Indeed, with every passing day, it becomes painfully clear that this is not a government that can be trusted with your life, your loved ones, your livelihood or your freedoms.

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00:09:21

Weaponizing the Bureaucracy: Who Will Protect Us from...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/08/26

We have what the founders feared most: a “standing” or permanent army on American soil. This de facto standing army is made up of weaponized, militarized, civilian forces which look like, dress like, and act like the military; are armed with guns, ammunition and military-style equipment; are authorized to make arrests; and are trained in military tactics. Mind you, this de facto standing army of bureaucratic, administrative, non-military, paper-pushing, non-traditional law enforcement agencies may

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00:08:45

Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/07/21

Governments and corporations alike have heedlessly adopted AI surveillance technologies without any care or concern for their long-term impact on the rights of the citizenry. Indeed, with every new AI surveillance technology that is adopted and deployed without any regard for privacy, Fourth Amendment rights and due process, the rights of the citizenry are being marginalized, undermined and eviscerated. Cue the rise of digital authoritarianism.

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00:08:00

Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/07/13

We are witnessing the gradual dismantling of every constitutional principle that serves as a bulwark against government tyranny, overreach and abuse. As usual, the latest assault comes from the U.S. Supreme Court.

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00:08:32

Rogue Cops: The Supreme Court Is Turning America Into...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/07/06

The Supreme Court has spoken: there will be no consequences for cops who brutalize the citizenry and no justice for the victims of police brutality. Although the Court’s 2021-22 rulings on qualified immunity for police who engage in official misconduct were largely overshadowed by its politically polarizing rulings on abortion, gun ownership and religion, they were no less devastating.

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00:09:00

Everything Is a Weapon: The U.S. Government Is Waging...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/06/08

For years now, the U.S. government has been bombarding the citizenry with propaganda campaigns and psychological operations aimed at keeping us compliant, easily controlled and supportive of the police state’s various efforts abroad and domestically.

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00:08:53

America, Meet Your New Dictator-in-Chief: The...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/06/05

Secret, unchecked presidential powers—acquired through the use of executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements and which can be activated by any sitting president—enable past, president and future presidents to operate above the law and beyond the reach of the Constitution.

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00:08:45

Mass Shootings: The Vicious Cycle Fueled By America’s...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/05/26

With alarming regularity, the nation is being subjected to a heartbreaking spate of violence that terrorizes the populace, fractures communities, and gives the government greater justifications to crack down, lock down, and institute even more authoritarian policies for the so-called sake of national security without many objections from the citizenry.

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00:08:53

Get Ready to Be Muzzled: The Coming War on So-Called...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/05/20

Beware of those who want to monitor, muzzle, catalogue and censor speech. Especially be on your guard when the reasons given for limiting your freedoms end up expanding the government’s powers. After all, it’s a slippery slope from censoring so-called illegitimate ideas to silencing truth.

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00:08:11

Flagged as a Threat: Predictive AI Technology Puts a...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/05/12

You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in America will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score. It’s just a matter of time before you find yourself wrongly accused, investigated and confronted by police based on a data-driven algorithm or risk assessment culled together by a computer program run by artificial intelligence.

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00:08:30

When the Government Plays God: The Slippery Slope...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/05/06

In the 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, the government has come to believe that it not only has the power to determine who is deserving of constitutional rights in the eyes of the law but it also has the authority to deny those rights to an American citizen.

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00:08:08

The Illusion of Freedom: We’re Only as Free as the...

Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute ·

2022/04/28

We’re in a national state of denial. For years now, the government has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with the American people, letting us enjoy just enough freedom to think we are free but not enough to actually allow us to live as a free people.

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