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Federal judge rules warrantless searches using automated license plate readers as unconstitutionalA federal judge in Tulsa, Oklahoma ruled on Oct. 1 that a sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment by searching a woman’s license plate in Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader system without a warrant, marking one of the first federal court rulings to declare such surveillance unconstitutional. The case involved Melisa Kyle, whose…
Bipartisan Ban Flock Act targets federal use of license plate surveillance networksA new bipartisan bill, the Ban Flock Act, has been introduced in Congress to prohibit federal agencies from using automated license plate reader (ALPR) data. The legislation would block federal funding for state and local governments that continue using ALPR systems. Private data brokers and homeowner associations would be covered under the ban on…
One Big Beautiful Bill Act Medicaid cuts begin: Thousands of lawful immigrants lose health coverage, advocates warn of widespread falloutThis rule uses the lie of “Medicaid fraud by illegal immigrants” to implement a Digital ID control system, stripping healthcare from legitimate citizens—especially the mentally ill, homeless and elderly—as part of the depopulation agenda, forcing them into sickness and death. Refugees, asylees, domestic violence survivors and sex trafficking victims—not…
CBP Axes Biden-Era Rule Permitting Private Donations for Detained IllegalsCustoms and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott issued a memo withdrawing the agency from a Biden-era directive that authorized the solicitation and acceptance of private donations for illegal aliens in federal custody, according to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin. Scott told Melugin on Sept. 23 that the order is no longer needed or…
FBI Director Defends Surveillance Partnerships at Senate Judiciary HearingFBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 15, 2026, defending the bureau’s access to license plate reader data and its expanding partnerships with private technology companies. The hearing, which lasted several hours, examined the FBI’s use of data collected by private companies and municipalities, queries conducted…
Bill Gates Calls for International AI Regulation, Cites “Alien Intelligence” RiskMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates said in a Reuters interview published Tuesday, Sept. 15, that no national government is adequately prepared for artificial intelligence (AI) and that an international body should be created to police the technology, according to ZeroHedge [1]. “I don’t think any government is nearly as deep on this as they have to […]
Citizenship Under Siege: Denaturalization Cases Surge, With DOJ Filing 105 Lawsuits in Seven MonthsAt least 105 civil denaturalization lawsuits were filed in federal district courts during the first seven months of 2026, including 50 in July alone, according to data published by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) [1]. The organization previously reported that roughly 125 such lawsuits were filed nationwide between…
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Citizenship Verification of VotersThe Justice Department on Sept. 8 filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court seeking to allow the federal government to verify the citizenship of voters using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) immigration database [1]. The request follows a federal judge’s ruling earlier in the year that determined the administration’s use…
Twenty-five years of “temporary”: how 9/11 built a surveillance state Americans never voted forThe towers fell in a single morning, but the government that rose from the rubble never stopped growing. A quarter-century after September 11, 2001, the emergency measures that the federal government swore were only temporary have calcified into a permanent architecture — an alphabet soup of agencies, a legal doctrine of pre-emption, and a surveillance…
Hawley Expands AI Surveillance Probe to Axon, Motorola and VerkadaSen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has expanded his investigation into artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted surveillance systems, sending letters to the chief executive officers of Axon Enterprise, Motorola Solutions and Verkada. The letters, sent last week, inform these companies that they are now part of a probe that began with an inquiry into Flock Safety on…
Amazon Faces Class Action Over Alleged Pregnancy Discrimination in Warehouse OperationsFour former Amazon warehouse employees filed a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday, alleging the retailer systematically discriminated against pregnant workers, according to the complaint. The lawsuit claims Amazon violated the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and New York labor law by denying…
Lawmakers Demand Investigation into DHS Secret Surveillance of Journalists and NonTwo members of Congress formally asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to investigate the Department of Homeland Security‘s (DHS) use of administrative summonses to secretly collect records on journalists, labor unions and non-profit organizations. The request, penned by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal…
Senate Subcommittee Probes Flock Safety Over LicenseThe U.S. Senate has opened an inquiry into Flock Safety, a major manufacturer of automated license-plate readers, over its data collection and search practices. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, sent a letter on Aug. 26 to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley, demanding documents and answers by […]
Fauci faces mounting legal pressure as Senate probes intensifyDr. Anthony Fauci refused a private transcribed interview with Sen. Ron Johnson’s subcommittee investigating the federal COVID-19 response. Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran alleged his 2021 Wuhan lab-leak investigation was gutted after the script was sent to Fauci for review. The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines to hold…