# police state (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover police state. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Gloves Are Off: ICE, Electric Shock Weapons and Secret Police](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_gloves_are_off_ice_electric_shock_weapons_and_secret_police) _2026-08-19 · By John & Nisha Whitehead · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ ICE is preparing to spend millions of dollars equipping agents with electric shock gloves designed to inflict pain and compel "compliance." In the hands of an agency already accused of excessive force, unlawful arrests, secrecy, mass surveillance and constitutional violations, these so-called less-lethal weapons pose a much larger danger. The problem is not merely the weapon. It is what happens… ## [The Gloves Are Off: ICE, Electric Shock Weapons and Secret Police \[SHORT\]](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_gloves_are_off_ice_electric_shock_weapons_and_secret_police_short) _2026-08-19 · By John & Nisha Whitehead · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ ICE is preparing to spend millions of dollars equipping agents with electric shock gloves designed to inflict pain and compel "compliance." In the hands of an agency already accused of excessive force, unlawful arrests, secrecy, mass surveillance and constitutional violations, these so-called less-lethal weapons pose a much larger danger. The problem is not merely the weapon. It is what happens… ## [Political Speech Under Threat: The Government Is Using Deportation to Silence Dissent](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/political_speech_under_threat_the_government_is_using_deportation_to_silence_dissent) _2026-08-14 · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ Can the government arrest and threaten to deport a handful of political dissenters in order to frighten everyone else into silence? The Rutherford Institute has joined civil liberties groups in AAUP v. Rubio and The Stanford Daily v. Rubio to challenge government efforts that threaten to turn immigration enforcement into a weapon for punishing political speech and chilling First Amendment rights.… ## [The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army on American Streets](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_posse_comitatus_presidency_trumps_standing_army_on_american_streets) _2026-08-12 · By John & Nisha Whitehead · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ One year after President Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., the so-called "emergency" is over-but the troops never left. Now the Pentagon is preparing to keep a standing military presence in the nation's capital through the end of Trump's term. What began as an extraordinary response to a supposed crime crisis is becoming something far more dangerous: a precedent for using… ## [The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army on American Streets \[SHORT\]](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_posse_comitatus_presidency_trumps_standing_army_on_american_streets_short) _2026-08-12 · By John & Nisha Whitehead · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ One year after President Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., the so-called "emergency" is over-but the troops never left. Now the Pentagon is preparing to keep a standing military presence in the nation's capital through the end of Trump's term. What began as an extraordinary response to a supposed crime crisis is becoming something far more dangerous: a precedent for using… ## [Who Decides What You Can Display on Your Own Property? Rutherford Institute Issues Guidance on Signs, Flags and Religious Displays](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/who_decides_what_you_can_display_on_your_own_property_rutherford_institute_issues_guidance_on_signs_flags_and_religious_displays) _2026-08-06 · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ The First Amendment protects more than spoken and written words. It also protects the right to communicate through signs, flags, crosses, banners, artwork and other expressive displays on private property. While local governments may enforce reasonable, content-neutral safety and land-use regulations, they may not favor approved messages, suppress controversial viewpoints or make protected… ## [Constitutional Q&A: The Right to Display First Amendment Messages on Private Property](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/legal_features/constitutional_qa_the_right_to_display_first_amendment_messages_on_private_property) _2026-08-06 · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ The First Amendment protects more than the right to speak. It also protects the right to communicate through signs, symbols, flags, art and religious displays without government favoring some viewpoints and suppressing others. In this Constitutional Q&A, The Rutherford Institute explains the constitutional protections governing First Amendment displays on private property and offers general… ## [America Reaps What Trump Sows: The Price of Policing the Globe](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/america_reaps_what_trump_sows_the_price_of_policing_the_globe) _2026-08-05 · By John & Nisha Whitehead · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ No government can bomb, threaten and police the world indefinitely without eventually bringing the consequences home. They come home through hacked water systems, heightened surveillance, militarized police and demands that Americans surrender still more freedom in exchange for protection from dangers the government helped create. This is blowback-and once again, "we the people" will be left to… ## [America Reaps What Trump Sows: The Price of Policing the Globe \[SHORT\]](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/america_reaps_what_trump_sows_the_price_of_policing_the_globe_short) _2026-08-05 · By John & Nisha Whitehead · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ No government can bomb, threaten and police the world indefinitely without eventually bringing the consequences home. They come home through hacked water systems, heightened surveillance, militarized police and demands that Americans surrender still more freedom in exchange for protection from dangers the government helped create. This is blowback-and once again, "we the people" will be left to… ## [Rutherford Institute Urges Localities Not To Penalize Compassion by Placing Roadblocks Before Churches Ministering to the Homeless](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/rutherford_institute_urges_localities_not_to_penalize_compassion_by_placing_roadblocks_before_churches_ministering_to_the_homeless) _2026-08-03 · The Rutherford Institute RSS Updates_ Government officials are increasingly passing laws that make it harder for the homeless to survive in public spaces-while regulating, restricting or even penalizing churches, religious charities and nonprofits that attempt to help. 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In some cases, real, undoctored photos that seem to reveal unpleasant ## ["Unworthy of Life"](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/06/unworthy-of-life.html) _2026-06-20 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ This excerpt is republished, with permission, from "Let's Go Somewhere Else". Much of what we know about the WWII concentration camps comes from the Nazis' own documentation of events; they kept meticulous records and took many photos. They were intent on documenting everything they did, because at some point Hitler wanted to set up a museum about the extermination of the Jewish race. Upon ## [Whose Mail Is It, Anyway?](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/06/whose-mail-is-it-anyway.html) _2026-06-10 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Mathyas Kurmann on Unsplash As you probably know, the war on voting includes a campaign to eliminate voting by mail. donald has now issued a proclamation instructing the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to people whose names appear on a list approved by the federal government. There are many obvious flaws in this plan. People who oppose it point out that the states, ## [One Man's Ego](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/06/one-mans-ego.html) _2026-06-05 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Around the year 64, the Roman emperor Nero commissioned a huge statue depicting himself as a god. The bronze statue, designed and constructed by the Greek architect Zenodorus, was approximately 115 feet high, comparable to our Statue of Liberty. It was so heavy, it took a team of 24 elephants to move it. The statue was not covered with gold. Known as the Colossus of Nero (Colossus Neronis), the ## [Whose Fault is it Anyway?](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/whose-fault-is-it-anyway.html) _2026-05-27 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash Before "no fault divorce," people who wanted to dissolve their marriages faced serious obstacles. Typically, one partner had to go to court and prove that the other partner was at fault. Reasons could include adultery, desertion, extreme cruelty, and habitual drunkenness. The judge would hear the evidence and then decide whether the claim was ## ["You Will Ride a Bicycle, and You Will Like It."](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/you-will-ride-bicycle-and-you-will-like.html) _2026-05-25 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ A bicycle garage in Amsterdam Photo by Anthony Tilke on Unsplash There are a lot of people who quite adamantly believe that every city's air quality, transportation and parking problems could be solved if we would just ban cars and make everyone ride bicycles everywhere. This would make our streets "pedestrian friendly." What they often fail to consider: Will employers provide ## [Why You Shouldn't Use AI to Write Your Blog Posts](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/why-you-shouldnt-use-ai-to-write-your.html) _2026-05-12 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash I asked Claude, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to write a blog post on "why it's a bad idea to have AI write a blog post. Here's what I got. Why You Shouldn't Use AI to Write Your Blog Posts There's a certain irony in asking an AI to make the case against AI-written content. But maybe that's exactly why it works — who better ## [Random Observations](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/05/random-observations.html) _2026-05-06 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Photo by Ondrej Bocek on Unsplash Every business, every website, every product - they all want me to download their app. Each of these apps does only one thing: serve the interests of that one product or site. I have enough apps on my phone. I can't manage thousands of them, and even if I could, I don't want to. We now have government officials urging us to dress up for airplane ## [Priorities](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/03/priorities.html) _2026-03-18 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ AI-generated image The powerful people who are privileged with deciding our fates exhibit a strange mentality. Some, apparently, really believe in certain "end times" prophecies and hope to hasten the end of the world for religious reasons. Others truly don't care about life on earth, and just don't mind destroying everything. But all of them want to get rich along the way, as if the memory of ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/q2rdJ5nsG0Dh) _2026-03-18 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Random Thoughts](http://www.touringthevalley.org/2026/03/random-thoughts.html) _2026-03-12 · Unknown · Touring the Valley_ Imagine what it would be like if wars could operate only on Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 4:00, while billions of dollars were poured into the children's library. ━━━━⊱༒︎ • ༒︎⊰━━━━ We need to outlaw the medicine bottle caps that require "push down and turn". ━━━━⊱༒︎ • ༒︎⊰━━━━ The same people who want to legislate personhood for fetuses and zygotes, routinely deny the personhood of