John Whitehead

Charlottesville

Host| The Rutherford Institute at Freedom Under Fire | The Rutherford Institute

Constitutional attorney and author of 'Battlefield America: The War on the American People'

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Articles

Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison

3 days ago | freedombunker.com | John Whitehead

“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission.” — Ayn Rand 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 … READ MORE
Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison

3 days ago | john-w-whitehead.medium.com | John Whitehead

“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission.” — Ayn RandCall it what it is: a panopticon presidency.
Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison

3 days ago | counterpunch.org | 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 transforming America from a constitutional republic into a digital dictatorship armed with algorithms and powered by unaccountable, all-seeing artificial intelligence. This isn’t about national security. It’s about control.
The Algocracy Agenda: How AI and the Deep State Are Digitizing Tyranny

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | John Whitehead

The Deep State is not going away. It’s just being replaced. As we stand on the brink of a new technological order, the machinery of power is quietly shifting into the hands of algorithms. Under Donald Trump’s watch, that shift is being locked in for at least a generation. Trump’s latest legislative initiative—a 10-year ban on AI regulation buried within the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—strips state and local governments of the ability to impose any guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI) until 2035.
The algocracy agenda: How AI and the Deep State are digitizing tyranny

1 week ago | augustafreepress.com | John Whitehead

The Deep State is not going away. It’s just being replaced. Replaced not by a charismatic autocrat or even a shadowy bureaucracy, but by artificial intelligence (AI)—unfeeling, unaccountable, and immortal. As we stand on the brink of a new technological order, the machinery of power is quietly shifting into the hands of algorithms. Under Donald Trump’s watch, that shift is being locked in for at least a generation.
The Algocracy Agenda: How AI & The Deep State Are Digitizing Tyranny

1 week ago | freedombunker.com | John Whitehead

“If one company or small group of people manages to develop godlike digital superintelligence, they could take over the world. At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human is going to die. But for an AI, there would be no death. It would live forever. And then you’d have an immortal dictator from which we … READ MORE
The Algocracy Agenda: How AI and the Deep State Are Digitizing Tyranny

1 week ago | john-w-whitehead.medium.com | John Whitehead

“If one company or small group of people manages to develop godlike digital superintelligence, they could take over the world. At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human is going to die. But for an AI, there would be no death. It would live forever. And then you’d have an immortal dictator from which we can never escape.” — Elon MuskThe Deep State is not going away. It’s just being replaced.
U.S. Supreme Court Deadlock Leaves Religious Charter School Debate-and Free Exercise Rights-in Limbo

1 week ago | freedombunker.com | John Whitehead

WASHINGTON, DC — In a closely watched case with broad implications for religious liberty and the separation of church and state, the U.S. Supreme Court has deadlocked on whether states can prohibit religious charter schools, leaving unresolved questions about the First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses. The 4-4 tie in the consolidated cases of Oklahoma Statewide Virtual … READ MORE
Citizenship as spectacle

1 week ago | augustafreepress.com | John Whitehead

Let us be very clear. The Constitution is not a suggestion or a negotiating tactic. It is not optional. Government officials do not get to pick and choose which laws they will obey. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land: a binding contract between “we the people” of the United States and those we hire to govern.
Trump is making America constitutionally literate

2 weeks ago | augustafreepress.com | John Whitehead

Home Trump is making America constitutionally literate: By violating the Constitution If Donald Trump is remembered for anything, it may be his unintentional role in reviving public interest in the U.S. Constitution. Indeed, few modern political figures have done more to prompt spontaneous national discussions about the Bill of Rights and constitutional limits on government power—if only because Trump tramples on them so frequently.