TSA expanding to transit in major cities, Plus Ignorant Comments: Good Morning Liberty 08-31-18

Michael Boldin discusses the unconstitutional TSA working with cities to install body scanners at public transit stations, and response to it from ACLU that's both weak and awesome. Plus ignorant comments of the week! This time on federal enforcement of ... everything.

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Tenther Tuesday Episode 41: News from the Nullification Movement

Michael Boldin and Mike Maharrey talk about some of the latest news in the 10th Amendment and nullification movement including efforts to stop warrantless federal surveillance, nullify federal hemp prohibition and undermine the Federal Reserves monopoly on money.

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State Background Checks for Daycare Providers Part of Growing Federal Biometric Surveillance System

The federal government continues to find new and creative ways to obtain information for its massive and ever-expanding biometric database, Last year, we reported that the feds plan to use a TSA program advertised as a way to avoid lines at airport security checkpoints to harvest photos and other biometric information that will ultimately end…

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California Committee Kills Bill to Help End Unchecked Police Surveillance

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug 22, 2018) –  A California Assembly committee has effectively killed a bill that would have increased oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would have taken the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader…

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Iowa High Court Nullifies Horrible U.S. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment Precedent

"We have repeatedly declined to follow the approach of the United States Supreme Court in its interpretation of what one commentator has referred to as an ever-shrinking Fourth Amendment."

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Lions of Liberty Interview: Battling the Surveillance State

I recently appeared on the Lions of Liberty podcast  – Felony Friday edition – to talk about how we can fight government surveillance at the local level. Since it was Felony Friday, we had to talk about the lawsuit the city of Lexington, Ky., filed against me in an attempt to keep information about police…

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Smart Meters Raise Health, Privacy and Constitutional Concerns

I get more emails about smart meters than any other issue we cover. Pretty much on a weekly basis, somebody asks me how they can opt out of installing these devices in their homes or businesses. Smart meters monitor home energy usage in minute detail in real time. The devices transmit data to the utility…

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