John Whitehead

Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. His new book Battlefield America: The War on the American People (SelectBooks, 2015) is available online at www.amazon.com. Whitehead can be contacted at johnw@rutherford.org.

Digital Trails: How the FBI Identifies, Tracks and Rounds Up Dissidents

The government’s efforts to round up those who took part in the Capitol riots shows exactly how vulnerable we all are to the menace of a surveillance state that aspires to a God-like awareness of our lives.

March 17th, 2021

By Nisha Whitehead and
John Whitehead

Digital Trails: How the FBI Identifies, Tracks and Rounds Up Dissidents

Americans deserve the freedom to choose a life without surveillance and the government regulation that would make that possible. While we continue to believe the sentiment, we fear it may soon be obsolete or irrelevant. We deserve that freedom, but the

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Don’t Impeach Trump. Impeach the Deep State for Its Conspiracy to Kill the Constitution

Impeaching Trump will accomplish very little, and it will not in any way improve the plight of the average American. It will only reinforce the spectacle and farce that have come to be synonymous with politics today.

February 09th, 2021

By John Whitehead and
Nisha Whitehead

Don’t Impeach Trump. Impeach the Deep State for Its Conspiracy to Kill the Constitution

All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific

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The Deep State’s Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes

Donald Trump swore to drain the swamp in Washington DC, instead, he paved the way for lobbyists, corporations, and the military industrial complex. Here’s why Joe Biden will be no different.

January 20th, 2021

By John Whitehead

The Deep State’s Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes

You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country…why in the name of God don’t you have any faith in the system of government you’re so hell-bent to protect? You want to defend the United States of America, then defend it with the tools it supplies you with—its Constitution. You ask for a mandate, General, from a ballot box.

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A Nation Imploding: Digital Tyranny, Insurrection and Martial Law

This is what we have been reduced to: A violent mob. A nation on the brink of martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of the country. And a Constitution in tatters.

January 13th, 2021

By John Whitehead and
Nisha Whitehead

A Nation Imploding: Digital Tyranny, Insurrection and Martial Law

“In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. [Y]ou can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country, in great polarization…filled with hatred toward one another. Or

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What If Jesus Had Been Born in the American Police State?

Today, Jesus’ anti-government views would certainly have resulted in him being labeled a domestic extremist by law enforcement agencies.

December 22nd, 2020

By John Whitehead

What If Jesus Had Been Born in the American Police State?

The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary traveled to the little town of Bethlehem so that they could be counted. There being no room for the couple at any of the inns, they stayed in a stable (a

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Don’t Vote for a Psychopath: Tyranny at the Hands of a Psychopathic Government

Studies have shown that despite clear evidence of the damage that has already been inflicted on our nation and its citizens by a psychopathic government, voters continue to elect psychopaths to positions of power and influence.

October 21st, 2020

By John Whitehead

Don’t Vote for a Psychopath: Tyranny at the Hands of a Psychopathic Government

Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. "I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute

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Don’t Be Fooled: The 2020 Election Has Already Been Decided

Voting booths have already been hijacked by a political elite comprised of Republicans and Democrats who are determined to retain power at all costs. The outcome is a foregone conclusion: the Deep State will win and “we the people” will lose.

September 29th, 2020

By John Whitehead