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• When the government gets it wrong, why are you stuck with the bill? The government shouldn't be able to take your property, make you pay to get it back, and then walk away without being held accountable. A Supreme Court case exposes the staggering cost of fighting back against government seizures. Like, read, share and follow. https://tinyurl.com/ympv7xdt

  26 October 2026 · The Rutherford Institute · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• No matter who wins this election, the need to defend the Constitution does not end on Election Day. The Rutherford Institute has spent more than four decades holding government accountable—regardless of which party is in power. Help us keep doing that critical work to make America free again: https://www.rutherford.org/donate

  26 October 2026 · The Rutherford Institute · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• Constitutional rights have become bargaining chips in a political game that ordinary Americans always seem to lose. ____ There was a time when thinking for yourself was considered a virtue. These days, it can make you a political outcast. Question the Democrats, and you're accused of being a Republican. Question the Republicans, and you're branded a Democrat. Criticize Donald Trump, and you're dismissed as suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Criticize his opponents, and you're accused

  21 October 2026 · The Rutherford Institute · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• The danger isn’t any one abuse of power. It’s what happens when abuse becomes the norm. This week’s Freedom Watch tracks the battles over AI surveillance, ICE enforcement, police misconduct, privacy, emergency powers and the courts being asked to draw the line. ____ Freedom Watch (10/18/26) • The Warning Signs Are Getting Harder to Ignore Like, read and share. https://mailchi.mp/rutherford/freedom-watch-the-warning-signs-are-getting-harder-to-ignore

  18 October 2026 · The Rutherford Institute · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

• “National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. ____ For decades, presidents of both parties have inherited—and expanded—extraordinary powers justified by war, terrorism, emergency and national security. Every expansion of government power creates a precedent for whoever comes next. Once those powers are established, they rarely disappear. They become tools waiting for the next administration. And little by little, exceptions to constitutional sa

  16 October 2026 · The Rutherford Institute · $0 – $99 · 6K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• The spectacle of public executions. Deadly military strikes on foreign countries. Innocent civilian lives lost to war. Aggressive ICE raids. Government officials accused of using their powers to intimidate political opponents. Public office increasingly entangled with private financial interests. Government leaders who glorify violence, spew hatred, stir up racial prejudice, provoke civil unrest, and stoke discontent. This is what it looks like when a nation loses its way. When government off

  16 October 2026 · The Rutherford Institute · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library