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Matt Agorist

Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project.

Minneola, FL — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Minneola, Florida has arrested one of their own deputies this week after he was busted recruiting multiple girls to make pornographic videos for money. Deputy Jose Rodriguez is accused of recruiting several underage girls for these disturbing acts while he was …

Seminole, OK — Over the years, TFTP has reported on numerous incidents of CPS or police officers taking children from caring parents and putting them into utterly horrifying situations where they are beaten or raped. Many times, these parents have simply been treating their illness with marijuana and have lost their children for it …

In the land of the free, journalists are raided by SWAT teams in an effort to find out their sources and this is in spite of the law protecting journalists from this very act. Freelance journalist Bryan Carmody fell victim to the police state in California last year as multiple …

Chicago, IL — If you were murdered today, there’s only a 60% chance of police catching the person who did it. That number drops to 3% if you’re raped. However, as the following case out of Chicago illustrates, if you were observed by police grieving a murdered loved one, you …

Detroit, MI — Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith resigned after having spent 25 years as a prosecutor and assistant prosecutor. Smith has been at the center of a Michigan State Police investigation over how the prosecutor’s office spent civil asset forfeiture funds from drug and alcohol forfeitures. To be clear, …

Since states began locking down in mid-March, unemployment has skyrocketed, businesses have shuttered their doors, and these uncertain times have grown more worrisome by the day. There is one industry that is hurting, however, that shouldn’t bother many of us and that is the Red Light Camera industry. Anyone whose …

After fatally shooting a teenager nearly four years ago, two Chicago Police officers have finally been fired. The officers were the subject of intensive criticism over the years for the shooting death of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal. After the release of a series of body and dash cam videos showing a number …

If you turn on your TV — even if you are watching Netflix or Amazon Prime — you cannot escape seeing some sort of news or warning about the spread of COVID-19. Earlier this week, headlines across all mainstream media sites began the narrative that the virus has killed more …

Albuquerque, NM — Frequent readers of the Free Thought Project know that police officers in the United States have an exceedingly higher rate of domestic violence than any other occupation. The average rate of domestic violence among most families in America is around 10%. As the National Center for Women …

Lawrence Mark Sanger is an American internet project developer and co-founder of the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia. In 2001, Sanger coined the name and wrote much of its original governing policy. Sanger would go on to eventually leave Wikipedia, describing it as “broken beyond repair,” and has been an outspoken advocate …