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Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Last week, Louisianians were hit with what meteorologists dubbed a ‘1,000-year’ flood. Tragic displays of people losing their homes, death tolls, images of destruction, and general chaos dominated mainstream media. However, when the rain stopped — so did the media’s coverage. Prior to the media …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Tahlequah, OK — Graphic body cam footage was released this week showing officers needlessly escalate to deadly force as they surrounded a man who was holding up a hammer. One of the officers effectively deployed his taser to stop the man, however, …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Chicago, IL — (RT) An investigation into 10 recent Chicago criminal cases unearthed the extraordinary reach of the state’s “felony murder rule,” which is being used to cover up police crime, as well as prosecute and incarcerate the innocent, according to a …

Article first appeared at the Free Thought Project. Few people in modern history have spawned an awakening of the masses like former Congressman, Dr. Ron Paul. Throughout his tenure in Congress, Ron Paul was known as ‘Dr. No’ because he voted on 100% principal. Unlike any of his peers, Ron …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Courtesy Little Redfeather Design/Honor the Earth The Camp of the Sacred Stones has swelled from a few dozen to more than 2,500, according to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe officials. They are calling for further review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, approved …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Charlotte, NC — A community and family is mourning the loss of Daniel Kevin Harris, whose life was taken this week by a State Trooper who apparently fears sign language. Harris, who is deaf and mute, was gunned down in front of …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Samuel and Vicki Weaver (left and rear-center) pose with Sara and Rachel. Randall and Vicki Weaver and their children wanted nothing more than to be left to live an isolated life in peace in their cabin enclave on a northern Idaho mountain …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. “America’s toughest sheriff,” as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio frequently boasts of himself, is in hot water after a federal judge on Friday recommended criminal prosecution against the contentious Arizona lawman for violating court orders from a 2011 racial profiling case. U.S. …

“There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.”—Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor The U.S. government remains the greatest threat to our freedoms. The systemic violence being perpetrated by agents of the government has done more collective harm to the American people and our …

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has already put in motion the relinquishing of U.S. control of the Internet’s Domain Name System to a ‘privatized’ international body, which will occur in a few weeks, violating federal law. The Washington Examiner reports that: “the feds are constitutionally prohibited from transferring federal property without …