Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Newcomerstown, OH — On April 11, Newcomerstown police launched a massive statewide “Blue Alert” manhunt for two suspects who allegedly opened fire on officer Brian Eubanks. Departments statewide combed the streets looking for two men in a black Geo Tracker, one wearing a red sweatshirt and the other wearing a lime green shirt. One was in a tactical vest and they were armed with a shotgun and handguns, the attorney general’s office said. Authorities even had a suspect’s name, Chaz Gillilan.   Continue reading “Cop Shoots Himself, Blames Meth Heads, Statewide ‘Blue Alert’ Manhunt Ensues — Based on Lies”

Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a church that sued Missouri for denying it state taxpayer funds for a playground project in a closely watched religious rights case involving public money going to religious entities.

Conservative and liberal justices on the nine-member court indicated that Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri should be allowed to apply for the state grant program that helps nonprofit groups buy rubber playground surfaces made from recycled tires. The church runs a preschool and daycare center.   Continue reading “U.S. justices sympathize with church in key religious rights case”

Judicial Watch

Weeks after the chief law enforcement official in New York State issued “legal guidance” to help municipalities provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants, nearly a dozen have followed through with the attorney general’s order to skirt federal law. The goal, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, is to provide local governments with a tool to “protect their immigrant communities, regardless of new federal enforcement practices.” Those that have followed Schneiderman’s directive range from sleepy towns like Newburgh to larger cities such as Rochester as well as Albany, the state capital.  Continue reading “New York Towns, Cities Follow AG’s Order to Adopt Illegal Alien Sanctuary Laws”

Anti-Media – by James Holbrooks

Highlighting the phenomenon of the “rally effect” — the surge in popular support presidents can receive in times of geopolitical crisis — one media outlet just drew attention to the fact that Donald Trump is seeing a bump in his approval ratings since his recent flexing of military muscle.

Writing for Quartz on Monday, Annalisa Merelli points out that as of April 18, after killing scores of civilians via airstrikes in Syria and dropping the “mother of all bombs” in Afghanistan, Trump’s approval rating in polls has gone up around five points compared to the end of March.   Continue reading “Trump’s Poll Numbers Rise for Every Bomb He Drops”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

In May 2004, one year after the U.S. commenced a full-scale invasion of Iraq, the New York Times issued a half-baked apology for its abysmal coverage of the “intelligence” used to convince America that Iraq was a threat.

“Looking back, we wish we had been more aggressive in re-examining the claims as new evidence emerged — or failed to emerge,” wrote the NYT editors. They also lamented their dependence on Iraqi defectors who made spurious claims to further the goal of regime change.   Continue reading “Govt & Media Doing Exact Same Thing It Did To Start Iraq War, And Americans are Buying It”

Reuters

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been readmitted to a Houston hospital for treatment of a mild case of pneumonia, his second bout of that respiratory illness in three months, but “is going to be fine,” his spokesman said on Tuesday.

Family spokesman Jim McGrath said the 92-year-old former president was hospitalized on Friday “for observation due to a persistent cough that prevented him from getting proper rest.”   Continue reading “Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Houston”

Breitbart – by Cartel Chronicles

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A series of recent gun battles and executions in this border city and in Rio Bravo led to nearly a dozen deaths as clashes with military forces and internal turmoil within the Gulf Cartel is reaching a boiling point.

The violence began last week in the Buena Vista neighborhood of Matamoros when cartel gunmen clashed with military and police forces. As usual, the fighting led to blockades, where cartel gunmen hijacked various vehicles to choke chances of police pursuit down main avenues. In Rio Bravo, troops killed several  gunmen throughout the city.   Continue reading “Cartel Violence Kills 10 near Texas Border”

Anti-Media – by Josey Wales

A vote on whether to approve a proposal that would allow familial DNA searching in certain criminal cases has been delayed by New York state’s Forensic Science Committee. The controversial proposal has been sent back to a special subcommittee to “tighten up the language.” If approved, the new policy would allow police to investigate family members of New Yorkers whose DNA closely matches DNA found at crime scenes.

Because familial searching has gotten little to no coverage in mainstream media, many people have no idea what it is — or that it’s already being used in California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Ohio.   Continue reading “The Most Controversial DNA Test You’ve Never Heard Of”

The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Saratoga, CA — The widow of an 86-year-old Navy veteran who was gunned down by armed intruders in his own home, has filed a lawsuit against her husband’s killers — the Santa Clara County sheriff’s department.

Eugene Craig was gunned down by police as he attempted to shield his wife from armed intruders who’d just broken into his home. The armed intruders were cops.  Continue reading “Cops Gun Down Innocent 86yo Navy Vet as He Protected His Wife from Intruders”

RT

School-issued computer devices – provided to one-third of school children across the US – collect excessive amounts of highly sensitive personal data on the students without parental consent or even prior notice, a new study finds.

Electronic devices distributed in US schools collect unprecedented amounts of personal data on children as young as five years old, according to a new report by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), dubbed ‘Spying on Students’ – the result of a two-year study.  Continue reading “School-issued computers spy on children in US without parental consent – digital rights group”

RT

Top Israeli officials have vowed not to negotiate with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, adding that the death penalty would “prevent” imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti from staging the nationwide protest.

“They are terrorists and incarcerated murderers who are getting what they deserve and we have no reason to negotiate with them,” Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan told Army Radio on Tuesday, according to media reports.   Continue reading “‘Terrorists getting what they deserve’: Israel refuses to negotiate with Palestinian hunger strikers”

Daily Mail

Nurseries should teach toddlers about same-sex relationships and transgender lifestyles to reduce hate crime, say teachers.

The National Union of Teachers voted yesterday for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) matters to be taught to children aged two to four.   Continue reading “Give nursery children lessons about same-sex relationships”

Reuters

The gunman accused of killing five people during a shooting rampage last year inside a Washington state shopping mall has been found dead in his jail cell, a local official said on Monday.

Arcan Cetin, who was being held on five counts of aggravated murder, was found hanging in his cell at the Snohomish County jail on Sunday night, according to Rosemary Kaholokula, a prosecutor with the Skagit County prosecutor’s office.   Continue reading “Suspect in Washington state mall shootings found dead in cell”

Mint Press News – by Whitney Webb

MINNEAPOLIS – Early Friday morning, Wikileaks released its fifth batch of Vault 7 documents exposing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking techniques. The latest release, titled “Hive,” exposes the agency’s multi-platform malware suite that allows the CIA to monitor targets via malware as well as the ability to realize specific tasks on compromised machines.   Continue reading “Wikileaks Reveals Hive: The CIA’s Top Secret Virus Control System”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

CALIFORNIA — There used to be a time when a solid glass Coca-Cola bottle, if returned, would put a dime in a man’s pocket. And while reusing glass bottles was much more sanitary and helpful for the environment, the bottling industry offered plastics to the world in place of glass. Recycling, however, continued with used plastics being able to be transformed into a myriad of useful things. But for the subjects in our next story, apparently, the temptation to make a quick buck by recycling plastics, has gotten them in trouble with the police state, who is apparently picky about from where their recycled materials originate.   Continue reading “Recycling Can Land You in Prison if You’re From Out of Town”

RT

Malicious computer malware that caused substantial damage to Iran’s nuclear program may be the work of the NSA, researchers burrowing into the latest leak from hacking group Shadow Brokers have discovered within the computer data.

A tool found in Friday’s leak matched one used by the notorious Stuxnet malware.

First detected in 2010, Stuxnet is believed to be the joint work of the US and Israel; a claim that Edward Snowden backed up in a 2013 interview but which has never been acknowledged by either government.   Continue reading “Shadow Brokers leak links NSA to alleged US-Israeli Stuxnet malware that targeted Iran”

Breitbart – by Kathrine Rodriguez

Americans owe a whopping $1 trillion in credit card debt thanks to rising interest rates, according to data from the Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve data released April 7 shows that U.S. consumers owe $1.0004 trillion on credit cards, up 6.2 percent from a year ago and 0.3 percent from January, according to Dow Jones newswires.   Continue reading “Americans Owe $1 Trillion in Credit Card Debt Due to Rising Interest Rates”

FEE – by Brittany Hunter

Bryant Rylee lives a seemingly simple life. Before the state intervened in his life, his Facebook page—which has a modest 591 friends—was relatively quiet. However, that was before a sandcastle built by his son caused the city of Panama, Florida, to threaten him with a $500 fine and up to 60 days in jail, a threat that caused his Facebook page to get its “fifteen minutes of fame.”

Sandcastles are the epitome of childhood innocence and the manifestation of youthful creativity and wonder. As adults embarking on a day at the beach, we see only grains of sand that serve as nothing more but an uneven cushion beneath our feet. For children, the sand is a blank slate upon which they can build anything they want—kingdoms included.  Continue reading “Build A Sandcastle, Get Fined $500, And Maybe Go To Jail”

BBC News

North Korea will continue to test missiles, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US.

“We’ll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis,” Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-Ryol told the BBC’s John Sudworth.

He said that an “all-out war” would result if the US took military action.   Continue reading “North Korea ‘will test missiles weekly’, senior official tells BBC”