Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

The two defendants in the first round of the Bundy Ranch siege trials who were found guilty will not face a retrial on the counts where the jury did not reach a verdict.

According to documents from the prosecution against Todd Engel and Greg Burleson, neither man will face a retrial. The government has also decided to dismiss without prejudice counts 1 and 2 against Mr. Burelson and all hung counts against Mr. Engel.  Continue reading “Government Will Not Try 2 Bundy Ranch Defendants Again – Dismiss Counts Without Prejudice”

Quartz – by Tripti Lahiri

“The relations between Turkey and the United States have been erected upon common democratic values and common interests.”

That’s what Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a White House press conference with US president Donald Trump on Tuesday (May 16). But shortly after the event, Erdogan’s bodyguards proceeded to beat and kick people outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington DC.   Continue reading “The Turkish president’s bodyguards beat up US protestors after he met with Trump”

CBC News – by Adam Carter

Hamilton police aren’t offering any explanation for why two journalists were arrested at the scene of a fatal crash in suburban Hamilton yesterday.

Freelancer Dave Ritchie and Global News’s Jeremy Cohn were arrested at a scene in Waterdown, where a 10-year-old girl was struck and killed by a van on Tuesday evening.

The arrests were condemned by a national media organization, which demanded an inquiry into the police actions.   Continue reading “Hamilton police aren’t saying why journalists were arrested”

AnonHQ – by Vandita

What do you believe of 9/11? You “know” that two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center. One plane hit the Pentagon, and another crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Combined, over 3,000 Americans died on September 11, 2001, in an apparent terror attack on the United States by 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists.

Unfortunately, what you are made to believe and what you know is a lie.   Continue reading “John Kerry Admits: “WTC 7 on 9/11 was Brought Down in a Controlled Fashion””

RT

The US and the United Arab Emirates have signed a new agreement that would dictate “the magnitude and conditions” of the US military in the UAE, allowing the United States to send more troops and equipment to the region.

On Monday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE to discuss the defense partnership between the two allies.   Continue reading “Pentagon signs new defense deal with UAE over US troop presence”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Stratford, CT — Sadly, America will add Jayson Negron’s name to the list of more than 1,000 people killed by police each year. Negron, a 15-year-old Sophomore at Bunnell High School in Stratford, had gone on a joyride May 9th, in someone else’s car. But Negron received the death penalty for his sins after encountering Bridgeport police officer James Boulay.

Police employ a number of ways to stop a fleeing automobile. Stop sticks often do the trick, immobilizing the tires by puncturing them. Then there’s the box method whereby officers surround a suspect vehicle with two or three other cars, and squeeze in, causing the car to come to a stop.
Continue reading “Cops Shoot, Handcuff 15yo Boy, Left Him in the Street for Hours as He Bled to Death”

The Daily Sheeple – by Lily Dane

Last Saturday, the city of Los Angeles conducted its annual “Come rob me, I’m unarmed!” event.

Oops!

I mean, it conducted its annual no-questions-asked Gun Buyback Program event.  Continue reading “The LAPD Just Got People to Turn in Their Guns in Exchange for Target Gift Cards”

The Oregonian – by Kristi Turnquist

Oregonians have been following the case of Ammon Bundy and the group of followers who staged an armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge since it began, in January 2016.

The story is explored again in a new “Frontline” documentary called “American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government,” which airs at 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 on PBS.   Continue reading “FBI agents posed as filmmakers to infiltrate the Bundy family, ‘Frontline’ documentary reveals”

Fox 10 News

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is asking the Justice Department to develop strategies to prevent and prosecute violent crimes against law enforcement.

Trump says in the Oval Office that police officers have “had it with what’s going on” and notes that 118 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2016.   Continue reading “Trump: We will ‘take care of’ violent crimes against police”

RT

McDonald’s has apologized after its latest TV advert featuring a young boy trying to come to terms with the death of his father sparked a huge furor online.

The British ad promoting the fast food giant’s fish burger shows a mother and son discussing the boy’s late father as the child struggles to find something in common with his dad.   Continue reading “Death ad backlash: McDonald’s forced to apologize after ad shows boy grieving dead father”