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This Is One Of The Big Reasons Why So Many Families Are Feeling Extreme Financial Stress

When the cost of living rises faster than paychecks do year after year, eventually that becomes a very big problem.  For quite some time I have been writing about the shrinking middle class, and one of the biggest…

TSA Busted in Massive $100 Million, 40,000 lb Cocaine Smuggling Conspiracy

San Juan, Puerto Rico – In a case highlighting the infiltration of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) by transnational criminal organizations, twelve current and former TSA officers and airport staff were indicted for allegedly trafficking over 20 tons…

Senator Pushes Bill to Ban Mandatory Human Microchips — Because it Could Happen

Nevada — A new bill — proposed by a senator who sees the potential for tracking humans to come to fruition — would make mandatory microchipping of humans a Class C felony. Nevada State Senator Becky Harris believes…

Two Cops from Same Dept, in 2 Days, Arrested for Rape — 1 Victim was a Child

El Paso, TX — “Isolated incident,” “a few bad apples” —  these are just some of the terms used to downplay occurrences of police misconduct. “This officer is not representative of all police,” we are told when a…

Records Show Govt Knew of Dangers of Oroville Dam for YEARS — Did Nothing to Fix It

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Nearly 200,000 people had to be evacuated from the floodplain beneath Oroville Dam, when an earthen emergency spillway threatened to disintegrate under the sheer volume of floodwater putting pressure on…

CIA Files Reveal Decades of US Intel on Iran Came from Hundreds of CIA Psychics

In January, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) bowed to public pressure and published millions of once-classified documents online, so people could browse them “from the comfort of your own home.” On the face of it, this is a…

US-Born NASA Scientist Detained at Border, Forced to Unlock Phone for Freedom

Sidd Bikkannavar should not have raised any red flags with Customs and Border Patrol, much less should the U.S.-born scientist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have been forced to fork over phone and social media passwords in order…