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Cop Claims He Punched Handcuffed 14yo Girl in the Face Twice in ‘Self-Defense’

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. St. Paul, MN — On Monday, a St. Paul police officer was charged with misdemeanor assault after he punched a handcuffed child in the face twice while she was getting…

Meet the Inevitable Effect of a $15 Minimum Wage — The “Big Mac ATM”

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Everyone who’s seen the ominously accurate comedy, Idiocracy, remembers the Carl’s Jr. atm that would, rather terribly, dispense fast food. Well, now they are a reality. McDonald’s announced this week…

10 Sinister State Moves, Including Killing Protesters, Prove 1st Amendment is Dying

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of…

WATCH: Cops Kick Family Off Their OWN PROPERTY So Big Oil Can Drill

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Brookwood, AL — A Brookwood, Alabama, couple is facing a fight all too familiar to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota, after a Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy served…

War on Cash ALERT — EU Now Pushing “Restrictions on Payments in Cash”

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. In the most far-reaching move toward a cashless society to date, the European Commission proposed enforcing “restrictions on payments in cash” under an all-too-familiar premise — because terrorism. “Payments in…

Largest Diesel Pipeline Spill in Years Floods Iowa Farmland with Toxic Slush

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Just after President Donald Trump signed sweeping executive actions greenlighting both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, a 12-inch underground diesel pipeline in Iowa spilled an estimated 138,600 gallons…

Investigation Just Launched into Obama’s DHS Hacking State Election Systems

How many times have Americans heard Donald Trump say that the mainstream media is grossly dishonest? Furthermore, thanks to Wikileaks, how many separate instances did Americans learn about where the mainstream media and the Democrats were colluding throughout…