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In Spite of Trillions Wasted & Thousands Dead, There is More Taliban in Afghanistan Than Before 2001

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Only weeks after the September 11, attacks, the United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom and deployed troops in Afghanistan — starting a perpetual quagmire that would lay waste to the…

This Department’s Quota Was So Demanding, Cops Had to Fake Citations Just to Keep Up With It

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Arlington, TX – It has long been understood that police have quotas for arrests and traffic stops, and that officers are encouraged to make as many stops as possible. However,…

Lawmaker Proposes Drug Screening for the Wealthy Recipients of CORPORATE Welfare

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Washington, D.C. (RT) — While some lawmakers want to require drug screening and testing for welfare and other assistance program applicants, this idea has inspired one US congresswoman to call…

WATCH: Cops Slam Handcuffed MMA Fighter On His Head — Breaking His Neck, Paralyzing Him

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. La Junta, CO — On December 7, 2015, police were dispatched after a man’s parents called them to report their son for being drunk and irrational. It would be the…

Border Patrol Kidnaps Teen Girl, Rapes and Sodomizes Her in Search of Non-Existent Drugs

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. A 19-year-old Arizona woman was forced to endure humiliating, invasive ‘body cavity’ probes after border patrol agents accused her of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs from Mexico inside her body.…

Why Did Orlando Happen? A Massive Intel Failure

Orlando jihadi Omar Mateen allegedly threatened to kill a Florida sheriff’s deputy and his family, yet the FBI did not act upon the threat once it had been reported by the sheriff’s office. And that’s but one in a long…

Florida Gun Store Owner Reveals He Called FBI on Orlando Killer One Month Prior to Massacre

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Orlando, FL – In an explosive revelation, a Florida gun store owner revealed on Thursday that he had contacted the FBI about Omar Mateen about a month before the Orlando…