Slavery is Freedom: Submit to the State and be Free from Terrorism
Clearly, the only sane thing to do after a terrorist attack is to take rights away. Maybe if we build a prison around society, we will all be safe. Maybe it is just a matter of the government having...
View ArticleThe Excuse is Immigration, But Federal Checkpoints Violate Everyone’s Rights
Federal agents set up shop in New Hampshire last week. They ran a Constitutionally-illegal checkpoint, violating the Fourth Amendment rights of countless Americans. The big reward? They arrested 25...
View ArticleHow To Capture a Wild Pig: The Allure of Free Stuff and New Tech
The tale of how to catch a wild pig deserves more detail. A smart farmer knew that if he went out with his dogs and nets and cattle prods to capture wild pigs that the pigs would run amok. It would...
View ArticleHow To Capture a Wild Pig: The Allure of Free Stuff and New Tech
The tale of how to catch a wild pig deserves more detail. A smart farmer knew that if he went out with his dogs and nets and cattle prods to capture wild pigs that the pigs would run amok. It would...
View ArticleA Blueprint for Resistance: Jesus Christ vs. the Police State
“In that dramatic scene on Calvary’s hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime — the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality,...
View ArticleAmerica Hasn’t Learned a Thing: Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still...
Editor’s Note: The Daily Bell shares John W. Whitehead’s columns because we believe he presents an important perspective. However, certain elements of his style do not reflect the broader philosophy of...
View ArticleWATCH: COPS SEXUALLY ASSAULT INNOCENT MAN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BECAUSE THEY...
South Hampton, NJ — One of the most disturbing videos illustrating the horrors of marijuana prohibition was released this week showing police officers handcuff an innocent man and publicly grope his...
View ArticleThe Slippery Slope to a Constitution-Free America
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”—Benjamin Franklin The ease with which Americans are prepared to welcome boots on...
View ArticleSocial Media Now Being Used By Police And Intelligence Agencies To Collect...
This article was written by Nicholas West and originally published at Activist Post Amid the ongoing Facebook/Cambridge Analytica debacle over their general surveillance and misuse of users’ private...
View ArticleIf You Limit ANY Free Speech, This is What You Get
The law originally targetted the KKK. Now it has been used to arrest people protesting against white supremacists. And that is why free speech is so important. Plenty of people would love to see new...
View ArticleSerial Killer, Molesting Kids, Selling Drugs: 10 Things That Cops Got Caught...
“By demonizing the police,” right-wing commentator Tomi Lahren screeched this week while scolding celebrities for raising awareness about police violence, “you’re putting the communities you claim to...
View ArticleDial T for Tyranny: While America Feuds, the Police State Shifts Into High Gear
“Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is...
View ArticleUpdate: Police and Surveillance State Rebuked by Courts
Border Surveillance of Electronics Customs and Border Protection has been slowly ramping up their illegal searches over the past few years. As we discussed in January, over 30,000 people had their...
View ArticleHART: Homeland Security’s Massive New Database Will Include Face Recognition,...
Originally Published by Electronic Frontier Foundation So why do we know so little about it? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly building what will likely become the largest...
View ArticleGovernment Eyes Are Watching You: We Are All Prisoners of the Surveillance State
“We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the stream to the eventual...
View ArticleThe Constitution Is Not Neutral: Courts of Justice Should Not Act Like Courts...
“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.”—Justice William O. Douglas For those still deluded enough to believe they’re living the American...
View ArticleVigilantes with a Badge: Warrior Cops Endanger Our Lives and Freedoms
“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”—Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a...
View ArticleCriminalizing Childhood: School Safety Measures Aren’t Making the Schools Any...
“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than...
View ArticleWhat I Don’t Like About Life in Post-9/11 America
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” ―Edward Abbey, American author Life in a post-9/11 America increasingly feels like an endless free fall down a rabbit hole...
View ArticleCreating a Suspect Society: The Scary Side of the Technological Police State
It’s a given that Big Brother is always watching us. Unfortunately, thanks to the government’s ongoing efforts to build massive databases using emerging surveillance, DNA and biometrics technologies,...
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