Free Speech
Hank Williams Jr. calls Obama a ‘Muslim’ who ‘staged’ Sikh shooting
By Sean Michaels The Guardian Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Hank Williams Jr has become the second musician in as many weeks to accuse Barack Obama of plotting to destroy the United States. Just days after Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine claimed Obama had “staged” this month’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Williams offered... »
Former Marine Brandon Raub Is Locked In A Psych Ward Over His 9/11 Facebook Posts
Michael Kelley BusinessInsider.com Aug. 20, 2012 The former Marine who was detained by the federal government over Facebook posts critical of the government is being held in a psychiatric ward, Peter Bacqué of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. “I’m currently in John Randolph in the psychiatric ward being held against my will,” Brandon Raub said... »
It’s Official: Facebook Is the Department of PreCrime
by Paul Rosenberg LewRockwell.com August 20, 2012 News has just broken about a freedom activist and former Marine named Brandon Raub, who was arrested (apparently without a warrant or being read his rights) on the evening of August 16th. Details are still coming in, but it appears that his “crime” was posting things that... »
Silencing Dissent in America
By Stephen Lendman, Contributor theintelhub.com August 19, 2012 Freedom in America is endangered. Bipartisan complicity plans destroying it altogether. America is on a fast track toward tyranny and ruin. Police state laws threaten everyone. Increasingly dissent is marginalized. It’s not tolerated. Resistance is called dangerous to national security. Federal authorities target activists. So do... »
Guest Post: Former Marine Arrested For Patriotic Posts On Facebook
by Brandon Smith ZeroHedge.com 08/19/2012 First the establishment started going after current serving military men for their outspoken political views on Facebook and other web venues, men like Marine Sergeant Gary Stein. Now, it seems the government is going after veterans as well. This is the classic pattern of a burgeoning totalitarian state; attack... »
This Former Marine Was Picked Up By The FBI Over Facebook Posts About 9/11
Michael Kelley BusinessInsider.com Aug. 18, 2012 A former U.S. Marine who accused the government of lying about 9/11 and spoke of “The Revolution” on Facebook was detained on Friday night, reports Renee Nal of Gather. According to Brandon Raub’s mother, authorities from the FBI, Secret Service and Chesterfield County PD came to their door,... »
The Fourth Amendment and the Drones: How Will it Apply?
by Joe Wolverton, II TheNewAmerican.com Wednesday, 15 August 2012 On a near daily basis, The New American chronicles the approach of the day when squadrons of drones will fill the skies of the United States. Scores of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will be deployed by state and local law enforcement, adding to the... »
Criminalizing Dissent
By Chris Hedges OpEdNews.com August 13, 2012 I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. I... »
VPNReviewz Reports That Executive Order Promises To Give Total Control Of The Internet To The Department of Homeland Security
THE EXALTED TRUTH August 13, 2012 In an event that was devoid of the usual pomp and circumstance, President Obama issued an Executive Order, (EO) that effectively handed the Department of Homeland Security, (DHS) the ability to take complete control over the internet, according to reports from VPNReviewz. According to privacy advocates like the... »
Senate Anti-Leaks Bill Threatens the Rights of the Press and the Public
EFF ActivistPost.com Wednesday, August 8, 2012 The US Senate is currently debating a dangerous bill that, if passed, would have broad consequences for press freedom and the public’s right to know. EFF asks senators to stand up for government transparency and the First Amendment and vote it down. The bill’s provisions, buried in the... »