Claire Bernish

Claire Bernish ​is an activist and journalist who focuses on government and corporate corruption, freedom of speech, censorship, law enforcement accountability, and human rights. Her work can be seen on TheFreeThoughtProject.com, theAntiMedia.org, and multiple other outlets. Follow Claire on Twitter @Subversive_Pen or connect on Facebook Claire S Bernish or through her page here.

Video Reveals Clinton Campaign’s Role In Inciting Violence At Trump Rallies

‘There’s a script of engagement. Sometimes the crazies bite, and sometimes the crazies don’t bite,’ says the former national field director of a group that trains and pays people to incite violence at GOP rallies.

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By Claire Bernish
Mathew Burgart, center, a supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, argues with supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton before a rally with Clinton, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Las Vegas.

WASHINGTON --- Perhaps the most explosive revelation of recent days didn’t come from WikiLeaks, but from an undercover investigation by the conservative political activist James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas Action. The investigation, Part I of which was released on YouTube on Monday, found direct coordination between Hillary Clinton’s 2016

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Call To Action: #NoWarWithRussia Challenges Calls For US Military Action Against Russia In Syria

As the U.S. government and war profiteers amplify their calls for a proxy war with Russia in Syria, and as the establishment media beats the same drums of war, we must not forget that we have a voice that rings just as loud in support of peace.

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By Claire Bernish
U.S. Army soldiers representing units participating in the the Anaconda-16 military exercise, attend the opening ceremony, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, June 6, 2016. Poland and some NATO members launched their biggest ever exercise, involving some 31,000 troops in a show of force to neighboring Russia.

WASHINGTON --- President Barack Obama met with senior policy advisors in the National Security Council on Friday to discuss military options in response to Russian actions targeting the U.S.-backed Syrian arm of Al-Qaida, the Nusra Front, and other Western- and Saudi-backed mercenaries operating in eastern Aleppo. The month of October has seen

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New Jersey Bill Would Legalize Pot, Expunge Existing Marijuana Crimes

Should the bill, A4193, pass, convenience stores would be permitted to sell cannabis alongside cigarettes — available to anyone aged 19 and older.

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By Claire Bernish
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Bold legislation introduced in New Jersey last week would not only treat cannabis like tobacco — legalizing it — but would expunge records for individuals previously convicted of certain marijuana-related ‘crimes.’ Should the bill, A4193, pass, convenience stores would be permitted to sell cannabis alongside cigarettes — available to anyone aged

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Police Seize On Chelsea Bombing To Expand Surveillance Powers

After the first test of forcibly roping an entire city into hunting for an alleged criminal, however, it appears the surveillance state just commanded its biggest opportunity to date — hundreds of millions of captive and terrified proxy employees.

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By Claire Bernish
This frame from surveillance video released by the New Jersey State Police shows Ahmad Khan Rahami, wanted for questioning Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Yet again, putative acts of terror — bombs detonated and discovered in New York and New Jersey, and a mass stabbing in Minnesota — conveniently paved the way for an expansion of police and surveillance state powers in the U.S., while providing an instant distraction from multiple ongoing and breaking crucial news topics. This is not to downplay

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Video Shows Officer Stand And Watch As Young Girl Dies In Cell

Officials claimed McMillen died in her sleep — just 17 hours after arriving at the facility — but that claim isn’t the only troubling detail of the teen’s untimely demise.

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By Claire Bernish
Gynnya McMillen

A Kentucky family has now filed a lawsuit after a 16-year-old girl took her last breaths inside a cell at a juvenile detention facility — while a guard stood outside, watching. Gynnya McMillen coughed and gasped for air in her cell as she suffered a seizure on January 11, according to the lawsuit cited by CBS News. Those coughs alerted youth

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Cop Confesses To Mom He Raped And Impregnated Her 14yo Daughter He Was Mentoring

A North Carolina police officer has been arrested after impregnating a 14-year-old girl who he was supposed to be mentoring.

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By Claire Bernish

Originally published at The Free Thought Project. A North Carolina mother put aside her reluctance to allow a middle-aged man to connect with her troubled 14-year-old daughter because he wanted to show the family, ‘Hey, policemen are good.’ On the contrary, Lowell Police Officer James Blair proved the opposite by opportuning on his position of

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Baltimore Police Have Been Secretly Spying On Entire City From The Air

“Imagine Google Earth with TiVo capability.”

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By Claire Bernish
Aerial view of Baltimore from Persistent Surveillance’s Cessna.

Baltimore Police didn’t bother to inform the public (or anyone, for that matter) when they implemented a privately-funded mass surveillance program in January using a wide-angle camera-equipped plane flying above the city — which instantly uploaded and stored everything it recorded, just in case they needed it later. As Bloomberg’s Monte Reel

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