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.

Police At Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Fire On Prayer Circle With Rubber Bullets

Morton County Sheriff’s Department officers together with the National Guard began firing less-than-lethal projectiles, pepper spray, and, reportedly, mace on a group of water protectors at Standing Rock during what was supposed to be a prayerful, peaceful walk to the drill pad where work is rumored to continue on the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Claire Bernish
Par Claire Bernish
A law enforcement officer speaks to a protester against the Dakota Access Pipeline through a wall of razor wire on the Backwater Bridge over Cantapeta Creek on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8, 2016. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

(REPORT) --- Morton County Sheriff’s Department officers together with the National Guard began firing less-than-lethal projectiles, pepper spray, and, reportedly, mace on a group of water protectors at Standing Rock during what was supposed to be a prayerful, peaceful walk to the drill pad where work is rumored to continue on the Dakota Access

Lire l'article complet

The Washington Post’s Latest Folly Is ‘Weaponized Journalism’

A Washington Post fake news article misrepresenting the ‘firing’ of the head of the DC National Guard makes clear mainstream media has now weaponized the news.

Claire Bernish
Par Claire Bernish
Fake News Laptop Computer

(EDITORIAL) --- Defying any sense of journalistic integrity and loyalty to the truth, the Washington Post did it again — publishing Fake News for clicks — which had the desired effect of worldwide outrage to suit a tightly-defined political agenda. This latest astounding deviation from the facts, however, makes indisputably clear the

Lire l'article complet

UK Reclassifies CBD Oil As Medicine, DEA Deems It On Par With Heroin

Unlike the US, where it will soon be considered as dangerous as heroin, CBD is now classified as a medicine in the UK.

Claire Bernish
Par Claire Bernish
Jayden shown taking CBD meds, a derivative of marijuana. (Photo /Jason David/Facebook page: “Jason and Jayden’s Journey”)

(ANALYSIS) - After the DEA moved to further constrain, Americans’ access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and cocaine, Britain chose compassion and common sense — and just classified Cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine. On Monday, Britain’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) decided CBD —

Lire l'article complet

Police Now Trained To Seek Out Smart Appliances In Investigations

Your fridge, law enforcement says, might help solve a murder.

Claire Bernish
Par Claire Bernish
Amazon's Echo speaker, which responds to voice commands. A prosecutor investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a hot tub wants to expand the probe to include a potential new kind of evidence: the suspect’s Amazon Echo smart speaker. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

(ANALYSIS) --- Thanks to what’s known as the Internet of Things — the growing number of ‘smart’ devices and appliances connected to the Web and to each other — will be used by police to solve violent crimes. Your fridge, law enforcement says, might help solve a murder. However beneficial that sounds, it indicates a number of circumstances to

Lire l'article complet

Snopes Conveniently Silent On WaPost’s Fake Story About Russia Hacking US Power Grid

Snopes, apparently didn’t deem the Washington Post’s claim significantly influential enough to report as false, despite its perilous underlying suggestion.

Claire Bernish
Par Claire Bernish
Snopes Conveniently Silent On WaPost’s Fake Story About Russia Hacking US Power Grid

(ANALYSIS) --- Snopes, one of the new arbiters of Fake News for Facebook, has been utterly remiss in its fact-checking duties by failing to report the false allegation The Russians hacked into Vermont’s power grid — perhaps because the original claim appeared in the Washington Post. But for whatever reason, Snopes — whose CEO David Mikkelson

Lire l'article complet

Entire Indiana Town’s Police Dept Quits Over Corruption Allegations

“The town has refused to educate themselves on how to run a town,” Thomison asserted, “they continue to carry out their personal agendas to either run off the police department or make it so that it is impossible to work with or for them.”

Claire Bernish
Par Claire Bernish
A Las Vegas police officer looks at the computer in his cruiser while working on a swing shift in downtown Las Vegas.

One Indiana town is without a police force after every officer resigned because, they say, the town council repeatedly asked them to “do illegal, unethical, and immoral things.” “We have had issues with the town board and there are some activities there where I felt like they were serving their own agenda,” former Bunker Hill Town Marshal Michael

Lire l'article complet

Electoral College To Determine If “Trump Is Fit To Serve As President” On News Of Russia Hacks

Electoral College electors have requested further insight into President-Elect Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia to determine “whether Mr. Trump is fit to serve as President of the United States.”

Claire Bernish
Par Claire Bernish
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Sunrise, Fla.

In a development with the shocking potential to upend the U.S. presidential election, ten Electoral College electors have requested further insight into President-Elect Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia to determine “whether Mr. Trump is fit to serve as President of the United States.” Led by Christine Pelosi, daughter of Democratic House

Lire l'article complet