(2019-04-23). Daniel Ellsberg Speaks Out on the Arrest of Julian Assange. commondreams.org Journalists should close ranks here against this abuse of the President's authority, and against Britain and Ecuador for violating the norms of asylum. (Photo: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assange_7_0.jpeg…
(2019-04-23). QAnon Conspiracy Increasingly Popular with Antigovernment Extremists. splcenter.org Antigovernment extremists, including some who've committed violent acts, are increasingly subscribing to and propagating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which asserts that pro-Trump forces will soon take down the so-called deep state.
(2019-04-23). What did the President know and what did he do? peoplesworld.org 
(2019-04-23). Daniel Ellsberg Speaks Out on the Arrest of Julian Assange. progressive.org "Without whistleblowers we would not have a democracy. And there have to be people to distribute work and publish it."
(2019-04-23). Mueller Documented Probable Cause that Trump Obstructed Justice. globalresearch.ca After a nearly two-year investigation, culminating in a 448-page report, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election but found insufficient evidence to prove the Trump campaign conspired with Russia. Mueller did not decide, …
(2019-04-23). New CN Series: The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 1—The Video that Put Assange in US Crosshairs. consortiumnews.com "Collateral Murder" created a media sensation in 2010 and led to Chelsea Manning's imprisonment and to a DOJ investigation of Julian Assange, reports Elizabeth Vos. But the war crimes the video exposed got no one else in trouble. Consortium News today begins… Read more →
(2019-04-23). Mother of Julian Assange: Not Even Lawyers Can Visit Him. telesurenglish.net The mother of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, decried that even lawyers have been unable to visit her son in the London jail where he has been held since his being arrested and taken out of Ecuador's U.K. embassy two weeks ago. | RELATED: | Letter To Swedish PM From Int'l Figures On Behalf of Ola Bini | "My son has still not been able to recieve (sic) any visits. Not even from his lawyers!" Ms. Christine Assange wrote on Twitter S…
(2019-04-23). FBI agent explains how Julian Assange may escape prosecution. And Chelsea Manning is key. thecanary.co An FBI agent has made it clear that, regarding charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, further testimony from whistleblower Chelsea Manning will be critical … | Read more FBI agent explains how Julian Assange may escape prosecution. And Chelsea Manning is key. | By Tom Coburg
(2019-04-23). Headlines for April 23, 2019. democracynow.org Sri Lankan Minister Says Easter Bombings Were Retaliation for NZ Mosque Attacks, Trump Admin to Ratchet Up Unilateral U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Oil, House Democrats Subpoena Former White House Counsel Don McGahn, Trump Sues to Quash Subpoena Requesting 10 Years of Financial Records, Sen. Kamala Harris Calls for Trump's Impeachment, Breaking from Democratic Leaders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Proposes Canceling Student Loan Debt, Making Public Colleges Free, Supreme Court to Weigh Citizenship Question on 2020 Census, Supreme Court to Decide If LGBTQ Workers Are Protected by Civil Rights Act, Charges Dropped Against 3 A…
(2019-04-23). US Offers $10 Million Reward for Anyone Who Can Help 'Disrupt' Hezbollah Finances. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for anyone who provides intelligence that would allow the government to disrupt Hezbollah's finances. They want to know who donates to Hezbollah, as well as any business ties. This is a complicated matter, because while the US is treating them as a straightforward "terrorist organization," Hezbollah is …
(2019-04-23). SEP (Australia) election candidates win strong support for the immediate release of Assange and Manning. wsws.org The SEP is the only political party in the election defending Julian Assange and US whistleblower Chelsea Manning and fighting to mobilise workers and youth to demand their immediate release from prison.
(2019-04-23). Freedom of the Press is Dead Worldwide. indybay.org CIA Director Pompeo claims Wikileaks is a "hostile secret service" and Julian Assange is not a journalist. Wikileaks embodies what a free press should be as the fourth branch – control power. This indispensable function as a democratic watchdog is the reason why press freedom is an essential asset of all constitutional states.
(2019-04-23). In wake of Mueller report: Democrats, media push anti-Russian hysteria. wsws.org In the wake of the release of the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Democratic Party and the bulk of the corporate media have decided to intensify their campaign of anti-Russian slander and provocation.
(2019-04-23). Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Supreme Court Argument Regarding 2020 Census. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-04-23). The Path to War with Iran Is Paved With Sanctions. commondreams.org The administration's plan is clear: keep beating the twin drums of terrorism and nuclear threat. Bolton and Pompeo will use both to justify more sanctions and more provocations. (Photo: Wikicommons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mike_pompeo_3.jpeg…
(2019-04-23). Saudi Arabia: 37 Executed on "Terrorism" Charges. telesurenglish.net 37 citizens were executed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for "terrorism" activities. | RELATED: | Rohingya Detainees on Hunger Strike Tortured by Saudi Arabia | The individuals were accused of cooperation with enemy organizations and against the interest of the state. Among the victims were 11 men who were convicted of spying for Iran and 14 others convict…
(2019-04-23). #CountMeIn: Immigrant Rights Community Rally Outside of the Supreme Court. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-04-23). US court orders Chelsea Manning to remain in prison. wsws.org The courageous whistleblower has been held in jail since March 8 in an effort to force her to testify against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
(2019-04-23). Chelsea Manning Remains in Jail Indefinitely. theantimedia.com (CD) — Chelsea Manning remained in jail on Monday after a federal appeals court rejected her bid to be released and affirmed a lower court's finding of contempt. The whistleblower was sent to jail March 8, and has spent part of the detention in solitary confinement for contempt due to her refusal to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. "Appellant …
(2019-04-23). Teen sues Apple for $1 billion, claims in-store AI led to his wrongful arrest. rt.com 
A NY college student is suing Apple for $1 billion because he says the company's secret in-store artificial intelligence incorrectly marked him as a thief, leading to his wrongful arrest.
(2019-04-23). Exradition: Wikileaks and the IRA in SF. indybay.org The looming extradition of Julian Assange to the US reminds us off another such case in San Francisco 25 years ago.
(2019-04-23). As Supreme Court's Right-Wing Justices Indicate Siding With Trump, Opponents Denounce 'Bald-Faced Attempt to Racially Rig' US Census. commondreams.org Decrying the Trump administration's attack on immigrant rights and marginalized communities across the country, civil rights advocates gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday as the court heard arguments regarding the potential addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-04-23_at_3.12.28_pm.jpg…
(2019-04-23). No, Mueller didn't 'prove' Russian hacking in Florida — or anywhere else. rt.com 
Mainstream media outlets desperate to maintain the narrative of 'Russian hacking' in the 2016 US presidential election have resorted to selectively quoting the Mueller Report and uncritically reporting indictments as evidence.
(2019-04-23). The Prosecution of Julian Assange is Infinitely Bigger Than Assange. theantimedia.com (CJ Opinion) — Julian Assange's mother reported yesterday that the WikiLeaks founder has not been permitted any visitors during his detention in Belmarsh Prison, including from doctors and his lawyers. Doctors who visited Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy have attested that he urgently needs medical care. Belmarsh is a maximum security prison sometimes referred to as "the UK's Guantanamo Bay". And …
(2019-04-23). The Mueller Report: Trump Too Inept to Obstruct Justice. counterpunch.org 
The Mueller report is out and if we learned anything from it, three things are clear. One, the Report changed few minds. Two, there was never a chance that Mueller would indict Trump. Three, Trump is so inept he cannot even effectively obstruct justice. The Mueller report came out Thursday morning—all 458 pages, single-spaced. It More
(2019-04-22). Headlines for April 22, 2019. democracynow.org Easter Sunday Attacks Kill Nearly 300 Across Sri Lanka, House Judiciary Chair Subpoenas Unredacted Mueller Report, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls on Congress to Impeach President Trump, Afghanistan: 10 Killed in Suicide Attack as Taliban Peace Talks Collapse, Libya Death Toll Climbs to 227 as Trump Backs Renegade General, Hundreds of Thousands of Algerians March Demanding Democratic Reforms, Thousands March on Morocco's Parliament, Demanding Release of Political Prisoners, Sudan Protest Leaders End Talks with Ruling Military Council, Volodymyr Zelensky, Who Played a President on TV, Elected to Lead Ukraine, France:…
(2019-04-22). Elizabeth Warren's Constitutional Read of the Mueller Report Led Her to Call for Impeachment. thenation.com Elizabeth Warren's Constitutional Read of the Mueller Report Led Her to Call for Impeachment…
(2019-04-22). Disdain and Dignity: An Old (Anti-imperialist) Story. globalresearch.ca One good comes from Assange's arrest, as many have noted: Wikileaks revelations are in the news. We hear the sneering at "dead bastards". We hear the disdain. | There are truths which, if understood intellectually, are not understood fully. Imperialism is …
(2019-04-22). Debunking the 'Assange is A Russian Agent' Smear. consortiumnews.com The narrative that Assange worked for or knowingly conspired with the Russian government is a hallucination of the demented Russia hysteria which has infected all corners of mainstream political discourse, says Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Not even the… Read more →
(2019-04-22). IMF Hands $4.2 Billion in Loans for Ecuador for Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca The evidence of political pressure on Ecuador is surfacing. The IMF Executive Board Approved US$4.2 Billion (435% of quota and SDR 3.035 billion). | Extended Fund Facility for Ecuador. The Executive Board agreed to this arrangement with strings attached. The Board's …
(2019-04-22). Video: George Galloway on Julian Assange: "Brits Know Something's Wrong Here" globalresearch.ca "The British public know there is something wrong here when the whistleblower is in jail while the perpetrators are on TV" says former MP George Galloway who talks to In Question's Manila Chan as many in mainstream media stay mum …
(2019-04-22). From Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, a Talk on Assange. consortiumnews.com Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria on Sunday delivered this talk about the Assange case to a group of activists who are living inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington to stop the illegitimate government of Venezuela from taking it over. Video… Read more →
(2019-04-22). Legal experts: Assange likely faces espionage charges if extradited to US. wsws.org If he is extradited to the US, Assange will be denied genuine due process and will likely face charges carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
(2019-04-22). At least 290 killed in terrorist bomb attacks in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Despite an intelligence alert 10 days before, both the government and police failed to warn the public and took little or no action to prevent the terrible bombings.
(2019-04-22). Chelsea Manning to stay in jail after federal court rejects appeal. rt.com 
A federal appeals court has struck down whistleblower Chelsea Manning's bid to be released from jail, where she has been held indefinitely after refusing to testify to a grand jury probe into WikiLeaks.
(2019-04-22). Watergate's Woodward: FBI, CIA Handling of Steele Dossier "Needs to Be Investigated" theantimedia.com (ZH) — "Worse than Watergate" is how Rep. Adam Schiff described the Mueller Report's findings as he doubled-down (or is it quadrupled?) on his fantasy dissonance about The Man In The White House. "Well, I think it's clear from the Mueller report that that's exactly right. The obstruction of justice in particular in this case is far worse than …
(2019-04-22). Supreme Court Takes Cases of People Fired for Being LGBTQ. aclu.org 
The court will consider whether to take anti-discrimination protections away from LGBTQ people. | Can a business fire someone because they're LGBTQ? The Supreme Court will soon tell us. | After a funeral home outside Detroit fired Aimee Stephens because she is transgender, Aimee won a federal appeals court ruling that the firing violated the federal law barring sex discrimination in the workplace. After Don Zarda was fired from his job as a skydiving instr…
(2019-04-22). The NYTs Tries to Rehabilitate Bloody Gina Haspel. counterpunch.org 
There is no more authoritative newspaper in the country, perhaps the world, than the New York Times. But when the Times gets it wrong, it is often a real doozy. In the 1930s, the Times' man in Moscow, Walter Duranty, completely missed the Kremlin's forced famine in the Ukraine that led to the death of six to seven million Ukrainians and More
(2019-04-22). Mueller Time? Not for Now. counterpunch.org The Mueller report does not exonerate Trump; it simply finds insufficient evidence of criminal conduct involved in Russian collusion. Mueller says he failed to find admissible or sufficient evidence proving criminal conduct beyond a reasonable doubt, that is, the standard of evidence involved in "making a traditional prosecutorial judgement". At the same time, while using More
(2019-04-22). Julian Assange as Neuroses. counterpunch.org 
Julian Assange continues to ripple and roam as a cipher through the political and media scape of the world. Detained in Belmarsh maximum security prison, the sort of stately abode only reserved for the most dangerous of criminals, many with indeterminate sentences, he electrifies and concerns. The US political classes continue to simmer with an More
(2019-04-22). Twitterati pounce on MSNBC for sending reporter to pester Mueller near church on Easter Sunday. rt.com 
Russiagate-obsessed news network MSNBC sent one of its journalists to talk to the one person in a position to feed the dying hopes that the now-public Mueller report still holds the key to ousting President Donald Trump.
(2019-04-21). Mueller and a Dangerous Moment in Human History — Jay and Curry. therealnews.com 
The threat of nuclear war; the climate crisis; Trump's regime change plans for Iran and Venezuela; and confrontation with China are far more significant threats than election meddling — former Pres. Clinton advisor Bill Curry and Paul Jay join host Jacqueline Luqman…
(2019-04-20). The Best Hot Take on the Mueller Report Is From 1796. theintercept.com Washington called all of this in his prescient Farewell Address as he left office. As he feared, the spirit of party has overwhelmed the U.S. political system.
(2019-04-19). The Mueller Report: Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston on Trump-Russia Ties, Obstruction & More. democracynow.org 
The Justice Department has released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia and President Trump's attempts to impede the special counsel's investigation. The report states the campaign "expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts," but Mueller concluded, "the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities." Mueller also outlined…
(2019-04-19). Will the Mueller Report Help Defeat Trump in 2020? (Pt 2/2). therealnews.com 
Trump and his base will remain unaffected by the Mueller Report, and it will mainly serve as a "political football" between Republicans and Democrats, say Gerald Horne and Kamau Franklin, but it can still be used against Trump in 2020…
(2019-04-19). Mueller Report: A Battle Over Maintaining 'Imperial Hegemony' (Pt 1/2). therealnews.com 
Gerald Horne and Kamau Franklin discuss the Mueller Report, Russiagate, and whether alleged Russian interference in the U.S. elections is actually significant…
(2019-04-19). The Mueller Report Shows How Bad Trump Is. Now What? progressive.org To get too caught up in Russian interference and the unfairness of the American electoral system is to overlook Trump's power, and to risk not learning the lessons of his popularity.
(2019-04-19). Headlines for April 19, 2019. democracynow.org Mueller Report Shows No Trump-Russia Conspiracy But Leaves Open Question of Obstruction, Trump Admin to Spend $40 Million on New Immigration Detention Camps, Central American Migrants Claim Assault by Mexican Authorities, ACLU Warns of "Fascist Militia" Holding Migrant Border Crossers at Gunpoint, Nicaragua Bans Anti-Government Protests, Arresting Dozens, Mali's Government Resigns as Protesters Condemn Ethnic Violence, Sudan: Mass Protests Demand Civilian Rule After Omar al-Bashir's Ouster, Bangladeshi Teen Burned to Death After Reporting Sexual Assault, Saudi Court Suspends Hearing for 11 Women's Rights Activist…
(2019-04-19). 26th Vigil Held With Assange in Jail. consortiumnews.com The 26th Vigil for Julian Assange was held Friday with the latest news on the WikiLeaks founder and the Mueller Report. Watch it here. Read more →
(2019-04-19). What we know so far from the Mueller Report. uwidata.com On Thursday, Special Attorney Robert Mueller's report on alleged "Russian interference" in the 2016 US elections was finally published, albeit partially censored. The report contains information on an investigation into the Donald Trump campaign's alleged connection with Russian authorities, as well as the possible methods of Russian influence in the elections. The document was submitted …