AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib Make the Necessary Call for an Impeachment Inquiry
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-04-19
AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib Make the Necessary Call for an Impeachment Inquiry…
thenation.com/article/aoc-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-impeachment-trump-mueller-report/

US-North Korea Summit 3.0? Pyongyang Accuses Pompeo and Bolton of Creating "An Atmosphere of Hostility and Mistrust"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-19
Days earlier, Trump said a third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would be a good idea. | Two earlier ones achieved virtually nothing toward stepping back from the brink on the Korean peninsula toward regional peace, stability, and normalized …
globalresearch.ca/us-north-korea-summit-3-0-pyongyang-accuses-pompeo-and-bolton-of-creating-an-atmosphere-of-hostility-and-mistrust/5674955

Roaming Charges: Time is Blind, Man is Stupid
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-19
Some names always seem to resurface in American political scandals, so it was no surprise to stumble across "Ledeen" on page 63 of Mueller's Report, highlighting a scheme by Barbara Ledeen (wife of Iran/contra figure and Mike Flynn pal Michael) to track down HRC's emails at Flynn's request on behalf of the Trump campaign, an operation that funded in part by a $30,000 contribution from the blood-drenched accounts of Erik Prince.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/19/time-is-blind-man-is-stupid/

With Assange in Jail, Join Us for the 26th Vigil
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-19
Please join us for a live webcast of the 26th Vigil for Julian Assange. From 4pm to 7pm EST. Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/19/with-assange-in-jail-join-us-for-the-26th-vigil/

Julian Assange as Neuroses
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-as-neuroses/5674957

CN Radio–Episode 7: Francis Boyle on Extradition of Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-19
With Julian Assange facing an extradition hearing on May 2, Consortium News Radio speaks with international law expert Francis Boyle, professor at the University of Illinois. Francis Boyle on the U.S.-UK extradition treaty and the way forward for Assange. (30… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/19/cn-radio-episode-7-francis-boyle-on-extradition-of-julian-assange/

From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-19
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." — George Orwell When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. In the current governmental climate, where laws that run counter to the dictates of the Constitution are made in secret, passed without debate,…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/19/from-jesus-christ-to-julian-assange-when-dissidents-become-enemies-of-the-state/

Venezuela's Arreaza Decries Ecuador's Persecution of Patiño
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-19
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza condemned the Ecuadorean government's lawsuit against former Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño. | RELATED: | Ecuador Issues Interpol Red Notice on Ex-Foreign Minister, Critic of Assange Arrest | "The persecution against leaders of the Citizen Revolution in Ecuador has been constituted…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelas-Arreaza-Decries-Ecuadors-Persecution-of-Patino–20190419-0009.html

UK Blurring Two Very Different Extradition Claims
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-19
The Swedish and U.S. claims are vastly different, writes Jonathan Cook. But the public conversation in the U.K. is simply about which has first dibs on Assange. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net In a previous blog post, I warned that the media and political… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/19/uk-blurring-two-very-different-extradition-claims/

Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Government Spied on the Journalist for Over a Year
Jimmysllama | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-19
Assange and whistleblower Chelsea Manning brought the U.S. government to its knees by exposing its torture of Guantanamo Bay detainees and war crimes in Iraq. They have been trying to recover ever since and the Trump administration is now more than ever willing to exact full revenge upon those who exposed the truth.
mintpressnews.com/before-ousting-assange-moreno-government-spied-on-the-journalist-for-over-a-year/257621/

To Never Forget or Never Remember
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-19
"I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget" –Winnie The Pooh The act of "Never Forgetting" is being militarized against Muslims once again. And this is by a President who is popular because of his willful act of forgetting–that is nostalgia. On the heels of China's use of Artificial Intelligence to…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/19/to-never-forget-or-never-remember/

On WikiLeaks Email Releases, Mueller Team Ignored Findings Of Former US Intelligence Officials
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-19
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on an investigation into alleged Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election does not confirm, without a doubt, that Russian intelligence agents or individuals tied to Russian intelligence agencies passed on emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign to WikiLeaks. | Mueller's team highlighted statements from WikiLeaks on Twitter about former Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff member Seth Rich, which seemed to relate to the alleged source of emails and documents the organization published. Yet, more explicit claims from WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Ass…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/19/on-wikileaks-email-releases-mueller-team-ignored-findings-of-former-us-intelligence-officials/

What we know so far from the Mueller Report
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-04-19
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 …
uwidata.com/3154-what-we-know-so-far-from-the-mueller-report/

The Mueller Report Shows How Bad Trump Is. Now What?
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2019-04-19
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.
progressive.org/dispatches/mueller-report-conniff-190419/

Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston on the Mueller Report
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-19
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 outli…
truthout.org/video/glenn-greenwald-vs-david-cay-johnston-on-the-mueller-report/

The Mueller Report: Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston on Trump-Russia Ties, Obstruction & More
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-19
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…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/19/the_mueller_report_glenn_greenwald_vs

Mueller Report: A Battle Over Maintaining 'Imperial Hegemony' (Pt 1/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-19
Gerald Horne and Kamau Franklin discuss the Mueller Report, Russiagate, and whether alleged Russian interference in the U.S. elections is actually significant…
therealnews.com/stories/mueller-report-a-battle-over-maintaining-imperial-hegemony-pt-1-2

Will the Mueller Report Help Defeat Trump in 2020? (Pt 2/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-19
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…
therealnews.com/stories/will-the-mueller-report-help-defeat-trump-in-2020-pt-2-2

The Mueller Report Is a Road Map for Congressional Investigation
Bruce Shapiro | thenation.com | 2019-04-19
The Mueller Report Is a Road Map for Congressional Investigation…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-roadmap-obstruction-congress-impeachment/

No More Excuses. Donald Trump Must Be Impeached
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-19
Over the course of more than 400 scalding pages, the Mueller report details the parallel and often cooperative course traveled by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the sophisticated Russian operation devoted to his victory. Mueller's report also lays out the myriad ways Trump obstructed justice through his ham-fisted attem…
truthout.org/articles/no-more-excuses-donald-trump-must-be-impeached/

House Escalates Trump Inquiry With Subpoena for Full Mueller Report
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-19
WASHINGTON–The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for special counsel Robert Mueller's report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump. | "It now falls to Congress to determine the full scope of that alleged misconduct and to decide what steps we must take going forward," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. He expects the Justice Department to comply by May 1. | While Mueller declined to prosecute Trump on obstruction of justice, he did not exonerate the president, all but leaving the question to Congress. | Mueller's report provides fresh evidence of Tr…
truthdig.com/articles/house-escalates-trump-inquiry-with-subpoena-for-full-mueller-report/

The Strange Success of Russiagate
Nicky Reid | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-19
It was the popcorn fart heard round the world. After two years of the vilest Russophobic hysteria seen since McCarthy was hauled off to a laughing academy in a straight-jacket, Robert Mueller, patron saint of butt-hurt Dems and indefinite Muslim detention, came to a conclusion on Russiagate only stunning to those of us who don't…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/19/the-strange-success-of-russiagate/

Top 20 Mueller Report "Findings"
Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-19
There are a few things stand out as the most relevant in Robert Mueller's Special Council report on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, which was released in redacted form on Thursday. After consuming as much of the report as a sane person possibly can (I'm attempting to save you the trouble), here are what I see as the more important Mueller finds.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/19/top-20-mueller-report-findings/

Five Critical Takeaways From the Mueller Report
Bill Blum | truthdig.com | 2019-04-19
After nearly two years of waiting, we have a redacted version of the report of special counsel Robert Mueller. A searchable copy can be found and examined here. | The report is 448 pages long and is divided into two volumes. Volume I, in the words of the report, "describes the factual results of the Special Counsel's investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and its interactions with the Trump Campaign." If you are concer…
truthdig.com/articles/five-critical-takeaways-from-the-mueller-report/

Mueller report: "Miners for Trump" rally in Pittsburgh was a fake
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-19
PITTSBURGH–Remember going to a "Miners for Trump" rally in downtown Pittsburgh, a month before the November 2016 general election? If you did, you were fooled by a Russian fake. A poster for the Oct. 2, 2016 rally, featuring a miner on a coal-black background wearing a headlamp-lit hard hat, illustrates the wide range of Russian-generated …
peoplesworld.org/article/mueller-report-miners-for-trump-rally-in-pittsburgh-was-a-fake/

'It was collusion, buy my book': #Resistance journalist has 453-tweet meltdown over Mueller report
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
The Mueller report left some of President Donald Trump's conduct up for debate, but clearly stated no collusion with Russia took place. Not for one journalist, who launched a Twitter crusade to prove otherwise…with 453 tweets. | …
rt.com/usa/457045-russiagate-mueller-resistance-tweet-spree/

US House Judiciary Chair subpoenas attorney general for unredacted Mueller report
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler has subpoenaed the Justice Department for a full, unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, as well as its underlying evidence. | …
rt.com/news/457014-subpoena-barr-unredacted-mueller-report/

Teachers demand freedom for Assange and Manning
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-19
Teachers have been in the forefront of a wave of global strikes and struggles over the last year, which terrifies the ruling class and is motivating its attack on free speech and democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/19/teac-a19.html

MSM defends 'extremely accurate' Russiagate coverage despite Mueller report
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
Even with the 'Russian collusion' narrative buried by the Mueller report, some mainstream journalists have come out to claim their anti-Trump coverage was backed up by the report. Were they reading a different report? | …
rt.com/usa/457039-cnn-mueller-report-coverage-collusion/

'Total bulls**t': Trump blasts 'fabricated' statements in Mueller report
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
US President Donald Trump unleashed scathing remarks about special counsel Robert Mueller's "crazy" report on Friday, saying it was written by "angry Democrats" and contains statements which are "total bulls**t." | …
rt.com/usa/457016-trump-mueller-report-hoax/

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson demands release of Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-19
Ricketson was arrested in Cambodia in 2017 and imprisoned for 15 months on bogus claims that he was spying for "foreign states."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/19/rick-a19.html

US preparing more charges against Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-19
A report by CNN confirms the warnings made by the WSWS that if the journalist is extradited to the United States, additional, possibly capital, charges would be brought against him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/19/more-a19.html

Assange Gets Union Backing, ILWU May Day & Gentrification & CA DIR Baker Scandal
WorkWeek Radio | indybay.org | 2019-04-19
KPFA WorkWeek Radio covers union support for Julian Assange in Australia, the threat of the John Fisher's A's Stadium to Maritime Union Jobs and Gentrificaiton in Oakland and the growing corruption scandal at California Department of Industrial Relations DIR where the director Christine Baker was forced to resign after illegally putting her daugther on the payroll and paying her over $100,000 for no work. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is not only refusing to investigate and prosecute Christine Baker and her daugher but is defending Baker against illegal retaliations against an investigator and whistl…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/17/18822783.php

BuzzFeed looks for Mueller report 'hoaxes & spin,' gets served with its own conspiracy theories
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
BuzzFeed says it's watching out for fake news and partisan spin surrounding Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' report. Readers sent in prime examples — BuzzFeed's own 'scoops' on the Steele dossier and Michael Cohen. | …
rt.com/usa/457009-buzzfeed-mueller-hoaxes-spin/

With Nation Distracted by Mueller Report, Facebook Admits Millions of Users' Passwords Affected by Latest Privacy Breach
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-04-19
In what critics denounced as a classic "news dump," Facebook appeared to take advantage Thursday of the Mueller report capturing the nation's attention, and chose the same time to reveal that millions of users' passwords had been stored on the site in a readable format. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/facebook1_0.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/04/19/nation-distracted-mueller-report-facebook-admits-millions-users-passwords-affected?cd-origin=rss

Mueller report re-ignites political warfare in Washington
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-19
Congressional Democrats and their media backers are seeking to use the findings of the investigation to boost their right-wing anti-Russia campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/19/muel-a19.html

Brazil Supreme Court Allows Lula to Give Interviews from Prison
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-19
The current President of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) Antonio Dias Toffoli is allowing former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva can provide media interviews. | RELATED: | French MEP Asks EU Council for Position on Lula's Situation | Lula's right to speak to the press was barred in September 2018 by Supreme Court Judge Luiz Fux who suspended the political prisoner's ability to give interviews that had been previously granted by former STF Justice Ricardo Lewandowski. Since then…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Supreme-Court-Allows-Lula-to-Give-Interviews-from-Prison-20190419-0008.html

What the Mueller Report Didn't Say About Felix Sater and the Trump Tower in Moscow
Johnny Dwyer | theintercept.com | 2019-04-19
The special counsel's report notes Sater's role in the Moscow project but oddly fails to mention his background as a felon and informant.
theintercept.com/2019/04/19/felix-sater-mueller-report/

Let's hear out Assange? US intelligence veterans say Mueller failed to prove 'Russian hacking'
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
A group of veteran intelligence professionals have warned that the Mueller report contains no proof to back up claims of 'Russian hacking' and said WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange might shed some light on it. | …
rt.com/usa/456964-mueller-assange-intelligence-professionals/

US intelligence agencies show 'unprecedented' leftward slant & anti-Trump bias — former CIA analyst
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
The political Left increasingly dominates US intelligence agencies and that "bias may have crept into CIA analyses," a former analyst in the agency claims, calling out former colleagues for their increasingly illiberal liberalism. | …
rt.com/usa/456970-intelligence-agencies-skew-left-cia/

Socialist Equality Party intervenes at Paris rally in defence of Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-19
Socialist Equality Party members intervened at the rally on Saturday in defence of Assange at the invitation of the alternative news site Le Grand Soir.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/19/pari-a19.html

Growing popular support for Julian Assange in Australia
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-19
Since Assange's illegal arrest by the British police last Thursday, 75,000 more people have signed a petition demanding that the Australian government take action to defend the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/19/aust-a19.html

Trump's whistleblower protection agency under investigation for attacking…WHISTLEBLOWERS
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-19
In an ironic twist, the agency tasked with protecting those who blow the lid on illegal activity inside the government is ITSELF being accused of retaliating against whistleblowers — can anyone protect them from the protectors? | …
rt.com/usa/456999-whistleblower-protection-agency-attacks-whistleblowers/

Demanding to Hear Directly From Mueller, Nadler Subpoenas Full, Unredacted Report Friday
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-04-19
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Friday morning that the entire unredacted Mueller Report would be subpoenaed by his committee "in the next couple of hours," reiterating that Democrats are not satisfied with the Trump administration's suggestion that the report is a closed matter. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-04-19_at_9.35.35_am.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/04/19/demanding-hear-directly-mueller-nadler-subpoenas-full-unredacted-report-friday?cd-origin=rss

Foreign Correspondent: Can Wikileaks' Julian Assange Get a Fair Trial?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-04-18
"I'm sure he's going to get a kangaroo court. I don't see the government allowing Assange to put on a vigorous defense."
progressive.org/dispatches/can-julian-assange-get-a-fair-trial-erlich-190418/

Chomsky: By Focusing on Russia, Democrats Handed Trump a "Huge Gift" & Possibly the 2020 Election
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-18
As Attorney General William Barr releases Robert Mueller's long-anticipated report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, we speak with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky about what he sees as the political perils of "Russiagate."
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/18/chomsky_by_focusing_on_russia_democrats

Rumors of War: Washington Is Looking for a Fight
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
It is depressing to observe how the United States of America has become the evil empire. Having served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and in the Central Intelligence Agency for the second half of the Cold …
globalresearch.ca/rumors-of-war-washington-is-looking-for-a-fight/5674880

Barring the Mueller Report
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-04-18
Barr does know we're talking about President Trump, right?
progressive.org/dispatches/barring-the-mueller-report-fiore-19418/

In less than three minutes, the BBC broadcasts seven apparent fabrications about Julian Assange
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-04-18
The BBC has broadcast seven apparent fabrications about Julian Assange in less than three minutes. In an interview, BBC North America editor Jon Sopel … | Read more In less than three minutes, the BBC broadcasts seven apparent fabrications about Julian Assange | By James Wright…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/04/18/in-less-than-three-minutes-the-bbc-broadcasts-seven-apparent-fabrications-about-julian-assange/

ROBERT PARRY: All Investigative Journalists Do What Julian Assange Did
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-18
The U.S. has indicted Julian Assange for encouraging his source to give more information and for trying to protect his source's identity, what all journalist routinely do, said one of the greatest investigative journalists of our time. Parry is… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/18/all-journalists-do-what-julian-assange-did/