2020-04-26: News Headlines

RT (2020-04-26). 'How do you prosecute Assange and not prosecute journalists everywhere?' — Greenwald to RT on threat to journalists worldwide. rt.com The US' request to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange sets a dangerous precedent, the Intercept's founder Glenn Greenwald has told RT, warning that it puts journalists around the world in danger. | The most "amazing" fact about Assange's case, as far as Greenwald is concerned, is that the US government is seeking to charge him for violating the Espionage Act. But the WikiLeaks founder "is not an American citizen, he never worked with a media outlet in the United States, [and] none of the alleged crimes he committed took place on American soil," he said during former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa's sho…

graham (2020-04-26). Mission Creep — Yet more intrusive surveillance powers given to government. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica: Back in 2016 — TruePublica wrote: "One should wonder where the universal surveillance system dubbed the 'snoopers charter' being installed by Britain's government is heading for eventually. Recently described by Edward Snowden in tweets as the "most intrusive and least accountable surveillance regime in the West" and its "a comprehensive record of your …

en.mehrnews (2020-04-26). US urges extension of embargo on conventional arms sales to Iran: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Repeating accusations against Iran, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Saturday for the UN to extend its conventional arms embargo on Iran beyond its scheduled end in October, citing Tehran's recent launch of a military satellite.

Shepard Ambellas (2020-04-25). Mike Pompeo Admits COVID-19 Is a "Live Exercise," Trump Retorts "I Wish You Would Have Told Us" globalresearch.ca First published March 21, 2020 | United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a slip of the tongue while addressing the American people from the White House when he stated that COVID-19 is a live military exercise. | "This is not …

RT (2020-04-23). US media schtum on Assange's plight despite 3 years of 'flamboyant devotion' to protecting press freedom — Greenwald. rt.com Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has criticized the US media for its deafening silence on the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange, despite the years it has spent railing against the Trump administration. | Founder of The Intercept and a long-time Assange supporter, Greenwald despaired at the apparent double standards and performative hyperbole of the US media establishment, which has long played up perceived persecution at the hands of US President Donald Trump. | And yet, journalists across the news media spectrum have been largely unwilling to openly defend the WikiLeaks founder, who faces extradit…

Jason Ditz (2020-02-17). DOJ Investigating Former CIA Director's Role in Russiagate. theantimedia.com The Justice Department is investigating the role of John Brennan in the assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman (2020-04-24). How YOU can dump Trump: Let us count the ways. peoplesworld.org Grassroots action's immense recent upset victory in Wisconsin, where voters kicked out a sitting conservative Supreme Court judge and elected a progressive, shows we can overcome even a rigged election. In November, you must do it again. When Trump tries to steal or cancel the election, our informed non-violence must rise to protect and win …

Gordon Duff (2020-04-26). Russia's Love of Trump, But Why? Trump is Burying the United States, Just Like Nikita Promised. thealtworld.com Over the past year, since Russiagate has blown over for the most part, Sputnik News and Russia Today, the two major government controlled media operations (controlled by the same person) have embarrassingly fawned over Trump. | More than that, their slant has been decidedly racist, anti-Semitic (expressing virulent hatred for America's liberal Jewish majority), anti-Hispaic/African American/Islamic America and anti-intellectual. | They have also been anti-science but their real bias has been an ongoing smear campaign against any democratic politician or anyone that isn't a pure Deep State sludge eater. | Above al…