News Roundup 4/5/19

by | Apr 5, 2019

News Roundup 4/5/19

by | Apr 5, 2019

Wikileaks

  • Wikileaks says a high-level source revealed Julian Assange would be turned over to the UK within days. [Link]
  • Janine Jackson exposes the mainstream media for failing to cover Chelsea Manning being jailed for refusing to testify in a secret court without legal representation. [Link]  
  • Chelsea Manning’s lawyers are filing an appeal and asking for Chelsea Manning to be given bail. Chelsea’s lawyers claim she was illegally surveilled before she was subpoenaed.  [Link]
  • Ecuador’s president accuses Wikileaks of intercepting his data and publishing personal photos. Wikileaks denied the claims. [Link] The president claims Assange has violated the terms of his asylum. [Link]  

US News

  • Trump says he may nominate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board. [Link]
  • Aaron Mate explains that the Russiagate conspiracy theory helped Donald Trump. The theory was the focus of the Democrats investigation into Trump, distracting from more important legitimate scandals of Trump. The conspiracy being proven false gives Trump a huge victory going into 2020. [Link]
  • Micah Zenko argues Americans have been falsely led to believe there are great foreign threats. [Link]
  • The House passes the Yemen War Powers bill. A procedural maneuver that would have killed the bill was narrowly defeated. Trump has the power to veto the bill. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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