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Good News: Belmarsh Prison To Move Assange Out Of Solitary Confinement
Keeping Julian Assange in solitary confinement is torture – he is no threat to anyone. His crime is exposing the world to the corruption and lies that governments use to hide their crimes of war and torture. Their have been many reports that his health is deteriorating while he is being held in solitary confinement so this is good news.
Prisoners' revolt and pressure from legal team and campaigners forces Belmarsh to move Assange out of solitary. WikiLeaks statement: pic.twitter.com/9Af9y3zC93
— Don't Extradite Assange (@DEAcampaign) January 24, 2020
Iraqis Protest U.S. Troop Presence
From CNN. “Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Baghdad on Friday calling for US troops to leave Iraq, heeding the call of powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who called for a “Million Man March.”
The Telegraph is reporting that U.S. and British diplomats are working on a plan to reduce the number of troops in Iraq hoping this will appease the Shia coalition and reduce tensions. We have been down this road before though – talk of troop withdrawal which never actually happens. This time may be different.
While both Iran and the US have stepped back from all-out confrontation over Mr Soleimani’s killing, diplomats have not yet ruled out the prospect of further bloodshed.
They are particularly worried about the pro-Iranian Shia militants in Iraq, who have threatened to mount their own attacks on US troops and other American targets.
“No to America, and no to Iran. Iraq is for Iraqis,”
Oops.
DoJ now says oops, the entire Russiagate hoax was predicated on FBI lies.
You don’t mind too much though, right?
Year Zero 94: There’s No Such Thing As Western Culture
There’s no such thing as western culture.
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Does Foreign Press Have First Amendment Rights?
“We have now learned from submissions and affidavits presented by the United States to this court that they do not consider foreign nationals to have a First Amendment protection,” – WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson
The text of the First Amendment is:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
It seems that the US Constitution prohibits Congress from making any law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. Period.
Also, if the crime was not committed within US jurisdiction, then shouldn’t the country in which the crime was committed be prosecuting the case in line with its own laws? The US can bully countries to have “don’t hack the USA” laws. Those countries don’t have a First Amendment. However, can an act committed in another country lead to the US government prosecuting someone for journalistic speech?
This is just straight-up abuse. Still, philosophically, there’s a question about what kind of government the US government actually is.
Do the people possess rights, then create government by conceding some rights away? Or does the government possess ultimate authority and concede rights to the people? 18th and 19th century Americans sometimes thought the former interpretation was too strong. They felt that no rights were conceded, and that the government could only be justified when it protected and respected the rights people possess simply by being people.
Yet, the full-spectrum-dominance, federal-supremacist, New Deal American State has ultimate authority and only though its prudence, wisdom, and mercy does it grant its subjects any rights whatsoever.
Hah! The Second Amendment is nothing but a wink by the red staters acknowledging that even though the federals play-act supreme, they do so at the pleasure of the still-rights-possessing people. Yet, when that “wink” and “nod” are the only thing left of genuine rights, then what’s the point?
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Netanyahu Just Got The Gift Of The Century
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the gift of the century on Thursday when Vice President Mike Pence invited him and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to the White House for talks next Tuesday about the long-awaited peace plan, otherwise known as the ‘Deal Of The Century.”
This sounds like a trap for Gantz. According to The Jerusalem Post, Gantz was invited to the meeting by V.P. Mike Pence at the request of Netanyahu. They believe Trump is going to offer a favorable peace plan, a defense pact and probably anything else the Israelis want. All they have to do in exchange is form a coalition government. Bibi will get immunity, Trump will probably get another $25 million campaign contribution from Sheldon Adelson and the unconditional support of Evangelical Christian Zionists in the U.S.
As the JPost states: “Who will be able to say no?“
Afghanistan: Can We Call This Off Now?
Military Times: Afghan officials: US airstrike killed 10 civilians in Herat
A drone attack carried out by U.S. forces earlier this month in western Afghanistan that apparently targeted a splinter Taliban group also killed at least 10 civilians, including three women and three children, an Afghan rights official and a council member said Wednesday.
According to the Afghan official, who is on the country’s Human Rights Commission, the strike took place in western Herat province, in the district of Shindanad. Five other civilians, including two children, were wounded, he said.
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