Kevin Gosztola is back for another update on Julian Assange's extradition hearing. A major focus of the last few days, he says, has been Assange's mental health, including a brand new diagnosis of Asperger syndrome. The defense has argued that this, combined with...
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Re: Oh Yeah, That Oughta Help
Biden is delighted to get support from Cindy McCain - that should motivate the democrats progressive base. After all, McCain was such an honorable man that lived by a code "country first". Now McCain is the new democrat hero - right along side George Bush. People...
News Roundup 9/23/20
US News The Cost of War Project finds the Pentagon transferred at least $1.6 billion in weapons to police departments under the 1033 Program since 9/11. The number is likely higher as the Pentagon undervalues the surplus weapons it gives away. [Link] Earlier in the...
Free Assange, Demand Coalition of World Leaders
A group of over 160 current and former politicians endorsed a letter that demands the United Kingdom government release WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange immediately. The publisher is currently fighting extradition to the United States at Old Bailey court in London and...
9/18/20 Peter Van Buren on ‘Election Meddling’ and the Shameful State of American Journalism
Peter Van Buren discusses yet another development in the "Russiagate" story, one that he says exposes the whole thing for what it really is. He describes the way "media watchdog" groups will discover small, insignificant websites, come up with an excuse for why they...
9/18/20 Dave Smith on the 2020 Election and the Death of RBG
Scott talks to Dave Smith about the upcoming election and the role of the Libertarian Party in presidential politics. Both agree that the right move for the Party, given that it has essentially no chance of winning the presidency in the near future, is simply to...
News Roundup 9/21/20
US News The US will ban WeChat and new downloads of TikTok. Users with the TikTok app already downloaded will be able to use it until mid-November. Trump continues to demand the platform be sold to an American company. [Link] After ByteDance announced it would sell...
9/18/20 Joe Lauria: Day Nine of the Assange Extradition Hearing
Joe Lauria comments on the last few days of Julian Assange's extradition hearing. He notes a movement on the part of the prosecution away from their previous tack, which was to argue that Assange was not really a journalist, but actually engaging in hacking and...
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