[Assange news] U.S. House 'Squad' pens letter asking Garland to drop charges against Assange

By artappraiser on Wed, 04/12/2023 - 12:29pm |

This is absurd. Assange was a tool of the Russian state and broadcast United States secrets that endangered Americans. This is a wacky position these five representatives are taking. https://t.co/wmYAgyxyxY
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) April 12, 2023

It's signed by Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, Greg Casar, Jamaal Bowman and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Note that while Vindman tweets against the letter, Glenn Greenwald tweets in support of it.

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https://twitter.com/AVindman/status/1645987435808194560?s=20

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Wikileaks is busy tweeting other letters of support, including from 99 Brazil parliamentarians, over 30 UK parliamentarians, 99 Mexican lawmakers, and 48 Australian Senators and MP's.

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/12/2023 - 12:41pm

Lula's relative support for Russian atrocities in Ukraine caught a lot of us surprise.

The "Bolsonaro vs Democracy" equation seemed to shape shift suddenly.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/13/2023 - 12:13am

good point.

also to keep in mind, tho I don't know how related it is to Russia/Ukraine: it's the urban elite liberals who helped push Lula over the top; lots of working class preferred Bolsanaro.

Then there's all of Africa and surely I haven't figured that out yet and maybe never will. One thing I can see clearly: as far as the 'war of civlizations' that Putin wants, in Africa, it's "be there or be square".

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/13/2023 - 12:41am

Yes, lefties support revolution chic, while Africa I'd guess is as much financial support plus some revolution/socialism nostalgia. The US is "The Man" overall.

But still i thought Luka would be a bit more humanitarian in keeping with favelas having an anti-colinialist bent, but i suppose memories are short & easily swayed.

Have some Che Guevara in your coffee?

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/13/2023 - 4:46am

Ford Fischer reported on a rally in support of Assange outside the DOJ, which was sidelined by an unaffiliated man stripping off his clothes and trying to light himself on fire:

CW: Disturbing

Today as supporters of Julian Assange rallied outside the DOJ in DC, a man ran in front of speaker Gerry Condon, stripped completely naked, and poured instant flame gel on his clothing before taking out a lighter.

He was confronted by several people including CIA… pic.twitter.com/jkNMoMwNoa
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) April 12, 2023

If you look at the replies on his tweet there, you will see several people suggest that that man must be a government plant.

If you look at his whole thread reporting the rally speakers, you will see a lot the usual suspects spoke in support, including Max Blumenthal, Elizabeth Murray, Garland Nixon, John Kiriakou, Gary Condon, Editor-in-Chief of Consortium News Joe Lauria, and others.

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/12/2023 - 12:57pm

At an event in support of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovitch being detained by Russia, Assange supporters confront Masha Gessen. David Remnick, Anna Nemzer, Beth Knobel & Susan Glasser, including accusing Gessen of being a a CIA asset. And Vega later tweets the video and a statement that Gershkovitz is a spy and then copies that thread to an extensive list of their compadres on Twitter:

So @DianeSare and I confronted Russiagate fanatic journalists @mashagessen, David Remnick, Anna Nemzer, Beth Knobel & @sbg1 at their

"come listen to how great we are as journalists" talk. We touched on Russiagate, Seymour Hersh, Julian Assange and Masha being a CIA asset. pic.twitter.com/vICTYnfDU7
— Jose Vega — Vote Diane Sare! (@JosBtrigga) April 12, 2023

Here's the original event. Most of it was protecting the spy known as Evan Gershkovichhttps://t.co/vBckL9fAWY
— Jose Vega — Vote Diane Sare! (@JosBtrigga) April 12, 2023

@aaronjmate @anyaparampil @yopasta @MaxBlumenthal @AOC @ggreenwald @briebriejoy @robbysoave @FiorellaIsabelM @SabbySabs2 @RealScottRitter @REVMAXXING @LibertyLockPod @NickAdamsinUSA @with_integrity @mtaibbi @ReadeAlexandra @KimDotcom @KimIversenShow @citizenjeff @HardLensMedia
— Jose Vega — Vote Diane Sare! (@JosBtrigga) April 12, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/12/2023 - 1:26pm

Here's an "Exonerate LaRouche" supporter congratulating them and inviting everyone to come see Sare & Vega along with Scott Ritter, Tara Reade, National Chair of the People's Party and others on April 22:

Good work @DianeSare and @JosBtrigga!!

Come see them both on April 22nd in Manhattan with @ReadeAlexandra Scott Ritter @nick_brana @LarrySharpe @KortkampJanice!!

Tickets: https://t.co/9F0TuGQO8y https://t.co/9l4RGEKRPH
— Daniel Burke — Exonerate LaRouche (@Burke4Senate) April 12, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/12/2023 - 1:59pm

My comment so far is:

Are MAGA and Trump supporters really the only "clown car" in this country?

And didn't this other clown car precede them?

And might not the most passionate Trump/MAGA support have come mainly in reaction to them? (That's without even getting into Obama/Trump voters...)

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/12/2023 - 1:41pm

Interesting thread by an ex-editor at The Atlantic and ex-reporter for the AFP; could be related, stranger things have happened:

How do you incubate a mind virus? How do you cause a culture to self-destruct? In 1984, this KGB defector exposed the 4-stages identified by Soviet intelligence as the necessary steps to cause the psychological implosion of American society.

Stage 1: Demoralization (15–20 yrs) pic.twitter.com/GDzDwXILHt
— Benjamin Carlson (@bfcarlson) April 12, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/12/2023 - 1:49pm

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