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Grasping at straws: New US indictment of Assange accuses WikiLeaks founder of 'conspiring with Anonymous' hackers... in FBI sting op?

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© REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File PhotoA supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange posts a sign on the Woolwich Crown Court fence in London.
A superseding US indictment of Julian Assange broadens the charges against the WikiLeaks founder by accusing him of conspiring with a hacker affiliated with the groups Anonymous and LulzSec - who turned out to be an FBI informant.

The US Department of Justice revealed the new indictment on Wednesday, intended to "broaden the scope of the conspiracy" Assange was accused of in May 2019, shortly after he was hauled out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and imprisoned by UK authorities.

Assange was originally charged for conspiring with US Army analyst Chelsea Manning to hack a US Department of Defense computer to obtain classified information in 2010.

Comment: The panic in the halls of US "intelligence" is palpable, as support for Julian Assange builds around the world. Even Australia's 60 Minutes has aired a sympathetic piece on his persecution.




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Interior Secretary mobilize hundreds of National Guard troops to protect DC monuments amid protests

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Hundreds of troops with the Washington, D.C., National Guard have mobilized to protect monuments in the nation's capital, a Pentagon spokesperson has confirmed.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt requested the action earlier this week, as protesters target statues and other historical markers during ongoing demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd's police custody death in Minneapolis at the end of May.

The Pentagon confirmed that roughly 400 D.C. Guard members have been activated and are on standby.

"Since their activation, none of the National Guard members have been dispatched to actual monument locations to provide assistance to the NPP," Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Christian Mitchell said in a statement. "They remain on standby at the DC Armory at this time. They will support U.S. Park Police at key monuments to prevent any defacing or destruction."

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Bolton pushes discredited Russiagate: Repeats the Browder-Magnitsky hoax

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John Bolton enjoys a photo op with his favorite villain. From the book.
Hardly a surprise, but John Bolton buys into the Browder-Magnitsky hoax promoted by convicted tax fraudster William Browder.

The place where it happens in The Room Where it Happened is the July 2018 Helsinki meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Here Bolton is shaking hands with "the villain." Well, it was a photo op.

The U.S. Justice Department had just indicted agents of the GRU, the foreign military-intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. It charged them with hacking into the Democratic National Committee computers and releasing the information to influence the 2016 election. The emails showed how the DNC, which was supposed to be neutral, helped Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders in the primary.

It is relevant that the U.S. intelligence assessment written in January 2017 said in effect "we have no proof." See the very last page, Annex B. That's called burying the lede. No matter. The Justice Department dropped the case, folded, when the Russians contested it and demanded discovery! Actual proof!

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Apparent Bowman victory over Engel is a devastating blow to AIPAC's influence in Washington

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© Twitter/@JamaalBowmanNYJamaal Bowman at his campaign launch event, June 2019
In August 2014, I helped organize and moderated a gut-wrenching panel on Capitol Hill during Israel's ferocious Operation Protective Edge, its 50-day spree of war crimes unleashed against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The panel featured searing testimony from Tariq Abukhdeir, the Florida teen who had been viciously beaten by Israeli border police while handcuffed the previous month after his cousin Mohammed had been savagely murdered by Israeli extremists, and author Laila El-Haddad, who had received the horrific news that very day that the Israeli military killed eight members of her family.

C-SPAN covered the event live, a move so disconcerting to Israel's supporters on Capitol Hill that the network was forced to temporarily cut away from the panel to cover a rambling, impromptu paean to Israel delivered by Sen. Barbara Boxer to a largely empty chamber.

The room was so packed to capacity with Members of Congress, Hill staff, media, and the general public (former Rep. Keith Ellison, currently Minnesota's Attorney General prosecuting the case against the police officers who killed George Floyd, took an unassuming seat on the floor) that we decided to run another panel immediately afterward to accommodate the crush of people who could not get in.

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Strzok notes reveal Obama and Biden had direct hand in ordering Flynn investigation

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Michael Flynn's lawyers on Wednesday released a handwritten memo that former FBI official Peter Strzok purportedly took during a White House meeting in early January 2017, which Flynn's attorneys argue shows that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden directed an investigation into the former Trump national security adviser.

The Justice Department revealed the existence of the notes in a court filing Tuesday. Michael R. Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. said that Strzok, who served as deputy chief of counterintelligence, likely took the notes between Jan. 3 and Jan. 5, 2017.

On Jan. 5, 2017, then-FBI Director James Comey met at the White House with Obama, Biden, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and then-National Security Adviser Susan Rice. The officials discussed Flynn during that meeting, according to an email that Rice wrote to herself more than two weeks later.

President Donald Trump and his supporters have recently suggested that Obama and Biden were more involved in the FBI's investigation against Flynn and the Trump campaign than previously known. Trump coined the term "Obamagate," and accused his predecessor of directing "the biggest political crime in American history."

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SOTT Focus: Covid-19 Has Turned Public Health Into a Patient-Killing Experiment

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Potentially lethal doses of the therapeutic drug hydroxychloroquine are being administered in 'clinical trials', sometimes without patient consent. Nearly a quarter of those participating in one such trial subsequently died.

From the beginning of the SARS-COV-2/COVID19 pandemic rollout there have been disturbing hints, rumours and even overt whistleblower claims of seemingly gross medical malpractice connected with the treatment and handling of allegedly infected people.

We have heard about mandatory Do Not Resuscitate orders issued for the elderly, cognitively challenged people, autistic people and even children with fairly minor congenital conditions.

We have heard of terrifyingly inappropriate usage of invasive ventilation that can only increase the numbers of covid19 deaths', and of general levels of incompetence and poor practice that must have the same result.

And now we have evidence of three clinical trials which require patients to be given up to 4 times the normal dosage of hydroxychloroquine, with or without their consent. In one of these studies over 25% of patients died.

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Best of the Web: Trump interview with The Federalist in late May: 'The military-industrial complex is unbelievably powerful. You have no idea...'


Comment: Unsurprisingly, this set of statements from the most powerful person in the world during an Oval Office interview in late May got precisely zero media coverage when they were finally published on June 8th. After The Federalist, we are apparently the only outlet to even acknowledge that it took place...


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President Donald Trump blasted former Defense Secretary James Mattis as "terrible," criticized the power of the "military-industrial complex," and defended his decision to draw down America's military presence in Syria following the United States' successful destruction of the Islamic State there.

Trump's comments about Mattis came before Mattis published a statement attacking Trump and falsely claiming the military had never been used to support law enforcement in responding to violent riots. Trump said opposition from establishment figures like Mattis wasn't driven by personality or tactical disagreements but by entirely different worldviews.

The president was critical of Mattis' failure to achieve victory in Afghanistan and remove troops there after fighting since 2001. "Look, we've been there for 19 years - Mattis was terrible, you know, not very good," Trump told The Federalist during an interview in the Oval Office in late May.

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Eleven ways Trump's June 22 executive order helps Americans, hinders Fortune 500

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© Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House/FlickrUS President Donald Trump, March 11, 2020
President Donald Trump's Executive Order sets broad changes in the visa worker pipelines that have allowed Fortune 500 companies to import foreign workers into the jobs needed by Americans.

Trump's June 22 announcement is important for Americans' jobs and wages, but it may become hugely important if it releases a cascade of political activism by U.S. college graduates.

1. The policy announcements do not change laws, nor do they create instant regulations. So they need to be rational and modest to overcome resistance from pro-diversity, pro-migrant, establishment judges. The Executive Order temporarily blocks the arrival of most foreign contract workers and green card legal migrants until December 31, 2020, and it is accompanied by two draft regulations. If Trump wins in November, his order can be extended, and the draft regulations can survive lawsuits.

2. The administration says the Executive Order will open up 525,000 jobs for Americans. Even if the 525,000 estimate is double the reality, it will open 262,500 jobs for Americans and force employers to hire and train more Americans:

Comment: The gains are in redistribution. Companies make money on cheap foreign labor who then send their $ home. American worker paychecks will be reinvested into US economy and taxed. It should be a no-brainer as to which will serve the USA better and longer. Either way, big business survives and profits.


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Nuclear talks: Russia won't pressure China; US wants treaty to include all nukes, not just strategic weapons

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© UN/Evan Schneider/Zach Gibson/BloombergRussian Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov • US Special Envoy Arms Control Marshall Billingslea
US expectations that China will join nuclear arms control talks are unrealistic, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said, noting the only way forward is bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington.

Ryabkov pointed out that he made that clear to US special envoy for arms control Marshall Billingslea as the two met in Vienna on Monday for negotiations on prolonging the New START Treaty, which expires in February.

"We quite thoroughly explained to them why counting on China joining [the negotiations] is unrealistic," Ryabkov said, noting that Moscow will not pressure Beijing the way Washington wants it to as it respects China's decision.

Bilateral dialogue between Russia and the US is "the optimal and, possibly, the only way forward at this stage" to preserve the landmark deal, which limits the number of nuclear launchers operated by the two countries, the deputy FM said.

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Iran ready to talk with US if it comes with an apology for upending the nuclear pact

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© Reuters/Pavel Golovkin/PoolIranian President Hassan Rouhani
Iran would be open to talks with the United States if Washington apologizes for exiting a 2015 nuclear deal and compensates Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, cautioning that U.S. calls for discussions were insincere.

The confrontation between arch foes Tehran and Washington has worsened since 2018, when U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with major powers and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.

Iran has refused to hold any talks with the United States, which is trying to force Tehran to negotiate a new deal, unless Washington lifts sanctions on Tehran and returns to the original agreement.

In a tweet in early June, Trump repeated Washington's call for a new deal with Tehran aimed at putting stricter limits on Tehran's nuclear work, curbs its ballistic missile program and ends its decades of regional proxy wars.

Comment: When perpetuating the problem becomes more important than creating the solution...neither side is willing to take responsibility:
Rouhani, during a meeting with Iranian governors in Tehran on Tuesday, commented:
"They say 'we are ready to negotiate.' They are saying something strange. What does 'we're ready to negotiate' mean? Who left the negotiating table? Who broke the negotiating table? Who set fire to the negotiating room? It was them (the Americans). It is clear to the entire world today that we will never surrender under sanctions and pressure."
Rouhani added that US President Donald Trump "later realised that he had been mistaken and had made a miscalculation" following attempts to put pressure on Iran in order to bring it to the negotiating table within three months.

The statement comes after POTUS reiterated Washington's readiness for a new deal with Iran last week, also insisting that Tehran was allegedly waiting to see him lose the 2020 presidential election.