| Time |
Event |
| 2:55a |
Julian Assange's political, legal hopes
The US cannot assure Britain that that the First Amendment will apply to Julian Assange outside
the US, because an old Supreme Court decision says it does not. This probably means that
Assange's last appeal will proceed, and go on for a long time during the US election campaign.
The article contends that Biden's interest, as well as justice, argues for
dropping the charges
against Assange.
- To ask (even rhetorically) whether Assange has been "punished enough" is to normalize
horrible abuse. The conditions that Assange has suffered in Belmarsh prison are too cruel even
for the worst criminals. No one should be
kept alone in a cell
for 23 hours a day.
- Giving Assange a plea bargain would be better than trying him as
a spy, but it is not enough for freedom of the press. The US should
drop all the charges against Assange.
- The threat to the freedom of national security journalism in the US is a direct
consequence of the Espionage Act. As long as it stands in its current form, it will tempt
prosecutors and their superiors to prosecute journalists. We can struggle to keep the
government resisting that temptation, but what we really need is to add a public interest
defense to the Espionage
The concept of spying means reporting secretly to some entity. Public reporting about state
crimes that Americans have a right and a duty to consider in their political
activities is not legitimately considered spying. |
| 2:55a |
The UNRWA drama, a history with USA, ISR
*Israel's attempt to destroy UNRWA is part of its starvation
strategy
in Gaza.*
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| 4:25a |
Corporate prosecutions
Biden has increased prosecution of corporations — it is a good start
but
he should increase it more.
The decrease in this is part of one of plutocratists' goals: impunity
for the plutocrats. Plutocratist Democrats have joined with plutocratist
Republicans to achieve it.
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| 4:25a |
North Sea oil and gas
The UK government claims that extracting oil and gas in the UK
supports 200,000 jobs. Activists are
calling that claim into question.
I would not trust any claims the fossil fuel industry makes about how
much it benefits the rest of society. But whether that claim is true
or false is a secondary issue.
The principal question in this issue is how many additional deaths it
will cause in the coming climate disaster. When the government
downplays that question, it is prioritizing the short term over the
long term.
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| 4:25a |
Russian journalist jailed
*Russian journalist who covered Navalny trials jailed on
extremism charges.*
Putin, like the bullshitter in the US, believes that presenting himself
as a total oppressor will intimidate people into giving up all resistance.
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| 4:25a |
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| 4:25a |
US intelligence skewed reports
US intelligence agencies have a continuing tendency to skew their reports
to
please the president.
This undermines their ability to help the
president face reality — whatever the unpleasant aspect may be.
|
| 1:25p |
Real news costs money, disinfo does not
As the main remaining
US newspapers become paywalled
(and therefore off limits to me), disinformation "news" sites are springing up which are gratis.
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| 1:25p |
Long-lasting, Port of Baltimore, blockage
The destruction of the Francis Scott Key
Bridge blocked the port
of Baltimore. That damages the US economy as a whole.
|
| 1:25p |
Urgent: The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
US citizens:
call
on House to pass the RECA bill, which would continue compensating victims of radiation
sickness caused by nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining.
If you phone, please spread the word!
Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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| 2:56p |
Urgent: The grifter's plan for Social Security
US citizens:
call on the Media
to make sure voters know the stakes for Social Security.
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| 10:57p |
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