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Sarah Kendzior: I'm waiting to see how the Julian Assange thing plays out...the indictment was for hacking; it would be a stretch to call him a journalist or even a publisher.
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Sarah Kendzior: I'm not sympathetic to Assange who has been accused of rape, who has allegedly tampered with the election, has dealings with white nationalists around the world...My concern is this indictment happened under Trump.
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Sarah Kendzior: Assange is going to be used by the Trump admin in some way; he's always been a useful tool to them.
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Rick: Assange was looking pretty rough today when he was arrested.
Sarah Kendzior: Lots of indictments of 47-yr old men today. Avenatti looked a lot better and they're the same age.
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Sarah Kendzior: There could potentially be a way Trump could use Wikileaks could be used against the US press but he doesn't need Assange to do this. Is everyone in Trump admin on the same page regarding Assange? Helpful friend vrs criminal?
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Sarah Kendzior: I worry about the timing of the Assange arrest.
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Sarah Kendzior: Mueller was supposed to interview Assange; Assange has been in communication w/ Manafort, Don Jr., Stone... Now Assange is coming to the US AFTER the Mueller probe. The timing is weird.
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Sarah Kendzior: There are a lot of weird things going on in the world, in a two-week period, and all these groups are linked. Brexit, Barr Memo, Assange, Israeli election, so much more.
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Sarah Kendzior: I know a lot of people who were involved w/ Wikileaks around 2013/14 broke off ties, saying this wasn't about transparency, it wasn't what they'd signed up for. Wikileaks is not a group that's good for human freedom.
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Sarah Kendzior: I don't think Assange's goal was to help mankind; it was a nihilistic power trip.
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Sarah Kendzior: Barr isn't even pretending the law matters, and he's the Attorney General.
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Sarah Kendzior: In 2017, the Republicans tried to muddy the waters by saying, "The Democrats did it!" when it became clear they couldn't deny Russia, especially after Donald Jr. had been tweeting about it.
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Sarah Kendzior: As states turn into autocracies, journalists come under attack. It's happened in Turkey & in other countries; I don't see that the US will be the exception.
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Sarah Kendzior: I'm going to continue living my life, as if the 1st Amendment exits, as if there's freedom of the press.
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Sarah Kendzior: My kids know the President is a racist, that he's cruel, and that's just from watching the news. I don't tell them about the threats against me; I don't tell them the things I know. Let them be kids.
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Sarah Kendzior: If people hadn't lied, hadn't covered up for Trump, maybe these things wouldn't have happened. @AndreaChalupa & I warned about the threat to our country & democracy, & that's when the threats against us started.
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Sarah Kendzior: We need to be working on climate change NOW but we're going in the opposite direction. We can't wait for Democrats to get in power. We have to act now--there's been so much damage done already.
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Sarah Kendzior: There are people who would be really concerned about this, if they knew what was going on, but that's not what they're getting from mainstream media.
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Sarah Kendzior: I want people to have information accessible to them, and do with that what they may. Like the Civil Rights and Gay Rights movements when people were telling their stories--made an impact on policy, on law.
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Sarah Kendzior: We need to ignore the odds and follow our conscience. We need to do what's right, even if we won't see it--we'll fight so our kids don't have to.
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Sarah Kendzior: People don't know what to fight for. I wish we had more education about civics, about history. So many of our rights have been trampled on already. Yes, you have a right to pursue happiness. Instead, it's become about survival.
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Sarah: One thing everyone gets wrong: When a country becomes an autocracy, it's not one day things are fine and the next day soldiers are marching all around. Instead, it's chipping away at rights till they're gone. Remember what things were like 5, 10 yrs ago.
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Sarah Kendzior: I don't wish harm on kids, and that includes the kids of Trump supporters. Trump supporters have kids and elderly relatives who will be harmed by Trump's policies, and I wouldn't wish harm on anyone.
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Sarah Kendzior: They need to get Stephen Miller out. He lied on his clearance forms. Guess what? That's a crime! Get him out, too.
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Rick: I'm not feeling better after talking to you--all these crimes going on & no accountability.
Sarah: I'm not feeling warm & fuzzy, either. People tell me I was right, but that doesn't help. It's like forecasting a bad storm that happens. Still bad
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