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15 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Talk about backtracking on supporting a white supremacist coup lol. ImageImage
It's bewildering how US lawmakers are able to rightfully point out and criticise white supremacy and violent insurrections at home but not when their party colleagues do it to other countries, and perpetuate never-ending conflict and misery. Staggering hypocrisy.
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6 Jan
LIVE: Julian Assange’s bail hearing to begin shortly at Westminster Magistrates Court in London.

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Connected via remote video with other journos and currently waiting.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled against extradition on Monday, citing Julian's health and brutal prison conditions in the US under Special Administrative Measures (SAMs). His defence team opted to make the bail application today instead of rushing it.

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4 Jan
LIVE: UK judge Vanessa Baraitser set to rule on Julian Assange's extradition shortly. Live updates to follow below:

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Connected to video platform with other journos, just getting things setup. Keep your fingers crossed for Julian.
Again, I can't overstate the importance of this case. The US is attempting to extra-territorialize its draconian espionage act, trash its own 1st amendment, and bully a journalist who is not American or broken a law in the US, because he exposed their crimes against humanity.
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3 Jan
AOC appears not to vote for Pelosi, but does not vote present either. Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Presley vote for Pelosi.
Well, it's an improvement, we'll start there.

We've heard the whole time that the strategy is: get more progressives in office so they have more leverage in Congress. Okay. Shouldn't they have demanded something from Pelosi then and voted as one cohesive bloc? I'm not seeing it.
Also Rashida just voted for Pelosi. Eww.

Ya e5tee shoo 3mtsawee...
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3 Jan
Ahead of tomorrow's verdict, I invite you to read my interview with Gary McKinnon @DoubleOhNever. The US govt tried for ten years to extradite him for hacking into the Pentagon, NASA and other sites – before a UK-US extradition treaty was even ratified.

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"The treaty says that the US can have any UK citizen extradited without a burden of proof, just reasonable suspicion, whereas the UK can’t do the same to a US citizen since they are protected by their constitution."
Gary on the likely treatment Assange will receive in a US jail: "I think they will treat him as badly as they legally can."
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1 Jan
"No-one has revealed more about the Iraq War’s deadly impact than Julian Assange, and no-one is paying a higher price for doing so." by Josh Dougherty @joshdibc of Iraq Body Count @iraqbodycount

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22 Dec 20
Just spent hours sifting through this 5000 page bill. The Squad voted against some provisions in the senate amendment (Roll 250), but voted yes on the final bill (Roll 251) and okayed the $600 check. Only Tulsi @TulsiGabbard and Rashida @RashidaTlaib didn't.
There were several roll calls. People are getting confused because of the name of the legislation.

The H.R 133 Bill is the United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act - This was a shell bill initially passed by the Senate on Jan 15, 2020
(Bill: congress.gov/bill/116th-con…)
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 is a senate amendment to the original H.R 133, containing upwards of 5000+ pages which includes the Covid Relief funds just voted on (Full PDF of the amendment: rules.house.gov/sites/democrat…)
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