Breaking: US given permission to appeal UK’s decision not to extradite Julian #Assange
in January, Judge Baraitser had decided not to extradite Assange to the US based on health grounds, as this would increase the risk of suicide. At the same time, she agreed with all the political charges in the indictment, which is v bad for journalism.

This comes as a few days ago a key witness for the US prosecution nicknamed "Siggi the Hacker" revealed that his entire testimony was false and he was given immunity + cash by the US to smear Assange as a hacker. Siggi had also previously embezzled 50,000 USD from @wikileaks
I'll have a full breakdown of latest developments tonight on the live stream.

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22 Jun
.@PressTV’s website has been seized by the US government. Look at these gangsters. This is America’s so called “freedom of speech” and “democracy”. The United States is a criminal org. They’re scared of anti-imperialist and pro-Palestinian outlets so they shut them down. Cowards.
Apparently my show and those of my colleagues are an “unusual and extraordinary threat”. Lol. The United States’ attempts to silence the resistance axis are so preposterous.

law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50…
See also “Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries” signed by Joe “totally not fascism” Biden on June 9th

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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8 Jun
Israel is bombing Syria's capital Damascus right now, violating Lebanese airspace to do it; Syrian air defence systems are responding. This is such a common occurrence (virtually every week) the media can't be bothered to mention it half the time.
The israelis and their media lapdogs think that if they keep screaming it's "Hezbollah and Iranian targets!" then that suddenly makes it okay for them to bomb anyone they like. This is just propaganda by oppressors and colonizers. Their goal is to keep Syria unstable.
By their own admissions, the israelis have bombed Syria hundreds of times in the last years since the war began in 2011. Syria supports Palestine and the Axis of Resistance. They are illegally occupying the Golan Heights and punishing Syria by keeping it in chaos from the South.
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21 Apr
Breaking: Israeli media report sirens have gone off near Dimona, where an israeli nuclear facility lies. Jerusalem residents reported hearing a loud explosion- likely from patriot missile systems responding to a rocket attack but this is unconfirmed. Story is still developing
Video making the rounds of the explosion that was heard through Jerusalem
israeli media showing various angles from the vicinity of Dimona
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17 Apr
WATCH: Iran Responds to Israeli Attack on Natanz Nuclear Facility

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The centrifuges damaged by israel were the older, first generation IR-1s. They've been replaced by the newer IR-6 generation. Iran also announced it will add another 1000 centrifuges to the Natanz facility and successfully enriched uranium to 60%.
Israel is a reckless, unhinged terrorist entity that thinks blowing up nuclear facilities and killing scientists is acceptable. Imagine if Iran did that to them. We'd never hear the end of it.
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17 Apr
WATCH: Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake 7 Times, Paralyzing Him, Given Job Back

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Anyone who empties a clip at point blank into someone's back is the definition of trigger-happy. That's not policing.
I don't buy this excuse that police can potentially murder or paralyze someone over a pocket knife. Here's police in London disarming a man with a machete and no one is killed. There are always other ways to handle these situations they just don't care.

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17 Apr
American media is not only bought and owned by corporations, who have a profit incentive– it's purposely designed to make people dumb and ignorant on virtually every issue.
Imagine if they spent just 1% of the air time covering Palestine, Yemen, or any issue of substance with honesty instead of recycling this garbage about Russian bounties or fear mongering about China. It's incorrigible.
Don't get me wrong, the British tabloid press is equally rank, but given the magnitude of American corporate media they definitely take the cake in many regards. Although the BBC are never far behind lol.
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