Texas University law professor Steve Vladeck explains why the move by the US to charge Julian Assange, a media publisher, with espionage (18 U.S.C. § 793(e)) for reporting on US war crimes in Iraq is a direct threat to press freedom worldwide going forward.

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by AssuredlyAThrowAway Today, wikileaks publisher Julian Assange was arrested on an extradition warrant to the US related to 18 U.S.C. § 793(e) (an espionage statute) as punishment for the publication of the “Collateral Murder” video from 2011 which highlighted US war crimes in Iraq. Professor Vladeck explicates the terrifying nature of the precedent established by way of such … Read more

JUSTICE.GOV: “WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy” (DoJ)

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/wikileaks-founder-charged-computer-hacking-conspiracy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 11, 2019 WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break … Read more

Texas Congressman Suggests Strong Proposal For Balancing Lost Funds From Illegal Immigration

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Nick Givas from The Daily Caller reports, GOP Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas suggested cutting foreign aid to the host countries of illegal immigrants, on “Fox & Friends” Monday, to make up for financial losses suffered by the government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DcYBn6en-Y Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/08/mi…      

Risky Business! Risk-Appetite strong today on positive trade sentiment and dovish Fed-speak

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by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks European stocks turn positive after a weak start and US stock futures are following pre-market with front-month Dow Jones minis +0.11%, S&P 500 minis +0.16% and Nasdaq 100 minis +0.11% The US and China have agreed on an enforcement mechanism for the trade deal being discussed, according to comments from Treasury Secretary Steve … Read more

Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management released their 13f a couple of weeks ago. Have you taken a look at some of his picks because they’re rather interesting and maybe telling.

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by howtoreadspaghetti   If you’ve seen The Big Short, he’s one of the investors that was shorting the housing market before the crash of 2007-2008. His hedge fund has stood quiet for a long time and has recently released their 13f and some of the picks are odd but should give ideas into where schmucks … Read more

Baby Boomer Retirement: “An astonishing 23% of baby boomers have no retirement savings … and never did.”

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via MarketWatch: The lights have been green for the baby boomers all their lives. They were born just after World War II, between 1946 and 1964, and raised during the biggest, most sustained economic boom in human history. They were sent to college, and grad school, by their doting parents when it was still cheap … Read more

Tech Censorship Hearings Are A Colossal Waste of Time — Lionel

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Social media giants Facebook and Google are testifying before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about the alleged blacklisting of conservative and rightwing media online. Legal and media analyst Lionel of Lionel Media joins Scottie Nell Hughes to weigh in. He likens resistance to the regulation of “private” social media companies to resistance to racial … Read more

Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker initially advocated for charging Hillary Clinton related to her mishandling of classified information before being persuaded that the investigation “could not establish” the requisite intent, per a confidential hearing transcript released today by Rep. Collins.

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by AssuredlyAThrowAway This development is interesting in light of the prior allegations made in open hearings by Rep. Jim Jordan that Peter Strozk (the FBI agent who had sent texts messages indicative of bias against then-candidate Trump while working on both “mid year exam” (the Clinton email investigation ) and “crossfire hurricane” (the Trump-Russia collusion investigation) in … Read more

Visiting Atlantis: Short documentary provides very compelling evidence that the Richat Structure, aka “Eye of the Sahara”, is Atlantis

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If there is a world that remains unexplored – it is the ancient history of man. We have signs hidden in the sands of the desert, smothered by jungle and swallowed under the waves of our oceans. And we have mythology – a time when the world was more beautiful, more dangerous, and more mysterious… … Read more