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The Assange Arrest

By arresting Julian Assange and pushing his deportation to the United States, the Trump administration appears to be making a martyr. Come on, Trump. The most dangerous thing this man has done is sleep with Pamela Anderson. More from The Rageaholic.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012, until his asylum was revoked on April 11 and he was arrested by UK police. Concurrently, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against him and requested his immediate extradition to the United States. The timing of this sudden movement in the Assange case after seven years of almost complete stasis isn’t a coincidence. More from the Epoch Times, focusing here on the question, “Will Julian Assange be offered a plea deal?”

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CNN, FOX not yet sure if it’s better for their team to love or hate Assange. Assange + Trump more likely to make a deal than any other POTUS. What does Assange know, that nobody else knows? More from Scott Adams.

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Dotcom: Hounded by Hollywood

Discussing his fight against extradition to the United States, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom paints himself as a marytr, fed to the wolves by President Barack Obama as a sop to his Hollywood supporters after the administration failed to enact SOPA or the Stop Online Privacy Act. Dotcom also warns that the future of Internet freedoms are at stake as the US government and others around the world try to clamp down on the medium or use it as a tool for surveillance. More from RT America.

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