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Cha

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46. trump offered to pardon the bloody snake..
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 03:39 PM
Aug 2023
Assange helped sabotage U.S. election, remember?

Apr 18, 2019 — Don't cast Julian Assange as some kind of hero when he played a key role in Russian interference in the 2016 election.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-assange-hero-letter-20190418-story.html

Fuck ASSange.

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Free Assange n/t leftstreet Jul 2023 #1
Yes, free this man now. Magoo48 Jul 2023 #6
Why???? FarPoint Jul 2023 #9
I think he embarrassed American colonialism, nation building, and militarism Magoo48 Jul 2023 #10
You all seem to be forgetting the damage that ASSange did to thousands of innocent people. Haggis 4 Breakfast Jul 2023 #25
Hey, don't forget helping Trump win!! Happy Hoosier Jul 2023 #33
Oh, I will NEVER forget that. speak easy Jul 2023 #38
+1 leftstreet Jul 2023 #35
You misspelled Fuck Major Nikon Jul 2023 #8
HA! Perfect! NT Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #42
Lol.. Sure did! Cha Aug 2023 #44
WTF? Oh Hell NO! msfiddlestix Jul 2023 #12
Not gonna happen. Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #21
What nonsense. Happy Hoosier Jul 2023 #31
No thanks. Tommy Carcetti Jul 2023 #39
Hypocrisy regarding press freedom by the US is not appealing. xocetaceans Jul 2023 #2
Collateral Murder? EX500rider Jul 2023 #17
If you're going to illegaly invade a country... TiberiusB Jul 2023 #22
Which has nothing to do with whether embedding with insurgents while they attack US troops.. EX500rider Jul 2023 #24
How about a citation? Or is that italicized paragraph your own composition? n/t xocetaceans Jul 2023 #27
That's from the Wikipedia page about the event EX500rider Jul 2023 #29
Assange is not a journalist. Happy Hoosier Jul 2023 #32
Assange is not a journalist. He was a paid and willing tool of okaawhatever Jul 2023 #41
I find the defense of this 'case' under the banner of stopdiggin Jul 2023 #3
So, what you're saying is . . . . hmmm . . . . xocetaceans Jul 2023 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Jul 2023 #5
How about this for facts Major Nikon Jul 2023 #7
Agree Mickju Jul 2023 #11
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ msfiddlestix Jul 2023 #14
Thank you! Espionage is not something one should just forget or forgive PortTack Jul 2023 #20
Okay, but where's the CRIME TiberiusB Jul 2023 #23
First of all, I said nothing about "CRIME" Major Nikon Jul 2023 #26
Well Done, Major Nikon. Cha Aug 2023 #45
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t msfiddlestix Jul 2023 #15
AP has no copy editors? Can't even get basic Math accurately msfiddlestix Jul 2023 #13
"It hasn't been MORE than a decade. " BumRushDaShow Jul 2023 #16
OH, right. I beg your pardon. Stand corrected forgot all about the Manning episode. msfiddlestix Jul 2023 #18
I forgot when that happened myself BumRushDaShow Jul 2023 #19
It's amazing how many confuse disliking Assange with any reason to persecute or prosecute him. n/t xocetaceans Jul 2023 #28
One can do both. hunter Jul 2023 #30
You might want to try reading that again. It might help. n/t xocetaceans Jul 2023 #36
You might want to parse what I said. hunter Jul 2023 #40
That's a nice origin story, but it's irrelevant to your earlier statement and justifies nothing. nt xocetaceans Aug 2023 #43
The corollary often appears just as amazing. nt Torchlight Jul 2023 #34
Still nothing compared to what Trump did. Kid Berwyn Jul 2023 #37
trump offered to pardon the bloody snake.. Cha Aug 2023 #46
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