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Plea deal for bail-jumping Assange Finally, after over a decade of high drama, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced justice. In a courtroom far, far away — in Saipan, of all places — he pleaded guilty to one felony charge of violating the Espionage Act. According to a plea deal with the US government, the court… Read more.
Musk reinstates Jones on X Elon Musk proved long ago that he is to business what Donald Trump is to politics. Both revel in defying norms and conventional wisdom. Yesterday, Musk proved it again by reinstating Alex Jones on X, formerly Twitter. Jones gained infamy by spreading wild conspiracies, including that: a “New World Order” is… Read more.
Students who blamed Israel Ryna Workman, the NYU Student Bar Association president, penned a statement siding with Hamas — the very terrorists who mounted that devastating attack against Israel last week. She condemned Israel’s “violence of apartheid” against Palestinians and declared her “unwavering and absolute solidarity” with them. Winston & Strawn, where Workman worked as a summer associate, immediately rescinded… Read more.
Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, appearing in the federal courthouse that sits just blocks away from where his angry supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to keep him in power. (The Washington Post, August 3, 2023) I’m following up on Tuesday’s post.… Read more.
Podcast Episode 95 What could go wrong? Well, nothing portends Twitter’s fate quite like Elon blaming “activists” for a potentially bankrupting drop in advertising revenue. I mean, how rich is that. Evidently this “free speech absolutist” is just learning the truth and consequences of free speech. Having others put an albatross around his neck would’ve… Listen.
