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WikiLeaks Calls for Pardons From President Obama -- Or President Trump (wikileaks.org)
"President Obama has a political moment to pardon Manning & Snowden," WikiLeaks tweeted on Friday, adding "If not, he hands a Trump presidency the freedom to take his prize." And a new online petition is also calling for a pardon of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying Assange is "a hero and must be honoured as such," attracting over 10,000 supporters in just a few days. An anonymous reader writes:
Monday WikiLeaks also announced, "irrespective of the outcome of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the real victor is the U.S. public which is better informed as a result of our work." Addressing complaints that they specifically targeted Hillary Clinton's campaign, the group said "To date, we have not received information on Donald Trump's campaign, or Jill Stein's campaign, or Gary Johnson's campaign or any of the other candidates that fulfills our stated editorial criteria." But they also objected to the way their supporters were portrayed during the U.S. election, arguing that Trump and others "were painted with a broad, red brush. The Clinton campaign, when they were not spreading obvious untruths, pointed to unnamed sources or to speculative and vague statements from the intelligence community to suggest a nefarious allegiance with Russia. The campaign was unable to invoke evidence about our publications -- because none exists."
Thursday a WikiLeaks representative expressed surprise that, despite the end of the U.S. election, Julian Assange's internet connection in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London has not yet been restored.
Thursday a WikiLeaks representative expressed surprise that, despite the end of the U.S. election, Julian Assange's internet connection in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London has not yet been restored.
How is the US supposed to pardon him, when he is wanted by the Swedes for questioning?
The badly written summary makes it clear that the pardon is requested for Manning and Snowden, and for some reason tries to include an unrelated mention of Assange, probably so they can have more links to click.
Trump won over Clinton 290 to 228, which is most definitely *not* a whisker.
Let me explain it to you simply.
Clinton got more votes than Trump. People are pissed because of that.
Get it? Got it? Good.
It does more than seek to imprison, it does imprison people for opposing the party-in-power's narrative. Mark Basseley Youssef and Dinesh D'Sousa.
Neither of these individuals was imprisoned for "opposing the party-in-power's narrative." It was for violating laws.
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If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
Donald Trump in November 2016:
Donald Trump in November 2012:
So, it's a sham and travesty when it does work for you, but it's open and successful when it does work for you. This mental damage is not limited to the left. You just elected it to run the country. Of course Trump tries to claim that Romney won via popular vote, when in reality he lost by almost 5m votes. McCain lost by almost 10m votes. So this "travesty" only applies to his own election results.
That said, it doesn't excuse the violent and illegal riots by any party after a result with which they disagree. Peaceful assembly and protest, fine. Little good it'll do, but it's your right.
The US hasn't actually charged Assange with anything. Obama can't pardon someone for crimes that don't exist; he also can't pardon someone on behalf of another country (Sweden).
He's called for Snowden to be killed as a traitor, so I'm thinking he *probably* won't pardon the guy. Just a hunch though.
No, they weren't. It was falsified, and "Project Veritas" was propogating a scam. The fact that you still don't accept that demonstrates my point. You're just as deranged as the people you hate, and just as fearful of your worldview being supplanted. If they are cowards, then so are you.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Well, keep in mind those sorts of maps are a bit misleading, as it just shows any preference for Republicans above 50% in lower population areas. It does look visually striking, though.
I found that maps that show the difference in shades between red and blue tend to represent the difference a bit better. Here's a page that demonstrates several ways to represent the electoral split with more accuracy.
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
"Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?"
Ironic that you'd say that, since almost every accusation Donald Trump has denied actually came first hand from video or his own Tweets.