Breaking Points
Krystal and Saagar discuss the New York Times finally calling on Biden to drop the charges against Julian Assange.
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https://youtu.be/J2XlGS_9obo All the best to the legal team suing the CIA and Mike Pompeo on behalf of Julian Assange.
Its always amazing to me the arrogance of "Journalists"…where they feel they have more rights to free speech than the average American.
Great, it only took long enough to ensure his extradition to the famed "whistleblower court" of the Eastern district of Virginia where whistleblowers are regularly prosecuted with no regard for human rights or constitutionality, where "national security" is often cited as reasons why the DEFENSE is not allowed to present certain arguments to a jury and even withheld from being able to even see evidence or charges against them in the name of "national security"
Not a chance Biden and company are going to meaningful drop any charges
Better late than never. I guess after these long years and months of abuse and torture has finally awakened these dullards to the threat. …. Freedom to publish about the war crimes of other nations, but our own war crimes? Umm, not so much.
Saying this a decade later is an embarrassment
Oh hell no! He put American lives at risk.
The timing of their protest makes me angrier, than their silence ever could.
Nobody had anything to say, when 3 governments used the possibility of charges for more than a decade to annihilate Assange. As long as this whole thing rested on pure power of the executive branch, all the mainstream journalists were cool with extra-legal punishment and torture.
As soon as there is a chance, that this whole process might culminate in a legal precedent, which might fuck with their business, they cry "freedom of the press".
None of you have any integrity. MSM are servants of the status quo. They have become the antithesis of their original mission. So FUCK YOU.
This only means they see the threat to their own profits finally
Why would they drop charges, they are just going to leave him in this legal limbo to rot and die, or leave him there until a republican finishes the job.
I voted for Gary Johnson in 2016 and the only reason I didn’t vote for Trump in 2020 is because of Trump’s prosecution of Assange and his refusal to issue him a pardon. But I’m not stupid enough to have voted for Biden either. I left the ballot blank.
WAIT A MINUTE!!! Isn't he behind exposing hilliary clinton and that would go against the dems and MSM's agenda? And doesn't he have dirt on everyone's favorite pres, obama?
It's very curious this shift given that the NYT is all about the Russia hoaxes, the Ukraine hoaxes and all the rest of the propaganda state machine narratives. I wonder what is behind this, maybe fear they won't be able to publish leaks when the political tables turn in 2024?
Too little too late. If the Slime were really serious, it would call for revision of the espionage act. As usual, that rag is all about pretence (and summer squash recipes).
"He's not a threat anymore so let's come out and act like we were on his side the whole time."
– NYT
Hillary said we should assassinate him. The times better get in line.
If you have to say “it’s not about Hillary Clinton”, then a lot of people are probably thinking it was about Hillary Clinton….😅
Wow, even a broken clock is right twice a day 😂
free Assange !
When the government is embarrassed and are caught with their hands in the “cookie jar” they act like little children😂So they deny and want to hurt and torture😅Grow up!
Ok MSM, why now?
Obama didn't pardon him…just sayin.
If you think NYT cares, then I have some beach front property for a good price due to "climate change."
The media industry has a long way to go to win back their integrity. They remain spineless but at least they seem capable of slithering in the right direction.
The only thing worse than the “press” in this country not caring about doing their job is the entire public not caring about having a free press because you’re more worried about being loyal to your preferred cult/mafia team.
Oh so that's why they finally opposed it. Because the persecution was being carried out by Trump. Well, whatever it takes in this case I guess.
Assange is a rapist in Sweden #metoo doesn't care because Assange is anti-MSM hero
he would be out of prison years ago had he just complied with the Swedish legal system instead of making up crap about woman working for CIA – junk onlie media
I really doubt the NYT alone dropped this. More so pentagon agenda. With goals 10 years down the road and planting the seeds right now through its conduit called the NYT. Or Julian assange is about to finally hit the red button and release everything. And now governments are finally scared.
I love this show. Krystal and Saagar are both incredible. They show their political leanings, but call out the bullshit from their own parties, when they see it. They respectfully debate, and keep their minds open to change. This is how all political talk shows need to be.
Assange is an egotist and a prime example,
of a completely 'unattached to reality' idealist.
However you might feel about American style liberal democracy,
…and most don't care or even know of its existence 'as a thing'.
But they do enormously enjoy the Capitalism that underpins it.
The masses only tend to see the surface of their societies politics.
Because they're too busy or disinterested in the minutiae,
of how countries keep order within their borders and outside of them.
The US is fighting a war. Its aim is that every government is a liberal democracy.
There're many states that don't want this Western hegemony and are actively,
trying to stop the spread of …Americas vision of a Capitalist utopia.
If the United States 'played fairly'… the affluent life most westerners live would be at risk from nations considered by Westerners as despotic.
You would be poor and that isn't hyperbole, I don't mean can't buy a new car or a washing machine every three years.
Or pay for the occasional 'fancy branded goods'… I mean really poor.
You won't be able to endlessly buy stuff anymore. This will cause you sadness and severe depression. The US must fight those that wish to take your consumables away from you.
To those that aren't mindless automaton… this is obvious.
The Unites States will continue this covert war until it wins.
Their worldview is not 'everyone has their own right to exist and govern themselves'.
You become a liberal democracy, or the US will be at war with you.
It may be slow… but they will never stop undermining and transforming that country.
It is their nations modus operandi. They believe they're working towards a Capitalist utopia.
The demonstrations in China and Iran are the 'behind the scenes work of the CIA' to orchestrate regime change.
They're endlessly working towards total hegemony… and they're doing it for you.
Assange 'was' actively fighting against this agenda.
Can you now see why he is… "at his very best" he's just a naive fantasist?
Don't be one too.
Assange was working with and paying someone in the military to help him steal information, right? And he should walk away a free man? Translation: As long as the ends justifies the means, journalists are above the law.
Edward Snowden needs to be let off the hook to.
The Biden Administration is corrupt to the core.
They are just pretending. They will change the tune as soon as convenience dictates.
Democracy dies in the dark, and SBF walks around the sunny sunny Bahamas.
Maybe the NYT has a story that they are worried about that is gonna get them the same treatment as assange so now they are starting to care about it.
They're only saying this now because they're worried Trump gonna win in 2024 and pay them back for Russiagate.
Jesus, what is this the fourth press secretary?
This is why I laugh at fools always claiming America has free speech.
Yeah you're free to make your useless comments that nobody will ever hear or care about..the moment your speech actually has any effect on political landscape you will feel the pressure.
Whether that is government literally trying to throw you in prison or the government pushing private companies to sever ties, remove or derank you on their platforms.
Know what's funny? As much as the MAGA people hated Biden, and as much as the Biden people hated Trump, what really has changed in terms of policy? If these people were locked in a room somewhere and only their policies were released to the public, what would the actual difference be?
The Obama administration was hard on whistle blowers, the Trump admin was no better, and the Biden admin was no better. Same story for kids in cages and all of that shit. When is AoC's next appt for a photo shoot at the boarder?
Assange is the biggest factor of a compliant media. He is a beacon of what will happen if you actually do your job.