Transcript included in link.

Direct link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j_KvkltUW

But even so, I mean, all of this is really irrelevant whether Julian’s a journalist or not. The question is, is Julian accused of journalism? And he is. It is the activity that has been criminalized. Not whether he falls into a category or not. It’s the category of the activity that is being criminalized. Receiving, obtaining, and communicating information to the public.

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    Decades of austerity and a party that desires no government at all made the US a shit hole, and Assange tipped the scales for that very party in 2016.

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      Yeah, tipped the scale that’s the problem. Better keep the shit secret like in every functioning democracy, right?? You guys deserve all the shit that is coming to you. I’m sure Trump would be very happy to be surrounded by people who prefer jail jourmalists rather than listen to the truth.