There isn’t a strong chance for Assange’s pardon, given that both Republicans and Democrats prefer to keep mum on his release, Lucy Komisar, an investigative journalist based in New York, told Sputnik.

Washington­-based supporters of Julian Assange will hold a rally later on Wednesday to demand the release of the WikiLeaks founder from the UK’s Belmarsh prison.

The action coincides with the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, which is annually commemorated on May 3.

Australian troops deployed to the United Kingdom have met King Charles as they farewell the first cohort of Ukrainian recruits they've helped train in basic combat skills for the war against Russia.

In an exclusive interview with Independent Australia, Russell Targ, American physicist, parapsychologist and author of nine books dealing with the scientific investigation of psychic abilities, discusses the unlimited potential of 'remote viewing'.

Remote viewing (RV) is the focus of Russell Targ's latest books, The Reality of ESP: A Physicist’s Proof Of Psychic Abilities and Third Eye Spies: Learning Remote Viewing From the Masters.

BY SUE ARNOLD

The embattled First Republic Bank has been taken over by regulators and will be sold to JPMorgan Chase, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced on Monday.

Earlier this week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a principal federal regulator of US financial institutions, asked a number of banks to submit bids for the struggling lender in an effort to secure a buyer before it entered receivership. A deadline for bids was set for Sunday.

JPMorgan, America’s biggest bank, will “assume all deposits, including all uninsured deposits, and substantially all assets” of First Republic, according to a statement issued by the Californian regulator.

A group of 19 Republicans in Congress has drafted a joint letter to US President Joe Biden calling for an end to aid to Ukraine in the format it has so far, The Hill wrote.

“We are deeply concerned that support for the Ukrainian military threatens further escalation <…> We will strongly oppose all future aid packages unless they are linked to a clear diplomatic strategy to end the conflict as soon as possible,” the letter reads.

According to the congressmen, the Biden administration’s current strategy – constant aid and sanctions – is leading to “escalation and even more violence” and increasing the threat of a direct confrontation with Russia.

The Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges has met his lawyers for the first time since his arrest last week, according to the newspaper’s editor-in-chief.

Evan Gershkovich, 31, was arrested on Thursday in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city. He is the first US correspondent since the cold war to be detained on espionage accusations. The Journal has denied the charges.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden’s reelection.

The leading progressive, who was Biden’s chief rival in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, told The Associated Press that he would “do everything I can to see the president is reelected.” 

Watch Biden caught RED-HANDED in DISGUSTING ‘t.erroist’ mistake…Ted Cruz calls him ‘resign’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdWDizJGBc

NOTE: THE STRANGE HEADING BELOW THE CARTOON AND ON THE LINK IS EITHER CREATED BY AI — OR DESIGNED TO PREVENT CENSORSHIP BY AUTOMATED "ALGORYTHNMS ON SOCIUAL PLATFPRMS" OR BOTH.

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW......

SEE ALSO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtC8GD3B1_g

Kiev has criticized claims by Angela Merkel, Germany’s Chancellor from 2005 to 2021, who said this week that she’d “tried with what was at my disposal to prevent” the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The top adviser to Zelensky, Mikhail Podoliak, accused Merkel of “making excuses” for her own policy failures.

“Former Chancellor Merkel, who has made Europe totally dependent on Russian energy, makes excuses: ‘I did everything possible to prevent Russia from starting a war, and that is why I got... Russian cheap gas.’ Fantastic. After all, the war did not start, right?” Podoliak wrote on Twitter.

For decades Democrats have been steadily abandoning the working class voters who used to make up the backbone of the party’s base, and in place of policies to benefit working people, Democrats have adopted… identity politics. Author and academic Norman Finkelstein lights into Democrats for spouting nonsense cloaked in the language of tolerance while conveniently neglecting issues like Medicare for All, student loan forgiveness and housing.

Guest host Aaron Maté speaks with Finkelstein about the phonies, poseurs and social climbers who have come to run the Democratic Party.

SEE MORE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeKPmJmU5Ko

ABOUT FINKELSTEIN:

Christo Grozev of Bellingcat gained a front row seat to a bungled Ukrainian intelligence operation that left a friendly airfield destroyed and soldiers dead. His narrative about his role in the plot is filled with holes.

PANIC?

THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED.

We know this…

THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED TO MAKE THE RICH RICHER.

… so?

THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED TO MAKE YOU POORER.

We guess this…

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Nothing...

CORRECT. NOTHING. 

Why?

YOU ARE TRAPPED IN BETWEEN CREDIT AND WELFARE.

Hello?

YOU OWN NOTHING… 

What?

THIS HAS BEEN THE PLAN FROM THE WEF (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM) WHICH WAS DEVELOPED TO BECOME REALITY IN 2030, BUT IT’S ALREADY HERE.

What?

HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR HOUSE DEEDS... YOU DON’T OWN YOUR HOUSE. YOU OWN THE DEBT. THE BANK OWNS THE HOUSE UNTIL THE LAST DIME IS PAID. AND YOU ARE STRUGGLING...

I know that….

LOOK AT YOUR CAR LOAN REPAYMENTS…

Sure…

SEEN YOUR WAGES SHRINK IN BUYING POWER?

Yes.

People watching the Coronation will be invited to join a "chorus of millions" to swear allegiance to the King and his heirs, organisers say. 

The public pledge is one of several striking changes to the ancient ceremony revealed on Saturday.

It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding.

When corporate western media begins to attack the multipolar world’s de-dollarization narrative in earnest, you know the panic in Washington has fully set in.