For today, links to a report and two discussions, all from Consortium News, and to an article from ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) – MCM

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U.S. reinforces grand Assange deception, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News  On the second and final day of Julian Assange’s High Court hearing, barristers for the United States wove a delusory tale in which journalism is espionage, First Amendment rights are stripped from foreigners on U.S. soil and a government hunting a dissident journalist who revealed its secret crimes is lauded as a beacon of democracy. However, . . . READ MORE . . .

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Watch: Reporters’ roundtable on Assange Day 2. Taylor Hudak of AcTVism Munich hosts Matt Kennard, journalist at Declassified UK; Dustin Hoffman, parliamentary assistant at the European Parliament; Richard Medhurst, independent journalist and commentator; Professor Richard Werner, economy at Linacre College, Oxford University; and journalist Mohamed Elmaazi, to discuss Julian Assange’s hearing at Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday. Click HERE to watch and listen.

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Watch: CN Live! — ‘Assange’s last stand?’ Joe Lauria and Elizabeth Vos of Consortium News are joined by journalist Chris Hedges, The Duran editor Alexander Mercouris, and CN Live! executive producer Cathy Vogan on Thursday to discuss Julian Assange’s two-day hearing at the High Court. (Former UK diplomat Craig Murray, originally scheduled to take part, was unable to.) Click HERE to watch and listen.

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Julian Assange’s grand inquisitor, by Chris Hedges | Original to ScheerPost  LONDON — The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on Wednesday in the dubious affidavits filed by a U.S. federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, Gordon Kromberg. READ MORE . . .