* Fears over [Cuban] state curbs on live shows lead to hunger strike, arrests and street standoff with government.*

*'You Alone Can Save His Life': Edward Snowden Urges Trump to Pardon Julian Assange.*

The conman does not hate Assange the way most politicians do (or pretend to do). He acts from interest or from whim, so he might do this. One may as well ask.

* "In a society fully committed to democracy, Congress would use this lame-duck period to impeach, convict, and disqualify Donald Trump from pursuing public office in the future, as the Constitution allows."*

That is clearly true, but our society comes nowhere near that. To remove the wrecker from office would would require the votes of Republicans. Today's Republicans value the wrecker more than their country; their commitment to truth is not enough to get them to recognize the outcome of the election.

*What the Green New Deal Can Learn from the New Deal,* especially in regard to what individual US states can do.

Inside the White House, the wrecker's officials humored him, pretending that he had won the election. Those who couldn't fake it kept away — while still refusing to admit the truth.