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[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Assange should've never been jailed for telling the truth to begin with.

[@oscarj.velasco3998]

i agree! such a win moment for assange!

[@paulvamos7319]

But, he still had to plead guilty to something and is probably banned from the US for a while! I'm glad he's finally home! ❤

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

​@@paulvamos7319They'll be pursuing a Pardon.

[@paulvamos7319]

@@user-em6ie2be7x 🤣 With a US court? Good luck!

[@davidthomas3386]

Why didn't they go after news networks that broadcast his information? It's just plain journalism.

[@adinahaun6001]

This loss of Bowman to another AIPAC funded candidate, is another negative omen as we lose our sovereignty to Israel. This is a tragedy for, not just Bowman, but our democracy.

[@Shah_creates]

Well said.

[@michaelgutierrez8874]

I agree

[@phelippepx10]

good riddance (voice from outside the echo chamber said) You're Fire Alarmed!

[@georgemetesky5519]

He was losing before AIPAC spent one cent on Latimer. But I know you want to blame all your problems on "us", so go ahead, we're used to folks like you. 😊

[@adinahaun6001]

@@georgemetesky5519 like me? I just like progressive policies: universal health care, low cost universities, no drug ads on TV, clean air, water, affordable housing, no homelessness etc.

[@Keepthepeacesharethelove]

And the war criminals are still free, aren't they?

[@Paragon62]

I agree Hamas should all be in prison by now,shocking.

[@Keepthepeacesharethelove]

@@Paragon62 Stop deflecting and distracting. That's not the topic hier at all. It is about the war crimes done by the U.S.

[@ArleeStarr]

@@Keepthepeacesharethelove Why not include the war crimes of the occupiers?

[@Keepthepeacesharethelove]

@@ArleeStarr The comment wasn't about the occupiers, it was about Hamas. Which occupiers do you mean at all?

[@ArleeStarr]

@@Keepthepeacesharethelove I meant, there is nothing wrong with including izzy's war crimes. the only ones referred to as occupiers. Meant to counter the zio-troll's comment.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Ban AIPAC!

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Ban Zionism

[@waltbroedner4754]

Ban money controlled democracies.

[@paladintrueknight]

Typical leftist, wanting to ban those who disagree with you. I'm sure you want President Trump imprisoned too.

[@mariannemoroney2922]

Do not silence Journalism!

[@chhansen9813]

Assange and Snowden are heroes!

[@susankasi1856]

Absolutely!! Bravo 👏 to them both!!

[@lorriemermaid]

Just found out Assange is a freemason! What a shocker! He was just playing a role. The whole thing just another psop! Jesus warned "Take heed that no man deceive you!" He warned us that a great deception would cover the entire planet and that if it were possible it would deceive the very Elect! The U.S. gov is the biggest discriminator of false info and propaganda in the world according to Rand Paul. And they think they have the right to fact check us?

[@joanneadahk124]

Thank you, Amy, and DemocracyNow for telling the world the truth. 😊 we need you now more than ever

[@paladintrueknight]

Democracy Now is the absolute worst. Boy, do you have a lot to learn.

[@adammsa5303]

Ban AIPAC. Keep money for American FAMILIES in Need

[@eudyptes5046]

And you could add 90% of the US "defense" budget to that.

[@jaxcrax9644]

Nobody can say that AIPAC does not own our congress. Of the $23 million spent by both candidates, I think $15 million, about 2/3rds of the total, was AIPAC money.

[@seafoodpizza]

It makes me laugh that the USA thinks it's a democracy. Then Israel tells us all that it's the only democracy in the middle East. They should change democracy to hypocrisy

[@alsetalokin88]

ban the west then planet earth will be harmonious and prosperous for all

[@stevelarrosa4462]

AIPAC gives Amy $$$,she became a plant

[@mariaa6918]

Thank God he's home safe. I wish him and his family all the very best for his future. Julian has stood up for freedom for us all....xxxx

[@havenbastion]

He tried, but it did nothing. We have all that tyranny and much more now.

[@mr.zeppelin9384]

Free Palestine stop the genocide against these poor Palestinian people God bless Palestine

[@Fatima-mu8cb]

Amen.

[@jasonwold9596]

If god exists, he's allowing this.

[@georgemetesky5519]

❤️🇮🇱🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈💪🇮🇱🇺🇸❤️

[@proxima9631]

@@georgemetesky5519 привет фашист!

[@georgemetesky5519]

​@@proxima9631 Hi jihadist! How's it going? 😊

[@AATHIFAHAMED-gm6ck]

Free Palestine ! 🇵🇸

[@mattdobbs-dr2rt]

Free to go to hell😂

[@rosemarielenz1417]

Dear Julian, thank you very much for your courage, not bending to the authorities, integrity and messages. I am crying with happyness that you got free and got back in the bosom of your family. I wish you and your family Love and Peace ... . God is your friend and protector. Greetings from heart Rosemarie 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️

[@charleskesner1302]

Thanks for your continued reporting on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

[@georgemetesky5519]

We've hardly started! 🇮🇱💪🇺🇸❤️🇮🇱🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇮🇱❤️

[@proxima9631]

@@georgemetesky5519 езжай в Палестину, помогать убивать детей!

[@JimCretney-jj2pz]

The press is freedom of speech ,thank God he is free

[@aaroncourchene4384]

The Press is corporate owned 😒. Go ahead,track down the owners of the various News outlets. They are all connected 😛!!

[@DowntownsUptown]

“Accute” hunger? They’re STARVING!! As an American, I hang my head in shame. As a human, I am appalled. I just wish our 2016 joke of a “Democratic” Primary had not created this wjole mess. They put Trump in office. It’s all gone downhill from there.

[@georgemetesky5519]

I agree with the second half of your post, not the first part though.

[@waltbroedner4754]

The people in Kenya are doing what we are not and Thomas Jefferson warn us about "whenever any form of goverment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new goverment". That is what Jefferson and Madison did and set an example for us that we are ignoring.

[@kdh6505]

So happy Mr. Assange is free. About time.

[@oscarj.velasco3998]

great to see assange finally free! big dub!

[@thatonezone]

I love seeing the words “big dub” in news comments. Idk how old you are but seems like my generation is starting to watch the news (or maybe they’ve been watching a while and I didn’t realize it)

[@stgrsa]

All my homies love Amy Goodman

[@oscarj.velasco3998]

@@stgrsa damn right, me included! she's been the flag bearer for independent global news since DN's started back in '96, she's an inspiration!

[@dinogregoriou1671]

what the hell is the matter with this world, everyone is sitting around talking and protesting and nobody has moved a finger to stop all the suffering. How is this world going to move forward if the powers that be sit around and just watch it happen. Shame on all of them!!!

[@edgarvonboltzmann7465]

This happens because YT America is loosing...

[@JihouGijutsu]

dont impose your inadequacies on others... you get up and then come back and rally fucko

[@ENTI-3]

I was so sad to see a woman push another woman for food at 2:24. You know both are starving, and wanting food for themselves and children.

[@georgemetesky5519]

No, they aren't starving, just rude and pushy 😊

[@TomRivieremusic]

Democrat and Republican are useless labels now. It's all about who's telling the truth and who is a corporate puppet.

[@paladintrueknight]

"Corporate puppet" - ha ha. Aren't you a little too old to be repeating trash lefty slogans? Leave that to the ignorant college students.

[@ProphetJahiya-mp8yi]

My condolences also extended with the Kenyan people 🙏 😢

[@Sniper-fg2zt]

Assange is free, next is Palestine 🇵🇸

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Free Leonard Peltier!

[@mahzare1617]

Couldn't agree more, say it louder. 👏👏👏

[@user-gu4xb3tw3w]

Julian Assange should run for a political position in Australia.

[@mahmoudkristinashehada338]

Stop Israel 💔

[@mattdobbs-dr2rt]

Not a chance 😂

[@joshmartin125]

Karma

[@user-gu4xb3tw3w]

It's Netanyahu and the IDF

[@KaiIsrael-vs8ry]

Stop Hamas

[@mattdobbs-dr2rt]

@@KaiIsrael-vs8ry stop Islam🔥🧕

[@idrisarab5110]

The SAINT of Australia. ❤ n respect Sir ❤

[@crystal9626]

It’s a shame that offices can be bought!

[@Danny-lz1ek]

Stop it then

[@georgemetesky5519]

That's why Office Depot exists 😂

[@vansdan.]

Bowman losing breaks my heart, but Assange's freeing is incredible news, so happy to hear this

[@robertlouis.8826]

Bowman is a dope.

[@douglasryle6499]

Don’t cry for the fire marshal.

[@vansdan.]

@@robertlouis.8826 Latimer is a joke

[@robertlouis.8826]

@@vansdan. I agree....LOL

[@billmitchell2080]

Latimer will not be allowed to piss without permission from Israel. Wesley Bell will be the same.

[@edwinrodriguezjr3978]

Thank you julian You're a real hero

[@adammsa5303]

1776 : Independence from England 2024 : Independence from IsraeI

[@joelturley4847]

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee parking 🇵🇸

[@mohamedsaleh5049]

​@@joelturley4847🤮🤮🤡

[@jaxcrax9644]

Israel will not give up like the Brits did. Independence from Great Britain was a cake walk compared to what independence from Israel will be like. I don't believe the United States will pull it off.

[@craigb8228]

2025:. Project2025 Republicans forever.

[@Darkenergy104]

By the looks of it, it'll be done by 2776👀

[@arthur006]

War crimes!

[@nefertinaabrams1853]

All Power to the Citizens of Kenya‼️✊🏾🇰🇪

[@sabahedayat2546]

MS. Amy Goman. I admire you. Thank you so much for being such an exceptional and truthful journalist. We all appreciate your wonderful genuine work.

[@sheldonbodryn1003]

I'm so happy that Julian Assange was released - I'm an American who has spent time in Australia - I was shocked that video showed that the US had attacked a healthcare vehicle, killing some of the workers - this is not the US that I thought we were

[@hettyindyscot18]

Makes you wonder why the UN and Western countries are standing by...power,money, weapons, power, etc al, and, MAD. Sorry for young people who may not have much if a future. Heartbreaking to witness the terrible slaughter of so many in Palestine, not sure how anyone can be content or comfortable with that. 😢

[@Jackie-cy1bp]

This is happening all around the world! Politicians are people who think that the world revolves around them! It doesn't! We are all people here. If you are a politician you are there to serve your country your culture and your people! You are not there to please the rest of the world. You are not there to make money for yourself! You are there to do a job for the people! It is a title of responsibility and you are responsible for the misery and bad leadership! It is not a power trip! An easy life! You have to account for your actions to God! If people are suffering then you are not doing your job right and are not the politician for the job! I get sick of hearing how people all over the world are suffering from bad management! Bad leadership! Corruption! You are people yourselves! Politician is a title given to you by the people! You can be stripped of a title if you are not doing the job right! You can expect people to get angry! Everyone, not just Kenyans, have had enough of you people telling us what we can and cannot do,! You are not there for that! You are there to run the country and to make sure that future generations can keep up with the rest of the world through education and healthy living. You are not doing that! You are simply lining your own pockets! You clear the debt! You have spent enough of Kenya's wealth! I say to all politicians around the world Remember that you are also people!

[@object85]

Omg those children 😢😢

[@jawadsyed6385]

Long live resistance

[@meta-memes9060]

A free Julian is a great birthday gift

[@maryheiman4091]

How can there be forgiveness if they allow these people to starved to death?

[@PeteDavidson-yl3ps]

Gaza children should NOT look as if they are in a NAZI Concentration Camp...what is wrong with Israel?

[@paulvamos7319]

Thank you for sharing the truth! 💜

[@chhansen9813]

LOL

[@AbuMedinah]

We stand by you and support everything you do Amy on Democracy Now! Keep up the great journalism.

[@tmnt10000]

Yes, keep spreading leftist propaganda

[@DonaldMoreno]

Thank you, Amy!!! (Fayetteville, NC, USA)

[@seansmith3058]

Kenyan protesters speak calmly, state facts and then get to business instead of screaming hyperbole in every direction as loudly as possible.

[@paladintrueknight]

Yeah, just so much better than us, huh? Go visit sub-Saharan Africa sometime.

[@seansmith3058]

@@paladintrueknight I've been to about 25 countries in Africa, thanks. Been to Kenya twice. Your ignorance and rudeness kinda proves my point, so thanks for that as well.

[@seniorskateboarder5958]

I'm so glad that Assange is free! But will this affair curb his journalistic integrity? I hope not.

[@PhotoDesigner1]

Assange was persecuted while the "classified documents thief/merchant" plays golf.

[@birgitmitchell5648]

Which one of the .. what 5 last president's?? Who couldn't quite keep track of the top secret documents??😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@margaretwince2748]

​@@birgitmitchell5648The one who brags that he has them and shows them to others. The one who had to be subpoenaed to pressure him to give them back. The one the FBI had to go into his residence and physically extract them. These documents are the property of the people of the United States, not Trump. He is the saddest excuse of a president we have ever had. No integrity, no conscience, no morals, no respect for law.

[@oggoblin295]

It's all about the Benjamin's💰💵🪙

[@ryokomaeda7777]

Thank you for the continued coverage of Palestine.

[@paladintrueknight]

There is no Palestine. You mean that terror state, Gaza?

[@aabbccdd3736]

BAN IPAC

[@aavvcc]

America needs to put spending limits on elections.

[@rb032682]

You're the best! @Democracy Now! 👍🖖🤗🕊🕊

[@paladintrueknight]

They're the worst.

[@rb032682]

@@paladintrueknight - Why are USA "conservatives" such whiny little cowards when it comes to facing facts and reality?!?

[@jo-annerichardson34]

Fantastic news for Julian however he shouldn't have had to enter a plea deal. He didn't do anything wrong except expose the truth.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Now do the same for Snowden

[@mahzare1617]

He has no choice, thank God that they finally let him go.

[@chrisbronson5341]

plead guilty for something that you did not do and be allowed your freedom . Sounds like the paradigm of freedom .

[@sandal_thong8631]

Sounds like _1984._ Of course that's how American justice often works. They want the conviction and will give a plea deal. If you go to court, you might lose, but will spend a lot of time in jail before and during trial.

[@chrisbronson5341]

@@sandal_thong8631 No...They want to avoid Losing a lawsuit .By admitting part of your guilt , you are legally bound by all of the accusation . But why would he want to waste more of his life ?

[@buddadavid480]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ❤

[@fourroadsnorth2723]

Listening to Amy Goodman is like a breath of fresh air. Revealing the world as other people live it.

[@georgemetesky5519]

She has bad breath, but ok, Chairman Mao. 😂

[@ArleeStarr]

Starving 2.3 million innocent, unarmed, indigenous people to death is wrong.

[@georgemetesky5519]

Not one person in any of the thousands of videos appear to be starving. More jihadist lies.

[@stephenwilson9872]

Thank you for being. Amy. Thank you for being. Good and. Having eyes that give me. Peace

[@user-sf7yp3pu9e]

They had to get him to confess even though he did nothing wrong

[@patriciadumas-simon3348]

Mr. Assange should not be even in jail.

[@proadlekopy]

It is a grave sin to let children starve. If you do not want them send them here

[@tomfilipiak3511]

When,you start trusting people who say they are doing this or that for your own good!Watch your back!!!

[@johnfabio1781]

What we have here is a failure to communicate 😊

[@KohalaLover]

Excellent movie.

[@georgemetesky5519]

​@@KohalaLover I gave u 2 likes today, Kohala 😊 Strangely, we agree on a couple of things! 😊

[@janineskywalker527]

Excellent Headlines. Thanks. J.

[@hassanshayegannik155]

Assange is is the hero of history and humanity. Thanks!

[@adammsa5303]

As long as every politician has an “AIPAC” guy that they have to answer to . . . ISRAEL can do whatever he wants

[@africanveteran7728]

It's refreshing to have a positive headline in the news for once. So glad that Assange got his freedom.

[@sunyoo1838]

Democracy Now, Interview Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai who stands for TruthFreedomHealth for People.

[@aznsbd]

Jamaal Bowman should run as an independent.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Who would vote for him that didn't have the chance to do so during the primary?

[@georgemetesky5519]

He should run if cops chase him for being a juvenile delinquent 😂

[@annerfrancis]

Write his name in as a "write-in candidate"! All is not lost!

[@REALTRUTH2525]

His political days are done!!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@user-qq3xz9cu8y]

Thanks Amy!

[@harrydhannan]

Thanks Amy and Democracy Now

[@MA-sk4fg]

Julian is the champion of the world!!!

[@adammsa5303]

since the beginning of this conflict, Millions of Israelis left Israel and never came back due the unwise decisions of Benjamin Mileikowsky

[@georgemetesky5519]

What silliness. Does anyone take you seriously? There are only 7 million Jews in Israel. You're saying half of them left? And went where? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adammsa5303]

how many presidential candidates are under AIPAC umbrella.

[@MA-sk4fg]

All of them

[@bethwillard7795]

Blessings always

[@sayedibrahimameermeea3537]

Long Live Assange !

[@ozoneswiftak]

He should get a medal. And compensation.

[@waltbroedner4754]

The US has never forgotten that Haiti was the first nation in 1804 to abolish slavery and has kept invading it and destabilizing it ever since. Was Haiti the first country to abolish slavery? Neither the French nor the British were the first to abolish slavery. That honor instead goes to Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery and the slave trade from the first day of its existence.Jul 12, 2020

[@paladintrueknight]

No country on Earth has poured more money into helping Haiti, or tried to help them have a functioning democracy, than the United States. The failure of Haiti is theirs and theirs alone.

[@mariarod6998]

I’m happy now that he’s home with his family

[@sorinapopaoliveira4371]

Palestinians are the bravest people on earth

[@paladintrueknight]

Yeah, refusing the statehood that's been offered them for 70 years to pursue a suicidal course because they want a genocide of the Jews so much - that's really something.

[@georgemetesky5519]

No, the dumbest. They don't even know why they declared war on Jerusalem, they act like they never heard of Hamas 😂

[@niamcd6604]

The numbers in Gaza are being downplayed to absurd levels.

[@1sagstermaster]

Justice finally prevailed for Julian 👍

[@johnfabio1781]

10 mg. Valium

[@paulvamos7319]

🤤

[@marketsharemedia5132]

‼️ why is Jake Tapper absent from CNN the last couple days?? is he at camp David, prepping Joe Biden for the debate tonight⁉️

[@margaretwince2748]

He is getting his list of questions ready. Don't worry, fact checkers will be on hand. Trump will get proper venting.

[@lordhellfire153]

The first time the US has criminalized journalism? So what's the CIA's Excellence in Journalism award been this whole time?

[@bababuyiekaban7942]

Julian should have never been charged with nonsense accusations to begin with…

[@zombiehampster1397]

Fantastic news about Assange, i would say he should feel vindicated, but thats probably somewhat hollow for a man who essentially lost 12 or so years of his life. Glad he's out.

[@junebrilly5302]

As an American citizen I have lost all faith in my Country. Our elections are so corrupted I see no hope

[@andresmith5663]

What an experience to be living in these times on mothers earth 🌎..

[@fatautahiru7357]

Oh, please let him go.He has suffered enough.

[@axelhippocrate1619]

@4:59 "kill the snake before it lays eggs" LMAO

[@robertamccartney5500]

WOW! ASSANGE really is free!

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Next ... free Snowden

[@paulvamos7319]

​@@johnnygoodman2003 And get the IDF to stop killing journalists and aid workers! 😂 My teachers all told me that the truth shall set you free 🤣 🐂💩 the truth will get you in so much trouble!

[@Paskudnak]

War is a crime

[@mariarod6998]

Amy we love ❤️ ur honesty

[@tmnt10000]

And I am black

[@Danny-lz1ek]

United States of Aipac

[@LiamStevens-jp1yg]

This was your first newscast in 6 months that you didn't start with Gaza.

[@michaelcoughlin1293]

Free Kenya

[@Sol53155]

Damn colorado.. they really love neaderthals

[@kellyberry4173]

Damn Colorado, What were yall thinking??? Election deniers?!? Threatened a gun on the floor??? Who is she scared of??? She's WITH the people threatening everyone else....I hope she gets locked up. INSANITY.

[@kellyberry4173]

And Election deniers

[@acmoney4324]

I'm so glad blinking took photos😂

[@NotANaiveAmerican]

Waiting for ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu

[@judaslovesjesus1530]

Bowman lost to aipac😊

[@georgemetesky5519]

He was losing before AIPAC spent one cent.

[@barbiejohnson3047]

Wake up brothers and sisters to the light of your own Spirit. Wake up brothers and sisters to the power of your Love. Pass it on...