There's a possibility Trump may be considering a pardon to Julian Assange. For free speech, and for whistleblowers, this would be an excellent day, should it happen. Here's a great irony of our age - the Liberal/Democrats of yesteryear, proclaiming the absolute right and unquestionable importance of free speech, have today been completely replaced by the "conservative right". Quite an amazing turn of history, really. ** Julian Assange meets Congressional Trump ally–remains tight lipped http://theduran.com/julian-assange-meets-congressional-trump-ally-remains-ti... ------------------------------------------------------------ The meeting comes as Trump flaunts his ability to invoke Presidential pardons. The USA is building a massive military base on "Ukraine"'s Black Sea coast, so of course the USA MIBSC is going to "overlook" a few little fascist "indiscretions" in Ukraine. The hypocrisy of the USA knows no bounds. ** Ukraine erects a new fascist statue and America remains silent http://theduran.com/ukraine-erects-a-new-fascist-statue-and-america-remains-... ------------------------------------------------------------ The American elites are not concerned with fascism and Donald Trump is certainly not a fascist nor anything else but a new brand of American politician. While non-fascist statures in the US are being vandalised, actual fascist statues are being erected in Ukraine. ** Vladimir Putin is more trusted globally than Donald Trump, survey shows http://theduran.com/new-survey-putin-more-trusted-globally-than-trump/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The results contain many surprises especially from South Korea, India and Turkey.