Tulsi's Bills to Pardon Snowden and Assange
I wasn't planning on writing this post because frankly, I didn't think I would have to. I assumed all the nominally progressive and libertarian voices on YouTube would say something - anything - on this matter. Yet the only people I heard even discuss this are the MCSC Network . Since many of my heroes have been absolute disappointments and have refused to fill you in, I will. In early October, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard introduced three bills to protect whistleblowers and drop the charges against Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. She introduced H.Res.1162 , cosponsored by Rep. Matt Gaetz, which would "drop all charges against Edward Snowden," and H.Res.1175 , cosponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie, which would "drop all charges against and attempts to extradite Julian Assange." She and Massie introduced H.Res.1175 the day after Assange's extradition hearings in the UK concluded. Tulsi also introduced H.R.8452 , titled the Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act, which wou