Crash Course: Joe Biden gives the media a desperately needed lesson about Donald Trump

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But, the fate of Julian Assange is also a reminder that it isn’t just Trump who is an enemy of the free press. Biden’s Department of Justice could drop the prosecution of Assange picked up under the Trump administration yet has not done so. The Wikileaks founder has been languishing in prison for five years and has been battling extradition and felony charges in the U.S. for nearly 13 years for publishing classified government documents based on the idea that the public had a right to know. 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Tom Woods, R-Westville, commented on the death of 16-year-old nonbinary student [Nex Benedict](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnvbDWP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYm9xMXB6b2Vydy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWZtZG93NHhiNWQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZdXZK9tlEAdZ71IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) following an attack that took place on February 7 at Owasso High School, saying, "I represent a constituency that doesn't want that filth in Oklahoma," meaning gender fluidity, not apparent murder. Joined by other area lawmakers in addressing the tragic event that is still under investigation, Woods said in an earlier statement that his "heart goes out, in that scenario, if that is the case," in reference to allegations that brute force on the part of three older girls who ganged up on Benedict in a bathroom at the school and banged their head against the floor may have caused them to black out and, ultimately, die in a local hospital a day later. 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