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I spoke today at the Washington protest calling for freeing Julian Assange. It was a tough audience for Biden jokes.\u00a0 Big thanks to Ford Fischer<\/strong><\/a> \/News2Share<\/span> for making this excellent video of today’s event – it is far better than the 4 hour YouTube video of today’s event.\u00a0 I wasn’t expecting to be called to speak at that time so didn’t have a moment to take off the camera.\u00a0 The YouTube version shows me arriving at the podium and removing my sunglasses.\u00a0 (Thanks to Ford for permission to repost his video – his work is far better than what I usually see from rallies.)<\/p>\n

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I spoke today at the Washington protest calling for freeing Julian Assange. 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