Update: British judge denies U.S. extradition request for Julian Assange! Beginning with the verdict to be announced today on whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on charges of violating the Espionage Act, events this week will go a long way toward determining which way the U.S. is headed in the New Year.

Most important: Will the charges of election theft finally be given a fair hearing on January 6 in the Congress, or has the U.S. become a Banana Republic, in which foreign (UK) and domestic intelligence agencies can override the vote, to choose the candidate who will do their bidding? For more on this, go to the TLO website to view the extraordinary event on January 2, "Reconstituting Ben Franklin's Republic -- A Response to the 2020 U.S. Election."