<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of the <i>DuffelBlog</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.duffelblog.com/2019/04/chelsea-manning-comes-out-as-cisgender-asks-trump-for-clemency/?utm_source=Normal+Subscribers&utm_campaign=709206a582-Duffel_Blog_Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6d392bc034-709206a582-23783321&goal=0_6d392bc034-709206a582-23783321&mc_cid=709206a582&mc_eid=48e6937308">https://www.duffelblog.com/2019/04/chelsea-manning-comes-out-as-cisgender-asks-trump-for-clemency/?utm_source=Normal+Subscribers&utm_campaign=709206a582-Duffel_Blog_Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6d392bc034-709206a582-23783321&goal=0_6d392bc034-709206a582-23783321&mc_cid=709206a582&mc_eid=48e6937308</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="mvp-post-title left entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 2.5rem; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; width: 623.03125px; font-family: Anton, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Chelsea Manning comes out as cisgender, asks Trump for clemency</h1></div><div><br></div><div><div>ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Chelsea Manning has come out as a heterosexual man and is asking President Donald Trump for clemency, sources confirmed today.</div><div><br></div><div>Manning, who once orchestrated the largest intelligence breach in U.S. military history, is currently in federal custody for refusing to testify against WikiLeaks and the recently arrested Julian Assange.</div><div><br></div><div>“As we know, Chelsea is a tremendously courageous person,” said Manning’s lawyer Mena Finelli. “But right now, he is the only straight man in a jail full of women. Can you imagine? It’s unconscionable.”</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a rally in Lima, Ohio, Trump indicated he would not entertain Manning’s latest request.</div><div><br></div><div>“Only an idiot or a traitor would get involved with WikiLeaks. Trust me, I know,” the president told his supporters amid chats of “lock her up.” “And besides, Chelsea is locked up with a bunch of women. What is there to complain about?”</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the public reaction has been every bit as fluid as Manning’s gender.</div><div><br></div><div>Joshua Shleemi, a former pro-Manning activist, expressed doubts about Manning’s sincerity.</div><div><br></div><div>“We stood with Chelsea from the very start when she first betrayed her country,” he said. “But we never thought Chelsea would pull a stunt like this just to appeal to the president. She turned her back on us, her allies. Chelsea is a traitor! A gender traitor!”</div><div><br></div><div>The military community has expressed similar sentiments.</div><div><br></div><div>“That traitor doesn’t know the meaning of sacrifice or selfless service,” said Michael Polk, who recently separated from the Marine Corps after failing a drug test during boot camp. “She never stood for anything, never risked anything for what she believed in.”</div><div><br></div><div>While it is anyone’s guess what trouble or gender will befall Chelsea Manning in the future, one thing is abundantly clear — everyone now agrees she is a traitor.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>