the empire marches on crushing any in their way;

According to a tweet by the internationally known organization WikiLeaks, its founder’s fate may be decided within a mere few days or weeks, and Julian Assange might be handed over on a silver platter by Ecuador to the UK government. Then presumably Assange will be handed over to the U.S. government and extradited to the United States.
The head of RT, Margarita Simonyan, tweeted in Russian that her sources indicate Assange will be handed over to UK authorities.

https://www.activistpost.com/2018/07/julian-assanges-hand-over-to-uk-may-be-imminent-according-to-wikileaks.html