Obviously Assange (tm) is due for at least a cameo appearance. So acclimation is needed. Sorry, I AM NOT FALLING FOR IT!
Mandela Effect on Assange Already: I'm watching the NCAA championship basketball game, and it goes to commercial for some kind of phone app with a screen. The text above the phone said, "verified profiles." The face on the screen was the new Assange you debunked today. It is so in your face these days they must believe they can insult us with impunity because we are too dumbed down and distracted in life to pay attention to details.
"Assange" will be out in the public again, speaking. Before they can do this (due to the fact that the real assange is AWOL,) they need to use classic brainwashing tactics to get people to accept the replacement. Having that picture up briefly during a commercial, next to the word "verified" would work great to get people to begin to accept the fake. But it's not happening, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN, because the same conspiracy community that loved Assange will have a good memory of who he was, will be suspicious, and will not be easily fooled. This fake replacement is simply too off the mark, Assange had a very unusual persona, they can't just scrape another one off the out house floor!
--JIM STONE