EDITOR’S PICKS

The Second Drone Age

Donald Trump is on track to prosecute more journalistic sources, using the 1917 Espionage Act, than Barack Obama. On the Intercepted podcast this week, Jeremy Scahill explored the weaponization of this draconian law against investigative journalism — and the case of Daniel Hale, who faces 50 years in prison for allegedly disclosing classified documents, including ones about U.S. drone warfare.

The U.S. was the first country to use drones to kill people after 9/11, but the genie is out of the bottle. As reporter Umar Farooq revealed, Turkey is among the world’s most prolific users of lethal drones, manufacturing these aircraft on its own. We are now in the second drone age, in which killer drones are used by a widening number of states and nonstate actors.

Peter Maass

Senior Editor

https://theintercept.com/2019/05/15/the-espionage-axe-donald-trump-and-the-war-against-a-free-press/?

https://freebeacon.com/politics/eric-swalwell-is-a-financial-mess/?

Eric Swalwell Is a Financial Mess

Despite $174k annual salary, Swalwell has failed to pay down student loans, built up credit card debt as congressman.

CUMSWALLOWER IN FINANCIAL RUIN.

SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE!!!!!!!!!!

>>6541969

>>6541999 Yes he is running for two reasons.

1. In a attempt to avoid prosecution for TREASON and other high crimes.

1. You are spot on he is hoping to raise enough to help him avoid BANKRUPYCY…which won't help him on his student loans but could wipe away his CC debt.

Cumswollower is just another POS Demoncrat.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/gillibrand-makes-campaign-changes-as-fundraising-woes-raise-concern/?

Gillibrand Makes Campaign Changes as Fundraising Woes Raise Concern

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/19/bernie-sanders-longterm-relationship-russia-revealed-unearthed-video-footage/

Bernie Sanders’ Long-Term Relationship with Russia Revealed in Unearthed Video Footage

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) relationship with the former Soviet Union is not a revelation, especially including the fact that he and his wife Jane honeymooned there. But hours of video footage Politico viewed and reported on shows the presidential candidate’s connection to Russia has continued for more than 30 years.

The Bern's ass is in trouble.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-20/google-intel-others-cut-ties-huawei-trade-war-heats

Google, Intel & Others Cut Ties With Huawei As Trade War Heats Up

The Commerce Department officially blacklisted Huawei and dozens of its affiliates Friday afternoon, and one business day later, we're starting to see some major Western companies severing their business ties with Huawei, a trend that could have seriously dire consequences for the Chinese telecoms giant.

Huawei

Alphabet has announced that it will cut off Huawei Mobile's access to most of its Android operating system offerings, which could hurt sales of Huawei phones outside China. Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx and Broadcom have all said they will stop selling chips to Huawei because of Trump's executive order, according to Bloomberg.

Huawei will only be able to access the public version of Google’s Android mobile operating system, the world’s most popular smartphone software. It won’t be able to offer proprietary apps and services from Maps and search to Gmail, said the person, who requested anonymity speaking about a private matter. That will severely curtail the sale of Huawei smartphones abroad, though it’s unclear when those apps - which are popular mainly outside of China - will become unavailable.

Huawei, the world’s largest smartphone brand after Samsung Electronics Co., was one of a select few global hardware partners to receive early access to the latest Android software and features from Google. Outside of China, those ties are critical for the search giant to spread its consumer apps and bolster its mobile ads business.