MORE on Flynn-Kislyak Transcripts: ONLY KISLYAK Brought Up Sanctions on Russia — NOT FLYNN — Shows Flynn Was Set Up

DNI John Ratcliffe released the Flynn-Kislyak transcripts on Friday afternoon.

Ratcliffe sent the transcripts to Senators Grassley, Ron Johnson. The transcripts were copied to Democrat Senators Dianne Feinstein and Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff.

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released the transcripts on Friday afternoon.

https://www.scribd.com/document/463584136/DNI-Ratcliffe-Releases-Flynn-Kislyak-Transcripts#from_embed?campaign=VigLink&ad_group=xxc1xx&source=hp_affiliate&medium=affiliate

It is clear from the transcripts that General Flynn DID NOT bring up the Russia sanctions.

This has been a frequent talking point on the left and by Deep State officials for over three years now.

In fact, it was Ambassador Kislyak who brought up the Obama sanctions on Russia that were announced that day. General Flynn was on vacation and may not have even known about the sanctions.

Here is that brief discussion:

Flynn did not even mention the sanctions.

It was Kislyak.

And this is why the Mueller team said Flynn lied about his phone call with Kislyak.

This was a complete setup!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/flynn-kislyak-transcripts-kislyak-brought-sanctions-russia-not-flynn-shows-flynn-set/

"It Felt Like An Earthquake": SpaceX Prototype Starship Blows Up In Massive Explosion Day Ahead Of Manned Launch

In a horribly spectacular failure with the added bad timing of coming almost exactly 24 hours ahead of SpaceX and NASA's rescheduled attempt to make history by launching two astronauts into Earth's orbit as part of work on the Commercial Crew program, set for 3:22 pm ET Saturday weather permitting, the Raptor engine in SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype blew up on its test stand in Boca Chica, Texas.

“SpaceX just experienced the biggest explosion yet at its Texas site, where it’s testing prototypes for a Mars rocket,” The Atlantic's Marina Koren reported Friday afternoon.

"A resident who lives nearby — just 2 miles away — said it felt like an earthquake," she added. Koren noted that at this point it doesn't appear anyone in the surrounding community was hurt in the massive blast which shook the area for miles.

The explosion, which involved a bright fireball ripping high into the air with rocket debris flying, occurred about two minutes after the engine test fire run had been completed.

It happened at 1:49 central time, and set off a flurry of commentary over the safety of tomorrow's launch with humans carried to space.

The test at first appeared successful but then it ruptured in a spectacular fiery explosion.

TechCrunch brings us some of the following details of the prototype explosion as follows:

This was a test in the development of Starship, a new spacecraft that SpaceX has been developing in Boca Chica. Eventually, the company hopes to use it to replace its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket, but Starship is still very early in its development phase, whereas those vehicles are flight-proven, multiple times over.

SpaceX had just secured FAA approval to fly its Starship prototype for short, suborbital test flights. The goal was to fly this SN4 prototype for short distances following static fire testing, but that clearly won’t be possible now, as the vehicle appears to have been completely destroyed in the explosion following Friday’s test…

Prior stress tests of Starship prototypes have ended in similar disaster as well, but this one comes at a moment national attention has been glued to the NASA-SpaceX partnership given the manned Crew Dragon launch Saturday, though weather is still not looking ideal at this point.

Though a prototype and not the same rocket that will be used tomorrow, it can't be at all comforting to be a SpaceX/NASA astronaut scheduled for lift off tomorrow, as many have already observed.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/spacex-prototype-starship-rocket-rips-apart-massive-explosion-day-ahead-manned-launch

Photos: Chinese Army Training Ground Has Full-Scale Model of Taiwan’s Presidential Palace

At China’s Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers can practice storming Taiwan’s Presidential Office Building, the seat of government for the autonomous island that has long evaded Beijing’s attempts to bring it under communist control.

Soldiers practicing urban warfare in mock towns is nothing new, but at Zhurihe in Inner Mongolia, the PLA has given some of its drill sites a distinctly nationalistic twist, none more so than the rough recreation of downtown Taipei, including the distinct red and white facade of the Presidential Office Building, from which Taiwanese President Tsai Ing Wen runs the autonomous island.

Satellite photos obtained from Planet Labs by The Drive’s The War Zone show a drilling area in a larger urban warfare zone of Zhurihe that includes a mock-up of the Taipei office and some of the surrounding streets. However, the street layout isn't an exact match.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005291079458722-photos-chinese-army-training-ground-has-full-scale-model-of-taiwans-presidential-palace/

Bipartisan Group Of Senators Call For Investigation Into TikTok’s Alleged Violation Of Kids’ Privacy

A bipartisan group of senators called for an investigation into TikTok Friday.

Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate potential violations of children’s privacy.

“We are committed to continuously evaluating and improving our protections,” a TikTok spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

A bipartisan group of senators called for an investigation into TikTok’s children’s privacy practices Friday.

Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday to investigate potential TikTok violations of children’s privacy.

“We write to call upon your agency to investigate new evidence suggesting that the popular video social media platform TikTok is violating legal obligations to protect kids’ privacy and urge you to hold the company accountable for any illegal activity,” the senators wrote.

The letter continued: “As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep kids at home and young people’s screen time skyrockets, it is imperative that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) upholds its obligation to protect children’s privacy and enforce the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).”

The senators referenced a 55-page complaint about privacy abuses filed May 14 by a coalition of more than 20 children’s advocacy groups with the FTC. The complaint found “damaging evidence to suggest that TikTok likely violated the FTC consent decree and may have further infringed upon child users’ privacy,” the letter said.

The complaint included evidence suggesting that TikTok did not delete personal information collected about users and that the platform did not delete all the information collected about users younger than 13. These are both options “stipulated under the consent decree,” according to the letter.

“Screenshots taken directly from the TikTok platform show that children’s data, including video and images of children who are clearly under age 13, were still available on the application months after the FTC’s consent decree took effect,” the letter stated.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/29/hawley-tik-tok-children-privacy-marsha-blackburn/

Woman Found Dead in Car in Minneapolis Following Night of Kidnappings, Random Cars Being Shot At By Rioters

A woman was found dead inside a car following the second night of violent riots in Minneapolis.

According to police, the woman appeared to be in her 30s with “trauma visible” on her body, which was in the back seat. The car was in the area of the riots, in the middle of the street on 17th and Bryant Avenue.

There were multiple reported kidnappings in the area during the same time period.

Libor Jany, a reporter from the Star Tribune wrote on Twitter that “amidst all this, police are being called to investigate a possible kidnapping from the parking lot across the street from their burning station; a screaming woman was said to have been forcibly put into a vehicle that then sped away, according to scanner traffic.”

Additionally, a report of a topless white female “in distress” in a car with three black males went out over the scanner.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/woman-found-dead-car-minneapolis-following-night-kidnappings-random-cars-shot-rioters/